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- | [[Image:sbemail96.PNG|thumb|"So excited, so | + | [[Image:sbemail96.PNG|thumb|"So excited, so naïve..."]] |
Steve from Victoria, BC, wants to know why The Cheat is such a diligent lackey. | Steve from Victoria, BC, wants to know why The Cheat is such a diligent lackey. | ||
- | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, [[Doreauxgard]], {{Film| | + | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, [[Doreauxgard]], Puppet {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), Puppet {{Film|Doreauxgard}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Strong Sad}} (DVD Easter egg) |
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] | '''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' So innocent and email-free... That's you 'n me. | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' So innocent and email-free... That's you 'n me. | ||
- | ''{He pulls up the | + | ''{He pulls up the e-mail and reads it aloud.}'' |
<blockquote class="compy email">Hey yo there Strong Bad!<br /> | <blockquote class="compy email">Hey yo there Strong Bad!<br /> | ||
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Victoria, BC</blockquote> | Victoria, BC</blockquote> | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' BC? Whoa! This is an old freakin' email. Most of the emails I get are ADs. And the occasional JD. Wow. I wonder if it was written on, like, a stone tablet. Or maybe some, uh, papyrus. Anyhow... ''{Strong Bad clears the screen and continues typing.}'' No, Steve, The Cheat is a good lackey because he "knows what's best" and "doesn't want to get left by the side of the road during a thunderstorm" or "taped to Pom-<!--sic-->Pom again." ''{He clears | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' BC? Whoa! This is an old freakin' email. Most of the emails I get are ADs. And the occasional JD. Wow. I wonder if it was written on, like, a stone tablet. Or maybe some, uh, papyrus. Anyhow... ''{Strong Bad clears the screen and continues typing.}'' No, Steve, The Cheat is a good lackey because he "knows what's best" and "doesn't want to get left by the side of the road during a thunderstorm" or "taped to Pom-<!--sic-->Pom again." ''{He clears screen and continues typing.}'' It probably also has to do with the fact that I "treat him like a brother that's not Strong Sad" instead of a "little yellow squeaky thing that somethetimes steals my ladytypes." I also pay him real nice. Which isn't very difficult considering The Cheat "thinks pencil shavings are legal tender." Check it out... |
''{Strong Bad sharpens a pencil with a small handheld sharpener.}'' | ''{Strong Bad sharpens a pencil with a small handheld sharpener.}'' | ||
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''{Strong Bad scrapes pencil shavings onto The Cheat's head.}'' | ''{Strong Bad scrapes pencil shavings onto The Cheat's head.}'' | ||
- | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{grateful The Cheat noises | + | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{grateful The Cheat noises}'' |
'''STRONG BAD:''' Awwww, that's almost adorable... Now, what am I gonna to do with all my tons of new stuff? A sharp pencil...and a can-ta-loo-pay. The possibilities are endless! I suppose I could use the pencil to draw a little guy on the cantaloupe. | '''STRONG BAD:''' Awwww, that's almost adorable... Now, what am I gonna to do with all my tons of new stuff? A sharp pencil...and a can-ta-loo-pay. The possibilities are endless! I suppose I could use the pencil to draw a little guy on the cantaloupe. | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, and then if I jammed the cantaloupe on the end of the pencil... Hey everybody look! It's Doreauxgard! How ya doin', Doe? | '''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, and then if I jammed the cantaloupe on the end of the pencil... Hey everybody look! It's Doreauxgard! How ya doin', Doe? | ||
- | '''DOREAUXGARD:''' Hey, there, Mister Strong Bad! Well, I'm fine, | + | '''DOREAUXGARD:''' Hey, there, Mister Strong Bad! Well, I'm fine, past couple days though... |
''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand with The Cheat.}'' | ''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand with The Cheat.}'' | ||
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{makes a The Cheat noise while pushing the pencil shavings onto the counter.}'' | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{makes a The Cheat noise while pushing the pencil shavings onto the counter.}'' | ||
- | '''BUBS:' | + | '''BUBS:''' What's this malarkey? |
- | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' | + | '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' |
- | ''{The Cheat points to a sign saying: "We Gladly Accept: Cash, Money, or Cash Money." "Pencil shavings" on a scrap of paper has been taped on at the bottom.}'' | + | ''{The Cheat points to a sign saying: "We'll Gladly Accept: Cash, Money, or Cash Money." "Pencil shavings" on a scrap of paper has been taped on at the bottom.}'' |
'''BUBS:''' Well, if it's on the sign... Nice doin' business witchya! | '''BUBS:''' Well, if it's on the sign... Nice doin' business witchya! | ||
- | ''{The Cheat walks off with his new "Boy's Hobby Kit | + | ''{The Cheat walks off with his new "Boy's Hobby Kit." Doreauxgard shows up}'' |
- | '''DOREAUXGARD:''' Hey, there, Mr. Bubs. I'm from the collection agency. You missed your last | + | '''DOREAUXGARD:''' Hey, there, Mr. Bubs. I'm from the collection agency. You missed your last payment. Gonna have to bust your kneecaps if ya don't pay up! |
- | '''BUBS:' | + | '''BUBS:''' Oh, dag! You found me! |
''{Bubs slams down a metal shop gate, revealing "SB wa5 HeRe" graffiti.}'' | ''{Bubs slams down a metal shop gate, revealing "SB wa5 HeRe" graffiti.}'' | ||
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<blockquote> hollerin' jimmy's hobby kit<br> | <blockquote> hollerin' jimmy's hobby kit<br> | ||
"We have no idea what's in this box!!"<br></blockquote> | "We have no idea what's in this box!!"<br></blockquote> | ||
- | *Click on the "SB" part of the graffiti to play a | + | *Click on the "SB" part of the graffiti to play a StrongBad Lib. |
<blockquote>No, dan, the Cheat is a good lackey<br> | <blockquote>No, dan, the Cheat is a good lackey<br> | ||
because he "''(active verb phrase (i.e. "does some stuff."))''"<br> | because he "''(active verb phrase (i.e. "does some stuff."))''"<br> | ||
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== Fun Facts == | == Fun Facts == | ||
===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
- | *In the | + | *When this email was first put up, you could click "Stone Tablet" and "Papyrus" to see fake emails written on said items. These have since been removed. |
- | *The | + | *In the StrongBad Libs Easter Egg, Strong Bad's [[green tongue]] can be seen, which was introduced in [[Super NES]]. |
+ | *The floppy disk container was placed behind the flash border, and cannot be read in the toon. Decompiling the Flash file reveals the title to be "[[Floppy Disk Container#maniac mansion|maniac mansion]]". | ||
*The Strong Bad Libs Easter egg uses the unmodified version of [[Fonts#AhnbergHand|AhnbergHand]], so certain characters such as apostrophes will show up as spaces. | *The Strong Bad Libs Easter egg uses the unmodified version of [[Fonts#AhnbergHand|AhnbergHand]], so certain characters such as apostrophes will show up as spaces. | ||
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===Remarks=== | ===Remarks=== | ||
- | *Strong Bad spells | + | *Strong Bad spells [[Pom Pom]] with a hyphen. |
- | *When Strong Bad faces the screen to say "The possibilities are endless" | + | *When Strong Bad faces the screen to say "The possibilities are endless" he doesn't actually turn his head; his head snaps from profile to front within one frame. |
+ | *"BC" stands for [[Wikipedia:British Columbia|British Columbia]], a province in Canada. | ||
*Although it is implied The Cheat taped "pencil shavings" onto Bubs's sign listing accepted payments, the paper is written in Strong Bad's handwriting. | *Although it is implied The Cheat taped "pencil shavings" onto Bubs's sign listing accepted payments, the paper is written in Strong Bad's handwriting. | ||
===Goofs=== | ===Goofs=== | ||
- | * | + | *When Doreauxgard is in front of the Compy, you can't see or use the contrast buttons. |
- | ** | + | *When Strong Bad contemplates what to do with his sharp pencil and cantaloupe, you can see another pencil behind Strong Bad's head. The pencil is resting on the keyboard, which is where Strong Bad was holding it earlier in the email. |
+ | *When Strong Bad turns back to the computer with the cantaloupe on the pencil, the second pencil is no longer by the computer. | ||
+ | *When Strong Bad turns back to the computer when The Cheat is getting the cantaloupe, the screen is blank, even though he didn't clear it. | ||
*When the camera zooms out, the text in the Compy is a meaningless jumble of two screens: | *When the camera zooms out, the text in the Compy is a meaningless jumble of two screens: | ||
<blockquote class="compy email">o has to do with the<br /> | <blockquote class="compy email">o has to do with the<br /> | ||
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ring The Cheat<br /> | ring The Cheat<br /> | ||
s are legal</blockquote> | s are legal</blockquote> | ||
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*When Strong Bad is holding the pencil and the cantaloupe, the sharp end of the pencil is pointing up. When it cuts to him drawing on the cantaloupe, the sharp end is pointing down. | *When Strong Bad is holding the pencil and the cantaloupe, the sharp end of the pencil is pointing up. When it cuts to him drawing on the cantaloupe, the sharp end is pointing down. | ||
- | *When | + | *When you click on the Easter egg with Strong Libs, the front page is coming out of the back. |
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*During the intro for the Easter egg with the puppets, part of the blue square in the top-left corner is briefly visible outside of the toon's box. | *During the intro for the Easter egg with the puppets, part of the blue square in the top-left corner is briefly visible outside of the toon's box. | ||
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===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
- | *"JD" is a reference to | + | *"JD" is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Julian day| ''Julian Date'']], an astronomical dating system that counts the total days from January 1, 4713 BC (for example, January 26, 2004 AD is 2453031 JD). |
- | *Strong Bad's remark about "super service" (in a Brooklyn accent) is a reference to the [[ | + | *Strong Bad's remark about "super service" (in a Brooklyn accent) is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] short [http://www.stoogeworld.com/_Videography/Filmography/ViolentCurly.htm ''Violent is the Word for Curly'']. |
+ | *When Strong Bad sends The Cheat away to get the cantaloupe he makes a reference to a Bugs Bunny quote: "So trusting, so naive." | ||
===Fast Forward=== | ===Fast Forward=== | ||
- | *Doreauxgard is an actual cantaloupe in the Easter egg, but [[The Brothers Chaps]] later created an actual Doreauxgard puppet with a moving mouth. It has since been seen on [[Main Page 25]] and in [[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]]. | + | *Doreauxgard is an actual cantaloupe in the Easter egg, but [[The Brothers Chaps]] later created an actual Doreauxgard puppet with a moving mouth. It has since been seen in the [[Pulse Interview - 1 Aug 2003|2003 Pulse interview]], on [[Main Page 25]] and in [[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]]. |
*Bubs accepts more pencil shavings in [[secret identity]]. | *Bubs accepts more pencil shavings in [[secret identity]]. | ||
*The Strong Bad Libs version of Strong Bad would later be seen in [[pop-up]], as "Senor Muybueno". | *The Strong Bad Libs version of Strong Bad would later be seen in [[pop-up]], as "Senor Muybueno". | ||
== DVD Version == | == DVD Version == | ||
- | *The Boy's Hobby Kit Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on | + | *The Boy's Hobby Kit Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote. |
- | *The Homestar Runner and Doreauxgard Show Easter egg is now fullscreen and in much higher quality video. It also adds a tiny bit of additional footage to the end (though sans any dialogue) | + | *The Homestar Runner and Doreauxgard Show Easter egg is now fullscreen and in much higher quality video. It also adds a tiny bit of additional footage to the end (though sans any dialogue). |
- | *The Strong Libs Easter egg now has Strong Sad moderating a Strong Lib and Strong Bad reluctantly playing | + | *The Strong Libs Easter egg now has Strong Sad moderating a Strong Lib and Strong Bad reluctantly playing. |
===Transcript=== | ===Transcript=== | ||
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Awww, don't make me do this thing! They're only funny when you're, like, 4 years old. | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Awww, don't make me do this thing! They're only funny when you're, like, 4 years old. | ||
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'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "throat lozenge."}'' ''{voiceover}'' All right, and finally, one more active verb phrase. | '''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "throat lozenge."}'' ''{voiceover}'' All right, and finally, one more active verb phrase. | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' I can't think of | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' I can't think of anymore! |
'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "can't think of anymore."}'' OK! Great! Let's see how it turned out! ''{turns page}'' "A Strong Bad Email. No, dan, the Cheat is a good lackey because he 'brings the noise' and 'never takes two' or 'gets busy.'" You see, that's... You told me to write that. | '''STRONG SAD:''' ''{He writes in "can't think of anymore."}'' OK! Great! Let's see how it turned out! ''{turns page}'' "A Strong Bad Email. No, dan, the Cheat is a good lackey because he 'brings the noise' and 'never takes two' or 'gets busy.'" You see, that's... You told me to write that. | ||
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===Fun Facts=== | ===Fun Facts=== | ||
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*Oddly enough, Strong Sad writes the phrases in Strong Bad's handwriting. | *Oddly enough, Strong Sad writes the phrases in Strong Bad's handwriting. | ||
*Strong Bad mentions [[Nintendo]]. | *Strong Bad mentions [[Nintendo]]. | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
- | {{preforumsbemailextlinks|96 | + | {{preforumsbemailextlinks|96}}*[[HR:sbemail96 puppet.swf|view the Flash file for the puppet short]] |
- | *[[HR:sbemail96 puppet.swf|view the Flash file for the puppet short]] | + | |
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{{Strong Bad Email}} | {{Strong Bad Email}} | ||
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[[Category:Puppet Stuff]] | [[Category:Puppet Stuff]] |