Editing Fish Eye Lens

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[[Image:Fish Eye Lens.png|thumb|right|220px|"Things are about to get bulbous!"]]

After five years, Strong Bad and Coach Z give the pyor<!--sic-->ple what they want!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, [[The Barbershop Trio]] (Easter egg), {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}} (Easter egg), {{film|The Cheat}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[The Cheat's Computer Room]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' Friday, October 3, 2014

'''Running Time:''' 3:19

'''Page Title:''' Things are about to get...

== Transcript ==
''{The basement is dark. Strong Bad is asleep, half on the couch. Coach Z pops up from behind the couch.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{whispering loudly}'' Strong Bad! Strong Bad, wake up!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah graibes... ...Blackthorne... bougleibes...

'''COACH Z:''' The people need your help!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{suddenly awake and upright}'' Wait, the ''who''?

'''COACH Z:''' I mean the pyorple!{{--}}

'''STRONG BAD:''' There you go!

'''COACH Z:''' {{--}}They need your help! It's been too long since they had a number one jam. They been scrapin' dope rhymes up off the kitchen floor, just to survive!

''{Music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{increasingly complaining tone of voice}'' Another number one jam? All right, I'll do it. ...For the pyorple.

''{Strong Bad jumps off the couch onto the floor as the scene transitions into a [[Powered by The Cheat]] music video.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Woke up this mornin' in a rap song video<br />
'''COACH Z:''' Can ya help me with my hip hop ditty, yo?<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, Coach Z, that all depends<br />
Can ya get ya green mittens on a fisheye lens?<br />

''{A synth bass plays two notes that resemble "Waughmp waughmp"}''

'''COACH Z:''' I'm sorry, did you just say, "Waughmp waughmp"?<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's right! ''{smiling}'' And you know what that means:<br />

'''COACH Z:''' I don't!{{--}}<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' Things are about to get... bulbous.<br />

'''TOGETHER:''' Waughmp waughmp!<br />
I bought a fisheye lens<br />
And make a rap video<br />
With a couple of friends<br />
It goes, waughmp waughmp!<br />
All the ladies and men<!--sic-->s<br />
They know everything is better<br />
With a fisheye lens<br />

'''COACH Z:''' Hey, that chorus wasn't kidding! Check out how cool my rap points look!<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' With a fisheye lens, you don't need to know how to rap, or skateboard, or do ''anything'' well!<br />

Just put the camera on the ground<br />
And aim it up<br />
'''COACH Z:''' My kicks look huge<br />
And my crew looks tough<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' We got bulbous hands<br />
'''COACH Z:''' And bulbous feet<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Turn your back to the camera<br />
'''TOGETHER:''' Shake those bulbous cheeks!<br />

'''COACH Z:''' Aw, look at that! I've got a considerable rear shelf!<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' That makes me uncomfortable!<br />

'''TOGETHER:''' Waughmp waughmp!<br />
I bought a fisheye lens<br />
And make a rap video<br />
With a couple of friends<br />
It goes, waughmp waughmp!<br />
All the ladies and men<!--sic-->s<br />
They know everything is better<br />
With a fisheye lens<br />

'''COACH Z:''' And once you use the fisheye<br />
Well, you just can't stap<br />
It used to be kind of expensive<br />
But then the price ''draeerrrrrrped''<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{shouting, words overlap each other}'' I jumped in slow motion<br />
Off the curb<br />
Without a skateboard<br />
That should look absurd<br />
But with my fisheye lens<br />
Hey, haven't ya heard?<br />
I got the moves so smooth<br />
Make ya mom say:<br />

'''YOUR MOM:''' Those are some exceptionally smooth moves!<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' Coach Z!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' SB!<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' Whatcha got for me?<br />
'''COACH Z:''' I got the<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' F!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' I!<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' S!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' H!<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' E!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' Y!<br />
'''STRONG BAD:''' E! Lens!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' Let's pretend<!--sic-->s I got ten girlfriends<br />
And make amends in my Benz<br />
With a fisheye lens<br />
It goes—<br />

'''TOGETHER:''' Waughmp waughmp!<br />
I bought a fisheye lens<br />
And make a rap videos<br />
With a couple of friends<br />
It goes, waughmp waughmp!<br />
All the ladies and men<!--sic-->s<br />
They know everything is better<br />
With a fisheye lens<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, fisheye lens, I bet you could make even lame stuff look cool!<br />

'''COACH Z:''' Yeah, yeah!<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' What about ''{singing}'' tax papers?<br />

'''COACH Z:''' Oh, look at how cool those pape<!--sic-->s look!<br />

How about a pair of tan pants!<br />

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooooh! Somebody say country dish towel!<br />
'''AUDIENCE''' and '''COACH Z:''' Country dish towel!<br />

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahem! I have an idea<br />
Of what we could try<br />
What happens if you point it<br />
At a real fish eye?

''{Homestar points the lens at a real fish. The video comes to a halt with a splat. Using crudely drawn software menus, a mouse cursor applies a twirl effect. The scene spins as if down the drain. Back in normal styles, Strong Bad, Coach Z, and Homestar appear in the basement dressed in old-timey Dixieland jazz band outfits. Strong Bad has a trumpet with a plunger mute. Coach Z has a banjo. Homestar is holding a fishbowl with a dead fish floating in it. An SLR camera with a fisheye lens is submerged in the bowl. The music finishes in an old-timey flourish.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aw, man!

'''COACH Z:''' Aw, dag! What happened to the honeys?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bring back the fisheye! Homestar, you broke our rap song video!

'''COACH Z:''' You turned us into a Dixieland ''{drawn out}'' jazz band!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why y'all gotta be dissin' on Dixieland? I think it's great! It's got several syncopations. ''{singing, brandishing his hat, and kicking his legs}'' Several syncopations—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!<br />
'''COACH Z:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeehhorrrrrp!

''{Strong Bad and Coach Z throw their arms up and exit.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{continued}'' —Several syncopations! Several syncopations tonight!

''{Cut to a closeup on the fishbowl with a "waughmp waughmp" sound effect. The word "eND" appears over the fisheye lens.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
* Click on the "D" in "eND" to see an [[Old Timey]] version:
:'''ONE OF THE BARBERSHOP TRIO:''' Several syncopations tonight!
:''{The rest of the trio appears behind him.}''
:'''THE OTHER TWO IN THE TRIO:''' ''{overlapping}'' Several syncopations tonight!
:''{Whip-pan to Old-Timey Strong Bad. He has an old-timey movie camera with a fish roped to it. Each time he says "Waughmp waughmp", the word "waughmp" appears on top of him, pulses twice, and then disperses in a cloud-like puff.}''
:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Waughmp waughmp, I say! Waughmp waughmp! Everything ''is'' better with this pescatary oculation!
* Click on the dead fish to see a scene showing the Cheat presenting the video to Strong Bad:
:''{Strong Bad and The Cheat are sitting at [[Monosodium Dreams]]. The twirl effect is still visible on the screen.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat! That was incredible!
:''{He begins babbling as if at a loss for words. He keeps babbling in rhythm. The Cheat pulls out his keyboard and drops a beat in time with the babbling. The rave lights come on.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{overlapping himself}'' I'm buying you a pizzaaaaa!
:''{The music stops as he says "pizzaaaaa". A pizza falls from the ceiling and covers their heads. The Cheat makes a "da-ta-da!" fanfare noise.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Guess I can... conjure ceiling pizzas now.

== Fun Facts ==
[[Image:@StrongBadActual profile01.jpg|thumb|"Everything is better with a fisheye lens!"]]
=== Explanations ===
* A [[Wikipedia:Fisheye lens|fisheye lens]] is an ultra-wide-angle lens that produces strong visual distortion intended to create a wide panoramic or hemispherical image.
* A Benz is a [[Wikipedia:Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes-Benz]] automobile. Mercedes-Benz is a marketer of luxury vehicles, popular among the hip hop community.
* The tax paper shown riding a skateboard is a [[Wikipedia:IRS tax forms#W-2|W-2 form]], which reports the earnings of and taxes withheld from a United States taxpayer.
* [[Wikipedia:Dixieland|Dixieland]] is a style of jazz that originated from New Orleans during the early 20th century. 
* [[Wikipedia:Syncopation|Syncopation]] is a musical term that means accenting beats that are normally not accented. It was commonly used to describe early jazz and ragtime music.

=== Trivia ===
* The animation menu options are "BLOATATE", "FORNGE", [[Lowercase i's|"PAXELiZE"]], "DISTORT", "MUFFLIN'", and [[Paint Daubs|"PAINT DAUBZ"]].
** These options appear to be derived from tools/actions in [[Photoshop]].
* The "DISTORT" submenu options are "ELOAK", "PRIVET", "TWIRL", "ZAPPOS", "TENASCHE", and "RELUMP".
* This toon kicks off a long and thus far unbroken streak of toons that [[Toons Without Back Buttons|don't have a back button]].

===Remarks===
* This is the first non-holiday-themed content uploaded to the website since [[videography]], released October 5, 2009{{--}}just two days shy of five years apart.

===Goofs===
* In the Flash version, the sound of record pops and hiss from the Old-Timey Easter egg can still be heard at the beginning of the Easter egg in front of the Monosodium Dreams.

=== Inside References ===
[[Image:sketchbook_040826_themanybuttsofcoachz.png|thumb|"I've got a considerable rear shelf!"]]
* The current profile picture of the [[@StrongBadActual]] Twitter account was taken with a fisheye lens, and the toon was previously teased there in [[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/516039750138875904|a post on September 27, 2014]].
* The fisheye effect used in this toon is similar to the one used in [[Rap Song]].
* This toon marks an instance of [[couch mumbling]].
* The song is referred to as a [[number one jam]].
* "Waughmp Waughmp" is an [[onomatopoeia]].
* Coach Z sometimes pronounces "video" as "[[videro]]".
* Coach Z's "considerable rear shelf" is derived from a [[Sketchbook]] [[Sketchbook 2004#SK-2004-08-26|entry]], and was also seen in a similar form on the [[Stripèd Green Rabbit]] in [[New Boots]].
*Coach Z's hypothetical girlfriends are [[Pom Pom's Girls]].
*During the bridge, Strong Bad has a [[Green Tongues|green mouth]].
* Taxes and the W-2 form were previously mentioned in [[Arcade Game]].
* A few of Homestar's forms resemble some of his from [[Exaggerations]].
* When the fisheye lens is pointed at the real fish eye and the twirl effect is applied, one of the items in the software menu is "[[Punkin Show|paint daubz]]".
*Homestar wears [[pants]]. His Dixieland vest also has [[Lack of Visible Arms|arm holes]].
* Coach Z's line "What happened to the honeys?" is a reference to the end of one of [[Matt Chapman]]'s old rap songs, {{inlinecontentwarning|content warning|Adult language and themes}} [[thorax:mp3s/3-D_Booty.mp3|3-D Booty]].
* The Easter egg with Strong Bad and The Cheat at the Monosodium Dreams is a callback to the ending of [[Everybody to the Limit]].
* Strong Bad remarks that Coach Z has [[lack of visible body parts|green mittens]].

=== Real-World References ===
[[File:check your head-fish eye lens.png|thumb|256px|Hey, haven't you heard?]]
*''[[Wikipedia:Blackthorne|Blackthorne]]'' is an action-platformer game for the [[Nintendo|Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Sega|Sega Genesis]], and PC.
*This toon is heavily influenced by the [[Beastie Boys]]. Many of their music videos and publicity photos were shot using fisheye lenses. The music video for their song "[[Wikipedia:Hold It Now, Hit It|Hold It Now, Hit It]]" was the first to be shot entirely using a fisheye lens. The cover of their album ''[[Wikipedia:Check Your Head|Check Your Head]]'' is re-created in the toon, and the lyric "watcha got for me" is also featured in track 6 of that album, "Finger Lickin' Good."
*During the music video, Homestar's body is a can of [[Wikipedia:Campbell Soup Company|Campbell's Soup]], which is probably a reference to that company's line of [http://www.campbellsoup.com/Products/Homestyle/All Homestyle soups].
*Homestar's singing at the end of the toon resembles the chorus of the song "One Singular Sensation" from the musical ''[[Wikipedia:A Chorus Line|A Chorus Line]]''.
*[[Wikipedia:Zappos|Zappos]] is an online shoe and clothing shop.
*"I got friends in my Benz" is a reference to a line in "[[Wikipedia: Big Poppa|Big Poppa]]" by [[Wikipedia: Notorious B.I.G.|Notorious B.I.G.]].

=== Fast Forward ===
*The eponymous visual effect, along with the "waughmp waughmp" sound effect, are used again in an Easter egg in [[I Killed Pom Pom]].

==YouTube Version==
[[Image:Fisheye_YT_Thumnails.jpg|thumb|220px|"Don't look for these so much."]]
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "Strong Bad makes a new #1 jam with the help of Coach Z...and a fish-eye lens."
*After the end of the toon, [[YouTube Related Video Thumbnails#Fish Eye Lens|a group of nine thumbnails]] appears, parodying YouTube's related video thumbnails. None of the "videos" shown in the thumbnails have been released as of yet. The contents of the thumbnails are as follows:

{| {{standardtable}}
|-
| Coach Z and [[Strong Sad]] dancing on the [[Race Track]] in [[outer space]]. || A photograph of a CRT television displaying [[Wikipedia:Swordquest|''Swordquest: Earthworld'']]. The [[Videlectrix Guys]] appear in the lower-left corner, along with the caption "Joystick Wagglin' with [[Videlectrix]]". || Homestar and a peasant from [[Peasant's Quest Proposed Sequels|Peasant's Quest Online?]] standing in [[The Field]] with snow on the ground.
|- 
| A tiny Strong Bad walking up [[Senor Cardgage]]'s head. || Homestar standing in an older style Field, with an orange laser beam in place of his head (which is now on the ground). || [[Puppet Homestar]] and [[Mike Chapman]] sitting in front of a curtain with a cup of [[coffee]]. The caption reads "COFFEE TOWN WITH HOMESTAR + MIKE, episode 6".
|-
| Strong Bad in front of a red-yellow gradient. In place of his legs are several more torsos that continue off the screen, some of which have extra arms, resembling a centipede. || A small [[Bubs]] hovering over the [[Compé]]'s keyboard on Strong Bad's desk. Bubs is leaving a bouncy, dashed white line behind him, à la [[Where U Goin' 2?]] || [[Pom Pom]] peeking out of a stylized human [[brain]].
|}
*After the thumbnails, the Old-Timey Easter egg is shown, immediately followed by the "ceiling pizzas" Easter egg.

==See Also==
* The [[Fish Eye Lens Visuals|visuals]] for this video

== External Links ==
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