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*The initial DVD set was so popular that it sold out within a month<!--released November 9, sold out on or before Dec 4 (no earlier than Nov 27)--> of its initial release to the [[Flash Store|store]] before being restocked.
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This article is about the DVD set. For the actual emails, see Strong Bad Emails.
strongbad_email.exe
run "dvd description"
DVD series collecting
Strong Bad Emails 1-200
Released Disc 1, 2, & 3 set: November 9, 2004
Disc 4: July 25, 2005
Disc 5: June 5, 2007
Disc 6: November 24, 2008
1-200 Six Disc Set: November 9, 2020
Region 0 - NTSC format
DVD authoring and encoding Ryan Sterritt
Video footage and editing Ryan Sterritt
Mixed by Russ T. at Ruby Red Productions (Discs 1-3)
Cover design Craig Zobel (Discs 1-3)
3D animation Ryan Bradley (Disc 1)
Jacob Slutsky (Discs 1-5)
Ted Kotsaftis (Discs 1-5)
Jake Rodkin and Nick Herman (Disc 6)
Music Y-O-U (karaoke songs)
They Might Be Giants (different town, Disc 3)
Thanks to Willem Hartong and The Future Animators of the Future (Discs 1-3)
Randy Dudley at Planet Studio (Discs 1-3)
Lucky Yates (Disc 4)
Nick Niespodziani (Disc 4)
Jonathan Howe (Discs 4-5)
Peter Olson (Discs 4-5)
Karen Wagner (Disc 5)
Telltale Games (Disc 6)

strongbad_email.exe is the first Homestar Runner DVD series, primarily collecting Strong Bad Emails.

The first three discs, comprising the first 100 emails, were sold as a 3-disc box set; Discs 4, 5, and 6 were released in later years and sold individually. The original box set was first sold on the Flash Store, with the later discs releasing to the Yahoo Store. When the store moved to Shopify, only Disc 5 was available until its discontinuation in mid-2017; strongbad_email.exe DVDs were unavailable for purchase until 2020, when they were re-released in a 6-disc compilation.

Contents

Disc Contents

Disc Emails Commentaries Bonus Features Easter Eggs
1* 1–50
some kinda robot50 emails
20/50
2* 51–80
websitestunt double
15/30
3* 81–100
dateflashback
10/20
4 101–130
cardo over
All emails
5 131–160
boring (really)coloring
All emails
6 161–200
4 branchesemail thunder
All emails

* Discs 1–3 were sold bundled together in a box set.

Artwork

See main article: strongbad_email.exe DVD Artwork

Easter Eggs

  • Most of the emails have three kinds of secrets:
    • Audio commentary: Accessible by pressing the "Language" or "Audio" button. On the first three discs, many emails do not have commentary.
    • Secret "angle": Accessible by pressing the "Angle" button. Usually used to display the short pop-ups that would appear when clicking on elements during the web version of emails.
    • Secret menu options: Hidden menu options — a little icon that looks like Strong Bad's head — can be found by navigating in directions other than the visible options (for instance, pressing "down" when menu options are listed left-to-right), often pressing more than once. All Easter eggs are listed in the "DVD Version" sections of the Strong Bad Email articles.
  • Each menu has a secret Easter egg that automatically plays after a short period of time.

Fun Facts

Initial "first hundred emails" box set release

Explanations

  • .exe is a file extension meaning "executable". An executable file contains code for a program and "executes" it in an operating system; .exe files are primarily used in Microsoft Windows or historically in DOS (e.g., "Peasants_Quest.exe" ran the Peasant's Quest program), but not on a Macintosh computer (which The Cheat uses). Specifically, "strongbad_email.exe" is what Strong Bad types on his computer to begin nearly every email, except for the following:

Trivia

  • The DVD menu animations feature the first use of 3DCG animation in the Homestar Runner body of work.
  • The initial DVD set was so popular that it sold out within a month of its initial release to the store before being restocked.

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