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<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad,<br /> | <blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad,<br /> | ||
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Can you draw a dragon? I want to see<br /> | Can you draw a dragon? I want to see<br /> | ||
your skills of an artist.<br /> | your skills of an artist.<br /> | ||
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''{Cut to a close-up of a piece of paper on a table. The only part of Strong Bad that's visible is his right boxing glove, and he is holding a pencil. Simple music starts playing.}'' | ''{Cut to a close-up of a piece of paper on a table. The only part of Strong Bad that's visible is his right boxing glove, and he is holding a pencil. Simple music starts playing.}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' To begin, draw an S | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' To begin, draw an S— |
''{Draws an S on the paper.}'' | ''{Draws an S on the paper.}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' —for snake. Or dragon. Er, whatever. Next, we'll draw a more different S. |
''{Draws another S connected to the other}'' | ''{Draws another S connected to the other}'' | ||
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''{Draws two beefy legs}'' | ''{Draws two beefy legs}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' ...draw on a couple of arms... and | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' ...draw on a couple of arms... and— |
''{Draws two beefy arms, eyes, spikes, teeth and angry eyebrows.}'' | ''{Draws two beefy arms, eyes, spikes, teeth and angry eyebrows.}'' | ||
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''{Music starts again}'' | ''{Music starts again}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' Close it up real good at the top for his head, | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' Close it up real good at the top for his head,— |
''{Makes an attached, open-mouth head}'' | ''{Makes an attached, open-mouth head}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' —and then, using consummate V's, give him teeth, spinities, and angry eyebrows. |
''{Draws all of what he mentioned, plus stick legs.}'' | ''{Draws all of what he mentioned, plus stick legs.}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' Then, you can add smoke or fire, | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' Then, you can add smoke or fire,— |
''{Draws both coming from the dragon's mouth}'' | ''{Draws both coming from the dragon's mouth}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' —or maybe some wings, you know, if he's a...wing-a-ling dragon. |
''{Draws two wings on the dragon's back.}'' | ''{Draws two wings on the dragon's back.}'' | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, crap! I didn't know ''you'' were doing one. | '''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, crap! I didn't know ''you'' were doing one. | ||
- | '''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, sure. ''{cut to close up of his picture}'' I think I've improved on your methods a bit, too. I employed some chiaroscuro shading, and | + | '''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, sure. ''{cut to close up of his picture}'' I think I've improved on your methods a bit, too. I employed some chiaroscuro shading, and— |
''{Cut back to Strong Sad and Strong Bad}'' | ''{Cut back to Strong Sad and Strong Bad}'' | ||
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== Easter Eggs == | == Easter Eggs == | ||
- | * | + | *If you click on the "R" in the "DAGRON" Strong Mad is carving in the table, you'll get to see Homsar's attempt at drawing a dragon just before Strong Sad's scene. |
:''{Strong Bad walks up to Homsar, who has written "TASTER'S CHOICE" on a piece of lined paper and taped it to the table. A roll of masking tape sits nearby.}'' | :''{Strong Bad walks up to Homsar, who has written "TASTER'S CHOICE" on a piece of lined paper and taped it to the table. A roll of masking tape sits nearby.}'' | ||
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Get outta my house! ''{walks away}'' | :'''STRONG BAD:''' Get outta my house! ''{walks away}'' | ||
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*To promote [[8-Bit is Enough]], this email was added to the [http://www.nintendo.com/wii/channels/nintendochannel Nintendo Channel] in December 2008 under the title, "Trogdor!" | *To promote [[8-Bit is Enough]], this email was added to the [http://www.nintendo.com/wii/channels/nintendochannel Nintendo Channel] in December 2008 under the title, "Trogdor!" | ||
*Not counting [[vacation]], which was released in multiple parts, this is the first email with a length of over 3 minutes. | *Not counting [[vacation]], which was released in multiple parts, this is the first email with a length of over 3 minutes. | ||
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*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad teaches the world how to draw a dragon." | *The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad teaches the world how to draw a dragon." | ||
*Peasants in the thatched roof cottages were previously mentioned on Gent Delabor's page on [[Thorax Corporation]]. | *Peasants in the thatched roof cottages were previously mentioned on Gent Delabor's page on [[Thorax Corporation]]. | ||
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===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
*Homsar's "drawing" says [[Wikipedia:Taster's Choice|Taster's Choice]], a popular coffee from Nescafe. | *Homsar's "drawing" says [[Wikipedia:Taster's Choice|Taster's Choice]], a popular coffee from Nescafe. | ||
- | * | + | *On January 26, 2019, the [[@StrongBadActual]] Twitter account [[twitter:StrongBadActual/status/1089156505469927424|revealed]] that the [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email intro]] is a direct reference to a line from [[Wikipedia:Phife Dawg|Phife Dawg]] in the song "[[Wikipedia:La Schmoove|La Schmoove]]" by [[Wikipedia:Fu-Schnickens|Fu-Schnickens]]. |
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===Fast Forward=== | ===Fast Forward=== | ||
- | + | *Exactly three years after this email came out, [[Happy Trogday]] was released, which celebrated Trogdor's third birthday. | |
- | * | + | **A clip from this email was also shown in Happy Trogday. |
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*A similar peasant drawing would later be used in [[Peasant's Quest]] as the graphic in the title screen. | *A similar peasant drawing would later be used in [[Peasant's Quest]] as the graphic in the title screen. | ||
- | *In [[imaginary]], the Dragon-man drawing appears as | + | *On January 13, 2008, the regular [[index page]] was replaced with a picture of Trogdor in the shape of a ''5'' to celebrate his fifth birthday. |
+ | *In [[Trogday 08]], Strong Bad and Coach Z celebrate the fifth birthdays of The S is For Sucks Dragon and [[Wormdingler]] (Coach Z's dragon). | ||
+ | *In [[imaginary]], the Dragon-man drawing appears as Frishy-Freshy Dragonman, [[Little Strong Bad]]'s imaginary friend. | ||
*Strong Bad's "simple step-by-step instructions" and "I make drawing fun!" were revisited in [[Fan Costumes 2016]]. | *Strong Bad's "simple step-by-step instructions" and "I make drawing fun!" were revisited in [[Fan Costumes 2016]]. | ||
- | *Strong Bad would | + | *Strong Bad would then go on to make showing off his [[Skills of an Artist]] a regular feature. |
- | + | *All "dragons" drawn by Strong Bad's students feature as alternate meeples to Trogdor in [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]]'s 15,000 backer stretch goal. | |
- | *All "dragons" drawn by Strong Bad's students feature as alternate meeples | + | *A clip from this email is revisited in an Easter egg in [[The Homestar Runner Enters the Spooky Woods]]. |
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- | *A clip from this email is revisited in an Easter egg in [[The Homestar Runner Enters | + | |
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== DVD Version == | == DVD Version == | ||
- | *The Homsar Easter egg | + | *The Homsar Easter egg is automatically enabled, no selecting required. |
- | + | *The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching. | |
=== Commentary Transcript === | === Commentary Transcript === | ||
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]]) | ('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]]) | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' This is, uh, one of the | + | '''MIKE:''' This is, uh, one of the least popular emails we've ever done. |
'''MATT:''' Yeah. Everybody hates it. | '''MATT:''' Yeah. Everybody hates it. | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' Uh, this one took a really long time | + | '''MIKE:''' Uh, this one took a really long time, and I remember, not, like— |
- | '''MATT:''' Yeah, you wanted to abandon it. | + | '''MATT:''' Yeah, you wanted to abandon it. Like, we were three-quarters of the way done— |
- | '''MIKE:' | + | '''MIKE:''' This is one of those— |
'''MATT:''' —and you wanted to start over. | '''MATT:''' —and you wanted to start over. | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' It was... we | + | '''MIKE:''' It was... we just—it's very long, and I felt—I dunno. When you're in the middle of it, sometimes it's hard to tell. |
- | '''MATT:''' I wonder, though, if we had just | + | '''MATT:''' I wonder, though, if we had just, let's say we cut out the whole Trogdor metal thing at the end, if people would, like, if it's Trogdor, just this dr—bad drawing of a dragon or if it's the metal and the, like, drawings. |
'''MIKE:''' I think it's th—mostly the metal. | '''MIKE:''' I think it's th—mostly the metal. | ||
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'''MIKE:''' Yeah. | '''MIKE:''' Yeah. | ||
- | '''MATT:''' So it'd be funny, uh, if we hadn't done that at the end | + | '''MATT:''' So it'd be funny, uh, if we hadn't done that at the end or if we'd made it an Easter egg even, so less people saw it. |
'''MIKE:''' So this is, uh, you know, we learned to draw the Ed Emberley way. | '''MIKE:''' So this is, uh, you know, we learned to draw the Ed Emberley way. | ||
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'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' That's true. Um... | '''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' That's true. Um... | ||
- | ''{pause | + | ''{pause}'' |
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- | '''MATT:''' ''{ | + | '''MATT:''' That thing is unholy. ''{Mike starts laughing again}'' True. It's horrible. ..We always find ourselves humming this song that's in the background. |
- | '''MIKE:''' ' | + | '''MIKE:''' Doo doo doot doot, see that, I'm doing it again. |
- | '''MATT:''' | + | '''MATT:''' Uh, what is a tincidence! What is a tincidence, Mike? |
'''MIKE:''' Um... uh so yeah, the— uh, this email, we're, it just went up late Monday at probably, I dunno, 4 or 5 o'clock on Monday we were pretty much done with the whole email and Matt started singing the Trogdor song in this squealy— | '''MIKE:''' Um... uh so yeah, the— uh, this email, we're, it just went up late Monday at probably, I dunno, 4 or 5 o'clock on Monday we were pretty much done with the whole email and Matt started singing the Trogdor song in this squealy— | ||
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'''MATT:''' Right. Dagron. | '''MATT:''' Right. Dagron. | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' Dagron. | + | '''MIKE:''' Dagron. He's misspelled the word "dragon". There's everybody's favorite. He's correctly spelled the words "Taster's Choice." |
'''MATT:''' ''{laughs a little, then a pause}'' That's a good drawing, Mike. We still have those. | '''MATT:''' ''{laughs a little, then a pause}'' That's a good drawing, Mike. We still have those. | ||
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'''MATT:''' I'm, uh, I don't regret it, though, if they look pixelly and gross. | '''MATT:''' I'm, uh, I don't regret it, though, if they look pixelly and gross. | ||
- | '''MIKE:' | + | '''MIKE:''' No, we did that on purpose! |
'''MATT:''' ''{laughs a little}'' Yes. | '''MATT:''' ''{laughs a little}'' Yes. | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' You can see in the smoke of the flaming peasant's head, it just kind | + | '''MIKE:''' You can see in the smoke of the flaming peasant's head, it just kind of—there's a straight line at the top of the smoke. It just kind of stops and that's from the edge of the page. It's just— |
'''MATT:''' Oh really? | '''MATT:''' Oh really? | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' Yeah. You can't see | + | '''MIKE:''' Yeah. You can't see it—yeah, you can see just how it stops |
'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh there we go, I see. | '''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Oh there we go, I see. | ||
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'''MIKE:''' Yeah. | '''MIKE:''' Yeah. | ||
- | '''MATT:''' And so, of course, later this | + | '''MATT:''' And so, of course, later this all became Peasant's Quest fodder. |
=== Fun Facts === | === Fun Facts === | ||
- | * | + | *[[Wikipedia:Ed Emberley|Ed Emberley]] is the author of several "how to draw" books for children. Emberley's methods consisted of drawing letters of the alphabet to simplify things. |
- | * | + | *"How to Draw the Marvel Comics Way" is one of a series of many, many books detailing how "you too can learn to draw in the style of your favorite comic artists." |
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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{{Strong Bad Email}} | {{Strong Bad Email}} | ||
- | + | [[Category:Compy 386 Emails]][[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]] | |
- | [[Category:Compy 386 Emails]] | + | [[Category:Podstar Runner]][[Category:Nintendo Channel|Dragon]] |
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[[Category:Favorites]] | [[Category:Favorites]] | ||
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