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[[Image:indabasement.PNG|200px|thumb|"We're, uh, doing The Cheat's taxes"]]
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Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat play a Trogdor! Arcade game in da basement.
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Trogdor}}
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'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]
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'''Date:''' March 17, 2003
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'''Running Time:''' 1:41
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'''Page title:''' Quite Exciting This Computer Magic!
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== Transcript ==
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''{We start with a familiar scene, Compy. Except Strong Bad isn't there, and there's a sticky note on the screen saying "in da basement  -sb".}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Strong Bad! ''{walks up to the computer}'' Hey Strong Bad, can I borrow your fondue pot again? Oh. You're not here. I'll get to the bottom of this!
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''{He sits down at the computer and starts typing. While he says everything correctly, he misspells "Strong Bad".}''
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<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">Dear Stong Bah,<br />
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Where are you?<br />
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Your friend,<br />
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Homestar</blockquote>
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{notices the note}'' Oh! "In da basement. From SB." Ohhh, that must stand for Stong Bah.
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''{He stands up and heads for da basement. Upon arriving he finds Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat playing TROGDOR! the arcade game.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey guys! Whatcha playin'?
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, playin'? No, we're, uh, we're doing The Cheat's taxes.
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'''STRONG MAD:''' W-2!!!
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Bo-ring. I don't wanna play that.
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''{Homestar walks off. The game blips.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Argh! Stupid peasant.
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''{He kicks the arcade machine, which says, in a computer voice, "Trogdor!" (pronounced like "Troggador").}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoah! Pretty cool! ''{kicks it twice more, with the same results}'' All right, who's next?
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, fine.
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''{Strong Bad gets off the stool to let The Cheat on, but he just looks at Strong Bad, and makes more noises.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, right. Here ya go, little buddy.
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''{He lifts him onto the stool and the theme music begins playing. As soon as it's over...}''
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'''STRONG BAD and STRONG MAD:''' TROGDOR!
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''{The game says "Trogdor!" and The Cheat begins playing.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoah, nice move! You're the master!
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''{[[The Paper]] comes down with a link to play the Trogdor arcade game. After a little while, Homestar comes back with a stack of papers.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, can you guys do my taxes next? ... You guys? ... Man, that's one big adding machine.
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== Easter Eggs ==
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*If you wait for Homestar to come by and ask them to do his taxes - after he says, "Man, that is one big adding machine" you can click on the [[TROGDOR!]] game to make it say "[[Trogdor]]." 
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*You can click on the top of Homestar's pile of papers to see his expenses:
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<blockquote>Homestar Runner's<br>
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2002 Expenditures<br>
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________________________<br>
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$150 - pork b/w beans<br>
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$2,000 - witch's brew<br>
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$4,000 - refinance my hat<br>
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$2.07 - Marzipan gift<br>
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$1,000 - Fluffypuffs<br>
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$500 - monthly protection<br>
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to SB<br>
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$500 - monthly protection<br>
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to SM<br>
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$500 - monthly protection<br>
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to The C.<br>
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$75 - straps and practice</blockquote>
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:*When you have Homestar's expenses displayed, you can click and hold on the last item in the list "straps and practice" to see a picture of something that looks like a hand-drawn baseball card.
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== Fun Facts ==
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=== Trivia ===
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*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#manhunter new york|manhunter new york]]".
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=== Remarks ===
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*On the Monday following [[the show]], there was no new [[Strong Bad Email]].  Instead, there was a post-it note that said "In da Basement".  If you clicked on it, it took you to the aformentioned toon short. 
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*Homestar's total expenditures come out to $8727.07.
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*The top paper in Homestar's stack of papers says "important document #402".
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*The Cheat is using his left hand to play the arcade game.
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*Some of the sounds used in this toon are slightly off from their game counterparts. The peasant burnination sound is higher pitched and the squished peasant sound is played faster.
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=== Glitches ===
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*At the start, the Compy's contrast knob is there. When Homestar comes in it is missing, but you can click it anyway. It doesn't do anything either time.
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=== Inside References ===
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*Pork [[b/w]] beans refers to the Strong Bad Email [[helium]], in which [[Marzipan]] and Homestar discuss the subject briefly. <!--B/W NOW HAS ITS OWN PAGE The abbreviation "w/" for "with" is not used, instead it's "b/w" which was used on old vinyl records and singles to refer to the B-side ("b/w" = "backed with").-->
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*"Hey Strong Bad, can I borrow your [[Strong Bad's Fondue Pot|fondue pot]] again?" refers to [[50 emails]].
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*This is another appearance of the [[Witches' Brew]].
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=== Real World References ===
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*Strong Mad says "[[Wikipedia:Form_W-2|W-2]]!", which is an [[Wikipedia:U.S. Internal Revenue Service|IRS]] tax form.
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*The page title "Quite exciting this computer magic" is a quote from the movie [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258 "This Is Spinal Tap"].  One of the band members (Viv Savage) says it while playing [[Wikipedia:Atari|Atari]] in the tour bus.
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== External Links ==
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*[[HR:arcadegame.html|watch "Arcade Game"]]
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*[[HR:arcadegame.swf|view the Flash file for "Arcade Game"]]
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[[Category:Toons]]
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