Editing Strong Bad Email

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'''Strong Bad Email''', frequently shortened to '''sbemail''', is the most frequently updated feature of [[homestarrunner.com]]. It was originally a small feature introduced in 2001, in which [[Strong Bad]] would answer a fan-sent email and commonly mock the spelling and grammar of those who wrote to him. Although the animations were initially brief, the responses gradually grew to establish numerous [[inside jokes]], and [[running gags]] and catchphrases, as well as [[Strong Bad Email Spin-offs|spin-offs]], like [[20X6]], [[Teen Girl Squad]], [[Trogdor]], and even the main character [[Homsar]]. A typical Strong Bad Email will include numerous [[Easter egg|Easter eggs]] and other hidden material, often found at the ending screen. Many Strong Bad Emails, such as [[action figure]], [[japanese cartoon]], and [[isp]]<!-- This need not be a complete list, three examples are fine. -->, are satirical views of particular aspects of popular culture.

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==Strong Bad Emails==
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===[[Lappy 486]] Era===
''(November 2004 &mdash; present)''
<blockquote class="lappy email" style="width:90%;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">
<div>subject: sb_email menu</div>
<table class="emaillinks" style="color:#fff;background:none;width:100%">
<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
194. [[specially marked]] <span style="color:red">new!</span><br>
193. [[rated]] <br>
192. [[shapeshifter]] <br>
191. [[buried]] <br>
190. [[licensed]] <br>
189. [[pet show]] <br>
188. [[fan club]] <br>
187. [[winter pool]] <br>
186. [[environment]] <br>
185. [[nightlife]] <br>
184. [[diorama]] <br>
183. [[yes, wrestling]] <br>
182. [[business trip]] <br>
181. [[web comics]] <br>
180. [[slumber party]] <br>
179. [[pizza joint]] <br>
178. [[bike thief]] <br>
177. [[original]] <br>
176. [[hygiene]] <br>
175. [[concert]] <br>
174. [[mini-golf]] <br>
173. [[the paper]] <br>
172. [[more armies]] <br>
171. [[underlings]] <br>
170. [[rough copy]] <br>
169. [[from work]] <br>
168. [[your funeral]]  <br>
167. [[the movies]] <br>
166. [[unnatural]] <br>
165. [[strong badathlon]] <br>
164. [[looking old]] <br>
163. [[what I want]] <br>
162. [[the chair]] <br>
161. [[4 branches]] <br>
160. [[coloring]] <br>
159. [[retirement]] <br>
158. [[cliffhangers]] <br>
157. [[trading cards]]<br>
156. [[road trip]] <br>
155. [[theme song]] <br>
154. [[keep cool]] <br>
153. [[redesign]] <br>
152. [[isp]]<br>
151. [[senior prom]] <br>
150. [[alternate universe]] <br>
149. [[candy product]] <br>
148. [[disconnected]] <br>
147. [[lady fan]] <br>
146. [[pop-up]]<br>
145. [[myths & legends]]<br>
144. [[narrator]]<br>
143. [[technology]]<br>
142. [[secret identity]]<br>
141. [[death metal]]<br>
140. [[highschool]]<br>
139. [[portrait]]<br>
138. [[space program]]<br>
137. [[bedtime story]]<br>
136. [[geddup noise]]<br>
135. [[lady...ing]]<br>
134. [[record book]]<br>
133. [[bottom 10]]<br>
132. [[modeling]]<br>
131. [[boring (really)]]<br>
130. [[do over]]<br>
129. [[garage sale]]<br>
128. [[rampage]]<br>
127. [[long pants]]<br>
126. [[best thing]]<br>
125. [[rock opera]]<br>
124. [[secret recipes]]<br>
123. [[origins]]<br>
122. [[dreamail]]<br>
121. [[part-time job]]<br>
120. [[radio]]<br>
119. [[animal]]<br>
</autocolumn>
</table>
</blockquote>
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===[[Compy 386]] Era===
''(September 2002 &mdash; November 2004)''
<blockquote class="compy email" style="width:90%;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;font-weight:normal">Volume in drive C: has no label<br>
Directory of C:\sbemail\updated somedays<br>
<table class="emaillinks" style="color:#fff;background:none;width:100%">
<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
118. [[virus]]<br> 
117. [[montage]]<br>
116. [[extra plug]]<br>
115. [[time capsule]]<br>
114. [[the facts]]<br>
113. [[pizzaz]]<br>
112. [[old comics]]<br>
111. [[other days]]<br>
110. [[for kids]]<br>
109. [[crying]]<br>
108. [[pom pom]]<br>
107. [[cheatday]]<br>
106. [[dangeresque 3]]<br>
105. [[replacement]]<br>
104. [[theme park]]<br>
103. [[haircut]]<br>
102. [[lunch special]]<br>
101. [[car]]<br>
100. [[flashback]]<br>
99. [[different town]]<br>
98. [[stupid stuff]]<br>
97. [[monument]]<br>
96. [[lackey]]<br>
95. [[the bet]]<br>
94. [[video games]]<br>
93. [[army]]<br>
92. [[kind of cool]]<br>
91. [[caffeine]]<br>
90. [[colonization]]<br>
89. [[local news]]<br>
88. [[couch patch]]<br>
87. [[mile]]<br>
86. [[no loafing]]<br>
85. [[2 years]]<br>
84. [[kids' book]]<br>
83. [[labor day]]<br>
82. [[impression]]<br>
81. [[date]]<br>
80. [[stunt double]]<br>
79. [[the process]]<br>
78. [[anything]]<br>
77. [[suntan]]<br>
76. [[sibbie]]<br>
75. [[funny]]<br>
74. [[privileges]]<br>
73. [[mascot]]<br>
72. [[crazy cartoon]]<br>
71. [[2 emails]]<br>
70. [[big white face]]<br>
69. [[personal favorites]]<br>
68. [[caper]]<br>
67. [[autobiography]]<br>
66. [[the show]]<br>
65. [[unused emails]]<br>
64. [[english paper]]<br>
63. [[fingers]]<br>
62. [[interview]]<br>
61. [[monster truck]]<br>
60. [[huttah!]]<br>
59. [[marzipan]]<br>
58. [[dragon]]<br>
57. [[japanese cartoon]]<br>
56. [[current status]]<br>
55. [[cheat talk]]<br>
54. [[morning routine]]<br>
53. [[comic]]<br>
52. [[island]]<br>
51. [[website]]<br>
50. [[50 emails]]<br>
49. [[theme party]]<br>
48. [[ghosts]]<br>
47. [[new hands]]<br>
46. [[your friends]]<br>
45. [[techno]]<br>
44. [[lures & jigs]]<br>
43. [[little questions]]<br>
42. [[action figure]]<br>
41. [[invisibility]]<br>
</autocolumn>
</table>
</blockquote>
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===[[Tandy 400]] Era===
''(August 2001 &mdash; September 2002)''
<blockquote class="tandy email" style="width:90%;font-family:Verdana,Trebuchet MS,sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><div style="border:none;background:none;text-align:center;padding-left:17%"><u>&nbsp;FILENAME </u>&nbsp;-  <span style="color: orange">updated mondays</span></div>
<table class="emailgreenlinks" style="color:#0c0;background:none;width:100%">
<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
40. [[vacation]]<br>
39. [[property of ones]]<br>
38. [[helium]]<br>
37. [[dullard]]<br>
36. [[guitar]]<br>
35. [[sisters]]<br>
34. [[weird dream]]<br>
33. [[gimmicks]]<br>
32. [[flag day]]<br> 
31. [[sugarbob]]<br>
30. [[12:00]]<br>
29. [[superhero name]]<br>
28. [[1 step ahead]]<br>
27. [[3 Wishes]]<br>
26. [[CGNU]]<br>
25. [[super powers]]<br>
24. [[the bird]]<br>
23. [[little animal]]<br>
22. [[sb_email 22]]<br>
21. [[cartoon]]<br>
20. [[spring cleaning]]<br>
19. [[tape-leg]]<br>
18. [[stand-up]]<br>
17. [[studying]]<br>
16. [[band names]]<br>
15. [[the basics]]<br>
14. [[duck pond]]<br>
13. [[i she be]]<br>
12. [[credit card]]<br>
11. [[i rule]]<br>
10. [[trevor the vampire]]<br>
9. [[i love you]]<br>
8. [[brianrietta]]<br>
7. [[halloweener]]<br>
6. [[depressio]]<br>
5. [[making out]]<br>
4. [[homestar hair]]<br>
3. [[butt IQ]]<br>
2. [[homsar]]<br>
1. [[some kinda robot]]
</autocolumn>
</table>
</blockquote>

==DVD Releases==

*Emails 1-160 have been released on the [[strongbad_email.exe]] 5-disc DVD series.

===DVD Emails===

The following emails only appear on the DVD set:

*[[Greeting Cards]] <small>(Bonus Email #1)</small>
*[[E-mail Birds]] <small>(Bonus Email #2)</small>
*[[Videro Games]] <small>(Bonus Email #3)</small>
*[[Family Resemble<!--sic; we know this is misspelled-->nce]] <small>(Bonus Email #4)</small>
*[[Real-Live E-Mails]] <small>(Bonus [[Puppet Stuff]] Email)</small>
*[[Accent]] <small>(Bonus Email #5)</small>

==Podstar Runner Releases==
Beginning January 30, 2006, Strong Bad emails were released under a feature called [[Podstar Runner]]. They have featured popular [[Toons]], [[Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squads]], and Strong Bad Emails in .m4v format. They are designed to be viewed on a Fifth Generation Apple [[Wikipedia:iPod|iPod]], but are workable on a variety of other portable media players. These emails are featured or have been featured through this service (in order of release, top left being the earliest, bottom right being the latest):

<table width="100%">
<autocolumn cols="4" width="20%">
*[[techno]] 
*[[dragon]] 
*[[japanese cartoon]]
*[[kids' book]]
*[[crying]]
*[[bottom 10]]
*[[caffeine]]
*[[virus]]
*[[guitar]]
*[[video games]]
*[[different town]]
*[[montage]]
*[[personal favorites]]
*[[sisters]]
*[[death metal]]
*[[theme park]]
*[[crazy cartoon]]
*[[army]]
*[[flag day]]
*[[trevor the vampire]]
*[[stunt double]]
*[[best thing]]
*[[caper]]
*[[mascot]]
*[[geddup noise]]
*[[isp]]
*[[alternate universe]]
*[[garage sale]]
*[[monster truck]]
*[[action figure]]
*[[radio]]
*[[spring cleaning]]
*[[replacement]]
*[[technology]]
*[[haircut]]
*[[animal]]
*[[highschool]]
*[[theme song]]
*[[mile]]
*[[looking old]]
*[[strong badathlon]]
*[[unnatural]]
*[[the movies]]
*[[your funeral]]
*[[from work]]
*[[rough copy]]
*[[underlings]]
*[[more armies]]
*[[the paper]]
*[[mini-golf]]
*[[concert]]
*[[hygiene]]
*[[original]]
*[[bike thief]]
</autocolumn>
</table>

==Not Quite Strong Bad Emails==

The following shorts were originally associated in one way or another with the Strong Bad Emails. They are numbered by halves to show where they appeared chronologically in the list above. Numbers 99½B, 118½, and 158½ are not linked to from anywhere on the site.

*193&frac12;B. [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] <small> (The end contains what appears to be a Strong Bad Email.) </small>
*193&frac12;A. [[Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People Advertisement]] <small>(This email is an advertisement for a game that is in the making and never actually appeared on the Strong Bad Email page)</small>
*191&frac12;. [[Rotten Eggs]] <small>(A message made by the splattered rotten Easter egg reads, "Sbemail Next Week.")</small>
*170&frac12;. [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] <small>(A deleted scene from [[from work|sbemail 169]])</small>
*158&frac12;. [[Lappynapped!]] <small>(Messages on Strong Bad's answering machine, as the Lappy is missing.)</small>
*152&frac12;. [[Weclome Back]] <small>(Strong Bad tries to show an email he checked over summer vacation (in midair, no less), but hits "stop" instead of "record" on the video camera.)</small>
*149&frac12;. [[Sbemail 150?!?]] <small>([[Strong Sad]] tries to get Strong Bad to do his 150th email.) </small>
*136&frac12;. [[Sick Day]] <small>(A failed attempt at an email due to sickness striking the entire cast.) </small>
*127&frac12;. [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] <small>("The Email Show" is one of the pay-per-view features.)</small>
*118&frac12;. [[Broken Compy Menu|Strong Bad Email?]] <small>(Broken Compy Menu.)</small><br />
*99&frac12;B. [[Not the 100th Email!!!]] <small>(Secret URL address for anyone who wanted a peek at Email 100 before it was released.)</small>
*99&frac12;A. [[Puppet Time]] <small>(A message was taped onto Puppet Compy's screen that read "Probably at a barbecue, from SB")</small>
*68&frac12;. [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] <small> (A message was taped onto the Compy in the email menu that read "Looking at a thing in a bag" when the cartoon was released.)</small>
*66&frac12;. [[Arcade Game]] <small>(Homestar Runner reads Strong Bad's note he left on the Compy 386.)</small>
*59&frac12;. [[Superbowl Dealie]] <small>([[The Paper]] reads "Due to the big game, the Strong Bad Email will be late this week.")</small>
*55&frac12;. [[Decemberween_Email_Menu|Too Busy to Check E-mails]] <small> (Typed on the Compy is "No emails on the holidays.")</small>
*41&frac12;. [[King of Town Email]] <small>([[The King of Town]] tries to answer an email on his recently bought (but broken) Tandy 400.)</small>
*36&frac12;. [[TV Time Toons Menu]] <small>(Placing the mouse over Strong Bad Email will bring up a short, soundless email from Stu. See [[Wireless Bizness]].)</small>

==Strong Bad Email Menus==

*1–32 [http://www.homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/sbemail_first.html Tandy 400 menu]
*33–34 [[Broken Tandy Menu]]
*35–40 [http://www.homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/sbemail_youguysokay.html Slightly damaged Tandy menu]
*41 [[HR:sbemail(vacation).swf|Vacation menu]]
*42–118 [[HR:sbemail.swf|Compy 386 menu]]
**Between 55 and 56 [[Decemberween Email Menu]]
**Between 118 and 119 [[Broken Compy Menu]]
*119–Current [[HR:sbemail_lappy.swf|Lappy 486 menu]]

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*Some time during mid-2003, "updated mondays" on the main Strong Bad Email Menu changed to "updated somedays." Nothing like this is even noted in Lappy-era emails.
*On the Compy 386 menus, Strong Bad types "<tt>dir /p</tt>", a [[Wikipedia:DOS|DOS]] command used to list all the files in a directory, and to pause between each screen's worth of files.
*Not including Not Quite Strong Bad Emails, Strong Bad has checked 223 <!--PLEASE NOTE: This number takes into account each individual email Strong Bad has checked.  In some Strong Bad Emails he checks more than one.-->emails as of [[specially marked]].
*<!--AS OF: specially marked-->It would take 9 hours, 23 minutes, and 18 seconds <!--396055 frames plus 13 minutes and 13 seconds from the DVDs--> to watch every Strong Bad email, including the DVD exclusives but excluding clickable Easter eggs. Including clickable Easter eggs, it would take 10 hours, 14 minutes, and 13 seconds. <!--432519 frames plus 13 minutes and 30 seconds from the DVDs-->
*Email #22, "[[sb_email 22]]", was actually made between emails 40 and 41. It was originally skipped and later made and released under the title 'the lost email' right before Strong Bad replaced his computer with the Compy 386.
*<!--AS OF: the movies-->Strong Bad Emails make up about 60% of the toons on the site.
*Back in the Tandy 400 era (at least until July 2002), emailing Strong Bad would result in this automated response:
<blockquote>Thanks for your freakin email. I hope it's not stupid.<br>
Once I finish these swiss cake rolls I'll read it and if it's awesome enough,<br>
I'll answer it on the site.<br>
But if your email is terrible, then it gets R.E.D. alright.<br>
The Cheat Reads it, Strong Mad Eats it, and I Deletes it.<br>
[[HR:processing.html|Click Here]] to see us in action!<br>
Check back every Monday to see if your email has what it takes.<br>

Watch me while I'm awesome,<br>
Strong Bad</blockquote>

The link in the automated response leads to the [[Email Processing Room]].
*After [[Random Toon|random.bat]] was implemented, the email list comes from the [[HR:rando.xml|rando.xml]] file. Before this, it was included in the Flash file.
*Occasionally, there is a [[Acknowledged Update Delays|lengthy gap]] between email updates. This is sometimes recognized at the start of the next email, as in [[army]], [[geddup noise]], and [[redesign]].
*[[butt IQ]], [[CGNU]], [[3 Wishes]], and [[what I want]] are the only emails with capital letters in their titles.
*Typing sbemail.swf in the address bar will take you to the Flash file for the [[Compy 386]] era.

===Remarks===
*At [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|Flashforward 2006]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] gave a list of [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|five things not to email Strong Bad about]].  Additional information about which emails are selected were given in a later  [[Late Nite  JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007#Email|radio interview]]
*During most emails, you see the back of Strong Bad's head when he sits in front of the computer, which is why he often starts a new line before the text reaches the right side of the computer's screen. However, on the Strong Bad Email menu, you don't see his head at all. This is probably so the viewers can use the bottom scroll button without anything in the way.
*During [[Lappynapped!]], [[retirement|retirement A]], and [[retirement|retirement B]], when the Lappy was kidnapped, it was still used for the Strong Bad Email menu.

==External Links==

*[[HR:sbemail.html|Strong Bad Email menu]]
*[[HR:sbemail_lappy.swf|View the Flash file for Strong Bad Email Menu]]
*{{pl|l=mailto:strongbad@homestarrunner.com Email Strong Bad}}

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