The Reddest Radish

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Marzipan is certain to win the Reddest Radish contest. Strong Bad and company feign a note to Marzipan from Homestar Runner, saying he's sick, to lure her away from her house. This cartoon has a unique "paper doll cut-out" visual style.

Cast (in order of appearance): Marzipan, The Cheat, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, The Announcer

Places: The Radish Patch, Homestar's House, Contest Area

Date: 2000

Running Time: 2:23

Page Title: The Reddest Radish

Transcript

{Opening Music and Title Screen} CAPTION: On the day of the Reddest Radish contest, Marzipan was in her garden getting ready...

Crow:..to find a way out of this flash and kill the Chapmans.

MARZIPAN: La la la la la la la... La la la la

Tom (Marizipan):Doe, a dear, a female dear.

{Marzipan picks a radish} {Canned laughter} {The Cheat appears from behind a bush and drops a note that lands at Marzipan's feet. She picks it up.}

Mike (Marzipan):You mean the rest of your kind are invading?

MARZIPAN: Oh! This note leads me to believe that Homestar Runner is sick.

Crow:And now you know why he was in the woman's bathroom.

{The note reads "i am sick. —homestar runner"}

Mike:This flash leads me to believe that Marzipan is stupid.

{Canned laughter} MARZIPAN: I'd better go check on him. {heads offscreen to Homestar's house} {Enter Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad with a wagon} STRONG BAD: Okay, get the vegetable!

Tom (Strong Bad):The vegetable! Get the vegetable so we can survive!

{Canned booing} STRONG BAD: Now let's cheat it! {They throw the radish on the wagon and leave} {Cuts to Marzipan at Homestar's house. She knocks on the door with her head.}

Mike (Homestar):Marzipan, I think you need to be in Veggie Tales. Tom:Looks like it's going to be like that. Crow (Strong Bad):Get the vegetable!

MARZIPAN: Ouch. Homestar Runner, are you OK? {knocks with head again} Homestar, are you in there? It's me, Marzipan! {Canned laughter} {Cuts to Strong Bad, The Cheat and Strong Mad, wagon and radish in tow.} {Canned booing} STRONG BAD: Oh man you guys, with Marzipan's radish, we're gonna win the competition, and then, maybe get uh, famous...a little...

Crow (Strong Bad):And kill the Brothers Chaps! Mike:Crow, would he really do that? Crow:No, but I hope he does.

{Canned laughter} {Cuts to Homestar Runner and Pom Pom and a stage with a banner that says "Reddest Radish"} ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, the competition will begin in 15 minutes. Please bring your radishes to the staging area. HOMESTAR RUNNER: Pom Pom, where's Marzipan? She's supposed to be here! {Cuts to Marzipan, still at Homestar's house. She knocks with her head} MARZIPAN: Ouch. Homestar, let me in.

Tom:Maybe after the contest, Homestar might get a botton for his door, and get Marzipan a brain.

{Knocks again} MARZIPAN: Ouch. Homestar Runner, are you in there? {Pause} I'm leaving. {Leaves}

Crow:She has a brain!

{Canned laughter} {Cuts to Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad, pulling the wagon and radish}

STRONG BAD: {To the tune of "La Cucharacha"} We got the radish, we got the radish, and we're gonna win the contest!

Mike:These are really bad puns, really bad puns. Tom:Well just think about. At least it isn't as bad as Manos. Mike:What? Crow:Oh, Mike, you don't wanna know.

{Canned booing} {Cuts to Homestar Runner and Pom Pom by the stage, a can at their feet} POM POM: {Bubbles}

Crow:Bubble to you too, bally!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: You know what, Pom Pom? You're right. Kicking this can would make me feel better. {He kicks it} {Cuts to Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad} {Canned booing} {The can that Homestar Runner kicked lands in front of the wagon, and the wagon goes over it, causing the radish to fly out} STRONG BAD: What the...? Holy crap!

Tom:I can't describe this flash better without that word!

{Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad rush off, leaving afterimages} STRONG BAD AFTERIMAGE: Holy crap! {Canned laughter and the after images rush off. The radish is still flying through the air.} HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, that radish is Marzipan's! STRONG BAD: Out of the way, Homestar! {The radish lands and they all fight over it in a cloud of dust. The dust clears, the villains are on the ground, stood over by Pom Pom and Homestar is on the stage with the radish}

Mike:I think this gets my award for the most surreal flash ever.

{Marzipan enters} HOMESTAR RUNNER: Look Marzipan, I got the Reddest Radish back from Strong Baaaaaaaaaaad!

Crow:Ba, ba, ba ,ba, ba , ba, bad!

MARZIPAN: What on earth are you talking about? That's not the Reddest Radish! This is! {Marzipan pulls out a gargantuan red radish. Homestar falls off the stage, and Pom Pom falls to land sideways. Laughter. Marzipan stands on the stage with her radish and a first prize trophy} MARZIPAN: I'm the winner! {Canned laughter} CAPTION: the end.

All:Yay!

Fun Facts

Trivia

• When Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, Strong Mad, and Strong Bad are in a fight for the raddish, their colors are: Strong Bad turns red, Pom Pom turns yellow, Strong Mad turns black, Homestar Runner turns red, and The Cheat turns to a darker yellow.
• The usual "back" and "again" links at the end do not appear in this cartoon.

Remarks

• Strong Mad's boots are colored black, instead of their usual red color.

Real-World References

• The way Marzipan pulls out the radish resembles a character pulling an item out of the ground in the video game Super Mario Bros. 2.
• The announcer pronounces "please" in the same way as the titular character of the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

Fast Forward

• Strong Bad's "With Marzipan's raddish, we're gonna win the competition" comment later appeared in the Strong Bad email virus.
• The paper cut-out version of The Cheat was also used again in virus.

External Links

• watch "The Reddest Radish"
• view the Flash file for "The Reddest Radish"