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'''Strong Bad Email #6'''
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[[Image:sbemail6.PNG|thumb|"He says you're dumb and a crappy guy."]]
Anthony thinks Strong Sad is dumb and a crappy guy and wants Strong Bad to deliver the message.
Anthony thinks Strong Sad is dumb and a crappy guy and wants Strong Bad to deliver the message.
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):'''  [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Sad]]
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):'''  {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Sad's Room]]
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Sad's Room]]
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'''Date:''' Unknown
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{{Comp|Tandy 400}}
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'''Duration:''' 0:52
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'''Date:''' Friday, October 19, 2001 <!-- This is the release date according to the 2011 Calendar. -->
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'''Running Time:''' 0:54
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'''Page Title:''' Tandy 500!!
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{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}
== Transcript ==
== Transcript ==
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'''STRONG BAD:''' I check, you check, we all check for email, check an email.
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing, types "run Strongbad's__email"}'' I check, you check, we all check for e... mail check... an email...
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Dear Strong Bad,
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<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad,<br />
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Tell Strong Sad he is dumb and a crappy guy .
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Tell Strong Sad he is dumb and a crappy guy <!--there is a space before the comma. And it really is a comma.-->,<br />
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Your fan,
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Your fan,<br />
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Anthony
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Anthony<br />
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from South Gate CA
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from South Gate CA</blockquote>
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''{Strong Bad pronounces "CA" as "Caw".}''
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''{Strong Bad pronounces "CA" as "Cah". He then gets up.}''
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''{He goes to Strong Sad's room.}''
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''{Cut to Strong Sad's room. Strong Sad is working on a desk with a card, scissors and "SCHOOL PASTE." There are paper shards lying around.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, stupid! You know some guy named Anthony from South Gate?
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sticks hands and head through door}'' Hey, stupid! Do you know some guy named Anthony from South Gate?
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh yeah. I was just making him this card and gonna send him a hundred dolla-
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh yeah. I was just making him this card&mdash;
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, well he says you're dumb and a crappy guy.
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''{He picks up the card. Its front is white and has "TO: ANTHONY" written on it with a picture of Strong Sad.}''
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Ohhhhhhhhh.
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'''STRONG SAD:''' &mdash;and gonna send him a hundred dolla&mdash;
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''{Strong Sad starts to tear the paper in half and Strong Bad sits back in front of his computer.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, well he says you're dumb and a crappy guy. ''{leaves}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Look Anthony, as much as I like insulting my stupid kid brother, I'm not your freaking message service, alright? Next time, you email him yourself. His email address is: [mailto:depressio@homestarrunner.com depressio@homestarrunner.com] ''{stops typing}'' Okay, so until next time, ''{singing}'' everybody email that guy, what guy? ME! Everybody email that guy! ''{stops singing}''  
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'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{disappointed}'' Ohh... ''{starts to rip card in half}''
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''{[[The Paper]] falls, reading "Click here to e-mail strong bad".}''
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''{Cut back to the Tandy 400.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sits back down, clears the screen and starts typing}'' Look Anthony, as much as I like insulting my stupid kid brother, I'm not your freaking message service, alright? Next time, you email him yourself. ''{stops typing}'' His email address is: ''{typing}'' [mailto:depressio@homestarrunner.com depressio@homestarrunner.com] ''{stops typing}'' Okay, so until next time, ''{singing}'' "Everybody email that guy!" "What guy?" "ME!" "Everybody email that guy!"
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''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''
== Easter Eggs ==
== Easter Eggs ==
*For a while, emailing depressio@homestarrunner.com would result in this response:
*For a while, emailing depressio@homestarrunner.com would result in this response:
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<pre>Hello there,
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<blockquote>Hello there,<br>
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I hope your email wasn't full of awful, hurtful remarks like all the rest but I'll never know. I
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I hope your email wasn't full of awful, hurtful remarks like all the rest but I'll never know. I<br>
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stopped reading emails a long time ago and wish my brother would stop giving out my address. Before you
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stopped reading emails a long time ago and wish my brother would stop giving out my address. Before you<br>
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start making fun of me again, I'd like to share something with you.
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start making fun of me again, I'd like to share something with you.<br>
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<br>
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[[HR:sadjournal/wonderyears.html|http://www.homestarrunner.com/wonderyears.html]]<br>
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<br>
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I hope this puts us on the same page of this dusty, many volumed set of<br>
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ever-changing encyclopedias we call Life.<br>
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<br>
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-Strong Sad</blockquote>
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http://www.homestarrunner.com/wonderyears.html
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Then it changed to:
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<blockquote>Strong Sad is no longer accepting emails because you people kept signing me up for "natural male enhancers." That, and the death threats weren't very cool either.<br>
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<br>
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Leemee 'lone!<br>
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<br>
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Strong Sad<br>
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<br>
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[[HR:sadjournal/|www.homestarrunner.com/sadjournal/]]
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</blockquote>
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This email account is now deleted so emailing will only get a response from a [[Wikipedia:Mailer-Daemon|Mailer-Daemon]].
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I hope this puts us on the same page of this dusty, many volumed set of
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The only place where the [[The Secrets That I Keep|Secrets That I Keep]] link can be found on the official site is [[Strong Sad's Lament]].
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ever-changing encyclopedias we call Life.
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-Strong Sad</pre>
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This was considered the Chapmans' first Easter egg in an email. This page is now available via [[Strong Sad's Lament]].
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== Fun Facts ==
== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
===Trivia===
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*This is the first time that Strong Bad attempts to pronounce a state's abbreviation.
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*This is the first time that Strong Bad pronounces a state's abbreviation as if it was just a word.
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*This is the first time Strong Sad is referred to as Strong Bad's little brother. (For the record, Strong Mad is the eldest sibling, Strong Bad is the middle one, and Strong Sad is the youngest.)
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*This is the first time Strong Sad is referred to as Strong Bad's [[The Brothers Strong|little brother]].
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*This is Strong Sad's first appearance in a Strong Bad Email.
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*This is the first time Strong Bad makes noise with his computer chair. The sound, however, is more of a "click-clack" noise instead of [[The Geddup Noise]].
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*This is the first email ever made with an Easter egg.
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===Remarks===
===Remarks===
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*[[Strong Sad's Room]] is decorated with posters fitting the downer or Gothic nature of Strong Sad's character.
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*It is a physical impossibility to tear paper as Strong Sad did with the card to Anthony with one side remaining upright.
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===Goofs===
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*The page title reads "Tandy 500" rather than 400.
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*Although Strong Bad has a reflection on his blue medallion whilst sitting at his computer, he has no reflection in it when insulting Strong Sad.
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===Real-World References===
===Real-World References===
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*The design of the paste container is similar to that for Elmer's glue.
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*The design of the [[School Paste|paste container]] is similar to the [http://www.elmers.com/product/product_page.asp?pCode=E505A one] manufactured by [[Wikipedia:Elmer's Products, Inc.|Elmer's Products, Inc.]]
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*Strong Bad's intro song is a referance to the children's rhyme "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!"
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*Strong Bad's intro song is most likely a reference to the children's rhyme, "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!"
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===Fast Forward===
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*"Depressio111117" later becomes Strong Sad's screen name in [[marzipan]] and [[Strong Sad's Lament]].
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*Strong Sad visits "[[Depressio Beach]]" in [[Somber Vacation]].
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*Strong Sad's email address, depressio@homestarrunner.com, will later be used in [[Strong Badia the Free]], instead being depressio@bleakhouse.gov.
== DVD Version ==
== DVD Version ==
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*If you click on the hidden Strong Bad icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the [[Tandy 400|Tandy 400's]] screen at the end of the email, it takes you to Strong Sad's shoebox full of childhood memories.
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*Instead of the variation, the real Geddup Noise plays when Strong Bad gets up.
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*If you click on the hidden Strong Bad icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the Tandy 400's screen at the end of the email, it takes you to Strong Sad's shoebox full of childhood memories.
**This time, instead of being able to select which items you want to look at, it goes through each in turn. In addition, the card Strong Bad gave Strong Sad is read out loud by a young Strong Bad.
**This time, instead of being able to select which items you want to look at, it goes through each in turn. In addition, the card Strong Bad gave Strong Sad is read out loud by a young Strong Bad.
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*The DVD version also has a hidden creator's commentary. Just switch over your DVD player's audio language when watching this email.
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*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
=== Commentary Transcript ===
=== Commentary Transcript ===
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'''MIKE:''' Back in the days when you could see his mouth in the reflection.
'''MIKE:''' Back in the days when you could see his mouth in the reflection.
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'''MATT:''' Yeah, what a dumb idea that was. Though I don't know, sometimes I think doing his mouth was less work—
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'''MATT:''' Yeah, what a dumb idea that was. Though I don't know, sometimes I think doing his mouth was less work&mdash;
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'''MIKE:''' Well, if you don't move his head
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'''MIKE:''' Well, if you don't move his head.
'''MATT:''' Don't move his head, yeah.
'''MATT:''' Don't move his head, yeah.
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'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Well, when we used to barely move his head, it was fine, but now his head's constantly waggin' around.
'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Well, when we used to barely move his head, it was fine, but now his head's constantly waggin' around.
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'''MATT:''' That's my fault. So, there's some
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'''MATT:''' That's my fault. So...
''{laughter}''
''{laughter}''
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'''MATT:''' Look at his head! Strong Bad's head, man—
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'''MATT:''' Look at his head! Strong Bad's head, man&mdash;
'''MIKE:''' Everyone's looking a little rough right here!
'''MIKE:''' Everyone's looking a little rough right here!
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''{laughter}''
''{laughter}''
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'''MATT:''' I don't know... Strong Sad's..
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'''MATT:''' I don't know... Strong Sad's...
''{laughter}''
''{laughter}''
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'''MATT:''' Um... So what else? Depressio!
'''MATT:''' Um... So what else? Depressio!
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'''MIKE:''' There was the Some Kind of Wonderful—oh yes, Depressio. It used to be, if you emailed that email, it sent you a return email with the first Easter egg.
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'''MIKE:''' There was the Some Kind of Wonderful&mdash; oh yes, Depressio. It used to be, if you emailed that email, it sent you a return email with the first Easter egg.
'''MATT:''' Hurry up and finish!
'''MATT:''' Hurry up and finish!
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'''MIKE:''' ''{quickly}'' That was the first Easter egg ever! ''{quickly said gibberish}''
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'''MIKE:''' ''{quickly}'' That was the first Easter egg ever!
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'''MATT:''' ''{quickly speaking gibberish}''
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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*[[HR:sbemail6.html|watch "depressio"]]
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{{extlinks|sbemail6|youtube=wRKrv-RlJOw}}
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*[[HR:sbemail6.swf|view the Flash file for "depressio"]]
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{{Strong Bad Email}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}
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[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]][[Category:Strong Sad Filmography]][[Category:Strong Bad Filmography]]
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[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]][[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]

Revision as of 22:48, 1 June 2020

Strong Bad Email #6
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"He says you're dumb and a crappy guy."

Anthony thinks Strong Sad is dumb and a crappy guy and wants Strong Bad to deliver the message.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Sad

Places: Computer Room, Strong Sad's Room

Computer: Tandy 400

Date: Friday, October 19, 2001

Running Time: 0:54

Page Title: Tandy 500!!

DVD: strongbad_email.exe Disc One

Contents

Transcript

STRONG BAD: {singing, types "run Strongbad's__email"} I check, you check, we all check for e... mail check... an email...

{Strong Bad pronounces "CA" as "Cah". He then gets up.}

{Cut to Strong Sad's room. Strong Sad is working on a desk with a card, scissors and "SCHOOL PASTE." There are paper shards lying around.}

STRONG BAD: {sticks hands and head through door} Hey, stupid! Do you know some guy named Anthony from South Gate?

STRONG SAD: Oh yeah. I was just making him this card—

{He picks up the card. Its front is white and has "TO: ANTHONY" written on it with a picture of Strong Sad.}

STRONG SAD: —and gonna send him a hundred dolla—

STRONG BAD: Yeah, well he says you're dumb and a crappy guy. {leaves}

STRONG SAD: {disappointed} Ohh... {starts to rip card in half}

{Cut back to the Tandy 400.}

STRONG BAD: {sits back down, clears the screen and starts typing} Look Anthony, as much as I like insulting my stupid kid brother, I'm not your freaking message service, alright? Next time, you email him yourself. {stops typing} His email address is: {typing} depressio@homestarrunner.com {stops typing} Okay, so until next time, {singing} "Everybody email that guy!" "What guy?" "ME!" "Everybody email that guy!"

{The Paper comes down.}

Easter Eggs

  • For a while, emailing depressio@homestarrunner.com would result in this response:
Hello there,
I hope your email wasn't full of awful, hurtful remarks like all the rest but I'll never know. I
stopped reading emails a long time ago and wish my brother would stop giving out my address. Before you
start making fun of me again, I'd like to share something with you.

http://www.homestarrunner.com/wonderyears.html

I hope this puts us on the same page of this dusty, many volumed set of
ever-changing encyclopedias we call Life.

-Strong Sad

Then it changed to:

Strong Sad is no longer accepting emails because you people kept signing me up for "natural male enhancers." That, and the death threats weren't very cool either.

Leemee 'lone!

Strong Sad

www.homestarrunner.com/sadjournal/

This email account is now deleted so emailing will only get a response from a Mailer-Daemon.

The only place where the Secrets That I Keep link can be found on the official site is Strong Sad's Lament.

Fun Facts

Trivia

  • This is the first time that Strong Bad pronounces a state's abbreviation as if it was just a word.
  • This is the first time Strong Sad is referred to as Strong Bad's little brother.
  • This is Strong Sad's first appearance in a Strong Bad Email.
  • This is the first time Strong Bad makes noise with his computer chair. The sound, however, is more of a "click-clack" noise instead of The Geddup Noise.
  • This is the first email ever made with an Easter egg.

Remarks

  • It is a physical impossibility to tear paper as Strong Sad did with the card to Anthony with one side remaining upright.
  • The page title reads "Tandy 500" rather than 400.

Real-World References

  • The design of the paste container is similar to the one manufactured by Elmer's Products, Inc.
  • Strong Bad's intro song is most likely a reference to the children's rhyme, "I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!"

Fast Forward

DVD Version

  • Instead of the variation, the real Geddup Noise plays when Strong Bad gets up.
  • If you click on the hidden Strong Bad icon in the bottom left-hand corner of the Tandy 400's screen at the end of the email, it takes you to Strong Sad's shoebox full of childhood memories.
    • This time, instead of being able to select which items you want to look at, it goes through each in turn. In addition, the card Strong Bad gave Strong Sad is read out loud by a young Strong Bad.
  • The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

Commentary Transcript

(Commentary by: Mike Chapman, Matt Chapman)

MIKE: Back in the days when you could see his mouth in the reflection.

MATT: Yeah, what a dumb idea that was. Though I don't know, sometimes I think doing his mouth was less work—

MIKE: Well, if you don't move his head.

MATT: Don't move his head, yeah.

MIKE: Yeah. Well, when we used to barely move his head, it was fine, but now his head's constantly waggin' around.

MATT: That's my fault. So...

{laughter}

MATT: Look at his head! Strong Bad's head, man—

MIKE: Everyone's looking a little rough right here!

{laughter}

MATT: I don't know... Strong Sad's...

{laughter}

MIKE: That's a good sound effect.

MATT: Um... So what else? Depressio!

MIKE: There was the Some Kind of Wonderful— oh yes, Depressio. It used to be, if you emailed that email, it sent you a return email with the first Easter egg.

MATT: Hurry up and finish!

MIKE: {quickly} That was the first Easter egg ever!

MATT: {quickly speaking gibberish}

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