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"Okay, kids, we're gonna play Where's The Cheat!"

Strong Bad Email #110

Allison wonders what a Strong Bad television series would be like.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Rather Dashing, Kerrek, The Cheat, Homsar, The King of Town (Easter egg)

Places: Computer Room

Computer: Compy 386

Date: August 9, 2004

Running Time: 3:21

Contents

Transcript

{We see Strong Bad at the Compy 386 playing Peasant's Quest. He has a score of -38 and is in the area with Kerrek.}

STRONG BAD: Uh, let's see here... {typing} Make friends with Kerrek. {A message pops up. It reads, "The Kerrek says he has enough friends already. And he doesn't like your short, short pants." His score also drops to -40.}

STRONG BAD: What the!? (presses enter} Um... {typing} Buy Kerrek a cold one. {Kerrek smashes him on the head. There is another message. It reads, "The Kerrek is a teetotaller and is offended by your offer. He pounds your head into the ground. You dead." His score also drops to -45.}

STRONG BAD: WHAT?! Oh man... Stupid game! {types "quit." A message says, "You quitter."} I guess I should do the thing that I do. {pulls up the a> sign and types "strongbad_email.exe"} {Reading}

{instead of saying "- - -", he mumbles "henna" three times. After reading his own name, he stops reading and says, "Whoa! Three hennas! Must be an important one!" Then he continues reading. After the comma, he says "unnecessary comma," and he pronounces "Allison" as "All is on"}

STRONG BAD: {typing} Television?!! Kids?!! Wait, do you people think I'm intended for children? Like, the littlest, tiniest babies? You know, they watch those shows on public television. I don't think I'm cut out for that sort of sugarjob.

{Cut to a piece of yellow paper used for teaching Kindergartners writing. Strong Bad is super-imposed on it with a rocket launcher/bazooka, a monster with horns, a bunny with fangs, and a creature that resembles a man sticking its tongue out are drawn in crayon around him.}

STRONG BAD: {Smiling beatifically} Okay, kids, we're gonna play "Where's The Cheat?". Can you say, "a-The Cheat"?

KIDS: {half incoherent} The Cheat. {one child mumbles} Christopher Columbus.

STRONG BAD: Not good enough. F minus minus. {"F--" appears on the screen. A buzz sound is heard. Cut back to Strong Bad. Behind him are a tree and an open box. A toilet is in front of him.} All right, dumb children. {rubs his hands together} Find The Cheat! {The Cheat comes out from behind the box.}

KIDS: {say things like "He's over there," or "Right there." They continue saying this.}

STRONG BAD: Um, no, he's behind the box. {Turns around and points to The Cheat} No, uh, he's not even behind the box, he's barely obscured by the box. {turns around} Look, The Cheat is behind the freaking box!! {Kids stop talking and the music soundtrack screeches to a halt. Strong Bad comes closer to the viewer.} HE'S BEHIND THE BOX! I'LL KILL YOU!! I'LL KILL ALL YOUR DOGS!!(1) {Cut back via a change of TV channels to Strong Bad at the Compy 386}

STRONG BAD: So, you can see how that might be less than pleasant. What with all the letter writing and the angry mothers and the subsequent stringing me up in town square for all to see. But you know who's a natural for that sorta thing? None other than America's favorite blue midget Homestar: Homsar!!

{Cut to an all-white scene. Homsar comes through a faraway door. He walks closer to the viewer and stops.}

KIDS: What do you know, Haddi-man?

MAN: {As the words are sung, they are shown one by one at the bottom of the viewer's screen. A caricature of Homsar rides by in a boat with a flag from right to left on a light green background with different white, yellow, purple and medium green flowers spinning counter-clockwise. His shirt says "if you lived here you'd be home"} We'll have an adventure, and several long trips. We'll make some new friends {Children appear behind Homsar as he sails off screen left} and maybe get a bite to eat!! {An orange with "abc" on it appears behind in the middle. Seven Homsar silhouettes now appear from left to right, and then disappear in reverse order.} All 'cause we say, {A red sillouette of Homsar with the flag from the boat appears. White liquid spills onto the screen. A logo that says "Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?" with a second caricature of Homsar on it appears.}

KIDS: What do you know, Haddi-man?

{The real Homsar pops up on the left side of the screen in the lower left corner.}

HOMSAR: DaAaAaA! I'm a trendy totebag!

{Cut to a tan scene. Homsar disappears and reappears in various places, making raspberry noises. When he stops on the lower left screen, a blue lower case "g" appears in front of him on the upper right side of the screen.}

KIDS: A "G"!

HOMSAR: I'm not gonna lie to you, that's a healthy piece of real estate!

KIDS: A "G"!

{Cut to a purple background with a person playing a guitar on a stool wearing sneakers. As the words are sung, they appear on the screen.}

MAN: Stave it off, 1-2-3, and now you can count to three.

HOMSAR: That's a real popular song! Who wants to hear of it fifty times more?

KIDS: {shouts of approval}

{Cut to the previous screen. Now we see two of the guitar-playing people, one in a darker shade superimposed behind the other. Again, as the words are sung, they appear on the screen.}

MAN: Stave it off, 1-2-3, and now you can count to three.

{The darker shaded guitarist is suddenly upside-down, and the song is repeated as are the words on the screen.}

MAN: Stave it off, 1-2-3, and now you can count to three.

{Cut back to the Compy via a channel change.}

STRONG BAD: {typing} Good gravy. {Spoken: GOOD... GRAVY.} I've got two words for the children that are raised on that crap: HELD BACK. REPEATING THE THIRD GRADE. LOW STANDARDIZED TEST SCORES. I GUESS THIS WAS MORE THAN TWO WORDS. THE PAPER, PLEASE TAKE US HOME.


{The paper comes down}

Footnote

(1) There has been ensuing debate over whether Strong Bad says "dogs" or "dolls" at this point. A poll conducted about this seems to point toward "dogs" being most accepted as correct.

Easter Eggs

  • At the end, click on the words "good gravy" to see the KOT's new food product.
The KOT's Good Gravy
the KOT's
Good
GRAVY
"I don't lets the
Poopsmith near it!"
104 oz.
  • Also at the end, click "crap" to see a CD jewel case and hear a sample of All is On's album:
ALL IS ON!!!
Mega Hits!!
PARTY MIX!
(on spine) Songs We Found On The Street

(sample from "album") "All is on... feel it, feel it, feel it, feel it..."

Fun Facts

Remarks

  • The commands Strong Bad uses in Peasant's Quest were not originally part of the game but were added after this email debuted.
  • It is impossible to get a negative score in the real game, despite Strong Bad's miserable showing.
  • When Strong Bad is playing Peasant's Quest, the contrast does not affect the game; only the screen behind it.
  • The positions of the crayon graphics in the first scene are all rearranged when the scene zooms in on SB's face.
  • The buzz in the background for the F-- is the same as when Strong Bad deletes an e-mail.

Goofs

  • As Homsar says the word, "trendy," his hat changes in size; first larger, then smaller, then back to normal.
  • When Homsar talks after the lower case "g" shows up (complete with various head movements and hat flyings, as per usual), his shadow stands still.

Glitches

  • You can click on the "All Is On" Easter egg then click on the CD case then the Easter egg case to have the all is on song singing over itself.

Inside References

  • Strong Bad refers to hosting a kids' show as a "sugarjob," echoing the email sugarbob.
  • One of the crayon drawings in Strong Bad's show looks similar to Dijjery-Doo.
  • The drawing in top right corner of Strong Bad's show is the gelatinous monster from kids' book.

Real-World References

  • The fake show hosted by Strong Bad is a spoof of many children's shows; the kids heard shouting the answers to Strong Bad's questions are taken from the show Blue's Clues. Strong Bad's show is actually a curious reversal of Blue's Clues; in Blue's Clues the kids know all the answers but the host is completely clueless.
  • The way Homsar enters and walks closer to the viewer is from the British kids' show "Bod". This is likely, as The Brothers Chaps have claimed that Bod was one of their influences.
  • The opening theme/scene of Homsar's show has some similarities to the "It's a Small World" ride at Disneyland.
  • The noise Homsar makes when he teleports around sound like the PBS show Boobah.
  • The Guitar Playing Man is possibly a reference to folk singer James Taylor who made numerous appearances on childrens TV Program Sesame Street often singing educational songs. The Man is also similar in appearance to James Taylor, for example on the Gorilla album cover.

Fast Forward

  • The "All is On" song from this email is used again in the easter egg for extra plug.
  • The words "Stave it off, 1, 2, 3..." were used again in the email virus.

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