Editing trading cards

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Strong Bad shows us several examples of character trading cards.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Cheatball]], {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}

'''Places:''' 

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' September 11, 2006

'''Running Time:'''

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Away you dribble down the court with an email, you leave your dreams at the top of the keeey. ''{brings up the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Trading Strong-gum</div>
Hey Strongbad-<br />
You should have trading cards...With a stick of gum in them.<br />
Nerdly yours,<br />
Daniel,<br />
N.S. CANADA
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Another freakin' guy named Daniel" instead of "Daniel" and "not safe, in Canada" instead of "N.S. CANADA".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, Thanks for the tip, Daniel. I'll lay low here in the states for a while until things cool off. ''{clears screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Daniel, trading cards are the biggest waste of not a video game on the planet! In fact, I thought trading cards were outlawed the day they invented good graphics. As for the "gum" that comes with them, I'm pretty sure they replaced that with a pink piece of balsa wood back in the ealry 80's and nobody ever noticed. So, no, I shouldn't have trading cards. But most of the other idiots around here have engaged in some form of trading cardery. Let's rag on them, shall we?

''{We see a wooden background, and trading cards are put on them as Strong Bad introduces them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' First up is Coach Z's line of vaguely sportsish managerial cards. What self-respecting twelve-year-old doesn't want to collect pictures of the smelly old man behind our favourite sports teams? And who could resist memorizing all these fabulous stats? Ooh, a record high of 23 butt patts in '84.

''{cut back to Strong Bad on his Lappy, with Homestar Runner next to him}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, do you know the secret recipient of all those butt patts except o' one?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let me guess, it...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, it was me. It was like I was made to hustle for that season.

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, who got that last butt patt?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. I think he gave himself that one. He's renowned for that self-butt patts.

''{closeup of Strong Bad's head}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, <em>known</em> in seven states.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' What?

''{Cut back to Strong Bad typing on his Lappy. He clears the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Next up, we got the<!-- sic! --> Cheat's trading card game, which is really more like a trading card activity or trading card goings-on, because the word 'game' implies fun and enjoyment.

''{cut to the wooden background}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' And you won't find none of that here.

''{wipe to 20X6 the field with Stinkoman and Cheatball}''

'''STINKOMAN''': CHEATBALL POISON RAIN VORNADO!!!

'''CHEATBALL''': Cheatball.

'''STINKOMAN''': Uhm, so, did I win? Does anyone know how this game works?

''{wipe back to wooden background with trading cards lying on them}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' I'll trade you your Cheatball card for my Deathly Palor Lonley Lurker Attack card.

''{cut back to Strong Bad on his Lappy, with Homestar Runner next to him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, these aren't even from the same lame game. Or SLG.

''{closeup of Strong Bad's head}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' <em>Your</em> game is for musky nerds to play in the basement of the freshmen dorms. This cutesy Japanese game is for little kids to play during recess, to make sure they don't get any real exercise.

''{cut back to Strong Bad on his Lappy, with Homestar Runner next to him}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But how are them kids gonna earn any butt patts if they won't hustle it out?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't think butt patts are part of the approved curriculum in elementary schools these days.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, that's just sad.

''{Strong Bad turns back to his Lappy, cut back to him typing}''

== Easter Eggs ==
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*Click on "good graphics" to reveal the title screen of the 1982 [[Videlectrix]] video game "C.H.E.A.T."
*Click on the stack of cards at the end to see all of the trading cards featured in this email up close.
*Click on the sticky notes on the floor at the end to see them up close.
*Click on the Strong Sad card when Strong Bad turns around to see another Strong Sad card.

== Fun Facts ==
===Goofs===
*For a single frame, Strong Bad's drawing (148 more reps!) remains after he lifts the [[Sticky Notes|sticky note]] up.

===Inside References===
*Strong Sad's Grim Reaper costume originally appeared in [[Experimental Film]].
*This is another appearance of [[Butt-Patting|butt-patting]].

===Real-World References===
*"Whatsit Pile Tikes" are a parody of [[Wikipedia:Garbage Pail Kids|Garbage Pail Kids]].
*The title screen for "C.H.E.A.T." is a reference to the notoriously unpopular [[Atari 2600]] game [[Wikipedia:E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600)|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]], which featured an uncharacteristically detailed title screen and is often cited as one of the main causes of the [[Wikipedia:Video_game_crash_of_1983|video game crash of 1983]].
*The "Belaegured: Alliance" cards with Strong Sad are a reference to Magic: The Gathering.
*The Stinkoman Cards are probably a refrence to Pokemon.

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