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[[Image:sbemail159a.png|thumb|"Perfect! Now I'm out of my anti-depressant."]]
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The Lappy-nappers are revealed! Can Strong Bad save his beloved fold-em-up computer? Find out in the first half of a two-part email!
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Marshie}}, {{Film|The Sad Kids}}, [[Marshie's Mother]], [[Lappy 486]], [[Tandy 400]], [[Compy 386]], [[The Paper]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}
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'''Places:''' [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Computer Room]]
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{{Comp|Tandy 400}}
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'''Date:''' October 2, 2006
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'''Running Time:''' 3:57
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'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486
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==Transcript==
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''{Open in Strong Bad's computer room, coming in on  a worried Strong Bad, while suspenseful music plays.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' My computer's been lappynapped!
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''{A record scratches and the screen dims, Marshie comes in from the bottom of the screen.}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' Hello, Kenneth!
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''{Marshie flies across a yellow background.}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' Hear me roar!
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''{Marshie growls for a moment, then opens his mouth wide, the background turns red, sound lines come out of his mouth, and he meows. Cut to a shot of the Sad Kids standing on top of Marshie.}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' That's right, kids!
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''{Silhouettes of the main characters scroll across the page, with big question marks over them. As he names the sweepstakes, the name appears on the screen.}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' Play the Fluffy Puff Marshmallows ''My Lappy Got Stole!'' Sweepstakes and win big!
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''{As Marshie says "big", he grows a large, fat, white body, and his voice deepens. Cut to a shot of a bicycle. Marshie's voice is back to normal.}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' First prize,—
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''{A shot of a metal detector}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' —second tries,—
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''{Marshie, in a car, driving along with mountains in the background}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' ''{singing}'' Take a trip to the mountains... ''{these words appear above the mountains, written on a musical staff}''
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''{The screen dims and Marshie comes down from the top with a top hat and a cane.}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' I'm a song and dance man!
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''{Cut to a wooden desk, with a note card on it.}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' Just email who you think done it on a 3x5 note card,—
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''{"it was the HIPPO!" is written on the note card.}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' —stick a Fluffy Puff on each corner,—
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''{Four marshmallows appear, one stuck on each corner of the card. Cut to Marshie, talking through gritted teeth, in front of a portrait of an older woman.}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' —and just walk away, mother...
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''{Cut to Strong Bad's basement, looking at the ad on the TV. Marshie is next to a bag of Fluffy Puff Marshmallows.}''
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'''MARSHIE:''' Fluffy Puff Marshmallows. Yeah! Still!
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''{The words "Yeah! Still!" appear underneath Marshie. Cut to Strong Bad lying on the couch, surrounded by empty chip packets of various descriptions.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' You gotta be kidding me. Man, everybody's trying to make a buck or nine off my heart-drooping loss.
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''{He feels around in the nearest bag of chips, and finds that it's empty.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, perfect. Now I'm out of my antidepressant. Nothing dulls the pain quite like several dozen half-full bags of ''{as he lists the flavorings, symbols for them appear at the top of the screen}'' Italian-herb-chipotle-buffalo-ranch-guacamole-Thai-peanut-style chippety-chomps. I guess I'll slink off to Bubs' and refill my prescription. Slinnnk...
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''{Strong Bad somehow slides up and over the armrest of the couch, and off screen. Cut to Strong Bad at Bubs' Concession Stand. Bubs is nowhere to be seen.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Bubs! Hello? Can I get a witness? Bubs? ''{looks around the stand, and screams}''
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''{Pan to the side of the stand, we see the Lappy's power cord hanging off the roof. Tense music plays.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' The Lappy's tail! I'll save you, Lappy-pie... boo... ''{runs back and forth anxiously, making the Homsar walking noise}'' Just keep your pixels on. Strong Bad's got everything under control-alt-delete.
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''{Strong Bad picks up a ladder from behind the stand, and climbs up onto the roof.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Who put you up here— Wha?!?
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''{The suspenseful music plays, and reveal the Lappy, with the broken Tandy and the shotgunned Compy. The Tandy is suspending a horseshoe magnet from a fishing rod above the Lappy's keyboard.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' It's my crappier and crappiest computers!
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''{Both old computers fizz and spark.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Careful, guys, let's not do anything inappropriate with that magnet... I've got a lot of important text files on that 5 meg hard drive... Now just let the Lappy go, and we can all go out for hushpuppies. You guys still like hushpuppies, don't you?
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''{Both old computers fizz and spark a lot.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, fine. hushpuppies are out. For some reason I... I thought you guys liked hushpuppies.
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''{Both old computers keep fizzing and sparking. The Tandy also churns its floppy disk drive.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Sorry, guys, we're getting nowhere. I don't speak extravagantly broken computer.
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''{The Paper comes down, reading "'Sup Strong Bad. I'll help with the translation."}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' The Paper! You're just in time! Find out what they want!
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''{The Paper goes back up, and the Compy "talks" for a bit. The Paper comes back down with "They want to come out of retirement..."}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Retirement? They didn't retire, I threw them away. Ask them if they mean they want to come out of ''thrown-awayment''.
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''{The Paper comes down again, reading "They're not laughing. They each want to check one last email."}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Are they joking? Those guys couldn't check an email with the help of sixty horses dressed up as IT professionals!
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''{The Tandy lowers the magnet a little, and the Lappy's screen turns on, showing:}''
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<blockquote style="background: #06bfad; padding: 30px; width: 25em; margin: 0; border: none">
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<div style="border: 1px solid black">
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<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">
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<big>Oh, Child!</big><br>
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It's the Teal Screen<br>
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of Near Death! (TSoND)
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, okay, okay! I'll do my best. If it'll save the orphanage... I mean, my Lappy, I'll do it. Now, let's check emails like it was the deuce double-ought dweice!
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''{Both old computers "talk".}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' It just means 2002... I... thought it was slick... slick-rick... way to talk...
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''{Fade through black to Strong Bad with the Tandy at the email-checking desk.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Green lines, green, green lines. It's a Strong Bad Email again.
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<blockquote class="tandy email">
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dearest strong bad<br>
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do you remember the email that you deleted<br>
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the hardest<br>
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sincerly<br>
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josh<br>
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oakland
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''{Strong Bad reads "sincerly" as written, and "josh oakland" as "josho kland"}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, let's just see here... Zero capitalization...
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''{The first letters of each of "dearest", "strong", "bad", "do", "sincerly", "josh" and "oakland" are all briefly highlighted}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Misspelling...
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''{The word "sincerly" is briefly highlighted}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Lack of punctuation...
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''{The blank spaces after "bad", "hardest", "sincerly" and "josh" are all briefly highlighted}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Looks like a winner to me! ''{typing}'' Dearest Josho, I have some good news for you! I <u>DO</u> remember the email that I deleted the hardest. And I'm still remembering it right now!!! ''{stops typing}'' Homestar! Little help please.
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''{Zooms out to reveal Homestar pouring a bottle of Mountain Dew into the hole in the side of the Tandy}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm way ahead of ya, SB.
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Then, we'll just add some of the King of Town's fizzy denture tablets.
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''{Strong Bad holds up a box of "Oh No You Dent!!!" disgusting old person tablets}''
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'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{offscreen}'' Thems is my after-dinner mints!
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''{Strong Bad tips several of the tablets into the hole.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{heavy reverb}'' And now if you'd please turn in your hymnals, and join me in singing number 119, a-deleted.
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''{Strong Bad hits the keyboard, and the "DELETED!!" screen comes up, with a gothic font. Organ music plays.}''
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'''STRONG BAD & HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' Deleted!
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''{Strong Bad swings a pickaxe through the keyboard and the desk. The Tandy explodes, and gives off a bad graphics mushroom cloud.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{turns away, falls to his knees and closes his eyes}'' Aaah!
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Goodbye, old girl. They'll always say you went out in a blaze of green rectangular glory.
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''{Homestar, with one eye still closed, starts pouring Mountain Dew on the carpet. Cut to a closeup of Strong Bad.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' All right! One down, one to go.
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''{Cut to a shot of the shotgunned Compy on the desk. The suspenseful music plays. The Paper comes down, reading "To Be Continued Tomorrow!"}''
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;clncknmsfrmyslf.txt<br><br>
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Cool nicknames for myself<br>
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Mr. Lewd Comment 1965<br>
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Giantus<br>
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The Fake Frenchman<br>
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<del style="color:red"><span style="color:black">Light 'n Fluffy</span></del> <span style="color: red; font-family:sans-serif">NO!</span><br>
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Heaven in Tights<br>
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Good Fortunator<br>
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Bicep Lad<br>
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Lebner<br>
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Mighty Legit<br>
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Dabney Coleman's Evil Twin<br>
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Wisewallace<br>
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/got nothin'<br>
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The Detroit Locksmith<br>
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Prudeacre
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;cldshplog.txt<br><br>
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&nbsp;Cloud Shape Spotting Log<br>
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lightswitch w/no cover<br>
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baseball headed baby<br>
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brown water<br>
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michigan w/2 bites out of it<br>
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Letter to Bakery Thrift Store<br>
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Dear Bakery Thrift Store,<br>
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if a loaf of bread is only<br>
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29 cents? It's old bread.<br>
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*This email follows directly from [[cliffhangers]], where Strong Bad's computer was kidnapped at the end of the email. The dramatic "cliffhanger resolution" music is reused from that email as well.
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*"Number 119, a-deleted" may be a reference to Email #119 ([[animal]]) in which Strong Bad first got the Lappy.
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*"Just walk away, mother" is a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia: Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''. Also, the painting seen when Marshie delivers this line is drawn similarly to the caricature of [[Wikipedia:Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock]] seen at the start of his television program, ''[[Wikipedia:Alfred Hitchcock Presents|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''.
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*The events of this email are concluded in [[retirement B]].
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[[Category:Advertisements]]
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Current revision as of 04:08, 23 October 2006

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