Editing Halloween Safety

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[[Image:Halloween Safety.png|thumb|"Whew! It's hard sittin' there with your mouth open like that, holdin' it just so."]]

A teaser for the 2014 [[Halloween]] cartoon, [[I Killed Pom Pom]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[The Brothers Chaps]] (vocal only), {{film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Sticklyman]], {{film|Coach Z}} (silhouette), {{film|Bubs}} (silhouette), {{film|Strong Mad}} (silhouette), {{film|Strong Bad}} (silhouette), {{film|The Cheat}} (silhouette), {{film|Marzipan}} (silhouette), {{film|Pom Pom}} (silhouette), {{film|Strong Sad}} (silhouette), {{film|The Poopsmith}} (silhouette), {{film|The King of Town}} (silhouette), {{film|Homsar}} (silhouette), {{film|Tiny-Handed Strong Bad}} (Easter egg), {{film|The Homestar Runner (storybook)}} (Easter egg), [[Tucker Donaldson]] (Easter egg), {{film|Crack Stuntman}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Spooky Woods]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]]

'''Date:''' Monday, October 20, 2014

'''Running Time:''' 0:76 [[TV Time Toons Menu|official]], 1:40 actual

'''Page Title:''' Official Partner of HalloweenSafety.gov!

== Transcript ==

''{A sign appears beneath a starry night sky, featuring a suspicious silhouette with a red circle and slash over it and the words "WARNING! Neighbors are a-watchin'!".}''

'''THE BROTHERS CHAPS:''' Hi; we're the Brothers Chaps from HomestarRunner.com!

'''MIKE:''' Normally we let our dumb animal characters do the talking.

'''MATT:''' But this year we're partnering with "halloweensafety.gov" ''{The web address "halloweensafety.gov" appears at the bottom of the screen before disappearing}'' to raise awareness about "halloweensafety.gov". ''{The web address appears and disappears again.}''

'''SILHOUETTE:''' ''{gradually tilting}'' Ugh.... 

'''MIKE:''' So please, find it in your heart to donate&mdash;

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Disguised as the silhouette on the sign, he interrupts}'' Peh! I say, peh! Whew! It's hard sittin' there with your mouth open like that, holdin' it just so. ''{Homestar demonstrates his previous position}'' Buhhhhhhh.

''{Zoom out to a full-body shot of Homestar in the Spooky Woods. He removes the sign portion of his costume and his eyes become normal.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Check out my roadside sil-houette costume! I tried dressin' up in some other ones, but, uhh... they didn't work out so great.

''{Swipe cut to a "Slippery When Wet" road sign that sprouts two sets of Homestar's eyes. The two tire tracks become mouths as they speak.}''

'''TWO HOMESTARS:''' This one made my voice hurt!

''{Homestar's propeller sticks out of the upper left side of the sign and spins, with the left Homestar face making a noise as it does so.  The right Homestar face turns the opposite direction and gives an angry glare.}''

'''RIGHT HOMESTAR:''' Oh, just stop it!

''{Cut to a "Construction Zone" sign featuring Sticklyman digging with a shovel. Homestar's eyes and hat appear in the pile he is shoveling.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This one was asking for a challeeeeenge! ''{The pile rises to resemble a bulked-up version of Homestar's body, and his feet ooze out of the bottom}''

'''STICKLYMAN:''' ''{screaming, while running away}'' Ai-yagh!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Homestar's feet begin dripping black sludge.}'' I got that sludge foot! I got that sludge foot!'' {Prancing}''

''{Cut to a "School Crossing" sign featuring a girl in a dress led across a street by a boy, both carrying books. Homestar's eyes appear sideways next to the girl's legs, and when he speaks they move back and forth like a mouth.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This one just seemed ina-pro-pro! ''{The word "INA-PRO-PRO!" is stamped onto the screen in red.}'' Quack quack. Lady's Legs Duck.

''{Cut to a Route 66 sign which, when zoomed out, only covers Homestar's eyes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And this one was waaaaay too small! ''{Blinks twice, the 6s in the sign looking like closed eyes.}'' Blink. Blonk.

''{Cut back to the Spooky Woods, with Homestar in his Neighborhood Watch costume again.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think I picked the best one. Anyways, here are some other silhouettes. I'mah get back to creepin' and peepin' 'round y'all's neighborhood! ''{squints his eyes into the suspicious eyes of the original sign and slowly slides off-screen.}'' Uhhhhhhhh...

''{Cut to the Field, where the cast is gathered in costume in silhouette. The words "Halloween Cartoon Sometime Before Halloween" are beneath them. After a few seconds of waiting, Homestar speaks.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, Homestar, I really like your "that one guy from Mad Mazagine<!--sic-->" costume. You know the one I'm talkin' about. Always blowin' up that pointy white man. ''{During this, Homestar in his Neighborhood Watch costume pops up over the word "Halloween", then tosses a lit bomb to a white version of himself in the same costume, blowing him up and chuckling to himself before disappearing.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[File:weensaftey decompiledhiddenwords.png|thumb|right|220px|"Nice Try, Literal Message"]]
* Like the other teasers, when the Flash file is decompiled, there is a hidden shape that reads "hidden words". Every silhouette excluding Homestar and Homsar has one letter behind it. Also, Strong Mad's silhouette actually has two letters.
* Click on the moon at the end:
:''{A sign reading "NEIGHBRAHOOD WATCH" fills the screen, with a logo resembling a giant eye.  The eye's pupil looks around before donning [[Crack Stuntman]]'s glasses.  When he speaks, an angular mouth appears on the dot.}''
:'''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' Blah'm Crack Stuntman, the new spokesperson for HalloweenSafety.gov, since Pistols for Pandas found out about my line of frozen panda-burger patties!  I swear they're high in Omega-3s!
:''{The glasses disappear with a pop.}''
* Click on Homestar's silhouette at the end:
:''{[[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]] and [[The Homestar Runner (storybook)|storybook Homestar]] are standing in a field, with Homestar wearing a yellow shirt that features the girl from the school crossing sign and his own eyes and Strong Bad holding a scroll; their speech appears beneath them and is narrated by Strong Bad like the other children's books.}''
:'''TINY-HANDED STRONG BAD:''' "Get your entire face out of here, Lady's Legs Duck Shirt,"
:'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;proclamated DeVry graduate Strong Bad. ''{Emphasis lines appear next to the scroll in Tiny-Handed Strong Bad's hand}''
:'''STORYBOOK HOMESTAR:''' "Ina-pro-pro!"
:'''STRONG BAD:''' &mdash;barfed the Queen of England.
* Click on the second "Halloween" at the end:
:''{[[Marzipan's Answering Machine]] appears, with the title changed to "Mikezipan's Answering Machine" and the version number listed as "version 1.00001".}''
:'''MIKE:''' Hi, this is Mikezipan.  I'm out looking at the fall colors.  Please leave me a message and I'll call you right back.
:''{The machine beeps.}''
:'''TUCKER DONALDSON:''' Look here.  This message is for the Brothers Chap&mdash; Chapman Brothers.  Chapman Brothers?  This is Tucker Donaldson with HalloweenSafety.gov.  Your little "joke", if that's what you wanna call it? It wasn't funny, and, uh&mdash; and it's not appreciated.  I don't know who you think you are, or&mdash; or who you think I am, or if you even think at all, frankly.  It is not cool and it is not funny, and that's real talk, gentlemen.  Gentlemen?  That is real talk.
:''{The machine beeps again.}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*The opening of the cartoon is a parody of cartoons that make public safety awareness announcements in tandem with governmental entities, most commonly {{wp|UNICEF}}.
*{{w|U.S. Route 66|Route 66}} is a famous former United States Highway System road that was built in 1926 and crossed through eight states. The highway was largely superseded by the {{w|Interstate Highway System|interstate highways}} of today and was decertified in 1985.
*{{wp|Omega-3 fatty acid}}s help the body metabolize food and are postulated to assist in brain development; they are often touted as a "miracle" supplement and are most commonly associated with fish. They were previously mentioned in [[Quality Time with Cardboard Homestar]].

===Trivia===
[[File:sticklymanpants.png|thumb|right|220px|Hey, Sticklyman! WHAAAT are you doing wearing those pants?]]
*This is the first time Sticklyman has vocalised, as well as first time he has been seen wearing a visible article of clothing (in this case, [[pants]]).
*Tucker Donaldson's message is presented in a lower audio quality, much like an actual telephone call. This is the first Answering Machine message to do so.
*This is the first time that "The Brothers Chaps" and "dumb animal characters" have been said out loud on [[homestarrunner.com]].
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "Some real talk about Halloween safety. In conjunction with halloweensafety.gov"

=== Remarks ===
*halloweensafety.gov is not an actual [[Websites|website]].
*This toon is the second toon in a row (following [[Fish Eye Lens]]) and the first Halloween teaser to [[Toons Without Back Buttons|contain no back button.]]
*This teaser's appearance of Homsar suggests, and his apperance in [[I Killed Pom Pom]] confirms, that the character is still alive, despite his supposed death in [[A Decemberween Mackerel]].
*This is the first time a character [[Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes|other than Strong Bad]] has been depicted in a different costume than that worn in the final Halloween toon; Marzipan is [[Rejected Costumes|dressed here as Anton Chigurh]] from ''{{w|No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men}}'' (as confirmed in the [[Sketchbook 2014#SK-2014-10-30|Sketchbook]] and [[Quote of the Week#QW-2014-10-30|Quote of the Week]]), but appears as [[Tom Servo]] in [[I Killed Pom Pom]].
*This toon features both [[Duplicate Characters|duplicate and triplicate characters]], all variations of Homestar.
*In the Mikezipan's Answering Machine Easter egg, the [[PhoneTime XL8]] is used, despite having been replaced by the [[PhoneTime XL800|XL800 model]].
*The SWF file is called "ween12_teaser.swf" rather than "ween14_teaser.swf" (or "weensafety.swf").

===Goofs===
*On the loading screen, the rounded rectangle that forms the ground doesn't quite reach to the left edge of the frame, leaving the upper-left corner of the shape and a sliver of the sky visible.

===Inside References===
*In the beginning, [[The Brothers Chaps]] refer to the characters as [[dumb animal characters]].
*Homestar's echoing voice in the first sign idea is the same as [[Homestarmecium]] from the email [[high school]].
*Homestar mentions asking for a [[challenge]] in the second sign.
*This teaser continues several gags from the previous three teasers: [[Jibblies 2 Teaser]] (2007), [[Most in the Graveyard Teaser]] (2008), and [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre Teaser]] (2009):
**Silhouetted characters (in the same order as the previous teasers)
**Action that occurs after waiting
**Hidden text behind the characters
**Strong Bad depicted in [[Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes|an outrageous costume]] (a Bug from the ''{{w|Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers}}'' franchise)
*This teaser stands out from the others as:
**It's the first to start like a normal toon instead of the silhouetted characters scene.
**It's the first to be listed in a category other than the New Stuff category on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]].
**It's the first to contain Easter eggs other than the "hidden shape" Easter egg.
**The ground looks slightly different, and the text lacks the orange outlines and has a gradient of white to orange instead of white to grey.
*Homestar [[What are you supposed to be?|compliments somebody's costume]] (in this case, his own) in the "[[I really like your costume]]" format.
*[[Crack Stuntman]] mentions [[Pistols for Pandas (organization)|Pistols for Pandas]].
*Mikezipan is a [[portmanteau]].
*Mike's line on the answering machine is the same as [[Marzipan's outgoing message]] in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0]].
*{{wp|DeVry University}} was previously referenced in [[different town]].

===Real-World References===
*Homestar (the silhouetted criminal) and Crack Stuntman (the eye against the blue background) are dressed as symbols of the {{wp|neighborhood watch}} campaign, a civilian effort to monitor their own neighborhoods for suspicious or criminal activity.
*"That one guy from {{w|Mad (magazine)|MAD Magazine}}" Homestar is referring to is the Black Spy from {{wp|Spy vs. Spy}}.
**The misspelling "mazagine" is derived from competitor ''{{w|Cracked (magazine)|Cracked}}'' magazine, which always used the same misspelling on its front cover.
*In an Easter egg, Crack Stuntman's appearance resembles [[Pac-Man]]'s in-game design from the original arcade games.
*"Creepin' and peepin' 'round y'all's neighborhood" references [[Michael Jackson]]'s {{w|Thriller (song)|Thriller}}, in which {{wp|Vincent Price}} sings "Creatures crawl in search of blood/To terrorize y'all's neighborhood."

===Fast Forward===
*The term "[[ina-pro-pro]]" would be used to signal disgust in a number of future toons.
*Tucker Donaldson would later call Marzipan in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]].

== YouTube Version ==
[[Image:WeenSafety_YT_Thumbnails.png|thumb|220px|"Don't look for these, too."]]
* Similar to the YouTube version of [[Fish Eye Lens]], after the end of the toon, [[YouTube Related Video Thumbnails#Halloween Safety|a group of nine thumbnails]] appears, parodying YouTube's related video thumbnails. Some of the thumbnails are similar to the ones seen in Fish Eye Lens, while others are new.
** Marzipan's eyes in the middle-right thumbnail blink once.
* After the thumbnails, the Crack Stuntman Easter egg is shown, followed by Mikezipan's Answering Machine, and finally, the Easter egg with Tiny-Handed Strong Bad and Homestar.

== External Links ==
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