Editing Talk:isp

== YTMND ==

Is my fun fact on YTMND really unsuitable, I think it makes sense. Also should it be changed to the Wikipedia article? - [[User:Volbeat A The Cheat|Volbeat A The Cheat]] 10:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

:Don't think YTMND is unsuitable. Maybe put it in the Remarks section along with the Goof it's under? --[[User:Narwaffle|Narwaffle]] 10:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

::I am more concerned with what to do with that link that other guy posted.

==Phone cord==
[[Image:Phone_cord.PNG|thumb|But it's not Dangeresque's phone]]
As demonstrated in the shown image, there is a goof in the phone call scene. Can someone write something about it, beacuse I have writer's block. And no, it is NOT a reference to Dangeresque. - [[User:Volbeat A The Cheat|Volbeat A The Cheat]] 10:26, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

It IS a reference to [[Disconnected Phone]]. S. What ever. --{{User:Homfrog/sig}} 11:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)


:I gotta agree, i don't think it's a goof, i think they made a reference to cordless phone on purpose, kinda like an uninteractive easter egg maybe...
::It's just a goof. It's not onscreen long enough to be noticed. TBC didn't notice that they didn't make the phone cord long enough, is all.{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 11:18, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
:::I aggree with Bassbone. It doesen't look like a reference. If it were it would actually look disconnected, not just a stub.

::::I think it's a reference to the cordless phone. remember on [[replacement]]?--[[User:That crazy DumDe!|DumDe]] 14:18, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::I smell a vote coming. :D Democracy!

::::::meh meh meh meh meh meh meh  translation: i say its a refrance [[User:Mr.Cheaterson]]

=="Or" or "For"?==
I thought Homestar said "account number for identity theft" rather than "or identity theft".  Anyone else hear that?  I don't want to change it in case it's just me.  [[User:ModestlyHotGirl|ModestlyHotGirl]] 15:27, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
*I heard "or." When I first heard it, I assumed it was Homestar pulling together a few phrases that he had heard in relation to giving out personal information in order to form what he though was an intelligent sentence (but which to the rest of us is a complete non sequitur.) It makes less sense from a sentence-structure standpoint, but more sense considering that we are, after all, dealing with Homestar.
**I'd recommend putting a footnote after the word in the transcript saying that it could be either.  I'd put it there myself, but I don't know how, and my search for help has been fruitless. -[[User:Unknownwarrior33|Unknownwarrior33]] 22:09, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Here's my logica-thingy that proves it's "Or": If Homestar had been able to steal Strong Bad's personal identity by typing in his number, then it would easily be accesible whether he's on the phone with Strong Bad or not. It might be harder to find him if Bubs had a lot of customers, but according to him, Strong Bad is the only one. Also, Homestar has a tendency to piece together words that are similar to the ones he wants. --[[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]]<sup>[[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]]</sup> 19:08, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
::::My money's on "or." I don't hear an "F" sound, plus it's just like Homestar to come up with a ridiculous non-sequitur sentence like that. {{User:Bassbone/sig}} 07:22, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::meh meh meh meh meh meh meh  translation: I hear "or" [[Mr.Cheaterson]]

== Pasty white whatsit? ==

Are you sure SB's saying "bottom"? I'm not sure what he's saying, but it sounds like it starts with a W and has an S in it. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 15:49, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

It sounds a bit like "whaffum", or perhaps "wawesome" (or "wassum"?).  It certainly doesn't sound like "bottom" to me. --[[User:AshyRaccoon|AshyRaccoon]] 15:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

:As I put it in the first draft of the transcript, it's "boittom" or "bwahttom". Perhaps "Bwahthom."{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 16:24, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
::meh meh meh meh   translation: for cheats sake he's saying "bousem" in a strang way

== Hilarity Ensues ==

I have a problem with the "Strong Bad's laughter comes from A Jorb Well Done" reference. Two instances of him simply laughing shouldn't be cross-referenced, and I don't don't think the similarity between the two was very strong. After watching the two files, they don't even sound remotely the same. If anything, his laughter would be a reference to crappy sit-coms (a la Brady Bunch) in which the final joke was seemingly gut-busting to the people onscreen so the show could end with a freeze-frame of everyone looking happy.
:But they both are using Strong Bad's insane laughter to make a joke. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 17:08, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
::Those two instances of laughter a) come from completely different things, and b) sound absolutely nothing alike, so how on earth can the reference be that the laughter comes FROM "A Jorb Well Done"? The reference makes no sense. You would have to start cross-referencing anything that was even remotely similar if you accept this as precedent. Every time Homestar falls down? Every time Pom Pom laughs?
:::If it's not an actual reference, then it doesn't belong on this page. If it's the exact sound clip then it should go on [[Sound Effects]], though. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:10, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, it's laughter, seriously, it happens on a reqular basis, whats next, "Hey, he's walking, lets put that in the wiki!"


Can't it be both?  I'm going to have to agree with Joshua here.  Both the "A Jorb Well Done" laugh and the "isp" laugh both go on for longer than usual, both get high pitched and insane, and both have a zoom up on the face.  Not like his normal "Bwa ha ha" routine.  Also, I agree that this is a reference to the sitcom laugh, bo only to a certain extent.  If there was a laugh at the end of the Brady Bunch, and then the camera focused in on Greg Brady's face and his laugh went on for 30 seconds getting more shrill and higher pitched by the second... well, you got to admit, something's not normal with this Brady Bunch episode. - El Santo, 13:39 PST, 16 May 2006

The sitcom reference is simply refering to that in both (for example) the B.B. and in this email, the characters are reacting to something only mildly amusing in an over-the-top way in the final moments of the show. Strong Bad's laughter in this episode is over-the-top to the nth degree to drive that point home: it's not at all funny, but it's the last joke, so it's HYSTERICAL! Now go back and watch "A Jorb Well Done." Strong Bad is not being over the top. He's not being hysterical. He's just laughing hard, and since back then he was a bad guy, he laughed hardest when it was at someone else's expense. There's nothing at all extreme about that back-in-the-day laugh. He just thought it was really funny. The olden-days laugh doesn't even build up to any hysterics. It starts out that way. The two references simply don't match. They have as much in common with each other as me writing with a pencil and me coloring with a crayon.

== Hampster <nowiki>[sic]</nowiki> Dance? ==

Didn't see a Fun Stuff link, so I'll post it here. I thought the "break-dancing rodent" might be a reference to the (annoying) Internet meme, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hampster_Dance The Hampster Dance]. Both include animated gifs of a dancing rodent. I'm not positive on this one, but it's the first thing that came to mind when the rodent started not-really-break-dancing on the Lappy.  - [[User:Totoro|Totoro]] 18:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

:I don't think so. The first thing that came to my mind was the little animated mouse GIF on [[Strong Bad's Website]] {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 18:21, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

yea  id totally say thats a hampster dance reference. back in that day, hampster dance was the only thing the internet was good for anyway. [[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 23:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

:STUFF'd. Like I said, I'm not positive on this one, but it's worth a discussion. - [[User:Totoro|Totoro]] 19:57, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

== Not so Magical ==

That "this is where the magic happens" line in the real-world references HAD to come out. That phrase has been around for decades. It did not originate with Cribs.

== Is this worth mentioning? ==

<blockquote>This is the shortest Strong Bad Email name to date, with only three letters.</blockquote>

I think it's cool, but I'm a nerd. What do you think?--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 18:59, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

:Seems kind of obvious to me, anybody who would find that kind of thing interesting would probably already know. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 19:01, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

:Eh, maybe because I'm a nerd too, I don't see a problem with it. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:05, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

::It is also [[car|patently false]]. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 19:24, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

:::Yeah, [[12:00]] doesn't have any letters, just numbers. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:52, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

::: 12:00 doesn't count in my eyes (zero letters, but five characters) but yeah, didn't think of car. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:10, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

::::Aw, crackles. I forgot about [[car]]. Totally my bad.--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 01:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

== Wired Pom Pom? ==

Regarding the comment in Remarks about other characters have Internet access: I need some clarification for my own edification. Pom Pom can obviously check his email through his PDA, but do Palm users need to subscribe to an online service in order to do this, or is it just tacked onto the monthly bill as an add-on, as would happen with someone checking their email through their cell phone?

:It depends; normally a PDA accesses the internet by wirelessly connecting to an ISP, but some work as cell phones too.  That being said, the Pom Pilot doesn't look like the phone type. -[[User:Unknownwarrior33|Unknownwarrior33]] 21:49, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
::He [[technology|doesn't]]? &mdash;[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 03:22, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::I said "Pom Pilot", not "Pom Pom".  I'm saying that his PDA doesn't look like the kind of PDA that functions as a phone. -[[User:Unknownwarrior33|Unknownwarrior33]] 22:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

== "CD-ROM Cupholder" is a real call! ==

Go to the very bottom of the page on this link:
http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/cs_cdroms.shtml

You'll notice that the responce homestar gave about the "CD-Rom not being a cupholder" may be a real-world reference. (If for whatever reason you cannot acess the link, here is the text

'''Customer:''' "Hello, is this Tech Support?"<br />
'''Tech Support:''' "Yes, it is. How may I help you?"<br />
'''Customer:''' "The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my warranty period. How do I go about getting that fixed?"<br />
'''Tech Support:''' "I'm sorry, but did you say a cup holder?"<br />
'''Customer:''' "Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer."<br />
'''Tech Support:''' "Please excuse me if I seem a bit stumped, it's because I am. Did you receive this as part of a promotional, at a trade show? How did you get this cup holder? Does it have any trademark on it?"<br />
'''Customer:''' "It came with my computer, I don't know anything about a promotion. It just has '4X' on it."<br />
At this point the Tech Rep had to mute the caller, because he couldn't stand it. The caller had been using the load drawer of the CDROM drive as a cup holder and snapped it off the drive.
[[User:Tommygun141|Tommygun141]] 21:01, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
: We previously had a fact stating that that was an urban legend. Maybe it was real; maybe it wasn't. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:03, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
:: Hey! Someone deleted it! They could've at least said why they were deleting it. If they thought it was an urban legend, they could have added "this is possibly an urban legend" or something. Jeez. I'm putting it back in, but with a mention of its urban-legendism possibility. [[User:Tommygun141|Tommygun141]] 21:14, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
::: Just because you found a transcript of it does not make it real. There is also a transcript available of the famous "too stupid to own a computer" tech-support call. Smopes places these under the "undetermined" heading because while there may have been a grain of truth to them at one time, after being passed around for ten years, they've been embellished a lot.
::: that one is true, just the ending is false and incomplete. {{User:Csours/sig}} 05:30, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::: Someone deleted even after I mentioned the possiblity of it being an urban legend. That's like removing the Big Foot reference in Myths and Legends because it may not be true. Well, not exactly, but if it's a notorious tech support call which may or not be true, and the fact STATES that it may or not be true, there is no reason to delete it. We shouldnt be trying to decide on its truth or not, (although that should be mentioned) but whether the brothers chaps MADE THE REFERENCE. and they did. There is no reason to delete it because of it's referential nature, and if you list that it may or may not be true it should NOT be deleted. Also, please sign your posts. [[User:Tommygun141|Tommygun141]] 21:24, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
::::: There's a simpler answer to your problems than this, and that answer can be summed up in one simple acronym: learn the magic of [[STUFF]]. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:29, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::: Whoa. I was particularly amused by that site, and by searching around I actually found another thing that's related to what Homestar says:

I work for a local ISP. Frequently we receive phone calls that go something like this: 

*Customer: "Hi. Is this the Internet?" 
...or... 
*Customer: "Do you own the Internet?" 
...or... 
*Customer: "Is this 'Internet' the same as 'www' and do you own that as well?" 

We would love to be able to say, just once, to these callers, "YES! We are the Internet, and we own all." 

-- [[HRFWiki:User:The Mu|Da M-izz-u]]<sup>[[HRFWiki:User talk:The Mu|Tizzalk]]</sup> 21:52, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
:Strangely, this is not the first time the above site has been linked on a talk page. See [[Talk:technology#Whos that stupid?]] for arguably the prize-winning tech support story. &mdash;[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 03:34, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Guys, the CD-ROM Cupholder *is* an urban legend.  There are no official records of this call actually happening.  And it has been quoted in so many different forms, with the joke itself being essentially the same, that you can't really attribute it to anyone in particular.  Calling it such on this page is thus appropriate. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 04:29, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:Of course, the fact could still be there, stating that the line references a common urban myth. [[User:64.231.120.38|64.231.120.38]] 21:26, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::As Kiefer said, it ''is'' a [http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperf.htm legend]. Note that it [http://www.snopes.com/info/glossary.asp does not matter] whether or not it ever actually happened to be classified as a legend. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:32, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Anybody else notice on that page that the author's nickname has a 'd in it? --{{User:Choc-O-Lardiac_Arrest/sig}} 07:24, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

== The incredible vanishing trivia ==

Someone took out the "back of the Lappy" trivia before I could get to it (I can think of seeing it two places at least, in Animal and Part-Time Job), and I had to take out the "This is the first time we see Bub's laughing" one since he laughs with the rest at the end of Labor Day. Well, chuckles, but it's still laughing. Just an FYI.
:Like Jay said in response to a previous comment, put it in STUFF if you're not sure. -[[User:Unknownwarrior33|Unknownwarrior33]]
::This wasn't a "is this right?" comment. I WAS sure. But people hate it when their remarks, trivia, etc are deleted without any explanation, so i explained.
:::Sorry, I misspoke.  What I meant to say is that if the wiki community can't agree, it should be STUFF'd.  That seems to be the case, because the fact is back up. -[[User:Unknownwarrior33|Unknownwarrior33]] 22:13, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

== Datum? ==

This might be kind of obscure, or even accidental, but I had a thought that when SB says "Datum sounds good", not only is it a play off of the word (and obviously "that"), but it may be a reference to to cheesy Westerns and the such of the 40s and 50s when the Indians in such films used a dialect in which they would put "um" on the end of english words. Like for example, "He-um heap good man. Mighty brave." And other such nonsense. Did anyone else grow up watching these movies? -- [[User:Paulsint|Paulsint]]
:I never would have thought of that if you hadn't mentioned it, but now that you did, the tone of voice in which he says that line seems a little too "old-West-style Indian" to be coincidence.

::It wasn't just old-style movies; people really did (and do) put an -um (or -im) suffix on the end of words.  Only verbs, though.  It's a transitivity marker (iirc) that shows up in certain pidgin and creole Englishes.  (I believe you'll find it, for example, in [http://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tok_Pisin Tok Pisin])  I don't know, myself, if actual American Indians ever actually talked like this, but it's a common feature of pidgin Englishes, and thus something that writers of Westerns could have immediately seized upon when trying to write "native talk". [[User:67.171.71.112|67.171.71.112]] 05:21, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

::I was pretty sure that it was a pun on Data, since Datum is an alternate plural form of data. [[User:69.19.14.21|69.19.14.21]] 16:25, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Actually, data's the plural and datum is the singular. Though you almost never hear it used appropriately ("These data are shocking!"). And yes, when Bubs says it first it's kind of a joke about that. We're talking about the tone of voice Strong Bad uses. And yeah, 67.171.etc, I've heard that in Jamaica they tack "-dem" onto singular nouns to make them plural. &mdash;[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 17:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

== speech impediment ==

Under Remarks:

''When Homestar says the word "internet" after he first answers Strong Bad's call, he speaks without his trademark speech impediment.''

MAybe it should be clarified what the word "internet" would sound like with Homestars speeech impediment... cause im not hearing too much of a difference.[[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 00:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

:I would imagine it would sound like "in-tew-net" or somesuch. I hear a clear "R" sound in there.{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 06:56, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:: I would imagine it would sound like "Inn-or-net" which is EXACTLY what I'm hearing.--[[User:That crazy DumDe!|DumDe]] 19:49, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::But Homestar doesn't say "R"s.{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 07:23, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

== Zzzzz... ==

I just thought I'd mention that when it cuts back to the Lappy at the end of the email, it shows 99% Complete with the text "Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..." under it. Is it at least worth mentioning? --[[User:GLO3|GLO3]]
:I'd say yes. I noticed that not in the transcript. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

== Homestar has another new mouth thingy or I'm emo ==

I added [[Image:homestar_pshh]] in the early stages of this article, as well as text saying it's an unusual mouth shape for him. It's relevant, WHY THE CRAP DID SOMEONE DELETE BOTH THE FACT AND THE IMAGE? The KB really hates me, I should leave. - [[User:Volbeat A The Cheat|Volbeat A The Cheat]] 10:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, this face was show already in [[Cool Things]] when Homestar says to Strong Sad " Oh, and good luck tonight"

:We have [[Talk:garage sale#Eyebrow? (DECLINED)|precedent]] in not including "new facial expressions" as fun facts... (Oh, and don't worry, they certainly weren't deleted just because you put them there... you know we all love you, Volbie.) {{User:Phlip/sig}} 11:40, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

::Oh ok I see now. <!-- continuing -->
::Eww, you love me. =P - [[User:Volbeat A The Cheat|Volbeat A The Cheat]] 08:37, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

== Motion blur ==

Should a connection be drawn between the quick-spin around to the back of the Lappy and the quick-drop into the basement in [[Sbemail 150?!?]]? They're both recent, it's the same motion blur effect and the same sound effect... but it's rather minor... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 11:51, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

eh...   in my opinion its too minor and not really an interesting fact. we dont have to mention eeeeevery style similarity between cartoons.[[User:Del Taco?|Del Taco?]] 21:55, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

==Hold music vs. car alarm==

Possible [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Category:Homestar_Runner_running_gags Homestar Runner running gag] - Homestar voicing the sound of the hold music in this email, just as he voiced the sound of the car alarm in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]. I feel like he's done it at least one other time. Thoughts? - [[User:Totoro|Totoro]] 18:37, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:He also does the theme from <strike>Knight Rider</strike> Night Court starring Richard Moll when you spin his buzzer (in [[car]]). And maybe when he did the "Back In Black" music intro in that one Answering Machine... --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:COURT. Night COURT. [[User:ComputerBox|Tom H]]
::Right, right... That. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::"Back in Black" is the one I was thinking of. All-time classic. Anyway, is this enough for a running gag page? I'll create it, but I figured I should get some feedback first. - [[User:Totoro|Totoro]] 22:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::::What would you call the page, out of curiosity? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::::Homestar Singing? {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:54, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::That would be my suggestion too. It's not perfect, but it's more concise than anything else I came up with. Homestar Sound Effects would be a decent alternative. - [[User:Totoro|Totoro]] 00:32, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::::That was already [[Talk:Running Gags#Homestarrunner sings|suggested and declined]]. We have a full page for all the songs on [[Songs]]. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 08:39, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
::::::::That barely looks declined to me. I'd say go for it. It's a more intelligent page than something like Strong Mad Smiling. >.> - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 13:27, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
:::::::::[[Homestar Singing]] is up. I suggest we take further discussion over to its [[Talk:Homestar Singing|talk page]]. - [[User:Totoro|Totoro]] 15:28, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

== Rodent hand gesture ==

There's a lengthy comment about the rodent's hand gesture being the metal horns, but I think that's wrong. For one, metal horns are always with the fingers pointing up, and the rodent points his hands down several times. It's way more likely that it's just supposed to be a hip-hop hand gesture, completely unrelated to the horns. I can't find a good cite, though, so I haven't changed it. Any kind soul want to help out?
: Frankly, I think that the current fact is alredy too long, Clanky, too long! Wouldn't mind seeing it altered heavily... heck, wouldn't mind seeing it DELETED!!, personally. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::Agreed - he's supposed to be breakdancing, so why would he make a heavy metal gesture? - [[User:Totoro|Totoro]] 19:51, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::Of course, it does say "NOT REALLY BREAK DANCING" in those large yellow letters. [[User:64.231.120.38|64.231.120.38]] 21:29, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

== missing arm ==

I'm not sure if this should go in "goofs" or "remarks", and I'm not sure of the best way to word it, so I'll just describe my observation and let someone else put it in the article (if it's deemed worthwhile).  When watching the flash file, I noticed that right after Strong Mad declares himself to be a website, when we see Bubs and Strong Bad laughing, Bubs' right arm (the one out of frame) is missing. - [[User:Uglinessman|Ugliness Man]] 22:16, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:It's neither a goof or a remark, it's a Flash artifact, and therefore non-notable. --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 22:20, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
::Yes, this happens nigh-universally in H*R toons when a major body part of a character is totally offscreen for an entire scene. Arms vanish, legs vanish, objects vanish, and sometimes a limb will even get duplicated. Unless something that has no excuse to be there is seen (like the right-hand Homestar's mustache in [[Senorial Day]] or some of the items that never appear on-camera in [[garage sale]]), it shouldn't be in. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:11, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
:::And in some of these instances, not only are they noteworthy they are actually classed as Easter eggs. The Mustached Homestar mentioned above, and the signing of the ancient fence paintings from [[myths & legends]] being two examples. {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 00:51, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
::::Speaking of out-of-frame stuff, I noticed that at the end, there's a small square off to the left that gets highlighted before the easter-egg "O", but it doesn't appear to do anything.  Again, this is likely not something to be included in the article, but does anyone know what it is, or perhaps what it was supposed to be? - [[User:Uglinessman|Ugliness Man]] 08:30, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

== Old Bubs ==

Just throwing it out there: "old man Bubs" related to "[[Fall Float Parade|old mista Bubs]]"? {{User:VolatileChemical/sig}}
:Bubs is often described as old, isn't he? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]


== Sweet Cuppin' Rodents? ==

Is it just me, or does the song the song that plays when the breakdancing mouse appears sound a bit like the Sweet Cuppin' Cakes theme? -[[User:GG Crono|GG Crono]] 01:52, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
:It's just you. The sweet cuppin cakes theme, to me, seems to be just some random notes on a guitar. This theme is  something rhythmically dissimilar that's also in a major scale (with the odd dominant 7th thrown in). I see no similarity. --[[User:Paulsint|Paulsint]] 15:20, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

== Possible (obscure) reference during SB's dusk walk ==

I don't know if it really is a reference, but the scene where Strong Bad is silhouetted walking against a dusk background reminds me a lot of the opening sequence to the show [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G4tv.com G4tv.com].  The show was cancelled back in December but the Brothers Chaps have appeared on G4 several times and the reference would be appropriate considering the internet theme of the email. --[[User:68.239.3.215|68.239.3.215]] 02:45, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

:Probably not. Silhouetting is pretty commonplace in cartoons and media in general. Though I'm surprised nobody tried to link this to [[Old Intro 2]] yet. Seems that always happens whenever a silhouette scene is shown... -{{User:YK/sig}} 03:36, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

::... and... it turns out someone did. *sigh* -{{User:YK/sig}} 04:17, 28 May 2006 (UTC)


Also in the transcript, it talks about Strong Bad being out of breath from marching...I don't think that it is he is out of breath as much as it is he is just angry...or at least that's what I thought from watching it...- [[User:ItalianBallerina|ItalianBallerina]] 03:36 PM, 5 June 2006

== Bubs' other rip offing ways ==

Bubs said that he had 99 ways to rip people off, right? Like in the Broken Compy menu. He possibly ripped off Homestar to buying the Broken Compy. Plus let's not forget Bubs selling the old and borken Tandy to The KOT that wasn't working. So all I'm saying is, what other things that Bubs ripped off from other people?
:Ripping people off and being a con artist is pretty much how Bubs makes his living, really. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
::To anony: See [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 03:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

== GIF Sizes ==

From Remarks: ''The animated gif Strong Bad was downloading was a mere 10 seconds long. An animated GIF that long takes up less than 100 KB. Therefore, his download speed is about 0.0003 Kilobytes/second.''
In this case that estimate may very well be true, but the size of any GIF animation depends on frame count, frame size, and optimization. A ten-second GIF could easily be much larger than 100K if it contained many or large frames. This one does not appear to contain either until the end, when the smooth text implies a greater resolution than had the pixelated rodent. That can probably be ignored, though, since I don't think the Lappy 486's resolution can support text that smooth. It's like that Homestar Hair JPEG Strong Bad pulled up once. Any way, assuming the image is under 100K, there still needs to be some indication that its small size and slow frame rate make it so. -[[User:AndromedaRoach|AndromedaRoach]] 01:37, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
*The GIF (used [http://notrlybreakdancing.ytmnd.com/ here] as the background image) is actually about 150K. So there you go. -[[User:AndromedaRoach|AndromedaRoach]] 01:45, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
:Actually, that looks like it has a few extra frames at the end to make it loop, which the GIF in the toon lacks. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 03:25, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

== Rings ==

Is it worth mentioning as a goof that the 'cute breakdancing rodent' is only wearing those gold rings when he makes the peace sign-like gesture? [[User:ItalianBallerina|ItalianBallerina]]

== Lappy Back ==

Is this the first time we see strongbad working at the lappy from this angle when he is talking to homestar on the phone?  I have never seen it like this before -Guest
:Dear Guest... Sort of. From the remarks section: "While the first time we saw the back of the Lappy was in the email [[part-time job]], this is the first time we have seen a clear view of the various ports and inputs on the back of the computer." &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:04, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
::The animation is also better whith the whole flip around thing and such-Guest
:::I agree. The Brothers Chaps have honed their animation skills into a very impressive craft. &mdash; [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:14, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

== GIF Music ==

Is it just me or did the gif music sound the same as homestar's hold music? &mdash; [[User:Spidy92|Spidy92]]

== Closed STUFF ==

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=== Strong-Madlinking ===
{{stufffact|Strong Mad "sucking" all of Bubs' ISP's bandwidth could be a reference to the practice of [[Wikipedia:Hotlinking|hotlinking]].}}
{{stuffverdict|04:17, 20 May 2006 (UTC)|22:58, 2 June 2006 (UTC)|overwhelmingly declined, 16&ndash;1. A proposed revision was also overwhelmingly declined|11|2|isp}}

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=== There's a first time for everything ===
{{stufffact|This is the first time Bubs has been seen openly laughing. He previously suppressed his laughter at "Da Bee" in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]], snickered once or twice in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], and merely chuckled in [[labor day]].}}
{{stuffverdict|16:08, 24 May 2006 (UTC)|20:42, 30 May 2006 (UTC)|unanimously declined|20|0|isp}}

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=== Hampster Dancing? ===
{{stufffact|The "breakdancing rodent" Strong Bad tries to download is based off [http://www.hampsterdance.com/ Hampster Dance] a popular website from a few years ago which featured a number of animated [[Wikipedia:Hamster|hamsters]] dancing.  This site spawned a number of imitators.
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{{stuffverdict|19:55, 18 May 2006 (UTC)|20:18, 27 May 2006 (UTC)|overwhelmingly declined|20|2|isp}}

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=== Undisconnected ===
{{stufffact|Strong Bad also checked an email in [[part-time job]] without any cables. It is possible that both these times, he downloaded the emails beforehand.}}
{{stuffverdict|16:00, 18 May 2006 (UTC)|18:12, 18 May 2006 (UTC)|automatically declined (patently false)|2|0|isp}}

== Is this a Matrix reference? ==

When Strong Bad calls tech support:
* We see an old-style telephone
* We hear the ringing bell of an old-style telephone (even though SB is calling ''out'' on his phone, and HR wears a headset that would ''not'' ring like that)
* SB picks up the telephone
* The camera does a blur-pan around the scene

Is my imagination overactive, or is this a deliberate reference to the ''Matrix'' movies?