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[[Image:lilbrudder.png|thumb|"Don't cry for me, The Cheatentina"]]

'''Strong Bad Email #109'''

DJ Solerous asks Strong Bad if he had ever made Homestar cry.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Strong Bad]], [[Li'l Brudder]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Sad]]

'''Date:''' July 26, 2004

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD''':  ''{Rapping}'' I'm not going to sing an email song this week e-''{Talking}'' Oh. Never mind.  

''{Pulls up email}''

''{Reading}''

<pre>YO yo Strong Bad,
Hey Strong Bad I was wondering if you
have ever made Homestar cry.
DJ Solerous, Australia.</pre>

''{After "Hey Strong Bad" he stops mid-sentence and says:}'' Well, which is it?  "Yo yo" or "Hey" Strong Bad?  I mean, the outcome of the rest of this whole email hinges on the decision made- ''{Without skipping a beat, as if it no longer matters, he finishes reading the email.}''

''{Typing}'' Whoa!  ''THE'' DJ Solerous?  What an honor!  I saw you spin in a warehouse in Canberra a few years back!  Uh, no wait.  I lied.  I, nor anyone else, have ever heard of DJ Smoldyface.

''{Pulls up blank page.}''

So, have I ever made Homestar cry?  Uh, yes.  Yes I have.  A lot.  I can pretty much make anybody cry just by showing them this drawing I invented of a one-legged puppy named "[[Li'l Brudder]]". ''{Holds up a picture of a one-legged puppy saying "I can make it on my own".}''  ''{Laughing}'' I mean, it cracks me up, but Homestar just falls apart when he sees him.  A-like so...  ''{Gets up and exits.}''

''{Cut to: field.  Homestar is standing there, looking angrily offscreen right.  Enter Strong Bad.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Yeah, you stay over there.

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey, Homestar. I've got something for you.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Thanks, Strong Bad!  What is it what is it what is it what is it what is it?

'''STRONG BAD''': It's just this drawing I made...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{Uneasy}'' Oh, no. Don't do it. You know the storm that will unleash!

'''STRONG BAD''': No! I think you'll like it!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{Edge of tears}'' Strong Bad, no! I can't handle it!

'''STRONG BAD''': '''Ta-daaah!!''' ''{Holds the Li'l Brudder drawing in front of his face.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{Breaks down crying, falls to his knees}'' No-ho-hooo... LIDD'L BRUDDOR!  That little guy... He's got the heart of a champion! You can make it, Li'l Brudder! You just keep scrapin' along! ''{Strong Bad looks on in disbelief; Homestar is lying on the ground, sobbing hysterically and kicking at the air}'' Li'l Brudder... I... ''I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING WITH MY LIFE!'' I-I'm thinking of getting into male modeling - o-or maybe high finance...  '''I JUST DON'T KNOW!!'''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{as Li'l Brudder, shaking the drawing like a crude hand puppet}'' I'm gonna be all right, Homestar. I can make it on my own!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{sobs}'' It's like I said -- the heart of a champion!

''{Enter the Cheat, from offscreen left.}''

'''THE CHEAT''': ''{in Cheatese}'' Hrm, Smxrf Grabmff??

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{Turns to The Cheat and does his Li'l Brudder act.}'' Hey, The Cheat, I'm gonna be a quarterback when I grow up! I'm gonna throw for 2,000 yards! ''{The Cheat begins sobbing in Cheatese.}'' Don't cry for me, The Cheat-entina...

''{Enter Strong Sad, his eyes red around the edges and all watery, apparently trying NOT to cry.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Oh, Strong Bad, is Li'l Brudder named after me? Do you think of ME as a... one-legged puppy?

'''STRONG BAD''': Uhh, no. I think of you as a two-legged elephant... named "Tendafoot." ''{Holds up a picture of this, with "[[Tendafoot]]" saying "I'm tops!"  Speaks as Tendafoot/Strong Sad:}'' I could power a small city with my whining!

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{dejected}'' I probably COULD.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{still sobbing}'' Oh, Tenderfoot, can you tell me how to get the most out of life?

''{Cut to Compy 386. Strong Bad enters and sits down.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' There ya go. Homestar crying. Not a problem. I bet all a y'alls are prob'ly crying all over the place. That Li'l Brudder sure knows how to tug at your heartstrings. ''{begins to choke up as he speaks}'' He's just such a trouper. <!-- Despite common misconception, "trouper" is the correct spelling. -->  Got such a strong one leg. ''{recovers}'' Um, yeah.  I think I've got a ''{hesitates}'' food in the oven. I gotta go. ''{Gets up and hurries out.}''

''{The Paper comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click on "YO Yo" to see a Strong Bad yo-yo. 
*Click on "''The'' DJ Solerous" to see a flyer for a DJ event. "Don't tell the cops!!"
*Click on "Homestar" at the end to see more of him crying.
::'''Transcript:'''
::''{Homestar is still bawling.}''
::'''HOMESTAR''': Ohh, Tendafoot! Can you tell me what to do with myself? I feel like I'm at a crossroads, and there's like, a Denny's on one corner, and an IHOP on the other!
::''{Homestar is kneeling over the Tendafoot drawing.}''
::'''HOMESTAR''': Can you give me some sound financial advice?
::''{Homestar is laying on the ground again.}''
::'''HOMESTAR''': Tendafoot, can you help advise me on my future?
*Click on "Li'l Brudder" at the end to see Li'l Brudder falling off his one leg.

== Fun Facts ==
===Remarks===
*When Homestar is rolling around on the ground, you get to see the tread on his shoes, which no longer has a star on it like it did in [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (toon)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]].
* The tears flying of Homestars face is the same as in (toon)|A Jorb Well Done]], where Homestar is sweating.

===Inside References===
*The DJ flyer is a reference to an easter egg in [[techno]] for The Cheat's light-switch rave. ''(also see Real-World References)''
*Homestar asking Tenderfoot for some financial advice in an easter egg might be a reference to [[Decemberween Kids' Book]].
*"I can make it on my own" might be a reference to the easter egg in [[invisibility]], where the tossed-out Tandy 400 says it.
*When Li'l Brudder falls, it makes the same sound that Homsar makes when he walks.
===Real-World References===
*On the DJ flyer, "the DJ from Roseanne" is a reference to the television show "[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094540/ Roseanne]" where a character named "David Jacob 'D. J.' Conner" was played by actor Michael Fishman. ''(also see Inside References)''
*"Don't cry for me the Cheatentina" is a reference to the song "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" from Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Evita".
*It may be coincidental, but "Little Brother" is the name of the dog in Disney's ''Mulan''.
**Furthermore, 'Little Brother' is the name of the eighth elephant in "The Song of the Eighth Elephant," from ''The Good Person of Setzuan'' by [[Wikipedia:Bertolt Brecht|Bertolt Brecht]].  Perhaps Strong Sad IS reminiscent of at least ONE "Little Brother."
*Homestar says "I'm thinking of getting into Male Modeling!" which may be a reference to the film [http://imdb.com/title/tt0196229/ Zoolander], when Zoolander says the exact same thing.

== External Links ==
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail109.html watch "crying"]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail109.swf view the flash file for "crying"]
*[http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=353 forum thread re: "crying"]

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