Editing underlings

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[[Image:Coach Z suit sludge underlings.png|thumb|"Your tiny bathing suit demeans us all!"]]
Strong Bad explains how to tell others about embarrassing social mistakes.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[Swimming Pool]], [[The Field]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, May 7, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:15

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' My email song! Where would I be without my email song? ''{brings up the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Handling Smelly Underling?</div>
Dear Strong Bad,<br>
I am a manager and I have been told I must talk to one<br>
of my underlings about their stench. As the foremost<br>
expert in dealing with smelly underlings, I ask you, what is<br>
the best way to go about this? I wish to do this with<br>
some tact & professionalism.<br>
Sincerely,<br>
PlasticDiverGuy<br>
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces each word in the greeting separately, with short deliberate pauses between them. He pronounces "Dartmouth" as two separate words, and "Scotia" phonetically as SKO-tee-uh.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, that show Nova is boring, but I'd watch a show called Dartmouth anyday<!-- sic -->. ''{clears screen}'' Now lemme tell ya PastyDeadGuy, you came to the right man. I've got so many underlings, I've had to deal with every nearly every awkward social situation under the awkward social sun. I'm an expoit!<!-- sic --> ''{clears screen}'' Firstly, nothing says tact and professionalism like sending a subtle hint with a hilarious novelty t-shirt. So in your situation, you could just start wearing a shirt that has like,

''{Cut to a blank T-shirt}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' &mdash;some kinda&mdash;

''{A scientist holding a test tube appears on the shirt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' &mdash;science person on it, with a clothespin&mdash;

''{A clothespin appears on the scientist's nose.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' &mdash;on his nose, and underneath it says: "You Reek-A!"

''{"You Reek-A!" appears on the shirt. Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' That way, your smelly underling, or smunderling, can get the message from across the room, and you can safely stay out of stink's reach.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper titled "Da News Papes". He looks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know, I think I'd probably watch a TV show called "Stink's Reach", too.

''{He looks back down. Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Secondly, nothing says tact and professionalism like slowly revealing a sensitive topic to a friend or loved one&mdash;

''{Cut to Strong Sad, drawing on a piece of paper with a pencil.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' &mdash;with a clever connect-the-dots puzzle.

''{Cut to a closeup of the paper. It's an alligator wearing sunglasses, holding a sign that reads "WE'RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO FLUSH TWICE!". The connect-the-dots portion is only the rectangular outline of the sign. Strong Sad stops drawing.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' What is he trying to say to me with this cryptic message? ''{taps the pencil twice on "cryptic"}''

''{Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Furthermore, nothing says pact<!--sic!--> and <!--sic some more!-->trofess<!--I mean it! Sic!-->sionalism like breaking tough news to someone with a reverse sunburn&mdash;

''{Cut to the pool, slowly zooming in. A sunburned Strong Mad faces away from the pool, which Coach Z is in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' &mdash;on your brother's giant, square, billboard-sized back!

''{Strong Mad removes his singlet. His back has "your tiny bathing suit demeans us ALL!" on it. Cut to a closeup.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{slowly}'' Your tiny bathing suit demeans us all.

''{Cut to Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Aw, fine then! I'll take it orf!

''{He reaches underwater and pulls out a very small pink g-string. The water turns black around him, accompanied by an odd humming noise. Cut back to behind Strong Mad.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' PUT IT BACK ON! PUT IT BACK ON!

''{Cut back to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Lastly, nothing says tact and professionalism like a hidden message written in condiments.

''{Cut to a picnic. Homestar Runner is sitting at the table. Strong Bad is wearing an oven mitt and holding a plate with a hot dog with his right hand, and holding a bottle of ketchup in his left. Some ketchup has spilled on the ground. More hot dogs can be seen on a grill behind him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Here ya go, chumpion!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{taking the hot dog; something small and green is visible in his mouth.}'' Ooh! Thanks, grillmasta!

''{Cut to the picnic table as Homestar puts the hot dog down. It has "you've had that piece" written on it in ketchup.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You've had that piece&mdash;

''{The camera pans to another hot dog, with "of cilantro" written on in mustard.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' &mdash;of cilantro&mdash;

''{The camera pans to a hamburger without its upper bun. "stuck between your teeth" is written in ketchup.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' &mdash;stuck between your teeth&mdash;

''{The camera pans yet again to a waffle with "since we ate at that mexican restaurant" with an arrow written in syrup.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' &mdash;since we ate at that Mexican restaurant&mdash;

''{The camera pans again to three pieces of sushi with "2" "wks" and "ago" written on them in wasabi.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' &mdash;two weeks ago.

''{Cut to a closeup of Homestar, who has a small piece of cilantro stuck in his mouth}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Two weeks?!... ''TEETH?!''

''{Cut to the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, in a slightly high-pitched voice and in a forced manner}'' In conclusion, these are just some of the many things that nothing says tact and professionalism like. I hope you have enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. If elected class president, I can't promise you Coke in the water fountains, but I ''can'' promise a hard-worker that will make a difference. And try to get Mrs. Hardmaster fired.

''{He quickly clears the screen, while shaking his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing, speaking normally}'' Whoa! It's like I regressed back to the fifth grade there. And the golden days of the five-paragraph essay. Well, good luck with your smunderling, PranceyDirtGirl. I gotta get started making those 'You Reek-A' t-shirts. Those things are gonna be awesome!

''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Awkward Social Sun.png|thumb|Now including every awkward social situation!]]
*When Strong Bad types "awkward social sun", click that phrase to see an "Awkward Social Sun" CD.
*When Strong Bad first types "smunderling", click that word to see a description of this creature:
<blockquote>
<p><big>SMUNDERLING</big></p>
<p>All Smundy wants to do is be your<br>
friend. He appears at office<br>
parties & in enchanted caverns<br>
at random. Very vulnerable to<br>
harsh truths and Discs of Healing.</p>
<p>FREQUENCY: Rare<br>
INTELLIGENCE: Low to middlin'<br>
ARMOR CLASS: +8</p>
</blockquote>
*At the end, click "awesome" to see a clip of the Stink's Reach show.
:''{In Strong Bad's basement, looking at his TV. Music plays, and pull in slowly on a sign reading "You are now entering Stink's Reach", with stink lines drawn above it.}''
:'''NARRATOR:''' In a town called "Stink's Reach", no one's record is clean.
:'''ANNOUNCER 1:''' Tuesdays at 8:30.
:''{"Tuesdays @ 8:30" appears at the bottom of the screen, then cut through static to a screen reading "We now return to Dartmouth". The O in "Dartmouth" is a stylized mouth, with darts flying out of it.}''
:'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' We now return to Dartmouth.
:''{Cut to a shot of Strong Bad lying on the couch, with the TV going behind him.}''
:'''TV CHARACTER:''' Dartmouth! He's getting away!
:'''DARTMOUTH:''' Stand clear. I know what to do.
:''{Sounds are heard of someone retching, and a dart flying and hitting a piece of wood}''
:'''VILLAIN:''' Ow! Pointy!
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{incomprehensible mumbles}'' Lost... Vikings! ''{more incomprehensible mumbles}''

==Fun Facts==
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===Explanations===
*The [[wikipedia:Essay#The_five-paragraph_essay|five paragraph essay]] is comprised of an intro paragraph, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion.  Essays of this type are commonly used throughout middle and high school.

===Trivia===
*The newspaper reads:
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 3px solid #999"
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | Back Pape
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | Da NewsPapes
|-
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" | A sports player signed a contract worth<br>a bunch of money. "Whooey!" said the<br>player's uncle. "I could buy a car with<br>that much cashness." 
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" | Global relations set all types of box<br>office records this weekend. Studio<br>execs were encouraged by the turn<br>-around. So was I.
|}
* This email is the first email since [[looking old]]<!--Strong Badathlon was the first to mention it, hence the last one NOT to was looking old. Please don't change this.--> not to mention [[DNA evidence]].
*After typing "And try to get Mrs. Hardmaster fired.", Strong Bad originally typed "for child abuse." just before clearing the screen. This was later removed for unknown reasons.

===Remarks===
[[Image:Connect the dots.PNG|thumb|A cryptic message]]
*Homestar seems to be surprised at the prospect of having teeth even though they were clearly visible in [[theme song]].
*Although Strong Bad appeared to dislike long emails in [[long pants]], this email contains 59 words, 3 words longer than the said email.
*In the Easter egg, the left post of the "Stink's Reach" sign is in the middle of the road.
*The scientist on the "You Reek-A!" t-shirt has eyes that are used from Strong Sad's right eye.
*Some of the dots on Strong Sad's connect-the-dots puzzle are separated by the alligator's mouth and hands. Strong Sad doesn't connect the dots that are separated, and simply skips over them.
*In the [[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons menu]], the clip that appears on the TV when rolling the mouse over "Underlings" in New Stuff shows Homestar accepting a hot dog from Strong Bad without cilantro hanging from his "teeth."

===Fixed Glitches===
*When the email was first released, at the end, the "I" at the beginning of "I gotta get started..." was clickable, but did not do anything.  This was fixed a few hours after the email was released.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad read [[Periodicals|Da NewsPapes]] while in the bathroom in [[candy product]].
*Strong Bad is holding a [[Quite Fancy 'Chup]] bottle (the label is obscured by his glove).
*Strong Bad refers to the emailer as "[[Prancing|Prancey]]".
*This is another instance of Strong Bad's [[Couch Mumbling|couch mumbling]].
*The smunderling's intelligence being "low to middlin" likely refers to [[Thy Dungeonman II]], in which the player would be asked if he or she wished to strike an enemy high, low, or middlin according to its name ([[Longrels, Hongrels, and Mongrels|'''h'''ongrel, '''l'''ongrel, or '''m'''ongrel]]).
*The smunderling's fact sheet in general is very similar to [[Jhonka]]'s from [[impression]].
*This is another appearance of [[oven mitts]].
*"Smunderling" and "chumpion" are both [[Portmanteaus]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:NOVA (TV series)|NOVA]] is a [[Wikipedia:PBS|PBS]] television series about science topics which premiered in 1974 and is still running to this day.
*[[Wikipedia:The Lost Vikings|The Lost Vikings]] is a side-scrolling puzzle/platform video game developed and released by Silicon & Synapse (now [[Wikipedia:Blizzard Entertainment|Blizzard Entertainment]]) in 1992.
*The information about the smunderling's frequency, intelligence and armor class refers to the way that [[Wikipedia:Dungeons & Dragons|Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] monsters are described, like that previously used for the Jhonka.
*The "Awkward Social Sun" CD and particularly the hairstyle on its cover are a reference to [[Wikipedia:Emo (slang)|emo]] culture. It also seems to be similar in name to the band [[Wikipedia:Broken Social Scene|Broken Social Scene]].
*Condiment messages were used to present the opening credits on [[Wikipedia:Napoleon Dynamite|Napoleon Dynamite]].

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