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== Transcript ==
== Transcript ==
=== Marzipan's Greeting ===
=== Marzipan's Greeting ===
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'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi guys! Leave me a message, and I'll leave you with an abstract thought. Is a penguin a bird or a duck?
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'''MARZIPAN:''' Hi guys! Leave me a message, and I'll leave you with an abstract thought. Is a penguin a bird or a duck? cheese !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
=== Message 6 ===
=== Message 6 ===
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello Marzipan! (Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?)
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, hello Marzipan! (Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?)
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'''STRONG BAD:''' (Step two is where you reveal your fake identity to the prankee.)
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'''STRONG BAD:''' (Step two is where you reveal your fake identity to the prankee and then commit suicide.)
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Oh, I'm Batman.)
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Oh, I'm Batman.)
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'''STRONG BAD:''' (What, n{{--}}! Just make up a name!)
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'''STRONG BAD:''' (What, n—! Just make up a name!)
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Okay, okay!) Hey Marzipan, this is Homestar.
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' (Okay, okay!) Hey Marzipan, this is Homestar.
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitates buzzer noise again}'' ''{Hangs up}''
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitates buzzer noise again}'' ''{Hangs up}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:'''(DIE SLOWLY)
=== Message 3 ===
=== Message 3 ===
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*Marzipan's keys are identical (though they are different colors).
*Marzipan's keys are identical (though they are different colors).
*In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]], Strong Sad hopes Marzipan will arrive and pick up the phone while he is speaking. Here, Marzipan does arrive while he is speaking, but doesn't pick up the phone.
*In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]], Strong Sad hopes Marzipan will arrive and pick up the phone while he is speaking. Here, Marzipan does arrive while he is speaking, but doesn't pick up the phone.
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*Homestar does know how to sign his own name. He did it on the old [[Yearbook Character Page]].
===Inside References===
===Inside References===
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*Marzipan's outgoing message asks, "Is a [[penguin]] a [[bird]] or a [[duck]]?"
 
*Homestar creates one of the [[names ending in -face]], mentions [[Best/Worst X bucks I ever spent|best/worst bucks ever spent]], and commits [[credit card fraud]].
*Homestar creates one of the [[names ending in -face]], mentions [[Best/Worst X bucks I ever spent|best/worst bucks ever spent]], and commits [[credit card fraud]].
*"YOUR PHONE A SPLODE" is a reference to [[StrongBadZone]] from the [[video games]] email, in which a 3D vector version of Strong Bad's head proclaims, "YOUR HEAD [[A SPLODE]]."
*"YOUR PHONE A SPLODE" is a reference to [[StrongBadZone]] from the [[video games]] email, in which a 3D vector version of Strong Bad's head proclaims, "YOUR HEAD [[A SPLODE]]."
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**It also harkens back to [[personal favorites]] when Strong Bad left Marzipan a prank call and her [[answering machine]] exploded.
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**It also harkens back to [[personal favorites]] when Strong Bad left Marzipan a prank call and her answering machine exploded.
*Both Strong Bad and Strong Sad mention Strong Sad being a [[Waste of X|waste of space/fat space]].
*Both Strong Bad and Strong Sad mention Strong Sad being a [[Waste of X|waste of space/fat space]].
===Real-World References===
===Real-World References===
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*Strong Sad refers to {{w|V.I. Warshawski (film)|''V.I. Warshawski''}}, a 1991 action-comedy film about private investigator Victoria Iphigenia "V.I." Warshawski.
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*Strong Sad refers to [[Wikipedia:V.I. Warshawski (film)|''V.I. Warshawski'']], a 1991 film based on the series of detective novels by [[Wikipedia:Sara Paretsky|Sara Paretsky]] about private investigator V.I. Warshawski.
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**''V.I. Warshawski'' had previously been mentioned on [[Thorax Corporation]], in the year of agreement on [[Thorax Corporation#Regular Size Delabor|the Produkt page for Reg Delabor]].
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*The "[[Interactive Menus|interactive menus]]" is a clear reference to cut rate DVDs. While most DVDs offer additional features like Director Commentaries, and "Making Of" featurettes, cheap DVDs and DVDs of movies that didn't make enough money to make such featurettes have to get by with advertising Interactive Menus as a bonus feature.
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**Listing "[[interactive menus]]" among the bonus features was common in the early days of DVDs, though this feature quickly became so commonplace that mainstream video releases stopped advertising it. However, for many years lower-quality DVDs would continue to list "interactive menus" among their bonus features to pad out an unimpressive list of featurettes.
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*Homestar buying a $500 race car bed is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Friends|Friends]] episode "The One With the Race Car Bed", where Monica accidentally buys a race car bed for said amount.
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**The [https://www.dvd-covers.org/art/DVD_Covers/Movie_DVD_Scanned_Covers/1322V_I_Warshawski.jpg.html 2002 DVD release of ''V.I. Warshawski''] did not include any special features. Of all the elements Strong Sad mentions, only "widescreen" and "running time" were listed on the back of the DVD box.
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*Homestar's purchase of a $500 race car bed is a reference to the ''{{w|Friends}}'' episode {{w|Friends (season 3)|"The One With the Race Car Bed"}}, where Monica accidentally buys a race car bed for said amount.
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*Homestar says "I'm [[Batman]]."
*Homestar says "I'm [[Batman]]."
===Fast Forward===
===Fast Forward===
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*Interactive menus are also referenced in [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]] and the back covers of [[Everything Else, Volume 1]] and [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]].
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*Interactive Menus are also referenced in [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] and the back covers of [[Everything Else, Volume 1]] and [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five]].
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*As seen in an Easter egg, Homestar also requests a race car bed at "BUBS' MOTOR LODGE" (using the name "[[Billy Dee Williams|Mr. Dee Williams]]") in the Strong Bad Email [[secret identity]].
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*As seen in an Easter egg, Homestar also requests a race car bed at "BUBS' MOTOR LODGE" (using the name "Mr. Dee Williams") in the Strong Bad Email [[secret identity]].
*In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]], Strong Bad actually ''would'' choose to end a prank call in a song.
*In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2]], Strong Bad actually ''would'' choose to end a prank call in a song.
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*The video release of ''V. I. Warshawski'' was later mentioned again in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2]].
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*V. I. Warshawski was later mentioned in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2]].
==External Links==
==External Links==
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