helium
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Shack wants to know what Strong Bad sounds like under the influence of helium.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The Cheat, Homestar Runner, Marzipan, Strong Sad (Easter egg)
Places: Computer Room, Living Room of the Brothers Strong, The Field
Computer: Tandy 400
Date: July 29, 2002
Running Time: 1:29
Page Title: Tandy 400: Still Broken
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Transcript
{Strong Bad bounces his head slowly up and down, right and then left while he sings "Emaillll eeeemailll eeemmailll...", sounding like a car going through its gear shifts.}
Dear Strong Bad,
What do you sound like when you breathe helium?
Shack
Whittier
STRONG BAD: {typing} Oh I dunno, Shaq. {quickly replaces "q" with "ck"} I haven't done that in a while. Though I think we have some leftover balloons from a party we threw last night. Lemme see.
{Strong Bad leaves his seat and goes to a room where Strong Mad and The Cheat are standing. Strong Bad takes a yellow helium balloon and breathes it in.}
STRONG BAD: {in a high-pitched voice} Hey guys! How do you like my sounds?
{Strong Mad laughs.}
STRONG BAD: Pretty great, huh? I sound like...one of the Golden Girls. Or, like, some type a guy who might...sing a song. You know like {singing} "Welcome to the High Voice Crew! {Strong Mad starts to tap his foot to the beat} I hope you have a high voice, too! When you've got a high voice, you don't have a choice, {gradually descends to his ordinary tone} your voice is high all the time. Welcome to the High Vo..." {stops singing} Oh, I guess...I got kicked out of the High Voice Crew.
STRONG MAD: MEEEE!!!!! {takes a blue helium balloon angrily} MEEEEEEEE!!! {breathes it in but his voice doesn't change} THIS IS MY FUNNY VOICE!! {more emphatically} THIS IS MY FUNNY VOICE!!!
STRONG BAD: Yeah, that's a pretty funny one, big guy.
{He rubs his head and The Cheat inhales nearly all of the helium from a blue balloon. The balloon suddenly gets stuck inside The Cheat, who is now a large, round, floating The Cheat. He flies smoothly across the room as Strong Mad looks on in shock.}
STRONG BAD: Aagghh...I've got a wicked head rush...
{Homestar Runner and Marzipan are talking to each other in The Field.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: So from then on, it was pork and beans.
MARZIPAN: I don't know if that's entirely healthy.
{Homestar Runner looks above behind him and sees the large, round, floating The Cheat soaring across The Field.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Whoa, Marzipan. Check out that ugly bird.
{The Cheat floats offscreen.}
MARZIPAN: Homestar, I think that bird is The Cheat.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: No way! The Cheat is one fine-looking young man. That is an ugly bird.
{The Paper comes down. The Cheat reappears, floating through the sky further in the background and in the opposite direction.}
Easter Eggs
- Click on The Cheat as he floats by the second time to hear Strong Sad say, "I'm sad that he's flying."
Fun Facts
Explanations
- The reason Strong Bad got a head rush (or neurological vertigo in scientific terms) was because the helium in the balloon momentarily replaced the oxygen normally carried to the brain.
Trivia
- This email marks the first appearance of Marzipan's new mouth movement style. (Look closely at how her mouth moved in cartoons like Where's The Cheat? and you will see the change.)
- This is also Marzipan's first appearance in a Strong Bad Email.
- Strong Bad's voice while he breathed helium was only his regular voice sped up. You can tell this when Strong Bad's voice is returning to normal - his song gradually slows down.
Remarks
- Strong Mad's balloon does not deflate at all when he inhales the helium from it.
Inside References
- During the helium scene, a keg that reads "melonade" sits off to the side, which is the same keg from the old A Jumping Jack Contest cartoon.
- The Strong Sad Easter Egg is a reference to Main Page 15 ("I'm sad that I'm flying.") If you listen closely, you'll notice that there is a pause between "that" and "he's", showing that The Brothers Chaps used the "I'm sad that I'm flying" line and simply took out "I'm flying" and replaced it with "He's flying"
Real-World References
- Shaq refers to NBA player Shaquille O'Neal.
- The Golden Girls was a popular sitcom about four elderly women that ran from 1985 to 1992.
DVD Version
- Strong Sad automatically says, "I'm sad that he's flying."
