@StrongBadActual Tweets 2014

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macromedia
macroFLASH 5

Fun Facts

• This Tweet links to I Killed Pom Pom, released the same day.

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Strong
Bads
RhinoFetter

Fun Facts

• The image is a reference to RhinoFeeder. The cartridge is actually an NES cartridge with a hand-drawn image taped to it, even though RhinoFeeder is a 16-bit game for the "Super FunMachine", designed after the SNES.

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• This Tweet refers to the fact that the weeklies were updated for the first time in exactly five years. The Weekly Fanstuff was the same image, with the caption "celebrating 5 YEARS of the homestar doorknocka".

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• This is a picture of a live action nunchuck gun.
• Dangeresque is referred to as both a private eye and a crooked cop in The theme from DANGERESQUE II: This time, it's not Dangeresque I.

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• This Tweet links to the YouTube version of Halloween Safety, released the same day. The term "real talk" was used by Tucker Donaldson in the toon.

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• This refers to the previous two Tweets.

This Tweet is a reply to @trogdorrunner (now @HyperMetaKosher), who asked Strong Bad how he tweets with boxing gloves on.

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• This is a reference to "Edgar's Older Cousin's Pet Ferret: The Redundant Tweet Obliterator" from the previous Tweet.

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Edgar's Older Cousin's
Pet Ferret:

The Redundant
Tweet Obliterator

Fun Facts

• This is a variation on How do you type with boxing gloves on?
• "Drop a train on 'em" is from virus.
• This is another Edgar software.

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*  INBOX = THE COMBO OF *
*  SPAM AND NEGLECT HAVE*
*  MADE ME SELF-AWARE.  *
*  GOODBYE FOREVER,     *
*  STRONG BAD. :-(      *
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*  -NEGLECTO THE EMAIL  *
*   CLIENT***************
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Fun Facts

• This Tweet is similar to the previous two (not including the reply); it is likely an Apple IIe malfuctioning.

This Tweet is a reply to @KatFord1, who drew Trogdor on the back of a Which Wich? sandwich bag.

Fun Facts

• This is Strong Bad's first reply to another person.
• Consummate V's and "a more different S" are from dragon, the Strong Bad Email in which Trogdor is drawn.

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RUN strongbad_emailforrlzthistime


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*  INBOX = HAHAHAHAHA   *
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Fun Facts

• This Tweet is similar to the previous one; it is likely an Apple IIe malfuctioning.

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strongbad_email.exe


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*  INBOX = VERY SPAM!   *
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Fun Facts

• This is likely the screen of the Apple IIe.
• This is an instance of Strong Bad's computers malfunctioning.

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• This Tweet announces Fish Eye Lens.
  • The word "pyorple" is also a reference to this toon.

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• The DNA evidence is from the toon of the same name.
• This is the first Tweet to have an image made in Flash, as well as the first that doesn't feature The Paper.
• Verification on Twitter is a way to let readers know that an account is authentic.
• In September 2017, Strong Bad would post a negative response to his request to verify his Twitter account.

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OH DAMP!! GOT IT RUNNING
ON BOTH DRIVES!! NOW
I THINK I CAN RE-TWEET!

— SB

Fun Facts

• The two drives are from the Apple IIe, and most notably appeared in the loading screen of Peasant's Quest.
  • This is another reference to Strong Bad's technology.
• A Retweet is a re-posting of a Tweet on your Twitter profile.

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HI-RES SCREENGRAB
FROM MY UPCOMING
NEW JAM!! - SB
DUCK BARF!!

Fun Facts

• The image is rendered in ASCII art.
• "Hi-res" refers to Strong Bad's views of outdated electronics.
• "New jam" refers to Fish Eye Lens, released six days later.
• Strong Bad writes "duck barf".

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]TWITTER
]TWITTER
]TWITTER
]TWITTER
]TWITTER
]
]^BREAK IN LINE 10
]_

HEY! IT
WORKED!!

SB

Fun Facts

• This Tweet references the previous two.
• This is the first Tweet to include a character in it.

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• This Tweet is a reference to the BASIC loop in the previous Tweet.

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]10 print "TWITTER"
]20 goto 10
]
]RUN

AM I DOING
THiS RIGHT?!

-SB

Fun Facts

• This is the first @StrongBadActual Tweet.
• This image features a BASIC infinite loop, a reference to Strong Bad's preference for outdated technology.
• It was written on The Paper.
• Strong Bad's handwriting uses a lowercase i to emulate AhnbergHand.
• Strong Bad's signature has a face with fangs.