Talk:secret identity

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Past our bedtimes

It has finally happened! I discovered and watched this Strong Bad email before the Wiki knew that it existed. Ah, sweet success.Triumvir 10:31, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

You mean not counting the fact that I started the toon page several minutes before you posted anything? ;) — It's dot com 10:35, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it let me create the page and found no conflicts when I did. I guess you just started editing it before me  :-) Triumvir 10:42, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Well, I realize I'm tooting my own horn here, but I'm pretty sure my edit was before yours. :) — It's dot com 12:36, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Ugh! you can do that!? Oh and hi Triumvir! Welcome to the wiki! --Stux 14:30, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

...And how exactly is that an accomplishment?

Agentjs03 21:36, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Dunno where to put it, but

The .wad file extension is most famous for its use on data files for Doom. -- Vorn

simpsons?

Isn't "worst mayo party ever" a reference to the simpsons? You know, Comic Book Guy: Worst ____ Ever!" --TheGreatLogini 12:43, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

That's currently in dispute on the STUFF page for this toon. NFITC1 15:58, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

brokeback Laramie?

did anyone else think about brokeback mountain when the cowboy picture came up or is there another cowboy reference that I might be missing. I R F 12:53, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I did, but I still don't think it's a reference. More likely, Laramie is a popular setting for westerns... come to think of it, I think I'll add that. Terlet Brush 19:01, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Isn't Laramie a brand of cigarettes on the Simpsons, with a wild west theme (sort of like Marlboro)?

I totally thought the same thing. Don't know if it's worth referencing, but then with all the press the movie's gotten...--Impulse2, who needs to register

Actually, the town of Laramie is sort of famous for a hate crime which killed a gay man. There is a play about it entitled The Laramie Project.--Lucyinthesky 22:24, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I think two possible Simpsons references in one toon is too coincidental to be a coincedence. Salty^Talk! 23:54, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

The reason that the Simpsons chose "Laramie" as the popular cigarette brand is to parody Marlboro cigarettes, which are also cowboy-themed. Point is, Laramie's cowboy connotations came before the Simpsons. In fact, Wikipedia has an article on the Jimmy Stewart western The Man from Laramie. Terlet Brush 05:53, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Nintendogs?

Is the video game "where you pretend to be a dog" Nintendogs? Or possibly Animal Crossing? Neither of those really counts since you're not actually pretending to be a dog or frog. There was another one, a non-DS one, where you actually pretend to be a dog, but I forget its name off the top of my head. - [User:Octan|Octan] Jan 25 2005, 8:38AM EST

A Dog's Life, for the PS2. --ENUSY 13:37, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Hm...aren't you a frog in Frogger?--Martin925 23:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I say Frogger and Nintendogs. Or perhaps Dog's Life for PS2... --MrsCommanderson 00:36, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

a lot of work for one small comment

When SB talks about seeing the Poopsmith and himself together, I was thinking that TBC put there just to gives us work to do. It would take a bit of work, but does anyone find it worth it to list all of the times that SB and TPS have appeared in the same frame...or is that just too much work which will just amount to one small comment such as, "depsite trying to claim that he has never been seen with the poopsmith, they appeared together in ______, _____, and ______." I R F 13:40, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Three words: big white face. And don't forget couch patch. And rock opera. And Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon. And Parsnips-a-Plenty. — Has Matt? (talk) 13:44, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I know, there are a bunch, but is it worth trying to find them all? I R F 13:50, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Doubt it. But who knows what bored people with no lives will do. :P - Joshua 13:52, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Especially bored wiki people. I R F 13:56, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

And labor day... — Has Matt? (talk) 14:00, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Like in The Geddup Noise, I made this to help make tedious searches like this one. The only thing it doesn't have is regular toons. --Stux 14:32, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

You know, I remeber seeing that but I couldn't find it. SB and TPS have also appeared in several Halloween toons together. I R F 14:44, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

By the way, Parsnips-a-Plenty doesn't really count because it's an Old Timey Era with different characters. – The Chort 19:04, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Don't forget A Jumping Jack Contest == About Me ==

I am a regular kind of guy, hang out with friends, edit the wiki, and so on. I enjoy playing video games, and am a die-hard Legend of Zelda fan.

How I found Homestar, and the Wiki

HRWiki:Userboxes

EM This user has an Email address, but he's not telling you it.

This user is wants to be playing better video games.

This user doesn't know what's fun about eating less candy.

This user has more than two problems.

This user's brother owns strongbad_email.exe.

This user actually thinks Firebert IS a good Commando name.

GO This user found the wiki from a Google search.

This user thinks Marshie is not a good mascot.

I first heard of Homestar from my oldest brother, who would watch the toons before he went off to school. I later heard about the site from a friend of mine. A few toons, and I was hooked. I cannot tell you how many accounts I have created over several different sites based off of Homestar. I came upon the wiki when I Google searched "Homestar". I wanted to find a place where I could find all the easter eggs, and some explanations about the jokes. I found this site, created a username, and the rest was history.

Favorite Stuffs

Short: 4 Gregs

Sb Email: alternate universe

Puppet stuff: Labor Day

Game: Kid Speedy

Favorite Monty Python And the Holy Grail Quotes

"How do you know she is a witch?"

• "well, she turned me into a newt!"

"A newt?"

• "...I got better."

"What do you do with witches?"

• "Burn them!!!"

"And what do you burn with witches?"

• "MORE WITCHES!!!" *Whump* "Wood."

"And of Course, Sir-Not-Appearing-in-This-Film."

"We are the knights who say...Icky-icky tang Zooppwoinwarangle..."

"And you must cut down the tallest tree in the forest, WIITH..A HERRING!"

Superman reference

Ms Fessmocker (sp?) is a reference to the female henchman(woman?) of Lex Luthor in the first Superman movie. Does this mean that the cheat is female? Maybe... probably not. It does kind of make sense that the cheat would pick a henchman of a villian as a fake name.

Would make even more sense if this was signed...--ISlayedTheKerrek 15:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

The Poopsmith and I?

Shouldn't that be "The Poopsmith and me?" -- Mycroft Holmes 14:53, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Nope. The correct pronoun to use is 'I'. --Musachan 15:11, 25 January 2006 (UTC)Musachan

Hmmmm ... but, wouldn't you say "Have you ever seen us together"? You + me = us. You + I = we. -- Mycroft Holmes 15:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

It should be "me", not "I". — It's dot com 16:06, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes. Because it is so drilled in everyone's head that you must always say "{someone} and I" (instead of "me and {someone}") in the subject of a sentence, people often don't realize that they should instead say "{someone} and me" instead in the predicate. The usage of I/me is exactly the same as if you were only speaking of yourself, and I/me should always be written last. --Jay (Gobble) 16:29, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

My English teacher taught me to take out the extra phrase (in this case, "The Poopsmith") and see how the sentence should be without it. It would be "Have you ever seen me in...", so, it would be me. Salty^Talk! 03:19, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

"(person) and me" is a terrible Americanization. Technically it should say "..and I", or better still in my eyes, the reflective "and myself". Eitherway it's an Americanization only. 62.137.135.77 05:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Say to yourself: "Have you ever seen I with The Poopsmith?" Does that sound fluid at all? "Me" is the only word that fits there. The structure of the sentence (other than the prepositional phrase) does not change by adding "The Poopsmith" to "I/me". "The Poopsmith and me" is the only correct option. What's more, the reflexive is only appropriate when the subject and object are the same entity. See also: Hypercorrection. --Jay (Gobble) 05:44, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

You beat me to it! I was about to say that. But to reiterate anyway: "myself" is only to be used as a grammatical particle in a sentence (negating quotes of course, gotta cover all the bases) if and only if (iff for those math-types like me) "I" is the subject of the sentence. Since the subject is "You", then "myself" should never appear in the sentence. NFITC1 16:06, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Real Genius

Could "I heart Toxic Waste" be a reference to the T-shirt Chris Knight wears in the eighties movie Real Genius?

Yeah that plus the pink bunny slippers and bath robe - he looked sort of like a cross between Chris Knight and that professor at the end, when they're both wearing the slippers.

These edit conflicts are REALLY cheesing me off!

I just want to state, for the record, that I'm still very highly annoyed by receiving Edit Conflict after Edit Conflict when other people's edits have nothing to do with mine. (Someone makes a change in the transcript while I'm editing Inside References: Edit conflict.) This wasn't a problem before. —  KieferSkunk (talk) — 19:15, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually, it used to be a problem, then it was "fixed" (but extremely glitchy; ie. One edit would auto-revert the previous edit in many cases), and then the "fix" was fixed. --Jay (Gobble) 19:20, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

You're not kidding. ._. I went through, like, nine edit conflicts to change "great" to "Greek" and remove that extra bit about Bubs. This has not been a good day so far, but that's too off topic. --DorianGray

Yeah, ironically the same complaint has been posted here. I posted a similar reply to Jay's except I didn't know if the fix had been fixed. --Stux 19:37, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

SB's facial hair

Where was it that we saw Strong Bad working on growing a moustache and all he could manage was one tiny hair? Wherever that was, it seems to contradict his ability to grow stubble as Vance Mudgeman. Terlet Brush 19:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Maybe he can only grow the hair when he's taking on his alternate persona ;) --Stux 19:31, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Or it could be fake. --Jay (Gobble) 19:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

By the way, the pathetic tiny hair was seen in theme park. And who said he really takes the identity of Vance Mudgeman? He could be messing about with us. Remember highschool? – The Chort 19:45, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes, it could be fake, but this email seems more, I dunno, real than just a made-up Strong Bad fantasy (which highschool certainly was). — It's dot com 19:50, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I think that you could get a real big ice cream headache if you try to just reality from fiction in a toon where only one character resembles a human, most don't have arms (debatedly), and the narrator SB, has the maturity of some of the adolescents that I see on those judge shows. So, lets me understand this...He is a charachter on a website that thinks he's real, but also knows that he is performing and can actively let us in on events that he made up and his dreams which happened to be conveniently downloaded onto tangerine dreams for us to view. In this case, ignorance is bliss. I R F 22:22, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Mr. Chamberlain = Pom Pom?

Given Pom Pom's attraction to and luck with the ladies, and Wilt Chamberlain's legendary prowess, is it possible that Mr. Chamberlain would be Pom Pom's pseudo-name? -- Mycroft Holmes 19:43, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I was thinking Strong Mad, actually. But either way, what does "COMPED" mean? --Jay (Gobble) 19:45, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Bubs didn't charge Mr. Chamberlain, the room was COMP-limentary. -- Mycroft Holmes 19:48, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Not to mention that only Pom Pom would be likely to get the Posh suite. That leaves only Mr. Allen Poe, who I think is Strong Sad. He had a pic of him for his blog once, I think. He'd also be into that kind of story, and would definitely require a double bed. --DorianGray

Very good points. I was actually only thinking of Strong Mad because of his tendency to wear costumes related to sports stars (which, admittedly, Pom Pom did once too.) And I recalled the name being mentioned on the site once before, though it actually turned out to be in 50K Racewalker. --Jay (Gobble) 19:52, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

EDC: Didn't Pom pom dess up as Kobe Bryant once? Ooo! I guessed the link right! What team did chamberlain play for? --Stux 19:55, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

EDCx2: Oh and both played for the Lakers. --Stux 19:58, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not big on sports. You're lucky that I correctly realized that he was a basketball player. --Jay (Gobble) 19:57, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

House of Portraits

Isn't the trailer SB is in for the "Daddy" secret identity the same one as in portrait?-- Benol, aka Coach B 20:06, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Yes it is. This has been mentioned. --DorianGray

Daemon

The word "daemon" can be correctly pronounced "DEE-mon" or "DAY-mon". See here for more info. ClamIAm 20:38, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the link - I went ahead and pulled the pronunciation note from the transcript. —  KieferSkunk (talk) — 23:02, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Easter Eggs

Is it just me, or was the easter egg at the end with strong sad added some time after the tune was origionally put up? I remember looking for one at the end and not finding one, and then checking the wiki and not seeing it listed. Snowboardpunk

Did you actually check, as in, with the "tab" key? If not, then you could have easily missed any egg. — Lapper (talk) 20:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

But to answer your question, yes, it was added later. --DorianGray

Yeah when I saw it earlier this morning I was surprised not to see an egg either. Now I have to go back and watch it again! :) --Stux 21:03, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Whaddaya Know, Reference-Man?

• Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man? is playing on the TV in the Mudgeman home.

I pulled this item from Inside References because I listened several times to the Mudgeman scene, and I could not hear anything that sounded like Homsar's show. Figured I'd post it here in Talk, though. —  KieferSkunk (talk) — 23:17, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Actually it sounds like the chords from Caleb Rentpayer, but I can't tell for sure. --11945 (^Talk/_Ctrbs) 23:36, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

I think it's definitely Haddi-Man on the TV. Some proof? Just as Strong Bad says "Jeffery Beffery", you can here that "doo-doo-DOO-doo" tune, but the words are hard to make out. While he's saying "Mudgeman", you can clearly here the words "make some new". --VolatileChemical 00:43, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

But there's also quite a bit of other noise in the background that wasn't there in for kids - whether that's part of the TV show or coming from elsewhere in the trailer, I don't know. —  KieferSkunk (talk) — 00:46, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I clearly hear the line "we'll make some new friends..." (everything else is obscured by Strong Bad's voice). Jonnny 05:40, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I hear it too. Though it might be coming from the other room, where the kids are. (That wouldn't explain what Strong Bad's watching and why we can't hear it though.) - [User:Octan|Octan] Jan 26 2006, 9:45PM EST

Seriously, it IS Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man. You just need better headphones. I'm putting it back.

My Name Bubs

I believe the Bubs' nametag is a reference to his line My name cornbread in the Decemberween Pageant. Anyone else agree?--Martin925 00:01, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Me, I thought of "My name Bubs. This is my regulah voice" from Sample of Style, which was made into a Quote of the Week. --DorianGray

Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. It could be that too. They were both made Quote of The Week.--Martin925 00:15, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I thought of "mine name cornbread" but I knew he said something similar somewheres. I think it could be a reference, maybe. Salty^Talk! 03:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I think it could be a little Bubs idiosyncronicity by now. (Spelling help, anyone?) --DorianGray

Girl on magazine

who am I?

Jackie Chapman

Who could be the girl on the woman's magazine?--Martin925 00:17, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

It of course could be Missy Palmer, but I'm leaning more towards Jackie Chapman, simply because it looks a bit more like her (from what we can see). Of course, it could be someone we don't know. —Zelinda 00:24, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Well guys, judge for yourselves: --Stux 02:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Um. I can't tell either. --Stux 02:17, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

What I don't get is why somebody uploaded another Scarf after I already had one. Anyway, I think it looks a lot like Jackie Chapman after comparing with this: (picture at bottom right) Salty^Talk! 03:32, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I agee with Mibluvr, it's probably a third person. When it comes to making a descision about this picture, VolatileChemical thinks third person is the best way to go. That's a joke, by the way. And either hyperlink that picture, or scale it down. --VolatileChemical 03:33, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Edit conflictOh I guess someone already uploaded a version. And she even has a page of her own too! --Stux 03:35, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Turns out yours was uploaded first, I was getting ready to tag mine for deletion before i got the conflict. --Stux 03:36, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

PoopBad Image

I've uploaded the image of poopbad to here: [1] can someone put it on the site?

This is Fanstuff. Please don't upload it onto the Knowledge Base. —BazookaJoe 01:46, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Uh...fraid not. It's the image that appears as an easter egg in the actual email. Click on "so apparently I'm not The Poopsmith" as they're being spoken. Oh, and I'll try to find somewhere to put it. --VolatileChemical 01:49, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Oops, I guess I didn't see that Easter egg. My bad. —BazookaJoe 01:53, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

It's already on some page somewhere, though, so uploading it is still unnecessary. Check the recent images gallery. --DorianGray

Great. It already exists. Now you tell me, after I've already uploaded it. Oh, well. I'll just put it at Minor Character Variations, see how that works out. I'll call this monstrosity Poopbad, because that's the only name I've heard of so far. --VolatileChemical 02:11, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Now the question is: Which entry do we get rid of: the one at Other Character Variations or the one at Strong Bad Other Costumes? --DorianGray

Hey! DorianGray! I was just thinking about how you're pleasantly ubiquitous. I'd say the Strong Bad Other Costumes one. It's not a costume, it's a hypothetical amalgamation. By this logi , could just as easily be called a Poopsmith costume. Plus, Poopbad is as tall as TPS, which means he could be in a costume that size, but SB couldn't have a costume that height unless that entire head is a very realistic mask. --VolatileChemical 03:29, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree with you wholeheartedly, actually. Plus I prefer the Variations pic, coz it has no extra stuff in the background. --DorianGray

Lodgings?

Has no one else noticed that Bub's is running a hotel with no rooms? There is a chance they are off screen but this is shattered by the fact Homestar appears from behind the stand, could the rooms be hidden in the supposed Basment? or does Bub's make them sleep on the ground behind the stand? :P

Probably the basement. --VolatileChemical 01:50, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I ♥ Flint

Is it just me, or are these emails verging on documentary format? I mean, it used to be Strong Bad answering the emailer's question, then showing an example of him doing it/seeing it/showing it. But now, it's Strong Bad saying he often does a certain thing, and then they'll switch to "stock footage" of him doing that thing. More often than not, he narrates the clip. Like in "secret identity" itself, with Strong Bad describing all his alter-ego's, and then suddenly switching to him as that ego in the past. The clips must be in the past because the Tip Tappers one is during the night, and Strong Bad wouldn't take two days to answer an email).

Either that, or he'll say he's going to do something, and then the "directors" switch to other people talking about what he did without showing him doing it. Even though you don't see him doing it, it no doubt happened, due to the character's reaction. This proves the declaration of intent to exercise a certain action, the action-doing itself, and reaction of the other characters are all "filmed". Whether they're edited out or not varies.

Sometimes, Strong Bad (or, in this case, Bubs) will say he's going to do something, then they skip the doing, and go straight to the reaction. Like in virus. Declaration: Bubs says he's going to shotgun the Compy; Reaction: Strong Bad runs off crying and Homestar hops on one leg. The action is skipped. Other times, the declaration is stated, completed, and then reacted to. In modeling, Strong Bad says he's going to get Pom Pom take pictures of him, then he does this, and him and Strong Sad talk about it at the end. Other times, Strong Bad will say he'll do something, then he'll do it, and finish the email without showing the reaction. In ghosts, Strong Bad says he'll sweep Strong Badia for paranormal activity with The Cheat, and he does, but then he ends the email ends without anyone reacting to it.

I'm sorry that I've taken up so much space with those last two paragraphs, and I just wrote those parts to prove that every action and reaction in these emails are filmed, but some parts are edited out. Okay, so: we got stock footage, editing, talking only to the camera numerous times instead of to someone else or writing the response, plus the fact that he's answering real life fan mail...even though you guys probably won't believe b/w agree with me, but I think these emails have long surpassed fourth wall breakings, and are now full-fledged mockumentaries.

*prepares for the annoying barage of disagreements or personal insults or threats on my life coming from the same condescendingly ubiquitous group of users who get into every moderately imporatant argument on toon pages that seems to follow me like the tail of a snake on that cell phone game* --VolatileChemical 01:46, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I disagree you *** **** $&$$*@!!! ***** chinese dentist! I'ma kill — err, gotta be firm. Well, I'm kinda not sure I see what your point is. If most emails fall under one of those few categories, then most, if not all, well not all, but a lot, of emails are like that, so it kinda hasn't "changed", but what do you expect? Him to say he did something, then the email ends? It's kinda the only way to do things, unless you want every email to be like some kinda robot. Salty^Talk! 03:40, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

TBC are known to like Arrested Development, which cuts to different scenes and/or back in time in documentary style. Maybe they like that type of format and are either intentionally using it or subconsciously being influenced by it. — It's dot com 03:53, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Not My E-Mail, Yo

The Chaps didn't use my e-mail. That's just the way life goes, I guess. Has anyone noticed that Strong Bad has never answered an e-mail from a wiki user? Whatever, I guess I should watch this one. Kinda pointless, but hey, I don't have much life beyond Homestar. — Darth Katana X ( )

Actually, they have. montage was sent in by a wiki user. --DorianGray

There's been more than that. There was animal (sent by kerrek slaya) and.... that's it. It makes me wonder, if there's so many wiki users, how could only two have there email picked, out of all the percentage of Homestar Runner fans, that comes out to about 1.4% of emails checked sent by wiki users. There's gotta be more than 1% of fans being wiki fans, right? Salty^Talk! 03:44, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

It wouldn't shock me in the least if that statistic was exactly right... if not on the generous side. --Jay (Gobble) 03:48, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Well... actually. If you look at things from a different perspective, 1.4% might not be so bad after all: considering the number of H*R fans that contribute to this wiki (out of ~5,000 registered users, i'd say maybe 1,000 if not less are or have been active and/or legitimate). Let's be generous and say we have 4,000 registered users. I don't know the actual statistics, but I think i read somewhere that TBC has ~1,000,000 hits a month. So i'll be conservative and estimate that there are 500,000 H*R fans in existence. That's roughly 0.8% of the fan population that contributes to the wiki. Less conservative estimates (say 2,500 contributors and 750,000 fans) yield smaller numbers (in this case 0.3333%). So, by comparison, one could argue that the proportions of accepted wikian emails vs. general fan populations is bigger, or something. I should be doing my stats HW instead of this. --Stux 04:05, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

"Sign-in Book" Fun Facts

What about moving all the "Guestbook Fun Facts", (there's over a dozen, from the references of the names, to who's behind the names) into one "Special Fun Fact" subheading? Much like we did with Strong Bad's List Of 3 Letter Words? Perhaps in a table or something? It's kind of hard to figure out just who's who, and why, when the fun facts are all around everwhere. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 05:11, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I'd agree to that. I think it'd look neat. Although when I first saw this edit summary, I was thinkin' "Why the crap is he writing about guestbooks here?" --DorianGray

I keep getting edit conflicted, so I'll just leave him to it and mention it here. It somehow needs to mention "Why The Bed", and have a Wikipedia link somewhere there for the person referenced. ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 05:21, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I got the main layout finished, anyway. --Jay (Gobble) 05:27, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

The wiki-link for "Mr. Tesmacher" doesn't explain it at all, as far as I can tell the article doesn't have "tesmacher" in it at all. Anybody know anything about Tesmacher to get a better link or something? ⇔Thunderbird⇔ 05:41, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Eh, it made sense when there was a separate fact explaining it, which is the only case where I really think that even might be necessary without a better link. --Jay (Gobble) 05:42, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Skull Barette

The skull-and-bone barette that Cara Carabowditbowdit wears is really ringing a bell for me, but I can't quite place it. It's possible that I'm thinking of Elmyra, from Tiny Toon Adventures, who wore a bow in her hair with a skull in the middle, but I still feel like there's someone more directly similar. Some sort of comic strip or comic book character? Anyone? --TheNicestGuy 14:15, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Real-world References

The items listed in Bub's guestbook are real people and belong in real world references... just as they do in every single other toon. Just because other H*R character take those name as their pseudonym doesn't negate their existence as a real world reference. Please stop removing that section! I R F 15:13, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

They were listed as references in the special section. There's no reason to split them up like that. — It's dot com 15:14, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I think that this is improper and out of line with every other toon. There is no good reason to seperate those real-world references from the others for the reasons stated above. I kindly ask that you revert your edit on this one. I R F 15:20, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm fine with it being a special case. (We have other special cases in 50 emails, boring (really), and bottom 10, just to name a few.) If it was just one or two lines, it wouldn't be so bad, but in this case we shouldn't present such lengthy information separately. — It's dot com 15:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Hi guys! I was disconnected for a little bit so I missed all the fun. The reason I made the reorganization was as a result of the different edits surrounding this theme. Having this information spread out like this seemed to me a little haphazard and redundant. So I opted to combine all this information into one subsection for clarity. (I originally had Halloween Potion-ma-jig in mind as a framework, but now that I see it, it's a different kind of organization; Dot com's examples are better.) Nevertheless, this structure seemed more logical and reasonable than what had been in place. So I think it is reason enough to break with our typical structure and do things a little differently :) Now, to DO that stats hw i've been griping about for days. --Stux 15:39, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

floppy disk stuff

This thread has been moved to Talk:Strong Bad Email → Floppy Disk Container due to its relevance to each of the emails, not just this one.

Real Genius!

Puppet Homestar sings a song from Real Genius in this video from a convention. Coincedence? I think not! Except, I don't know where to put this or even whether it should be put somewhere at all. --11945 (^Talk/_Ctrbs) 16:25, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Type Writer Room

The room where Strong Bad as Cara Caraboutitboutit(sp?) is typing his article, is very similar to the room in The Interview where he is also typing.

Yes, it is. That's why Smoky Office was added to the "Places" section of the page. – The Chort 17:49, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

Another goof

Did anyone else notice that there is a grammatical error on the cover of "Scarfgirl" magazine? It should be "Are politics bad?" not "Is politics bad?". I'm not sure if this is worth noting, so I thought I'd mention it here instead and let all of you regulars decide. (originally posted by anonymous poster)

"Politics" is a singular noun, so "politics is ..."/"Is politics ...?" is the correct verb tense usage. Definition 1 from the American Heritage Dictionary (quoted from dictionary.com):

(used with a sing. verb) The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.

Political science.

Spell4yr 21:05, 26 January 2006 (UTC)