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[[Image:sbemail_lappy2.png|thumb|Strong Bad checks his email.]]
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<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><div class="hovul" style="font-size:smaller;border-bottom:1px #CCC solid;margin-bottom:4px;padding-bottom:4px">[[hr:sbemails|Strong Bad Email menu]]</div>[[File:LappierEmail.png|200px|Strong Bad checks his email.]]<div style="padding-top:4px">Strong Bad checks his email.</div></div></div>
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'''Strong Bad Email''', frequently shortened to '''sbemail''', was originally a small feature in which [[Strong Bad]] would answer a fan-sent email and commonly mock the spelling and grammar of those who wrote to him. The animations were initially brief, but gradually the responses grew to establish numerous [[inside jokes]], [[running gags]], and [[catch phrases]], as well as [[Strong Bad Email Spin-offs|spin-offs]], such as [[Trogdor]], [[Teen Girl Squad]], [[20X6]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Hremails]], the minor character [[Senor Cardgage]], and even [[Homsar]], one of the main characters. A typical Strong Bad Email includes numerous [[Easter egg]]s and other hidden material, often found at the ending screen. Many Strong Bad Emails, such as [[japanese cartoon]], [[video games]], and [[theme song]]<!-- This need not be a complete list, three examples are fine. -->, are satirical views of particular aspects of popular culture.
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[[Strong Bad]]'s emails are the most updated feature of the Homestar Runner website. Most of the [[Inside Jokes|inside jokes]] on the website (e.g., the [[Floppy Disk Container]]) come from here. A few characters were even created here!
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Introduced in 2001, Strong Bad Email has historically been the most frequently updated feature of [[homestarrunner.com]], with a new email being added to the [[Strong Bad Email Menu|menu]] nearly every Monday. However, the series was put on hiatus from September 2008 to June 2009. [[The Brothers Chaps]] stated in interviews that they wanted to focus on other characters and vary their output.<span class="plainlinks"><sup style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em">[https://www.awn.com/animationworld/catching-homestar-runner]</sup></span> [[email thunder|Email 200]] just happened to be a round number at which to take a break.<sup style="font-size: 0.75em; line-height: 0.5em">[[OMG Nintendo Interview - 12 May 2009|[2]]]</sup> In October 2009, Strong Bad Email went on another hiatus, which lasted until April 1, 2015, and the next released email after that was almost two-and-a-half years later.  More than 5 years passed between the release of [[videography]] and [[sbemail 206]], ending the longest hiatus of sbemails of 2,004 days.
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== The Strong Bad Emails ==
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*[[Strong Bad Email By Name]]
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==Strong Bad Emails==
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*[[Strong Bad Email By Place]]
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<table width="100%">
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<td width="33%" valign="top">
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===[[Lappier]] Era===
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125. [[rock opera]] <br />
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''(April 2015 {{-}} present)''<br>
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124. [[secret recipes]] <br />
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<blockquote class="lappy email menu">
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123. [[origins]] <br />
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<table class="emaillinks">
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122. [[dreamail]] <br />
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<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
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121. [[part-time job]] <br />
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208 - [[the next april fools thing]]<br>
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120. [[radio]] <br />
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207 - [[too cool]]<br>
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119. [[animal]] <br />
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206 - [[sbemail 206]]<br>
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118. [[virus]] <br />
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117. [[montage]] <br />
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116. [[extra plug]] <br />
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115. [[time capsule]] <br />
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114. [[the facts]] <br />
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113. [[pizzaz]] <br />
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112. [[old comics]] <br />
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111. [[other days]] <br />
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110. [[for kids]] <br />
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109. [[crying]] <br />
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108. [[pom pom]] <br />
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107. [[cheatday]] <br />
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</autocolumn>
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106. [[dangeresque 3]] <br />
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105. [[replacement]] <br />
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104. [[theme park]] <br />
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103. [[haircut]] <br />
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102. [[lunch special]] <br />
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101. [[car]] <br />
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100. [[flashback]] <br />
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99. [[different town]] <br />
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98. [[stupid stuff]] <br />
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97. [[monument]] <br />
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96. [[lackey]] <br />
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95. [[the bet]] <br />
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94. [[video games]] <br />
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93. [[army]] <br />
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92. [[kind of cool]] <br />
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91. [[caffeine]] <br />
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90. [[colonization]] <br />
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89. [[local news]] <br />
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88. [[couch patch]] <br />
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87. [[mile]] <br />
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86. [[no loafing]] <br />
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85. [[2 years]] <br />
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84. [[kids' book]] <br />
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83. [[labor day]]
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82. [[impression]] <br />
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81. [[date]] <br />
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80. [[stunt double]] <br />
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79. [[the process]] <br />
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78. [[anything]] <br />
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77. [[suntan]] <br />
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76. [[sibbie]] <br />
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75. [[funny]] <br />
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74. [[privileges]] <br />
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73. [[mascot]] <br />
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72. [[crazy cartoon]] <br />
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71. [[2 emails]] <br />
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70. [[big white face]] <br />
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69. [[personal favorites]] <br />
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68. [[caper]] <br />
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67. [[autobiography]] <br />
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66. [[the show]] <br />
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65. [[unused emails]] <br />
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64. [[english paper]] <br />
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63. [[fingers]] <br />
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62. [[interview]] <br />
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61. [[monster truck]] <br />
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60. [[huttah!]] <br />
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59. [[marzipan]] <br />
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58. [[dragon]] <br />
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57. [[japanese cartoon]] <br />
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56. [[current status]] <br />
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55. [[cheat talk]] <br />
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54. [[morning routine]] <br />
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53. [[comic]] <br />
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52. [[island]] <br />
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51. [[website]] <br />
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50. [[50 emails]] <br />
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49. [[theme party]] <br />
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48. [[ghosts]] <br />
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47. [[new hands]] <br />
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46. [[your friends]] <br />
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45. [[techno]] <br />
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44. [[lures & jigs]] <br />
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43. [[little questions]] <br />
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42. [[action figure]] <br />
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41. [[invisibility]] <br />
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</td><td width="33%" valign="top">
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40. [[vacation]] <br />
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39. [[property of ones]] <br />
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38. [[helium]] <br />
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37. [[dullard]] <br />
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36. [[guitar]] <br />
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35. [[sisters]] <br />
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34. [[weird dream]] <br />
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33. [[gimmicks]] <br />
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32. [[flag day]] <br />
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31. [[sugarbob]] <br />
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30. [[12:00]] <br />
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29. [[superhero name]] <br />
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28. [[1 step ahead]] <br />
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27. [[3 Wishes]] <br />
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26. [[CGNU]] <br />
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25. [[super powers]] <br />
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24. [[the bird]] <br />
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23. [[little animal]] <br />
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22. [[sb_email 22]] <br />
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21. [[cartoon]] <br />
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20. [[spring cleaning]] <br />
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19. [[tape-leg]] <br />
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18. [[stand-up]] <br />
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17. [[studying]] <br />
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16. [[band names]] <br />
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15. [[the basics]] <br />
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14. [[duck pond]] <br />
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13. [[i she be]] <br />
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12. [[credit card]] <br />
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11. [[i rule]] <br />
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10. [[trevor the vampire]] <br />
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9. [[i love you]] <br />
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8. [[brianrietta]] <br />
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7. [[halloweener]] <br />
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6. [[depressio]] <br />
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5. [[making out]] <br />
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4. [[homestar hair]] <br />
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3. [[butt IQ]] <br />
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2. [[homsar]] <br />
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1. [[some kinda robot]]
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</table>
</table>
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</blockquote>
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== Not Quite Strong Bad Emails ==
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===[[Compé]] Era===
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The following shorts were originally associated in one way or another with the Strong Bad Emails. They are numbered by halves to show where they appeared chronologically in the list above. Number 99&frac12; and 118&frac12; are not linked to from anywhere on the site.
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''(August 2009 {{-}} October 2009)''<br>
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<blockquote class="compe email menu" style="background:url(/images/thumb/e/e3/compeBackCatalog.png/800px-compeBackCatalog.png) no-repeat bottom;">
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<table class="emaillinks">
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<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
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205. [[videography]]<br>
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204. [[dictionary]]<br>
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203. [[independent]]<br>
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</autocolumn>
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</table>
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<div class="overlay"></div>
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</blockquote>
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118&frac12;. [[Broken Compy Menu|Strong Bad Email?]] <br />
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===[[Corpy NT6]] Transition===
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99&frac12;. [[Not the 100th Email!!!]] <br />
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''(July 2009)''
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87&frac12;. [[Fan Costume Commentary]] <br />
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<blockquote class="corpy email menu">
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68&frac12;. [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] <br />
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<div id="subject">Corpy Remote Work Email - NO PERSONAL EMAILS!</div>
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66&frac12;. [[Arcade Game]] <br />
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<table class="emaillinks">
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59&frac12;. [[Superbowl Dealie]] <br />
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<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
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41&frac12;. [[King of Town Email]] <br />
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202. [[imaginary]]<br>
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</autocolumn>
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</table>
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<div style="padding: 0.2em;background:#08089C"></div>
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</blockquote>
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== DVD Emails ==
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===[[Lappy 486]] Era===
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The following emails only appear on the [[strongbad_email.exe]] DVD set.
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''(November 2004 {{-}} June 2009)''<!--The last lappy email was released on June 30; please do not change the date to July-->
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<blockquote class="lappy email menu">
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<div>subject: sb_email menu</div>
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<table class="emaillinks">
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<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
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201. [[hremail 3184]]<br>
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200. [[email thunder]]<br>
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199. [[being mean]]<br>
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198. [[magic trick]]<br>
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197. [[your edge]]<br>
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196. [[hiding]]<br>
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195. [[love poems]]<br>
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194. [[specially marked]]<br>
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193. [[rated]]<br>
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192. [[shapeshifter]]<br>
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191. [[buried]]<br>
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190. [[licensed]]<br>
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189. [[pet show]]<br>
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188. [[fan club]]<br>
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187. [[winter pool]]<br>
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186. [[environment]]<br>
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185. [[nightlife]]<br>
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184. [[diorama]]<br>
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183. [[yes, wrestling]]<br>
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182. [[business trip]]<br>
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181. [[web comics]]<br>
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180. [[slumber party]]<br>
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179. [[pizza joint]]<br>
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178. [[bike thief]]<br>
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177. [[original]]<br>
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176. [[hygiene]]<br>
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175. [[concert]]<br>
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174. [[mini-golf]]<br>
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173. [[the paper]]<br>
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172. [[more armies]]<br>
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171. [[underlings]]<br>
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170. [[rough copy]]<br>
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169. [[from work]]<br>
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168. [[your funeral]]<br>
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167. [[the movies]]<br>
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166. [[unnatural]]<br>
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165. [[strong badathlon]]<br>
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164. [[looking old]]<br>
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163. [[what i want]]<br>
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162. [[the chair]]<br>
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161. [[4 branches]]<br>
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160. [[coloring]]<br>
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159. [[retirement]]<br>
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158. [[cliffhangers]]<br>
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157. [[trading cards]]<br>
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156. [[road trip]]<br>
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155. [[theme song]]<br>
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154. [[keep cool]]<br>
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153. [[redesign]]<br>
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152. [[isp]]<br>
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151. [[senior prom]]<br>
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150. [[alternate universe]]<br>
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149. [[candy product]]<br>
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148. [[disconnected]]<br>
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147. [[lady fan]]<br>
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146. [[pop-up]]<br>
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145. [[myths & legends]]<br>
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144. [[narrator]]<br>
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143. [[technology]]<br>
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142. [[secret identity]]<br>
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141. [[death metal]]<br>
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140. [[high school]]<br>
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139. [[portrait]]<br>
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138. [[space program]]<br>
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137. [[bedtime story]]<br>
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136. [[geddup noise]]<br>
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135. [[lady...ing]]<br>
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134. [[record book]]<br>
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133. [[bottom 10]]<br>
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132. [[modeling]]<br>
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131. [[boring (really)]]<br>
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130. [[do over]]<br>
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129. [[garage sale]]<br>
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128. [[rampage]]<br>
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127. [[long pants]]<br>
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126. [[best thing]]<br>
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125. [[rock opera]]<br>
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124. [[secret recipes]]<br>
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123. [[origins]]<br>
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122. [[dreamail]]<br>
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121. [[part-time job]]<br>
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120. [[radio]]<br>
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119. [[animal]]<br>
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</autocolumn>
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</table>
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</blockquote>
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*[[Greeting Cards]]
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===[[Compy 386]] Era===
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*[[E-mail Birds]]
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''(September 2002 {{-}} November 2004)''
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*[[Videro Games]]
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== Strong Bad Email Raps ==
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<blockquote class="compy email menu">Volume in drive C: has no label<br>
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The rap is the ditty Strong Bad does on the E-mail menu page.
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Directory of C:\sbemail\updated somedays<br>
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<table class="emaillinks">
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<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
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118. [[virus]]<br>
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117. [[montage]]<br>
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116. [[extra plug]]<br>
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115. [[time capsule]]<br>
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114. [[the facts]]<br>
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113. [[pizzaz]]<br>
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112. [[old comics]]<br>
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111. [[other days]]<br>
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110. [[for kids]]<br>
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109. [[crying]]<br>
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108. [[pom pom]]<br>
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107. [[cheatday]]<br>
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106. [[dangeresque 3]]<br>
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105. [[replacement]]<br>
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104. [[theme park]]<br>
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103. [[haircut]]<br>
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102. [[lunch special]]<br>
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101. [[car]]<br>
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100. [[flashback]]<br>
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99. [[different town]]<br>
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98. [[stupid stuff]]<br>
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97. [[monument]]<br>
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96. [[lackey]]<br>
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95. [[the bet]]<br>
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94. [[video games]]<br>
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93. [[army]]<br>
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92. [[kind of cool]]<br>
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91. [[caffeine]]<br>
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90. [[colonization]]<br>
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89. [[local news]]<br>
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88. [[couch patch]]<br>
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87. [[mile]]<br>
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86. [[no loafing]]<br>
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85. [[2 years]]<br>
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84. [[kids' book]]<br>
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83. [[labor day]]<br>
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82. [[impression]]<br>
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81. [[date]]<br>
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80. [[stunt double]]<br>
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79. [[the process]]<br>
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78. [[anything]]<br>
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77. [[suntan]]<br>
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76. [[sibbie]]<br>
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75. [[funny]]<br>
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74. [[privileges]]<br>
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73. [[mascot]]<br>
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72. [[crazy cartoon]]<br>
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71. [[2 emails]]<br>
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70. [[big white face]]<br>
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69. [[personal favorites]]<br>
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68. [[caper]]<br>
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67. [[autobiography]]<br>
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66. [[the show]]<br>
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65. [[unused emails]]<br>
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64. [[english paper]]<br>
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63. [[fingers]]<br>
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62. [[interview]]<br>
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61. [[monster truck]]<br>
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60. [[huttah!]]<br>
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59. [[marzipan]]<br>
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58. [[dragon]]<br>
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57. [[japanese cartoon]]<br>
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56. [[current status]]<br>
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55. [[cheat talk]]<br>
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54. [[morning routine]]<br>
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53. [[comic]]<br>
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52. [[island]]<br>
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51. [[website]]<br>
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50. [[50 emails]]<br>
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49. [[theme party]]<br>
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48. [[ghosts]]<br>
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47. [[new hands]]<br>
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46. [[your friends]]<br>
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45. [[techno]]<br>
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44. [[lures & jigs]]<br>
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43. [[little questions]]<br>
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42. [[action figure]]<br>
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41. [[invisibility]]<br>
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</autocolumn>
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</table>
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</blockquote>
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===Current Email Rap===
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===[[Tandy 400]] Era===
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''(August 2001 {{-}} September 2002)''
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<blockquote class="tandy email menu">
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<div style="border:none;background:none;text-align:center;padding-left:17%"><u>&nbsp;FILENAME </u>&nbsp;-  <span style="color: orange">updated mondays</span></div>
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<table class="emailgreenlinks">
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<autocolumn cols="3" width="33%">
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40. [[vacation]]<br>
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39. [[property of ones]]<br>
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38. [[helium]]<br>
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37. [[dullard]]<br>
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36. [[guitar]]<br>
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35. [[sisters]]<br>
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34. [[weird dream]]<br>
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33. [[gimmicks]]<br>
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32. [[flag day]]<br>
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31. [[sugarbob]]<br>
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30. [[12:00]]<br>
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29. [[superhero name]]<br>
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28. [[1 step ahead]]<br>
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27. [[3 wishes]]<br>
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26. [[CGNU]]<br>
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25. [[super powers]]<br>
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24. [[the bird]]<br>
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23. [[little animal]]<br>
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22. [[sb_email 22]]<br>
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21. [[cartoon]]<br>
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20. [[spring cleaning]]<br>
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19. [[tape-leg]]<br>
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18. [[stand-up]]<br>
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17. [[studying]]<br>
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16. [[band names]]<br>
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15. [[the basics]]<br>
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14. [[duck pond]]<br>
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13. [[i she be]]<br>
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12. [[credit card]]<br>
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11. [[i rule]]<br>
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10. [[trevor the vampire]]<br>
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9. [[i love you]]<br>
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8. [[brianrietta]]<br>
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7. [[halloweener]]<br>
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6. [[depressio]]<br>
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5. [[making out]]<br>
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4. [[homestar hair]]<br>
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3. [[butt IQ]]<br>
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2. [[homsar]]<br>
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1. [[some kinda robot]]
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</autocolumn>
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</table>
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</blockquote>
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*Scroll buttons and The Lappy, together at last. How ''you'' eva' learn to scriggy-scroll so fast? [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail_lappy.swf View]
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==Releases==
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===DVD===
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===Previous Raps===
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Emails 1–200 have been released on the [[strongbad_email.exe]] 6-disc DVD series. There are DVD-exclusive bonus emails in discs 1, 4, 5, and 6.
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*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc One|Disc 1]] contains emails 1-50 ([[some kinda robot]] through [[50 emails]]), plus three bonus emails: [[Greeting Cards]], [[E-mail Birds]] and [[Videro Games]].
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*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two|Disc 2]] contains emails 51-80 ([[website]] through [[stunt double]]).
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*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Three|Disc 3]] contains emails 81-100 ([[date]] through [[flashback]]).
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*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|Disc 4]] contains emails 101-130 ([[car]] through [[do over]]), plus the bonus email [[Family Resemble<!-- sic -->nce]], and the [[Puppet Stuff]] email [[Real-Live E-Mails]].
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*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five|Disc 5]] contains emails 131-160 ([[boring (really)]] through [[coloring]]), plus the bonus email [[Accent]].
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*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Six|Disc 6]] contains emails 161-200 ([[4 branches]] through [[email thunder]]), plus the bonus email [[Comic Book Movie]].
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*The [[Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD]] contains 55 fan-favorite emails.
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* S to the C, R O double L! My name is not Norman, but still I rock well! [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.swf Listen]<br>
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===Podstar Runner===
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<!--Attention editors that may think that "Norman" should be changed to "normal": Norman Rockwell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Rockwell) was an early 20th century American painter. Get it?  It's a play on words. See the talk page for details.-->
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Beginning January 30, 2006, Strong Bad Emails were released under a feature called [[Podstar Runner]]. They have featured popular [[Toons|toons]], [[Teen Girl Squad]] issues, and Strong Bad Emails in .m4v format. They were designed to be viewed on a Fifth Generation Apple {{wp|iPod}}, but are workable on a variety of other portable media players. These are all of the emails that have been featured through this service (in order of Podstar Runner release, top left being the earliest, bottom right being the latest):
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(All raps below are also collected on the DVD [[strongbad_email.exe]].)
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<table width="100%">
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<autocolumn cols="5" width="20%">
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*[[techno]]
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*[[dragon]]
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*[[japanese cartoon]]
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*[[kids' book]]
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*[[crying]]
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*[[bottom 10]]
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*[[caffeine]]
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*[[virus]]
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*[[guitar]]
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*[[video games]]
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*[[different town]]
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*[[montage]]
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*[[personal favorites]]
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*[[sisters]]
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*[[death metal]]
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*[[theme park]]
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*[[crazy cartoon]]
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*[[army]]
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*[[flag day]]
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*[[trevor the vampire]]
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*[[stunt double]]
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*[[best thing]]
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*[[caper]]
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*[[mascot]]
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*[[geddup noise]]
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*[[isp]]
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*[[alternate universe]]
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*[[garage sale]]
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*[[monster truck]]
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*[[action figure]]
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*[[radio]]
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*[[spring cleaning]]
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*[[replacement]]
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*[[technology]]
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*[[haircut]]
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*[[animal]]
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*[[high school]]
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*[[theme song]]
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*[[mile]]
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*[[looking old]]
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*[[strong badathlon]]
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*[[unnatural]]
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*[[the movies]]
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*[[your funeral]]
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*[[from work]]
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*[[rough copy]]
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*[[underlings]]
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*[[more armies]]
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*[[the paper]]
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*[[mini-golf]]
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*[[concert]]
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*[[hygiene]]
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*[[original]]
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*[[bike thief]]
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*[[pizza joint]]
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*[[slumber party]]
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*[[web comics]]
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*[[business trip]]
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*[[yes, wrestling]]
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*[[diorama]]
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*[[nightlife]]
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*[[environment]]
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*[[winter pool]]
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*[[fan club]]
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*[[pet show]]
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*[[licensed]]
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*[[buried]]
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*[[shapeshifter]]
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*[[rated]]
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*[[specially marked]]
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*[[love poems]]
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*[[hiding]]
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*[[your edge]]
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*[[magic trick]]
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*[[being mean]]
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*[[email thunder]]
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</autocolumn>
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</table>
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* Huzzah, on the mic I'm droppin' scrollable science, and I'm scrollin' through the 'hood with my e-mail client. Huzzah! [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu111.swf Listen]<br>
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===YouTube===
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The [[YouTube#homestarrunnerdotcom|homestarrunnerdotcom]] [[YouTube]] account was registered on October 1, 2007, and began uploading Strong Bad Emails on March 31, 2009. These are all of the emails that have been uploaded (in order of YouTube release, top left being the earliest, bottom right being the latest):
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* Hold it. Control it. And buttons, come on, let's see you scroll it! [http://porplemontage.com/media/sbemail_raps/Scroll%20it.swf Listen]<br>
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<table width="100%">
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<autocolumn cols="5" width="20%">
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(On June 22, 2004 a click-and-drag scroll bar was added to this edition of the e-mail menu page.)
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*[[guitar]]
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*[[techno]]
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*[[comic]]
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*[[dragon]]
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*[[japanese cartoon]]
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*[[kids' book]]
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*[[virus]]
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*[[bottom 10]]
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*[[death metal]]
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*[[different town]]
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*[[montage]]
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*[[video games]]
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*[[band names]]
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*[[the movies]]
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*[[theme park]]
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*[[CGNU]]
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*[[action figure]]
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*[[radio]]
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*[[best thing]]
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*[[pizza joint]]
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*[[i love you]]
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*[[50 emails]]
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*[[slumber party]]
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*[[fan club]]
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*[[invisibility]]
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*[[sisters]]
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*[[some kinda robot]]
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*[[your funeral]]
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*[[dangeresque 3]]
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*[[email thunder]]
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*[[for kids]]
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*[[geddup noise]]
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*[[independent]]
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*[[animal]]
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*[[space program]]
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*[[myths & legends]]
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*[[technology]]
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*[[alternate universe]]
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*[[isp]]
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*[[4 branches]]
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*[[personal favorites]]
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*[[theme song]]
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*[[caper]]
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*[[specially marked]]
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*[[superhero name]]
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*[[hygiene]]
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*[[army]]
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*[[crying]]
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*[[halloweener]]
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*[[ghosts]]
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*[[colonization]]
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*[[monster truck]]
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*[[flashback]]
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*[[stunt double]]
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*[[caffeine]]
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*[[crazy cartoon]]
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*[[kind of cool]]
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*[[pet show]]
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*[[love poems]]
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*[[your edge]]
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*[[licensed]]
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*[[trevor the vampire]]
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*[[mile]]
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*[[making out]]
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*[[brianrietta]]
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*[[depressio]]
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*[[homsar]]
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*[[homestar hair]]
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*[[butt IQ]]
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*[[sbemail 206]]
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*[[too cool]]
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*[[credit card]]
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*[[i she be]]
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*[[duck pond]]
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*[[the basics]]
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*[[studying]]
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*[[stand-up]]
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*[[tape-leg]]
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*[[spring cleaning]]
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*[[cartoon]]
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*[[sb_email 22]]
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*[[little animal]]
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*[[the bird]]
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*[[super powers]]
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*[[3 wishes]]
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*[[one step ahead]]
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*[[12:00]]
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*[[sugarbob]]
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*[[flag day]]
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*[[gimmicks]]
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*[[weird dream]]
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*[[dullard]]
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*[[helium]]
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*[[property of ones]]
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*[[vacation]]
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*[[little questions]]
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*[[lures & jigs]]
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*[[your friends]]
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*[[new hands]]
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*[[theme party]]
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*[[island]]
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*[[cheat talk]]
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*[[current status]]
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*[[marzipan]]
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*[[huttah!]]
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*[[morning routine]]
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*[[interview]]
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*[[fingers]]
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*[[unused emails]]
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*[[the show]]
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*[[autobiography]]
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*[[mascot]]
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*[[privileges]]
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*[[funny]]
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*[[2 emails]]
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*[[big white face]]
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*[[the process]]
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*[[sibbie]]
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*[[date]]
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*[[suntan]]
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*[[anything]]
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*[[2 years]]
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*[[the next april fools thing]]
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*[[no loafing]]
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*[[impression]]
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*[[couch patch]]
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*[[labor day]]
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*[[local news]]
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*[[stupid stuff]]
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*[[lackey]]
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*[[monument]]
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*[[the bet]]
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*[[car]]
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*[[lunch special]]
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*[[cheatday]]
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*[[replacement]]
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*[[haircut]]
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*[[pom pom]]
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*[[other days]]
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*[[old comics]]
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*[[time capsule]]
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*[[extra plug]]
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*[[pizzaz]]
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*[[the facts]]
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*[[part-time job]]
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*[[origins]]
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*[[dreamail]]
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*[[secret recipes]]
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*[[rock opera]]
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*[[rampage]]
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*[[long pants]]
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*[[garage sale]]
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*[[do over]]
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*[[boring (really)]]
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*[[modeling]]
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*[[lady...ing]]
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*[[record book]]
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*[[portrait]]
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*[[bedtime story]]
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</autocolumn>
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</table>
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* Dear scroll buttons, let's not mince words. I love you guys! [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu100.swf Listen]<br>
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==Not Quite Strong Bad Emails==
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* I keep my buttons on scroll and all the ladies in check, did you find the spare key to my apartment yet? What. (sounds like Wuh!) [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu95.swf Listen]<br>
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* The scroll, the scroll, the buttons, the buttons, scrolling so smooth like the butter on a muffin. [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu90.swf Listen]<br>
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* Chew-a chew-a scroll buttons! Chew-a chew-a rock on! I got scroll buttons like the day is long! I got scroll buttons like the day is long! [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu84_TGS4.swf Listen]<br>
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* Scroll button, scroll button, one two, one two, and if you swing by my crib then I can scroll with you! [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu80_3.swf Listen]<br>
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(Around mid-2003, "updated mondays" was replaced with "updated somedays.")
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The following were originally associated in one way or another with the Strong Bad Emails. They are numbered by halves to show where they appeared chronologically in the list above. Numbers 99½B, 118½, 158½, 199½C are not linked to from anywhere on the site. Also, 198½, 199½A, 200½A, 200½B, 200½C, 205½B, 205½D, 206½A, 208½A, and 208½B aren't on the site at all.
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*208½B. {{postref|1113577095802884097|3|Apr|2019}} {{--}} Strong Bad replies to one of the [[Discount Strong Bad Emails]] generated by [[twitter:@JanelleCShane|Janelle Shane]]'s neural network.
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*208½A. {{postref|1032482957523599360|22|Aug|2018}} {{--}} Strong Bad checks an email on the [[Tandy 400]] using [[Mario Paint]], with a subject similar to [[the basics]].
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*206½B. [[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] {{--}} The page title is "St. Cadaverstump's Home for Wayward Sbemails", suggesting that at one point this was originally going to be a sbemail.
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*206½A. [[Dad's Garage & Friends - 13 Jun 2015]] {{--}} Strong Bad and Homestar Runner explain the worst parts about improv.
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*205½D. [[Dad's Garage & Friends - 11 Jul 2014]] {{--}} A Strong Bad Email played at [[Dad's Garage]].
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*205½C. [[April Fool 2014]] {{--}} Strong Bad updates the website's "best feature".
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*205½B. [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions]] {{--}} Original drafts of [[Sbemail 136]].
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*205½A. [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] {{--}} Strong Sad mentions how Strong Bad checks emails on the Compé.
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*202½. [[Compy Catalog]] {{--}} Strong Bad buys a new computer for checking emails.
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*200½E. [[April Fool 09]] {{--}} Strong Bad "sbemailiarizes" the Intro to homestarrunner.com.
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*200½D. [[Sbemailiarized!]] {{--}} Strong Bad explains how old toons can be recycled into Strong Bad Emails.
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*200½C. [[8-Bit is Enough]] {{--}} Strong Bad can check emails during the game.
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*200½B. [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} The game starts with Strong Bad sending an email about Dangeresque 3 to his fans. Additionally, Strong Bad can check emails during the game.
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*200½A. [[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad can check emails during the game.
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*199½C. [[Page Load Error]] {{--}} Secret URL address for anyone who wanted a peek at Email 200 before it was released.
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*199½B. [[Place Ya Bets!]] {{--}} Its HTML file is "sbemail199andahalf". In it, [[The Deleteheads]] try to predict what will be in Strong Bad Email #200.
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*199½A. [[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} The game starts with an email from [[The King of Town|Roy T.]] about the King of Town. Additionally, Strong Bad can check emails during the game.
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*198½. [[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} The whole game is an attempt to answer Ennie M.'s email requesting that Strong Bad beat the snot out of Homestar Runner. Additionally, Strong Bad can check emails during the game.
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*193½B. [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]] {{--}} The reading of the story takes place after what appears to be a Strong Bad Email.
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*193½A. [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] {{--}} This email is an advertisement for a game that was in the making and never actually appeared on the Strong Bad Email page.
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*191½. [[Rotten Eggs]] {{--}} A message made by the splattered rotten Easter egg reads, "Sbemail Next Week."
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*171½. [[DNA Evidence]] {{--}} The toon is about a [[DNA Evidence (running gag)|running gag]] from six consecutive Strong Bad Emails.
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*170½. [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] {{--}} A deleted scene from [[from work|sbemail 169]].
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*158½. [[Lappynapped!]] {{--}} Messages on Strong Bad's answering machine, as the Lappy is missing.
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*152½. [[Weclome Back]] {{--}} Strong Bad tries to show an email he checked over summer vacation (in midair, no less), but hits "stop" instead of "record" on the video camera.
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*149½. [[Sbemail 150?!?]] {{--}} [[Strong Sad]] tries to get Strong Bad to do his 150th email.
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*136½. [[Sick Day]] {{--}} A failed attempt at an email due to sickness striking the entire cast.
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*127½. [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] {{--}} "The Email Show" is one of the pay-per-view features.
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*118½. [[Broken Compy Menu]] {{--}} The page title is "Strong Bad Email?". It is a short toon that played on the email menu after the release of [[virus]].
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*99½B. [[Not the 100th Email!!!]] {{--}} Secret URL address for anyone who wanted a peek at Email 100 before it was released.
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*99½A. [[Puppet Time]] {{--}} A message was taped onto Puppet Compy's screen that read "Probably at a barbecue, from SB".
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*84½.  [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] {{--}} A message was taped onto the Compy on the Strong Bad Email menu that read "made a new teen girl squad".
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*68½B. [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] {{--}} A message was taped onto the Compy in the email menu that read "Looking at a thing in a bag" when the cartoon was released.
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*68½A. [[King of Town Email]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]] tries to answer an email on his recently bought (but broken) Tandy 400.
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*66½. [[Arcade Game]] {{--}} Homestar Runner reads Strong Bad's note he left on the Compy 386.
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*59½. [[Superbowl Dealie]] {{--}} [[The Paper]] reads "Due to the big game, the Strong Bad Email will be late this week."
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*36½. [[TV Time Toons Menu]] {{--}} Placing the mouse over Strong Bad Email will bring up a short, soundless email from Stu. See [[Wireless Bizness]].
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* '''Coach Z''': And if you're tryin' to fade me then ya must smoke crack!
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==Milestones==
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Whenever Strong Bad reaches an email milestone, such as 100 or 200, the email will be special or at least some note will be taken. Thus far, five emails have been considered milestones.
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:'''Strong Bad''': Scroll buttons, oh yeah, like that heart attack. [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu80_1.swf Listen]
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*50. [[50 emails]] &mdash; Strong Bad checks 50 emails (or attempts to) in honor of it being his 50th email check.
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*100. [[flashback]] &mdash; The email is done in "[[Widescreen|wiiidescreeeen]]". [[Marzipan]], [[Senor Cardgage]], [[Old Timey Strong Bad]], and [[Limozeen]] congratulate him on his 100th email. Upon the Compy indicating that he has checked 100 emails with a special screen, Strong Bad says "email" 100 times. [[Homestar]] says "Happy 100th birthday, Strong Bad".
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*125. [[rock opera]] &mdash; Strong Bad performs a rock opera featuring scenes and at least one word from all of Strong Bad's previous emails.
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*150. [[alternate universe]] &mdash; Strong Bad goes into many alternate universes featuring alternate versions of himself, which at the end accompany him in a supergroup ballad. Called the "sesquicentennemail".
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*200. [[email thunder]] &mdash; The email song is a grand fanfare written by [[They Might Be Giants]] and sung by [[The Poopsmith]]. The email also ends with a screen listing the first 200 emails.
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* Once again it comes scrollin' back, scroll buttons get ill like a heart attack! [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu69.swf Listen]<br>
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Frequently, a "teaser" toon is released a week before a milestone email in order to play off the anticipation for the upcoming milestone. The teaser toons so far have been [[Not the 100th Email!!!]] (teasing viewers hoping to view email 100 before it was released); [[Sbemail 150?!?]] (in which Strong Sad tries to convince Strong Bad to check email 150 and writes a proposed storyboard for it); [[Place Ya Bets!]] (in which [[the Deleteheads]] speculate on what will happen in email 200); and [[Page Load Error]] (in which the Deleteheads camp out at the sbemail200.html URL).
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* Scroll it out, just scroll it out, scroll buttons two-point-oh. [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu59.swf Listen]<br>
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* Scroll-a buh-tone-es! [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu58.swf Listen]<br>
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* Keep on scrollin' on, my scriggities.<br>
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* 'Sup my scrollies? You guys are looking good.<br>
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* Scroll buttons. What is UP?
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* Scroll buttons.. you guys okay? [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu38.swf Listen]<br>
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* Ah, the scroll buttons and I have been through a lot together<br>
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* Oooh, fancy new scroll buttons.
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===Listen===
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==Fun Facts==
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You can find mirrors of the old raps at http://members.lycos.co.uk/superferret111/swf/sbemail/ or [http://porplemontage.com/media/sbemail_raps/ here]
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===Trivia===
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*Not including Not Quite Strong Bad Emails, Strong Bad has checked 237 <!--PLEASE NOTE: This number takes into account each individual email Strong Bad has checked.  In some Strong Bad Emails he checks more than one.-->emails as of [[the next april fools thing]].
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*As of [[the next april fools thing]], it would take 9 hours, 59 minutes, and 24 seconds <!--422052 frames plus 13 minutes and 13 seconds from the DVDs--> to watch every Strong Bad Email, including the DVD exclusives but excluding clickable Easter eggs. Including clickable Easter eggs, it would take 11 hours, 22 minutes, and 50 seconds.<!--481921 frames plus 13 minutes and 30 seconds from the DVDs-->
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*As of [[the movies]], Strong Bad Emails make up about 60% of the toons on the site.
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*During the Tandy 400 era (at least until July 2002), emailing Strong Bad would result in this automated response:
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<blockquote>Thanks for your freakin email. I hope it's not stupid.<br>
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Once I finish these swiss cake rolls I'll read it and if it's awesome enough,<br>
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I'll answer it on the site.<br>
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But if your email is terrible, then it gets R.E.D. alright.<br>
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The Cheat Reads it, Strong Mad Eats it, and I Deletes it.<br>
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[[OldHR:processing.html|Click Here]] to see us in action!<br>
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Check back every Monday to see if your email has what it takes.<br>
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== Strong Bad Email Menus ==
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Watch me while I'm awesome,<br>
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*1-32 [http://porplemontage.com/media/sbemail_raps/01%20List%20Files.SWF Tandy 400 menu]
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Strong Bad</blockquote>
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*33-34 [[Broken Tandy Menu]]
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:*The link in the automated response leads to the [[Email Processing Room]].
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*35-40 [http://e2tl.playvectrex.com/jingles/sbemail_menu38.swf Slightly damaged Tandy menu]
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*At [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|Flashforward 2006]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] gave a list of [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|five things not to email Strong Bad about]].  Additional information about which emails are selected were given in a later [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007#Email|radio interview]].
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*41 [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail(vacation).swf Vacation menu]
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*[[butt IQ]] and [[CGNU]] are the only onsite emails with capital letters in their titles. Prior to the [[post-Flash site update]], [[3 Wishes]] and [[what I want]] did as well, as shown here.
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*42-118 [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.swf Compy 386 menu]
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*Prior to the post-Flash site update, some emails had [[Irregular Strong Bad Email URLs|different URLs]] instead of ''sbemail#.html''.
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**Between 55 and 56 [[Decemberween Email Menu]]
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*Occasionally, there is a [[Acknowledged Update Delays|lengthy gap]] between email updates. This is sometimes recognized at the start of the next email, as in [[army]], [[geddup noise]], [[redesign]], [[hremail 3184]], and [[sbemail 206]].
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**Between 118 and 119 [[Broken Compy Menu]]
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*Email #22, [[sb_email 22]], was actually made between emails 40 and 41. It was originally skipped and later made and released under the title "the lost email" right before Strong Bad replaced his computer with the Compy 386.
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*119- [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail_lappy.swf Lappy 486 menu]
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*Email #208, [[the next april fools thing]], was originally hidden inside a holiday toon, and wasn't listed on the [[Strong Bad Email menu]] until the post-Flash site update on December 31, 2020.
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== Strong Bad Email Page Titles ==
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===Remarks===
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*Two emails have been checked by someone other than Strong Bad, but count as Strong Bad Emails anyway: [[mile]] was made up and animated by [[The Cheat]], and [[anything]] was checked by [[Homestar Runner]].
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*When Strong Bad's head moves, his mask protrudes the top of his head.<!--on the menu, or in emails?-->
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* '''1-29''' ''except 5, 6, 20 and 22'': Tandy 400!!! (The computer Strong Bad uses for these emails.)
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==External Links==
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** 5 (making out): Frampton's Camel (Peter Frampton's longtime backing band)
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*[[HR:sbemails|Strong Bad Email menu]]
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** 6 (depressio): Tandy 500!!
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*{{pl|l=mailto:strongbad@homestarrunner.com Email Strong Bad}}
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** 20 (spring cleaning): Mandy 400!! (Strong Bad does some spring cleaning.)
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** 22 (sb_email 22): The Lost Email! (It was accidentally never done. see [[sb_email 22]] page for more info)
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*'''30-33''': TANDY 400!!
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*'''34''' (weird dream): Tangerine Dreams!! (Strong Bad's Tandy is broken so he uses The Cheat's computer)
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*'''35''' (sisters): Tandy 400: The Big Comeback!! (Strong Bad returns to using his Tandy 400)
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*'''36-38''' (guitar, dullard, helium): Tandy 400: Still Broken. (Strong Bad is still using his Tandy 400, but it's messed up.)
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*'''39-40''' (property of ones, vacation): Tandy 400: Still Bloke.
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*'''41''' (invisibility): The Last Stand(y) of the Tandy 400. (Strong Bad replaces his Tandy 400 with the Compy 386.)
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*'''41&frac12;''' (King of Town Email): Tandy 400! Slightly Not-Working - Only $900!! (The King of Town buys the busted Tandy from Bubs and attempts an email)
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* '''42-117''', ''except 45, 50, 52, 66&frac12;, 68&frac12;, 70, 99&frac12;'': Compy 386!! (The computer Strong Bad uses for these emails.)
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** 50 (50 emails): Lordy, Lordy! Look who's over there! (It's his fiftieth email.)
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** 45, 52 (techno, island): COMPY 386
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** 66&frac12; (Arcade Game): Quite Exciting This Computer Magic! (Strong Bad gets a new arcade game.)
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** 68&frac12; (Lookin at a Thing in a Bag): T-TV, TV Show! (referring to the background music during this. It's not an email, but that's still a weird title.)
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** 70 (big white face): Compy 086!! (reference to the old Macintosh screen Strong Bad uses.)
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** 99&frac12; (Not the 100th Email!!!): Not the 100th Email!!!
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*'''118''' (virus): Compy 386?? (The compy gets shot.)
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*'''118&frac12;''' (Broken Compy Menu): Denny's Menu (Referring to usual e-mail menu page title.)
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*'''119''' (animal): Compy 386?? Not No More. (Strong Bad replaces the Compy 386 with the Lappy 486.)
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* '''120-???''': Lappy 486 (Strong Bad's new laptop)
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== Fun Facts ==
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==See Also==
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* On the menu screen, Strong Bad types "strongbad_email.exe" to access the list of all e-mails. Yet within individual e-mails, Strong Bad types "strongbad_email.exe" to access this week's specific e-mail. It's unusual for a computer program to do such different things different times that it is run!
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*Strong Bad never actually sends his replies. He types them, but doesn't send them.
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*[[Hremails]]
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*On the Vacation menu, click the post-it note to see it growl.
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*[[@StrongBadActual]]
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*[[@strongbadactual (Instagram)]]
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{{StrongBadEmailInfo|nocat=1}}
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*[[Items#Strong_Bad.27s|Strong Bad's Computer(s)]]
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{{recenttoons}}
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*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail.html Strong Bad Email menu]
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[[Category:Strong Bad Email|*]]
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*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail_lappy.swf View the flash file for Strong Bad Email Menu]
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[[Category:Computer Files]]
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Revision as of 19:17, 31 July 2021

Strong Bad Email menu
Strong Bad checks his email.
Strong Bad checks his email.

Strong Bad Email, frequently shortened to sbemail, was originally a small feature in which Strong Bad would answer a fan-sent email and commonly mock the spelling and grammar of those who wrote to him. The animations were initially brief, but gradually the responses grew to establish numerous inside jokes, running gags, and catch phrases, as well as spin-offs, such as Trogdor, Teen Girl Squad, 20X6, Strong Badia, Hremails, the minor character Senor Cardgage, and even Homsar, one of the main characters. A typical Strong Bad Email includes numerous Easter eggs and other hidden material, often found at the ending screen. Many Strong Bad Emails, such as japanese cartoon, video games, and theme song, are satirical views of particular aspects of popular culture.

Introduced in 2001, Strong Bad Email has historically been the most frequently updated feature of homestarrunner.com, with a new email being added to the menu nearly every Monday. However, the series was put on hiatus from September 2008 to June 2009. The Brothers Chaps stated in interviews that they wanted to focus on other characters and vary their output.[1] Email 200 just happened to be a round number at which to take a break.[2] In October 2009, Strong Bad Email went on another hiatus, which lasted until April 1, 2015, and the next released email after that was almost two-and-a-half years later. More than 5 years passed between the release of videography and sbemail 206, ending the longest hiatus of sbemails of 2,004 days.

Contents

Strong Bad Emails

Lappier Era

(April 2015 – present)

Compé Era

(August 2009 – October 2009)

Corpy NT6 Transition

(July 2009)

Lappy 486 Era

(November 2004 – June 2009)

Compy 386 Era

(September 2002 – November 2004)

Tandy 400 Era

(August 2001 – September 2002)

Releases

DVD

Emails 1–200 have been released on the strongbad_email.exe 6-disc DVD series. There are DVD-exclusive bonus emails in discs 1, 4, 5, and 6.

Podstar Runner

Beginning January 30, 2006, Strong Bad Emails were released under a feature called Podstar Runner. They have featured popular toons, Teen Girl Squad issues, and Strong Bad Emails in .m4v format. They were designed to be viewed on a Fifth Generation Apple iPod, but are workable on a variety of other portable media players. These are all of the emails that have been featured through this service (in order of Podstar Runner release, top left being the earliest, bottom right being the latest):

YouTube

The homestarrunnerdotcom YouTube account was registered on October 1, 2007, and began uploading Strong Bad Emails on March 31, 2009. These are all of the emails that have been uploaded (in order of YouTube release, top left being the earliest, bottom right being the latest):

Not Quite Strong Bad Emails

The following were originally associated in one way or another with the Strong Bad Emails. They are numbered by halves to show where they appeared chronologically in the list above. Numbers 99½B, 118½, 158½, 199½C are not linked to from anywhere on the site. Also, 198½, 199½A, 200½A, 200½B, 200½C, 205½B, 205½D, 206½A, 208½A, and 208½B aren't on the site at all.

Milestones

Whenever Strong Bad reaches an email milestone, such as 100 or 200, the email will be special or at least some note will be taken. Thus far, five emails have been considered milestones.

  • 50. 50 emails — Strong Bad checks 50 emails (or attempts to) in honor of it being his 50th email check.
  • 100. flashback — The email is done in "wiiidescreeeen". Marzipan, Senor Cardgage, Old Timey Strong Bad, and Limozeen congratulate him on his 100th email. Upon the Compy indicating that he has checked 100 emails with a special screen, Strong Bad says "email" 100 times. Homestar says "Happy 100th birthday, Strong Bad".
  • 125. rock opera — Strong Bad performs a rock opera featuring scenes and at least one word from all of Strong Bad's previous emails.
  • 150. alternate universe — Strong Bad goes into many alternate universes featuring alternate versions of himself, which at the end accompany him in a supergroup ballad. Called the "sesquicentennemail".
  • 200. email thunder — The email song is a grand fanfare written by They Might Be Giants and sung by The Poopsmith. The email also ends with a screen listing the first 200 emails.

Frequently, a "teaser" toon is released a week before a milestone email in order to play off the anticipation for the upcoming milestone. The teaser toons so far have been Not the 100th Email!!! (teasing viewers hoping to view email 100 before it was released); Sbemail 150?!? (in which Strong Sad tries to convince Strong Bad to check email 150 and writes a proposed storyboard for it); Place Ya Bets! (in which the Deleteheads speculate on what will happen in email 200); and Page Load Error (in which the Deleteheads camp out at the sbemail200.html URL).

Fun Facts

Trivia

  • Not including Not Quite Strong Bad Emails, Strong Bad has checked 237 emails as of the next april fools thing.
  • As of the next april fools thing, it would take 9 hours, 59 minutes, and 24 seconds to watch every Strong Bad Email, including the DVD exclusives but excluding clickable Easter eggs. Including clickable Easter eggs, it would take 11 hours, 22 minutes, and 50 seconds.
  • As of the movies, Strong Bad Emails make up about 60% of the toons on the site.
  • During the Tandy 400 era (at least until July 2002), emailing Strong Bad would result in this automated response:
Thanks for your freakin email. I hope it's not stupid.
Once I finish these swiss cake rolls I'll read it and if it's awesome enough,
I'll answer it on the site.
But if your email is terrible, then it gets R.E.D. alright.
The Cheat Reads it, Strong Mad Eats it, and I Deletes it.
Click Here to see us in action!
Check back every Monday to see if your email has what it takes.
Watch me while I'm awesome,
Strong Bad

Remarks

  • Two emails have been checked by someone other than Strong Bad, but count as Strong Bad Emails anyway: mile was made up and animated by The Cheat, and anything was checked by Homestar Runner.
  • When Strong Bad's head moves, his mask protrudes the top of his head.

External Links

See Also

Strong Bad Email Info
Site Components Menu (Scroll Button Songs), Irregular Back Links, Irregular URLs, Page Titles, Descriptions, Podstar Runner
Emails by Title, Length, Intros (DVD, Part 1; Part 2), Subject, Greeting, Closing, Sender, Place, Outros, Release Dates
Running Gags Intros Relevant to the Email, Crapfully Yours, Until Next Time..., DELETED, Draw Trogdor Again, How do you type with boxing gloves on?
Spin-offs, Emails Edited by Strong Bad, Emails Taken in a Different Direction
Abdi LaRue, Ali and Ali's Sister, Bogus Mathematical Theorems, DNA Evidence, Edgar, Tape-leg
Email Number References, Acknowledged Update Delays
Background Emails, Nonexistent Emails
Technology Strong Bad's Computers (Malfunctioning, Surpassing Their Assumed Capabilities, Relationships, Stylized Text), Papers (Preeeeow), Floppy Disk Container
Analysis Statistics, Emails That Meet Strong Bad's Approval, Poorly Written Emails
Most Recent Toons
Big Toons

Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold
Dec 24, 2016

Shorts

Back To A Website
Apr 16, 2025

Holidays

Fanstume [singular] '24
Nov 30, 2024

Puppet Stuff

Kick The Cheat Returns!
February 25, 2025

Strong Bad Email

robots
Nov 24, 2025

Video Stuff

Homestar Anniversary Merch
November 17, 2025

Teen Girl Squad

Issue 15
May 11, 2009

Marzipan's Answering Machine

Version 17.2
Apr 1, 2016

YouTube

Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited)
Dec 16, 2024

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