underlings

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STRONG BAD: {singing} My email song! Where would I be without my email song? {brings up the email}

subject: Handling Smelly Underling?

Dear Strong Bad,
I am a manager and I have been told I must talk to one
of my underlings about their stench. As the foremost
expert in dealing with smelly underlings, I ask you, what is
the best way to go about this? I wish to do this with
some tact & professionalism.
Sincerely,
PlasticDiverGuy
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

{Strong Bad pronounces each word in the greeting separately, with short deliberate pauses between them. He pronounces "Scotia" phonetically as SKO-tee-uh.}

STRONG BAD: {typing} Man, that show Nova is boring, but I'd watch a show called Dartmouth anyday. {clears screen} Now lemme tell ya PastyDeadGuy, you came to the right man. I've got so many underlings, I've had to deal with every nearly every awkward social situation under the awkward social sun. I'm an expoit! {clears screen} Firstly, nothing says tact and professionalism like sending a subtle hint with a hilarious novelty t-shirt. So in your situation, you could just start wearing a shirt that has like,

{Cut to a blank T-shirt}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Some kinda sceince person—

{A scientist holding a test tube appears on the shirt.}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} —on it, with a clothespin on his nose—

{A clothespin appears on the scientist's nose.}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} —and underneath it says: "You Reek-A!"

{"You Reek-A!" appears on the shirt. Cut back to the Lappy}

STRONG BAD: {typing} That way, your smelly underling, or smunderling, can get the message from across the room, and you can safely stay out of stink's reach.

{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, holding a newspaper titled "Da News Papes".}

STRONG BAD: You know, I think I'd probably watch a TV show called "Stink's Reach", too.

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Easter Eggs

Now including every awkward social situation!

• When Strong Bad types "awkward social sun", click that phrase to see a "Awkward Social Sun" CD.
• When Strong Bad first types "smunderling", click that word to see a description of this creature:

SMUNDERLING

All Smundy wants to do is be your
friend. He appears at office
parties & in enchanted caverns
at random. Very vulnerable to
harsh truths and Discs of Healing.

FREQUENCY: Rare
INTELLIGENCE: Low to middlin'
ARMOR CLASS: +8

• At the end, click "awesome" to see a clip of the Stink's Reach show.

{In Strong Bad's basement, looking at his TV. Music plays, and pull in slowly on a sign reading "You are now entering Stink's Reach", with stink lines drawn above it.}

NARRATOR: In a town called "Stink's Reach", no one's record is clean.

ANNOUNCER: Tuesdays at 8:30

{"Tuesdays @ 8:30" appears at the bottom of the screen, then cut through static to a screen reading "We now return to Dartmouth". The O in "Dartmouth" is a stylised mouth, with darts flying out of it.}

ANNOUNCER: We now return to Dartmouth.

{Cut to a shot of Strong Bad lying on the couch, with the TV going behind him.}

TV CHARACTER: Dartmouth! He's getting away!

DARTMOUTH: Stand clear. I know what to do.

{Sounds are heard of someone grunting, and a dart flying and hitting a piece of wood}

VILLAIN: Ow! Pointy!

STRONG BAD: {incomprehensible mumbles} Lost... Vikings! {more incomprehensible mumbles}

Fun Facts

Trivia

• The newspaper reads:

Inside References

• Strong Bad read Da NewsPapes while in the bathroom in "candy product."
• Strong Bad is holding a Quite Fancy 'Chup bottle (the label is obscured by his glove).

Real-World References

• "Stink's Reach" is a parody of the style and theme music of the early 90's television show Twin Peaks

External Links

• watch "underlings"
• watch "underlings" on the old Flash site
• view the Flash file for "underlings"
• forum thread re: "underlings"