Editing Fan 'Stumes 2023

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[[File:the show fanstumes 2023.png|thumb|[[The Show#The Show! Stupid Home Edition|Stupid]] Halloween Edition!]]
Strong Bad's fan costume mockery continues on The Show: Fanstumes Edition.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, [[Cow Lamp]], {{film|Coach Z}}, [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], {{film|Crack Stuntman}}

'''Costumes (in order of appearance):''' [[Senor Cardgage]], [[Cow Lamp]], [[kids' book|Hillary]], [[kids' book|Gregor]], [[Coach Z]], [[Trogdor]], [[Homestar Runner]] dressed as [[Strong Bad]], [[Fort Wayne Locomotive]], [[Gunhaver]], [[Blue Laser Commander]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Mayor|Mayor]], [[Homestar Runner]] dressed as [[Strong Sad]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Bubs]], [[D n' D Greg]], [[The King of Town]]

'''Places:''' [[The Show]]

'''Date:''' Wednesday, November 22, 2023

'''Running Time:''' 4:38

'''Page Title:''' Enchanced, Endured, and Engulfed!

==Transcript==
''{The toon opens on the set of The Show, with a title card reading The Show: Fanstumes Edition.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Welcome back to The Show: Fanstumes Edition! ''{drumroll}'' And here is your host...

''{Title card withdraws to reveal Strong Bad dancing in place on a pedestal.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{quickly, quietly}'' Strongb'd.

''{The Show theme music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thank you, Don Ronny, Ron Donny. Ronny Ronny, Ronny Monny. Let's get right to our first costume!

''{Cut to a closed window. The window opens to show a fan dressed as Senor Cardgage holding a smartphone disguised as an air freshener.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I like that Senor Cardgage provides a nice costume option for the physique-ularly enchanced.

''{A label pops up reading "physiqularly enchanced"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh... endured? ''{label changes to read "endured?"}'' Er... engulfed! ''{label changes to read "engulfed!" with a splat}'' Yeah. Yeah, this guy's definitely been engulfed.

''{Next slide depicts a fan dressed as the living version of the cow lamp from the Decemberweenvent Calendar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Waah! That horrifying illustration of Homestar's cow lamp ''{the horrifying illustration appears on the side for comparison}'' from that awful sheet music Decemberweenvent calendar?

''{The next slide depicts a frightened woman in a hula hoop with fangs.}''

'''COW LAMP:''' You are not going out trick-or-treating dressed like that fangoriously devoured ''{the drawing of Hillary from [[kids' book]] being devoured by a monster appears for comparison}'' young lady, you hear?

''{The next costume shows a baseball player in a green uniform with a squirrel for a hand. The page turns to show Gregor, also from [[kids' book]].}''

'''COW LAMP:''' And you leave those squirrel hands to yourself, young slugger!

''{The next slide shows a fan dressed as Coach Z.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look, I don't wanna in any way encourage more of these skintight green job Coach Z costumes. But pulling one on ''over'' your pants? Just makes everything ''{disgusted}'' lumpy-worse. For the universe.

''{Next slide shows a much younger fan in a Coach Z costume with a paper mask.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' This homemade version of Coach Z will receive ''{a board game box appears}'' the home version of Coach Z.

'''COACH Z:''' ''{desperately abrasive}'' I'm-a come to your home! Please let me come to your home—!

''{Scene interrupts. A card featuring The Cheat in front of an unplugged outlet reads "Hang in There: Technical Difficulties".}''

''{Next slide shows someone dressed in all black underneath a cardboard cutout of Trogdor. Romantic music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' On a rooftop in Paris, world-famous Trog-mime ''{name card appears}'' Chimeaux Bardeaux ''{pronounces as Chim-ooks Bar-dooks}'' does his performance art piece entitled: The S is for Spandex.

'''ANNOUNCER:''' That's right, and the next contestant to dress up like Trogdor will win ''{The Show theme plays}'' a trip to Paris!

''{The next slide shows a fan wearing a paper version of Trogdor. Record scratches.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Never mind! Never mind at all! Never mind all the time go away please forever!

''{The next slide shows a costume of Homestar dressed as Strong Bad from [[halloweener]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And the award for best use of maybe one of those kinda see-through floormats you put under your desk for your office chair to roll on to simulate blurred-out nudity ''{image from [[halloweener]] appears for comparison}'' goes to... ''{ribbon appears with a lot of text on it}'' this one!

''{The next slide shows a fan dressed as the Fort Wayne Locomotive. The image is monochrome and has film artifacts overlaid.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' This might be the first and hopefully only Fort Wayne Locomotive costume. Ah, from the days when a helmet could be defined as a floppy leather bowl stuck on your head.

''{The Fort Wayne Locomotive appears.}''

'''FORT WAYNE LOCOMOTIVE:''' Hey-hey. They used to call me the floppy leather bowl! But it wasn't because a' anything pigskin-related! Woooohhh! Ohh! Ooooohhh!

''{The Fort Wayne Locomotive charges into the screen, away from the viewer.}''

''{The next slide shows two fans: one dressed as Gunhaver is pointing an orange toy gun at a fan dressed as the Blue Laser Commander in a menacing pose.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' These are fine  Blue Laser Commander and Gunhaver costumes. I can't get over how accurate the smarm is on this guy!

''{Another image of the fan dressed as Gunhaver holding the toy gun is displayed, showing him from the front.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at that smarm! ''{wavy lines float off his head}'' Smarmin' right off him in droves, it smarms!

'''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' Blaah, Crack Stuntman here! To tell you about my new non-non-profit, ''{label appears showing Crack Stuntman's head as a barn}'' Smarms for Farms.

''{The next slide shows a fan dressed as Strong Bad cuddling a cat on the floor.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' Today's contestants will receive ''{a sticker appears}'' Stranglecat Strong Bad. ''{another sticker appears}'' Banned in 17 countries, Stranglecat Strong Bad creates hours of harrowing play for your furry friend.

''{The window closes.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' And now everyone's favorite part, where Strong Bad makes up{{--}}

''{The slide opens to reveal a fan in a Strong Bad costume.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' {{--}}a dumb little song!

''{The mouth on the costume animates.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' My mouth has been so loooow... since my baby left. And my head is all squished and withered! I call it "squithered". 'Cause you know I gotta portmanteau! Because my mouth is so low... ''{the mouth moves to a position closer to accurate}'' That's right, my mouth is so... ''{sings a high note as the mouth appears on the top of the mask}'' loooow!

''{Window closes. Cut to Strong Bad still dancing on the pedestal.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' All right, Strong Bad. It's time for the final round!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, I'll take... 

''{Cut to a blue screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Costumes that are so obscure you probably don't remember them. ''{screen shows $800}'' For 800 please.

''{The next slide shows a fan dressed in a stovepipe hat and sash looking at a toppled penguin statue.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hmm... "mayo"... penguin... Oh! ''{Jeopardy time-out chime plays}'' I know this one! In the first episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, ''{Teen Girl Squad music plays as the relevant panel is displayed}'' there was a Teen Girl Squad minigame! ''{The Ugly One appears with a chocolate bar}'' If you gave The Ugly One a chocolate bar at the right time, it did this!

''{A talk balloon appears on the slide}''

'''MAYOR:''' What will our fair city do without this brave robotic duck?

'''PENGUIN:''' Penguin.

'''MAYOR:''' No, you kiddin' me? A penguin, huh? All this time...

''{Strong Bad laughs heartily.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's the best joke I ever made. That I had completely forgotten about until just now.

''{Cut back to the title card.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' That's it for tonight, folks. We'll see you ''all'' next Fanstumesdate!

''{The title card withdraws to show a fan dressed as Homestar dressed as Strong Sad from [[impression]].}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' Promotional consideration by: Some Animal Died Charities.

''{The next picture shows three fans dressed as Coach Z, Homestar and Bubs respectively, standing outdoors.}'''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' And these costumes we couldn't come up with anything funny to say about. Except for maybe this kid's feet.

''{Close up on Homestar's feet. They appear to be black sandals with torn socks.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' What is going on here?

''{Text appears.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' Also, we didn't get to do a Homsar quote based on the weird stuff in the back of people's photographs{{--}}

''{A photo appears showing fans dressed as D'n'D Greg and The King of Town sitting at a table.}''

'''ANNOUNCER 2:''' {{--}}so how about this one? ''{as Homsar}'' AaAaAaAah! ''{close up on the King of Town's dinner plate}'' I get to re-roll my chicken cutlet! That's pretty good, huh?

''{Fade out. End.}''

==Fun Facts==
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===Trivia===
*Shifting the setting from the [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]] to [[The Show]] marks the first update to the Fan Costumes video format since [[Fan Costumes '06|2006]].
*The person wearing the Strong Bad costume with the low mouth is wiki user [[User:TMBGLOVER|TMBGLOVER]].

===Remarks===
*Unlike many prior years, both the [[Index Page Messages]] and [[TV Time Toons Menu]] use costume photos that were also featured in the toon proper.
*The Show previously hosted a Halloween-themed contest, the [[Punkin Show]].

=== Inside References ===
[[File:TwitterCostumeChallengeDeletedScene.png|thumb|How 'bout it, Steve?]]
*The format follows the theme of the previous Halloween toon, [[The Show: Ween Edition]].
*The [[Generic Announcers|announcer]] [["Man" pronounced as "m'n"|pronounces "Strong Bad" as "Strongb'd"]].
*The boxing gloves on the Senor Cardgage costume are labeled "A+ #1 All-Pro Panache", the brand Strong Bad said he wore in [[Fan Costumes 2016]].
*Strong Bad complained about "skintight green jobs" in [[Fan Costumes 2017]].
*The "Home Version" of Coach Z is made by [[Boardelectrix]].
* The "Technical Difficulties" screen was previously seen in [[pizzaz]].
*Crack Stuntman promotes non-profit "Smarms for Farms" in a similar manner to his support of [[Pistols For Pandas (organization)|Pistols For Pandas]].
*Strong Bad has [[Musical Moments|made up songs]] in several previous [[Fan Costumes]] episodes, especially more recently.
*Strong Bad acknowledges his tendency to use [[portmanteaus]].
*Promotional consideration is provided by "[[Some Animal Died]] Charities".

===Real-World References ===
*Trog-mime "Chimeaux Bardeaux" recalls famous French mime {{w|Marcel Marceau}}.
*{{w|History of the football helmet|Leather football helmets}} were used in the early 20th century, with plastic helmets becoming standard in the 1950s.
*The blue-screened category selection seen in the final round is [[Game Show References|similar to the game show]] ''{{w|Jeopardy!}}''.

===Fast Forward===
* Although this toon did not feature a costume challenge prompt, a [[@StrongBadActual]] {{prs|1728530885295698395|25|Nov|2023|alt=tweet posted three days later}} shared a [[DELETED]] scene with two costume suggestions: [[The Rest]] (from [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]) and [[Other Halloween Costumes|The Fearsome Brothers Strong wearing scary monster outfits]] (from [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]]).

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