User talk:Jay/Archive3

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Revision as of 09:36, 7 January 2005

This is how I would arrange "Fun Facts" sections. The facts in question have all been taken from the animal e-mail. Some that I would rather not keep were not included for the sake of this page.

I think that you split them right, but there seems to be something special about the title "Fun Facts" that distinguishes it from "Trivia". Basically, are people going to want to weed through all of this in order to get to the interesting stuff? Or maybe I should say, put Explanations first and Trivia second. Fun Facts Avenger

I agree that perhaps the "Trivia" section should be split or trimmed, but I don't know how to explain the split in a way everyone will agree on. As for the order, that was totally arbitrary. Anyway, I'd like some more general approval before making any vast changes to the whole site. --Jay 02:22, 7 Jan 2005 (MST)

The only problem is the amount of time this will take. I'm hoping that my plan to split the fun facts into "verified Fun Facts" and "Other things of interest" is a start, and will be helpful down the road. Fun Facts Avenger

Actually, I think I know how to split it, though I'm not sure that you'll agree with me on it. "Remarks" points out general things about the H*R universe (pertaining to the 'toon in question, of course), while "Trivia" is the more nitty-gritty (and, in your opinion, likely "boring") stuff. I also removed a Fun Fact (I'm pretending it got moved to the Lappy page). And yes, I know it would take a while to do this to all the already-made pages, much less to get the newbies to honor the individual categories, but if more people agree on it, we can work together to get it done faster. If we even agree on it, BTW. PS, anyone seeing this on the Recent Changes page is more than welcome to give their opinions. --Jay 02:35, 7 Jan 2005 (MST)

Inside References

• The Lappy was mentioned in the commentary on the DVD for the email invisibility when the Tandy was replaced by the Compy.
• Strong Bad's pronunciation of "lure" when envisioning the fangly fish comes from lures & jigs.
• The eerie, breezy sound at the beginning originated in ghosts. It is re-used in The System Is Down and Not the 100th Email!!!

Real-World References

• The deep-sea fangly fish looks like an Anglerfish.
• The Cheat swimming around in the sea looks like the yellow submarine from the classic animated movie (starring The Beatles), Yellow Submarine.
• Another one of Strong Bad's animal accessories picks is a 15 Year Drivetrain Warranty. This is probabbly a reference to the car company Toyota's Powertrain Warranty program.

Explanations

• The Christmas lights he mentioned on the fish refer to bioluminescence, which is used by various deep sea creatures to attract prey, among other functions.

Trivia

• This, obviously, is the end of the Compy 386 era and the beginning of the Lappy 486 era.
• The table has been re-drawn by TBC, with thinner lines and no shadow along the back edge. You can see the obvious difference between this and virus. Note: This could go in Remarks as worded, or remain in Trivia with some re-wording
• Strong Bad's mention of "Christmas lights" is one of the few references to Christmas on the site, since Christmas is replaced by Decemberween.

Remarks

• It looks like all Strong Bad has to do for an email to be "DELETED!" is type "ALT-D" -- as it shows on the bottom of his screen.
• The wall behind the computer had been expertly mended, leaving no seams or cracks. It is impossible to tell where the shot entered the wall after destroying Compy in virus.
• Despite its supposed portability, the Lappy is plugged into the same socket that both Tandy and Compy used to occupy -- which is good, since well over 75% of its battery life would have been exhausted during the email. However, we never see Strong Bad plug in the Lappy. The Lappy was plugged in after Strong Bad cut away from the speculations back to the computer room.
• Strong Bad refers to The Paper as a male, yet in the email invisibility the Tandy 400 says that the printer is a girl.
• One of Strong Bad's picks of animal accessories and options is listed as "Segmented Eyes," although he evidently meant "Compound Eyes" in his trademark lingo.
• The fact that there is less than five minutes in the Lappy's battery may be due to the fact that the emails last less than five minutes!

Goofs

• In the deep sea fangly fish part, Strong Bad adds a back deck for dinner and dancing. However, this is not on the back of the deep sea fangly fish in the Easter Egg.
• Since the proboscis is where the monstrosity's nose should be, it shouldn't prevent him from speaking at all, but it does anyway.