Editing island

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{{about|[[Strong Bad Email]]}} {{for|place|The Island}}

Strong Bad imagines the lurking horrors of being stranded on an island with Homestar.

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

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Island]]

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, November 25, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:57

'''Page Title:''' COMPY 386

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Bad Emails are a part of this balanced breakfast.

''{reading the email}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, <br />
<br />
What would you do if you where stuck<br />
on an desert island with Homestar<br />
Runner?<br />
<br />
Yami Yugi<br />
England</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "were" instead of "where" and "a" instead of "an".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Yami Yugi ''{says the name hesitantly}'', I suspect it would be like most cartoons. You know, we'd start to go nuts after a while and I would look at Homestar and he would look like a big steak. And then Homestar would look at me and I'd look like ''{stops typing}'' you know ''{starts typing again}'' some kinda brownie sundae. ''{clears screen}'' So we'd chase each other around the island, trying to eat each other. And at some point my foot would look like a sandwich and I'd put salt on it and try to eat it and it's like, "Oh! It's my foot!!" ''{clears screen}'' But that's a best-case scenario. I'm sure in real life it would be much more annoying and painful with Homestar involved. ''{he types "Dumpface" instead of "Homestar"}''

''{cut to Homestar and Strong Bad on an island}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Are we rescued yet?

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're gonna need to get rescued in a second if you don't quit asking me that. ''{shakes his fist at Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ohhhhhhhh... Hey, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''What?''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Is there ice cream yet?

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're gonna need to get ice cream in a second if you don't quit asking me that. You know... 'cause I'm gonna hit you...and you'll need the ice cream to... stop the swelling.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Stinkoman.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um... did you just call me Stinkoman?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes, sir, I did.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Geez. You don't happen to have a gun on your side of the island, do ya?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No. Hey, Strong Bad, check this out! ''{turns away}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, don't start with that—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Toons! ''{An ocean liner passes by with a loud "toot"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Games! ''{An angry-looking, red-eyed, white sperm whale, with harpoons embedded in its body, emerges from the left side of the water. It spurts water from its blowhole and then goes back into the water.}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' Don't do another—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' E-mail! ''{A propeller plane with a "WEAR A BIKINI!!" banner attached to it flies by}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, I love doing that. ''{A bottle washes up on the island.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, check it out. A message in a bottle. ''{takes a piece of paper out of the bottle and reads it}'' What?

<blockquote style="width: 20em; text-align: center">
<p>January 20, 1985</p>
<p>Super<br /><span style="font-size: 200%">XIX</span><br />Bowl</p>
<p>Stanford Stadium<br />Stanford, California</p>
{| style="margin-top: 0.5em; width: 100%"
| style="padding: 0.5em; width: 45%" | Miami<br />Dolphins
| style="padding: 0.5em; width: 10%" | VS.
| style="padding: 0.5em; width: 45%" | San Francisco<br />49ers
|}
</blockquote>

Super Bowl Nineteen... Miami Dolphins vs. San Francisco 49ers... ''{sarcastically}'' Great.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' We're saved!

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is the worst deserted island ever.

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

== Easter Eggs ==

*At the end you can click on Strong Bad and Homestar to make them turn into various things.
** Strong Bad:
*** Some kinda brownie sundae
*** Hot dog
*** "[[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows#Pinner|Pinner]]" plate of marshmallows, with a [[Bowler Hats|derby]], [[eyepatch]] and [[Smoking|cigar]] from [[Meet Marshie]]
*** San Francisco 49ers helmet
** Homestar:
*** A big steak
*** Stack of pancakes
*** Guitar from [[new hands]]
*** Miami Dolphins helmet

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*The alias of the email sender, [[Wikipedia:Yugi Mutou|Yami Yugi]], comes from the name of a main character of the popular anime series and card game [[Wikipedia:Yu-Gi-Oh!|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'']].

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad's remark about it being "like most cartoons" seems to support the idea that the characters are aware that they are cartoons thus creating one of many [[fourth wall breaks]].

===Goofs===
*Homestar's Main Page joke refers to [[Main Page 3]] ''(see Inside References)'', but on the real Main Page 3, the plane actually flies past on "Store." A monkey hits Homestar in the head with a coconut when "E-mail" is activated.
*The San Francisco 49ers' helmet facemask is incorrect. They wore a gray facemask in the 1984-'85 season.
*The 49ers also had a large red and white stripe, much more visible than the one shown.

===Inside References===
*Homestar references Main Page 3 when he yells out "Toons," "Games," and "E-mail" and various things appear. ''(see Goofs for more)''
*Strong Bad describes the island as the "[[Best/Worst X Ever|worst deserted island ever]]".
*In the Easter egg, Homestar turns into the guitar from the Easter egg in [[new hands]].
*Strong Bad turns into the "pinner" marshmallows from [[Meet Marshie]] in the Easter egg.
*Strong Bad creates one of the [[names ending in -face]] in this email.

===Real-World References===
*The [[Wikipedia:San Francisco 49ers|49ers]] beat the [[Wikipedia:Miami Dolphins|Dolphins]] 38–16 in [[Wikipedia:Super Bowl XIX|Super Bowl XIX]].
*The first cinematic instance of hunger-induced delirium altering the appearance of a character from their actual resemblance to an edible object actually took place in Charlie Chaplin's 1925 movie [[Wikipedia:The Gold Rush|''The Gold Rush'']], which was filmed, not animated. It later took place in the 1943 [[Looney Tunes]] cartoon [[imdb:tt0036508|''Wackiki Wabbit'']].

===Fast Forward===
*Five emails later, in [[japanese cartoon]], Strong Bad creates a Japanese cartoon character named [[Stinkoman]].
*Strong Bad salting his foot is used again in [[interview]].
*The island is revisited in [[disconnected]], [[Weclome Back]], and [[the paper]].

== DVD Version ==
*To make Homestar and Strong Bad transform into various things, select the hidden Strong Bad head to the left of Strong Bad.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' Welcome back, I'm Matt Chapman.

'''MIKE:''' I am my brother Mike.

'''MATT:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' Uh? Isn't, uh... Sorry.

'''MATT:''' Yeah? Go ahead.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, I don't remember what I was going to say. I like this email, though. I like the, um, visuals.

'''MATT:''' This is a lot, this is pretty much referencing, I mean it's done a lot in cartoons, but there's that one Bugs Bunny where he's on the desert island with those two—there's that one tall skinny guy and one fat short guy. That's where a lot of this comes from. I think they see each other as a steak and a hot dog. And I think that Bugs tricks one of them into eating his own foot at some point probably.

'''MIKE:''' This is the origin of the term Stinkoman too.

'''MATT:''' It's true. We were just screwin' around and I said the word Stinkoman.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I think so. But I like that scene right there.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, Mike keeps talking about wanting to revisit this little desert island scene.

'''MIKE:''' It might be revisited by the time you're listening to this commentary.

'''MATT:''' Not if I have anything to say about it.

'''MIKE:''' Matt hates me.

'''MATT:''' I'm just kidding. Look, there it was! Yeah, see?

'''MIKE:''' He did, yeah.

'''MATT:''' You haven't got a baboon in your pocket, have you? There you go, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, thanks.

'''MATT:''' I like this. Those's actually are incorrect, aren't they? That's not exactly what he does on that menu page, I think.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, maybe, yeah, maybe not. Look at those clouds. They're a little different than usual, aren't they?

'''MATT:''' They are. Oh that—that's nice, that's—I remember Scott Edwards was over for that one. I think it snowed.

'''MIKE:''' Dave Brown, eh—

'''MATT:''' And then it snowed and we didn't have to go to school the next day.

'''MIKE:''' I think you're right.

'''MATT:''' No, it was great. Why don't you be the narrator for Batman?

'''MIKE:''' Okay Matt. "Will they get out of the island? Find out tomorrow, same Bat Time, same Bat Channel!"

=== Fun Facts ===
*The Bugs Bunny cartoon in particular that Matt and Mike refer to is ''[[imdb:tt0036508|Wackiki Wabbit]]''.
*Matt is incorrect in explaining the details on the Bugs Bunny cartoon. One of the men is indeed seen as a hot dog, but the other is seen as a hamburger, not a steak. Additionally, one of the men does try to eat his foot, but it came naturally; they hadn't even met Bugs at the time.
*The phrase "You haven't got a baboon in your pocket, have you?" was originally uttered by Groucho Marx in ''A Night at the Opera''.
*Mike imitates the narrator from the live-action [[Wikipedia:Batman (TV series)|'60s television series]] of [[Batman]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail52.html|watch "island"]]
*[[HR:sbemail52.swf|view the Flash file for "island"]]

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