Strongest Man in the World

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"Really quite an impressive bowl!"

The Brothers Chaps celebrate Homestar Runner's 10th anniversary by retelling the original story.

Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, Strong Bad, The Cheat, The Announcer, Mr. Bland, The Robot (storybook), Señor, The Grape Fairie, The Fat Bee

Places: The Field, Gymnasium...

Date: August 21, 2006

Running Time: 4:25

Page Title: The Homestar Runner Enters the Longest Page Title on the Website Contest!

Transcript

{The cover page of Original Book appears. The book opens and the first page of appears.}

{Homestar Runner changes into his modern form. The book pans away to The Field.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Everybody loves a'me! I'm a terrific athlete!

{Pom Pom enters and gets out a flier}

POM POM: {bubble noises}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: A strongest man in the world contest? {pan to a closeup of Homestar Runner} Sweet dog, you know I'm all over it.

{Pan to the Gymnasium, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are wearing aerobic gear and lifting weights.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Exercise, Pom Pom! Lemme see ya pour on that exercise! That strangest man in the world contest ain't gonna win itself!

{Pan to a scene of the setting sun. Silhouettes of Homestar Runner and Pom Pom jump up and high five each other. Fade out.}

{Back to The Field, where Homestar Runner and Pom Pom are walking to the right.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Man, Pom Pom, I feel great! I feel fresh as a bagel! I bet I could lift fifty stringiest man in the world contests!

{They approach a sign pointing the way to the contest, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are waiting.}

STRONG BAD: Oh, look, The Cheat! If it isn't the big, fat, yellow blob and Pom Pom!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {looks annoyed} Hey! {looks behind himself} W— wait. {looks annoyed again} Hey! {looks behind himself} W— wait. {looks annoyed again} Hey! {not annoyed} Wait—

STRONG BAD: Lemme break it down for you like this: I am the very strongest. While on the other hand, inversely, you guys are not very strong!

POM POM: {looks angry, loud bubble noises}

STRONG BAD: {looks surprised}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Whoa, Pom Pom! Let's tone down the language before the contest, huh?

STRONG BAD: Come on, The Cheat. We'd better go start signing autographs. There's a pretty big line building up over there. {He and The Cheat exit}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {looks annoyed} Come on, Pom Pom! Let's go get Strong Bad's autograph! I hear there's a pretty big line building up.

{Cheering voices over momentarily before cutting to a banner reading "Strongest Man In The World Contest".}

THE ANNOUNCER: {voiceover over microphone} Ladies and gentlemen, you can not be ready for the {pan down to show The Announcer} Strongest Man In The World Contest! {flips microphone from one hand to the other} Let's meet our smokin' hot contestants! {cut to a silhouette of Mr. Bland with disco lights in the background} Heiling from the middle of the road, the prince of plain, the master of mudane...{spotlight turns on} Mr. Bland.

{Cut to a beige background of panning cubes and "mr. bland" scrolls to the right. Mr. Bland strikes an action pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}

THE ANNOUNCER: And next, our returning champion, the walking {cut to a smiliar disco lights scene with The Robot in silhouette} metal robot... The Robot! {a spotlight shines on The Robot and he waves}

{A blue background of screws and hex nuts pans in, and "The Robot" appears while Mr. Robot holds a waving pose. Cut back to The Announcer.}

THE ANNOUNCER: And from foreign lands, a foreign man, {cut to the disco scene with Señor in silhouette} Señor Ha-Ha-Ha-Havin' A Little Trouble!

{A brown background of beans pans in, and "Señor" appears while Señor strikes an action pose.}

THE ANNOUNCER: And...

{Cut to silhouettes of Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar Runner, who's respective spotlights turn on as their names are mentioned.}

THE ANNOUNCER: {quickly} Pom-Pom-Strong-Bad-and-Homestar. {Homestar looks surprised} {Cut back to The Announcer} Grape Fairie! Hit me with da rules!

{Pan up to The Grape Fairie riding his bee. He makes a scroll appear that reads "Rules".}

THE GRAPE FAIRIE: All right, you stupid brains, listen up smart. I start yas each off with like twenty grapes. {a pile of grapes takes the place of the floating scroll} Then I adds one at a time. {a grape appears above the pile} The bum who holds the most grapes {a golden bowl-shaped trophy appears in place of the grapes} wins this golbol.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {voiceover; sounds impressed} Dang, Pom Pom, you see that goldbol? {zoom in on the golbol} That's a nice golbol.

THE ANNOUNCER: Let's get this over with!

THE GRAPE FAIRIE: Olly oop. {zaps a pile of grapes on top of the contestants}

MR. BLAND: {monotonously} Okay.... This is going really well. {The pile of grapes crushes Mr. Bland.} Oh.

{Cut to silhoettes of everyone on a yellow background.}

THE ANNOUNCER: {voiceover} Down goes Bland!

THE GRAPE FAIRIE: Ka-bu op! {pings a single grape over each contestant}

{Cut to Señor, impossibly balancing the entire pile on one hand.}

SEÑOR: Oh, no, boy. I'm havin' a little trouble! {The pile falls on Señor with a "Sblounskched!" He sticks his arm out of the grapes} I still alive!

{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat, with Pom Pom in the background.}

STRONG BAD: Hey, The Cheat—

THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}

STRONG BAD: —I hear our friend The Robot is about to do a set of his acoustic numbers. Or should I say, unplugged?

THE CHEAT: {affirmative The Cheat noises} {salutes}

{The cheat slides to the feet of The Robot, who is apparently plugged into an outlet on a very small section of wall out of nowhere.}

THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises} {looks around, unplugs The Robot's cord, and slides away} {The Cheat noises}

{Cut to The Robot, who shuts down and drops the pile of grapes. General sad "Aw"s among the crowd are heard.}

{Cut to Homestar, whose grapes appear to be floating in mid-air, due to his lack of visible arms.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {looks around} Did nobody just see that?! Judge? Fairie? Giant bee?

{Cut to The Grape Fairie and The Announcer.}

THE GRAPE FAIRIE:

THE ANNOUNCER: Really quite an impressive bowl.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {off screen} Hellooo?

THE GRAPE FAIRIE: Oh. Right.

{Cut to Pom Pom, Strong Bad, and Homestar.}

THE GRAPE FAIRIE: {poofs another grape on top of everyone} Crazy eights!

{Strong Bad begins to loose his grip on the grapes.}

STRONG BAD: The Cheat? Big help here!

THE CHEAT: {rushes over} {The Cheat noises}

STRONG BAD: Okay.... Even it out a bit there on the south side.

THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}

STRONG BAD: Jump her up.

{Cut to Homestar.}

'HOMESTAR RUNNER: All right, seriously. The first year was cute. But this is just borderline unsportsmanlike! Let me outline my master plan. I will (a) drop my grapes, and (b) uncover that cheat! {drops his grapes; walks over to Strong Bad and The Cheat} Could I just borrow this for a second? {grabs The Cheat}

THE CHEAT: {surprised The Cheat noises}

{Homestar kicks The Cheat about his feet like a hackey-sack, then does a slow-motion flip and kicks The Cheat straight backwards over his head.}

STRONG BAD: {melodramatically} Oh-nooo! {gets squished by his pile of grapes}

{The action-pose scene appears, this time with a green grapes background, "squished bad", and Strong Bad under his pile of grapes.}

{Cut to Pom Pom}

THE ANNOUNCER: {voiceover} Pom Pom wins!

{Pom Pom winks; cut to Homestar}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Wait, what?

STRONG BAD: Ooh.... These grapes are suculently crushing my windpipe.... Ooh, but they're seedless! {grapes start disappearing as Strong Bad eats them}

{Cut to Homestar and Pom Pom holding the trophy.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: All right, seriously, Pom Pom. Gimme the golbol!

POM POM: {bubble noises}}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Yeah, that's great. But I still won. I sportsmanliked everbody! Now gimme the golbol!

POM POM: {bubble noises}}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: All right, fine. You can give it to me for my birthday. Now check out my victory dance! Huhyayayayaaa!

{Homestar crosses his left leg over his right and jumps into the air. The Grape Fairie and the Fat Bee enter from the upper right, the announcer from the lower left. Pom Pom jumps in the air holding the trophy. The scene fades into the last page of Original Book with "1996-2006" written across the upper left.}

Easter Eggs

• Clicking on the Competition sign when Homestar mentions getting Strong Bad's autograph will show a picture of said autograph on which is written:

homestar, dare to dream! believe in yourself and you can achieve anything!! your pal Stong Ba... wait a sec, 2nd try: homestar, you're a butt. Strong Bad

• Clicking the Gold Bowl at the end shows a screen with it much like the ones shown when Mr. Bland, Señor, and The Robot are introduced.

Fun Facts

Explanations

• "Unplugged" is usually used to refer to acoustic music, hence Strong Bad's comment.

Inside References

• When Señor gets squished it says "Sblounskched".
• The song during the training scene is from montage, and the outfit Homestar wears during this scene originally appeared in lady fan.
• Homestar was Kicking The Cheat.
• The autographed picture of Strong Bad in the Easter egg is the same as the one that Strong Bad gives to his "main man" in 2 years.

Real-World References

• The logo in the background of the Easter egg is that of the New York Mets, who Mookie Wilson is most famous for playing for.
• Homestar's slow-motion move seems similar to the "Bullet Time" sequences from The Matrix.
• The statement in Strong Bad's autograph "believe in yourself and you can achieve anything" is from Rocky. Coincidentally, this isn't the first time Rocky has been referenced on Homestar Runner, the Strong Bad Email montage also contained a few references to Rocky too.

External Links

• watch "Strongest Man in the World"
• view the Flash file for "Strongest Man in the World"
• forum thread re: "Strongest Man in the World"