Fall Float Parade

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Coach Z, you jerk!

Coach Z and Marzipan host a parade!

Cast (in order of appearance): Coach Z, Marzipan, Bubs, Pom Pom, Homsar, Homsar, Homestar Runner, Strong Mad, The King of Town, The Poopsmith, The Hornblower, The Knight, Strong Bad, Strong Sad, The Cheat

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

Date: November 21, 2005

Running Time: 3:28

Page Title: Reign On, Parade! Reign On!

Transcript

{A leaf appears with the words "The 4Tst Annual Fall Float Parade".}

ANNOUNCER: We now return to the firty-tirst annual fall float parade.

{Cut to Coach Z and Marzipan wearing scarves and ear muffs. Marzipan is holding a mug of hot chocolate with marshmallows, and is clearly mad at Coach Z.}

COACH Z: Ok then, welcome back. First please allow me to apologize to my co-host, here, for any innapprapriate comments I may have made while we was at commercial.

MARZIPAN: {nearly under her breath} That's two strikes Coach Z.

COACH Z: Yes, yes, what fun!

MARZIPAN: {suddenly no longer angry} So, next up is good old Bubs.

COACH Z: Yes, good old my favorite type o' guy who I'm just all the time hangin' around and doin' stuff with, Bubs!

{Cut to Bubs on a giant float with the words "Coach Z, you jerk" written on it. There is a banner hanging on the float that reads, "Happy Thanksgiving!".}

BUBS: {through a megaphone} Coach Z, you jerk!

MARZIPAN: {surprised} Oh.

BUBS: Coach Z, you jerk!

COACH Z: Oh, I see then...

BUBS: Coach Z —

COACH Z: That's very —

BUBS: {with more emphasis than before} — you jerk!

COACH Z: — overt.

{Cut to a close-up of a giant balloon in the likeness of Pom Pom.}

COACH Z: Oh, now here's somethin' that doesn't appear to be makin' fun of me, it's the Pam Pam b'lloon!

MARZIPAN: That's "Pom Pom balloon" for those of you who don't speak Coach Z. Always a hit with the ladies, that Pom Pom.

{Cut to a wide-shot with the Pom Pom balloon still visible. A pair of fez-wearing Homsars are coming in behind the balloon driving miniature red cars.}

MARZIPAN: And never a hit with anyone, it's Homsar! Oh, and there's another Homsar.

HOMSARS: {both of them in usison} Let's sing a song of tinfoil!

{A new float enters the frame behind the two Homsars. This float has a big pile of sweatshirts in the center, a giant shooting star on the front, and a bee suspended by a giant spring on the back. "SWE ATSHIRTS" is printed on the base of the float. Homestar Runner is buried in the pile of sweatshirts with only his head visible.}

COACH Z: Oh, now this is just adorable, Homestar Runner's sweatshirt float.

MARZIPAN: {referring to the noticable space in the float's wording} It looks more like a "swee-atshirt" float to me.

COACH Z: You say tomater, I say tomatamorts.

{Cut to a close-up of Homestar buried in the pile of sweatshirts.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Marzipan, help! I woke up in this pile of swee-atshirts and I don't know how to stop it! I'm supposed to be watching Bubs concession stand while he's in some ridiculous parade, {looking down} and I'm pretty sure a rat just bit my knee.

MARZIPAN: Oh, that's great sweetie. Say hi to that bee for me.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {annoyed} Hi, bee.

{Cut back to the wide shot. Strong Mad walks into the frame carrying Bubs' Concession Stand, which has clearly been ripped out of the ground recently, as there are bits of sod still hanging from the bottom.}

COACH Z: Well, it looks like Bubs has come to his senses and entered a proper float in the parade. 'Atta boy, Bubs!

MARZIPAN: I'm pretty sure that's just Strong Mad absconding with Bubs' Consession Stand.

COACH Z: Oh, serves him right then.

{Cut back to Coach Z and Marzipan.}

COACH Z: Oh, and here comes one of my favorites: the KOTHS Junior Varsity Marching Band!

{Cut back to the parade. The band enters, comprised of The King of Town waving The Poopsmith's shovel like a drum major's mace, The Poopsmith playing cymbals, The Hornblower blowing his horn, and the Knight playing a bass drum. The band comes to a halt. Cut to a close up of The King of Town.}

THE KING OF TOWN: Break it down for me, fellas!

{Cut to a wide shot of the band again. They face the camera and resume playing.}

COACH Z: Oh, yeah! I'm feeling this! {begins rapping} One two, one two, keep it "flond"! Listen to me cause Coach Z's, he's got it goin' on!

{Cut to a close-up of Coach Z as he continues rapping.}

COACH Z: I'm a pretty nice guy with fairly good teeth! C'mon, watch me —

MARZIPAN: No more free-styling. It's really annoying.

{Cut back to the parade route. A new float enters. Strong Bad is on the float standing between two Snowmen and beating them with nunchaku. The base of the float, which appears to be a matress, reads: "Celebrating 04 Glorious Seconds of Nunchucking Snowmen." The "04" is a digital sign that counts up as the scene continues.}

COACH Z: Ah, and here's Strong Bad's annual not-even-remotely-fall-related float.

MARZIPAN: Is it just me, or does one of those snowmen look suspiciously like Strong Sad?

COACH Z: Nah, Strong Sad's yellow.

{Cut to a close-up of Strong Bad and the snowman on the left, who is in fact Strong Sad. He spits out the carrot that had been in his mouth.}

STRONG SAD: Ptooey! Strong Bad, I thought you said our float was going to be celebrating our nation's covered bridges.

STRONG BAD: No, I said our float was going to be sticking-you-in-a-fake-snowman-and-beating-you-senseless-with-nunchucks... covered bridges.

STRONG SAD: Well, how on earth did I misunderstand all that?

STRONG BAD: I don't know man. You hear the words "covered bridges" and you just go into a trance.

STRONG SAD: Oh, covered bridges.

{Strong Sad goes into a trance, but snaps out of it when Strong Bad resumes beating him with the nunchaku.}

MARZIPAN: And, as always, bringing up the rear...

{As Strong Bad continues beating the snowmen, a looming shadow crawls across the scene.}

MARZIPAN: It's the Marshie balloon!

{Cut to a close-up of a giant balloon in the shape of Marshie.}

COACH Z: Man, that thing has got to frighten some children!

MARZIPAN: Is anyone guiding that balloon?

{The camera pans down and The Cheat can be seen hanging from one of the balloon ropes, clearly not in control of the balloon.}

MARZIPAN: Run for your lives!

{The Marshie balloon collides with the wooden platform where Coach Z and Marzipan are standing.}

COACH Z: Argh! I regret everything!

{The television signal is apparently lost when the platform collapses, as the picture cuts to a few seconds of static. The picture quickly returns, but not to the parade. Instead, we get a technical difficulty screen with a turkey pulling a plug. The caption at the top reads "Pardon our problems..." and "The End" appears at the bottom.}

Easter Eggs

• Click the top left question mark at the end to see what happened to Bubs' Concession Stand.

{Strong Mad and Strong Bad are in what appears to be the Computer Room, but there's a washing machine in place of Strong Bad's desk. Strong Mad is still holding the concession stand.}

STRONG MAD: CAN I KEEP IT?

STRONG BAD: No, you can't keep it. Now go put that thing back.

STRONG MAD: IT FOLLOWED ME HOME!!!

STRONG BAD: Uh, yeah. That's not true.

• Click the top plug outlet at the end to see an additional scene with Homestar Runner.

{Homestar is standing in what seems to be the Field.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Homestar Runner, you have truly outdone yourself!

{Pan out to reveal Homestar in a box labeled "blue face man's store" over the removed Bubs' Concession Stand's foundation.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Old Mr. Bubs will never know the difference!

Fun Facts

Explanations

• KOTHS stands for "King of Town High School". Most American high schools have marching bands.

Trivia

• When this toon was first advertised on the site, you could not view either version. After a few minutes, the Flash file was released. The regular version was released a little while later. (NOTE: This bullet point makes no sense and should be clarified. It referrs to viewing "either version." I see no indication of what these versions are. It also referrs to a "regular version." What is this. This point needs clarification such that someone who is unfamiliar will understand.)
• All twelve main characters appear in this toon.

Remarks

• The two Homsars is another instance of twin characters.
• The site of Bubs' Concession Stand is shown in this toon without a basement, contradicting geddup noise, or else the box Homestar is standing in is covering the hole down to it.
• The foliage in the background of the parade has changed to fall colors, but the foliage is still green behind Homestar Runner as he stands on the site of Bubs' Concession Stand.
• When Strong Sad goes into a trance, both of his eyes resemble Bubs' smaller eye.
  • Strong Sad previously had one Bubs-style eye in the Strong Bad Emails caffeine and boring (really).

Goofs

• The long string of clouds moves in the close-up of the Pom Pom balloon and disappears in the close-ups of Homestar Runner, Strong Bad and Strong Sad.

Inside References

• The "pardon our problems" screen is in the same format as the "technical difficulties" screen from pizzaz.
• The nunchaku Strong Bad uses is from Dangeresque's "nunchuck-gun" in dangeresque 3.
• This is another appearance of sticky notes.
• Coach Z wears a fez similar to those of the two Homsars in his role as Renaldo in the Dangeresque series.
• The wagon supporting Strong Bad's float is the Wagon Fulla Pancakes minus the pancakes.
• When the KOTHS band first appears, it plays the theme song from The King of Town DVD.

Real-World References

• The theme of a "Fall Float Parade" is a reference to many Thanksgiving Day Parades, most notably the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a large parade taking place in New York on Thanksgiving each year.
• The fez-wearing Homsars in the little cars are modeled after the Shriners, who also appear often in parades.
• "You say tomato, I say tomatamorts" is a reference to George and Ira Gershwin's 1937 hit song Let's Call the Whole Thing Off.

External Links

• Watch "Fall Float Parade"
• View the Flash file for "Fall Float Parade"
• Forum thread re: Fall Float Parade