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== Transcript ==
== Transcript ==
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I Rock
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===Page One===
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<pre>HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!
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ONLY $12.95 MONTHLY!
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JUST $99.95 YEARLY!
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SIGN UP FOREVER!
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Interactive Menus!!
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*New annual fee!
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*The same content!
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*More banner ads!
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Free 7 second trial!!
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Join now!
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Subscriptions are the latest craze!
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Loggin' (a login box)
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Instant access!
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Take the tour!</pre>
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====Homestar's Seven Seconds====
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''{Cue Homestar standing in the field. A timer counts up in the bottom left corner of the screen.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' One... two... three... four... fi-
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''{The timer reaches seven; a buzzer goes off, and "TRIAL PERIOD OVER" pops up on the screen.}''
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===Page Two===
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<pre>The Email Show!
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HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!
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ACCESS TO ALL 230+ STRONG BAD EMAILS!
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WEBCAM CHAT WITH THE CREATORS OR SOMEONE ELSE!
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Let's see a clip!
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SHOW ME MORE, SIR!</pre>
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====Strong Bad "Trap Door" Sample====
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''{Cue Strong Bad sitting in front of his computer, flanked by the Cheat, who is holding a remote control.  Homestar is standing in front of Strong Bad.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, the Cheat, let 'er rip!
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''{The Cheat presses the button on the remote.  A square hole opens under Homestar's feet.  He falls about two feet and stops.''}
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Woo! That was fun!
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'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, I thought we were opting for the bottomless pit. ''{Homestar starts a little dance with his feet, stepping back and forth gracefully.}'' ... Not a two-foot pit!
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'''THE CHEAT:''' [Says something in The Cheat, probably along the lines of "It's not ''my'' fault."]
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''{Cut to the basement, where Strong Mad sits on the couch with Homestar's feet dancing on top of him.''}
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'''STRONG MAD:''' I HAVE A FUNNY HAT!
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===Page Three===
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<pre>There's more?? Why, yes.
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HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!
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GEE-AMES!
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Pay for play!!
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Just pennies/pixel!
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Members plus, fool!
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Actual screenshots!
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Fake boxes
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HOURS OF STREAMING VIDEO GAME FEEDS
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FREE SAMPLE GAME
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"Sign Up Today Man"
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1 player simultaneous
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CHECK MARK!
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Continue Free Tour!</pre>
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The free sample game resembles Space Invaders with Strong Bad against an army of Homestars coming out of the sky.  The Cheat periodically falls from top to bottom and if he hits you, a message will appear saying "YOUR"
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"HEAD"(changes to SHIP a second later)
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"ASPLODE".  Trying to play the game is difficult because the screen continually flashes the message "TRIAL VERSION", locking the game controls. The game also automatically closes itself after the third or fourth "TRIAL VERSION" screen, keeping you from advancing.
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===Page Four===
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<pre>HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!
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So Much More!!
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SWEET CUPPIN CAKES
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A New Episode Each Week!
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Meet Eh! Steve!'s Lawyer!
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Win a chance to have lunch with the Worm-type character!
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teenage girl show!
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Revamped for the 90's.
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More humor! Finer dining!
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See the unaired pilot, the holiday special, and the 'everybody dies' episodes!
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And also, too:
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Answering Machines out the wazoo
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Powered by The Cheat-athons!
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Senor Cardgage Wednesdays
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Mr. Shmallow's Webcam
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Extra free sample here!
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On the Tour?</pre>
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====Teen Girl Squad Sample====
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''{Cheerleader, So and So, and The Ugly One are standing around. Cheerleader's shirt reads "sperld rott'n".}''
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'''CHEERLEADER:''' That stupid wheelchair kid asked me to the Friday Night Dance! But I'm going with Steven!
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''{Enter Eh! Steve!, wearing a football uniform with the number nine}''
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'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{speech bubble fills with hearts}'' Hey, Steven!
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'''EH! STEVE:''' Eh! Steve!
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''{Cut to Wheelchair}''
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'''WHEELCHAIR:''' I'll teach you to steal my date, Eh! Steve! I'm gonna come outta my shell at the Friday Night Dance and show everybody who's whooooooooooo!
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''{The Man with the Huge Mouth, with fairy wings, a tutu and a wand, enters and changes the Wheelchair into a realistic drawing of a wheelchair.}''
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'''MAN WITH THE HUGE MOUTH:''' GOOD DRAWINGED!
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'''WHEELCHAIR:''' I'm a real boy!
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''{Cut to the "It's Over!" splash screen.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{narrating}'' It's over!
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===Page Five===
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<pre>View Shopping Cart
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HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!
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Join/Sign Up Today/Now!!
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$19.95/month or $499.95/week... Yearly Savings!
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No More Money!!
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OVER 2 BILLION!!
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First Name ________
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  Last Name ________
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  Nickname ________
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Nick's Name ________
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      Month ________
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      D/O/B ________
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Organ Donor ________
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  Car Keys ________
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  Passcode ________
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            WOOHOO</pre>
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===Page Six===
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<pre>Thank you for your order.
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You will receive your package
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in 6-8 weeks.</pre>
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== Fun Facts ==  
== Fun Facts ==  

Revision as of 05:34, 20 June 2005

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"Finally At Last!!!"

It's April Fool's day and—Oh no! HomestarRunner.com is now a subscription site!

Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Senor Cardgage, Strong Bad, The Cheat, Strong Sad's head, Strong Mad, Frank Bennedetto, Sterrance, Bubs (warped into his concession stand), Vector Strong Bad, Stinkoman, Rather Dashing {silhouetted}, Eh! Steve, The Wheelchair, Prime Time, Keyboard Strong Bad, The Worm, Sherlock, Mr. Shmallow {watermark}, Cheerleader, So and So, What's Her Face, The Ugly One, The Man with the Huge Mouth

Places: The Field, Strong Bad's Basement, Computer Room, Bubs' Concession Stand

Date: April 1, 2005

Page Title: Finally At Last!!!

Contents

Transcript

I Rock

Fun Facts

Some proposed fun facts for this article are currently being considered. Please vote on and discuss the matter. See this article's entry on the discussion page.
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Explanations

  • The entire April Fool's site is a parody of the preview pages on many pay-sites on the Internet: the trial videos, the free tour that ends with a sign-up page, the tacky design and layout, and the "streaming video game feeds" all mimic said pages.
    • The second page claims "ACCESS TO ALL 230+ STRONG BAD EMAILS!" when there were only 127 emails at the time it was posted. This parodies how subscription sites often flagrantly misrepresent their content.
    • A recent trend for Internet entertainment sites (especially game sites) is to be free for a few years, and then the owners initiate a pay-to-play policy. Perhaps this April Fool's joke was done so the Homestar Runner site would fit the trend.

Trivia

  • When the page was first released, the navigation buttons at the bottom of the page weren't there, like Under Construction.
  • After the false message about 6 to 8 weeks delivery, the page always directs you to Main Page 19, The Show.
  • Pressing '7' on the keyboard (or the numeric keypad) during the trial game will toggle the gray 'TRIAL VERSION' message. If it's onscreen, it will vanish. If it's not onscreen, it will appear. Holding down the 7 key rapidly toggles the message on and off. The 7 key has no effect at any other time.
  • The screenshots on the first page show:
    • Senor Cardgage showing a pie chart to Homestar, dressed in his pajamas and robe from caper
    • Strong Bad with the Lappy 486 as The Cheat serves him Strong Sad's head on a platter.
    • Strong Mad on The Couch wearing Homestar's Homestarmy bowl, next to Frank Bennedetto.
  • The screenshots on the second page show:
  • The third page has:
  • There is a background tile image, but it's only a tiny black line.
  • If Homestar only made it to five at the end of the Seven Second Trial he was counting at the rate of one for every 1.4 seconds

Remarks

  • None of the screenshots on the first two pages are from actual toons or emails. The StrongBadZone screenshot contains a quote not found in the game.
  • Strong Bad is seen with the Tandy 400 in one of the screenshots, with Sterrance from the email animal even though that was a Lappy 486 era email.
  • Saying that a new Sweet Cuppin' Cakes episode will come out every week pokes fun at the fact that Sweet Cuppin' Cakes almost never gets any new episodes.
  • Except for the buttons and movie clips, all content featured on this toon are JPEGs.
  • If you shoot all the Homestars in the trial game, a second wave appears.
  • On the first page, the right column of pictures is entitled "Instant Access", but at the end, it states "You will receive your package in 6 - 8 weeks"


Inside References

Real-World References

  • The trial game is a Space Invaders clone.
  • "I'm a real boy!" is an obvious reference to Pinocchio, a wooden puppet who was turned "real" and made a similar remark in at least one version of the story.
  • "I'll teach you to steal my date, Eh! Steve! I'm gonna come outta my shell at the Friday Night Dance and show everybody who's who!" and the #9 jersey are references to the movie Angus.
  • In the background of the Strong Bad "trapdoor" sample, the disk is labeled Hunt the Wumpus.
  • The phrase on Cheerleader's dress (sperld rott'n) is very similar to the license plate on Princess Vespa's spaceship (Spoil'd Rott'n I) in Spaceballs.

External Links

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