Everybody to the Limit

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This article is about the toon. For the song, see Everybody to the Limit (Live).

The Cheat's Powered by The Cheat music video for Strong Bad's song about Fhqwhgads.

Cast (in order of appearance): Visor Robot, Atari Dragon, Strong Bad, The Cheat

Places: The Cheat's Computer Room

Date: July 1, 2002

Running Time: 1:54

Page Title: Everybody to the Limit

Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Fun Facts 2.1 Explanations 2.2 Trivia 2.3 Remarks 2.4 Goofs 2.5 Inside References 2.6 Real-World References 2.7 Fast Forward 3 DVD Version 4 See Also 5 External Links

Lyrics

VISOR ROBOT: Come on, Fhqwhgads.

STRONG BAD: I said come on Fhqwhgads
I said come on Fhqwhgads
Everybody to the limit
Everybody to the limit
Everybody come on Fhqwhgads

I said come on Fhqwhgads
I said come on Fhqwhgads
Everybody to the limit
Who's that? It's to the limit
Everybody come on Fhqwhgads

Come on Fhqwhgads
I see you jockin' me
Tryin' to play like
You know me

I'm like come on Fhqwhgads
I said come on Fhqwhgads
Everybody to the limit
The Cheat is to the limit
Everybody come on Fhqwhgads

I said ooh ah Fhqwhgads
I said ooh ah Fhqwhgads
Who's that fh-huh-hoo-huga-wha
I said who is that Fhqwhgads

I don't know who it is
But it probably is Fhqwhgads
I asked my friend Joe
I asked my friend Jake
They said it was Fhqwhgads

I said come on Fhqwhgads
I said come on Fhqwhgads
Who's-a to the limit?
Say me! I'm to the limit
Everybody come on Fhqwhgads

Man, Fhqwhgads
You're just making yourself look worse, y'know
I mean, everybody's just gonna feel sorry for ya
I mean, I do.

{Zooms out to reveal Strong Bad and The Cheat watching the video on Tangerine Dreams.}

STRONG BAD: {talking to The Cheat} Now that's what I'm talkin' about! That was amazing! I mean you—... I—... I can't b—... Chi-g-d-b ... He—g ... I'm buyin' you a pizza!

Fun Facts

Explanations

• Fhqwhgads originated in the Strong Bad Email i love you.

Trivia

• A "Live from West Reykjavik" version of this song can be found on Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits.
• Clicking the Back button at the end of the video will always take you to Main Page 15, The Cheat's main page.
• The Visor Robot's voice is Macintosh's Zarvox.
• The beat The Cheat uses (minus the handclap) is a sample from James Brown's "Funky Drummer", the basis for countless rap songs. The "Woo!" sample is mostly likely a reference to Rob Base's hit "It Takes Two", which used the same sound effect on the same beat.

Remarks

• Even after the Visor Robot's lasers stop, the laser sound is still made.
• This is the only time so far that Strong Bad has left outright positive feedback for a Powered by the Cheat cartoon.
• On the MP3 version, The Robot's laser doesn't play.
• Even though this cartoon is Powered by The Cheat, Strong Bad's voice is true to life.

Goofs

• When the toon is loading, the Visor Robot's shoulder is missing, but after the loading is completed, it suddenly appears.

Inside References

• For a split second, as the Robot's head opens to reveal Strong Bad, the words "come on" are replaced on screen by the word "lemke."
• When Strong Bad comes out of the robot he is unmistakably holding the Big Knife.
• When the multiple CDs fly across the screen, a roll of Duct Tape is also visible.
• This is another mention of Pizza.

Real-World References

• The beat and bassline to the song itself bears a strong resemblance to The Meat Beat Manifesto's "God O.D." from their album, "Storm the Studio" (which also has the voice of William S. Burroughs repeating the same phrase on a sample)
• The lyric "I asked my friend Joe, I asked my friend Jake" is accompanied by portraits of brothers John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.
• The yellow and white, duck-looking things are Atari Dragons from the old Atari 2600 game Adventure.
• During one of the times the screen is flashing, a profile view of a head can be easily noticed. The head is that of Abraham Lincoln.

Fast Forward

• In the Strong Bad Email your friends, Strong Bad hits Bubs and the King of Town over the head with a Gold Record (such as are awarded when an album or single sells 500,000 copies) titled "Everybody To The Limit".
• The scene where Strong Bad is sitting in the armchair with the glass of wine is used in the SB email rock opera when Strong Bad says "Ooh, I'm pleasant".
• The milk carton appears again in Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 12.2 and kind of cool.

DVD Version

• The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

See Also

• The visuals that occur during the film.

External Links

• watch "Everybody to the Limit"
• view the Flash file for "Everybody to the Limit"
• download the song "Everybody to the Limit" for PC
• download the song "Everybody to the Limit" for Mac