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Teen Girl Squad Issue 14

2008-05-27T01:11:02Z

Il Cartographer: /* Inside References */

{{tgsnav|14|Teen Girl Squad Issue 13|Issue 13|Teen Girl Squad Issue 1|Issue 1}}

The girls prepare for the end of the school year.

[[Image:tgs14 Scantron armor.png|thumb|"Doesn't canon mean anything to these people?"]]

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Cheerleader}}, {{Film|So and So}}, {{Film|What's Her Face}}, {{Film|The Ugly One}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Cheerladder|Cheerladder]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Cheerlubber|Cheerlubber]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Scantron|Scantron]], [[Science Fiction Greg and D N'D Greg|Science Fiction Greg]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Mrs. Frillsneck|Mrs. Frillsneck]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#MimeogWrath|MimeogWrath]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Olympic Man and Coach|Coach]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Team Manager|Team Manager]], [[Mr. Pitters]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Evil Cake|Evil Cake]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#The Seniors|The Seniors]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Quarterback|Quarterback]], {{Film|Strong Badman}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#The School|The School]], The Parking Lot

'''Date:''' Monday, May 12, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 3:40

'''Page Title:''' Exempt Those Exams!

==Transcript==
'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Teen Girl Squad! Cheerleader! ''{most likely to!}'' So and So! ''{more than likely to succeed!}'' What's Her Face! ''{least likely to care}'' The Ugly One! ''{like, mostly to secede?}''

''{Open to Cheerleader standing with What's Her Face and So and So.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Oh boy, girls... Boys!

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Uh, what about them?

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Nothing really. I just like to say the word.

''{Cut to close up of Cheerleader.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{makes a weird face}'' Boys.

''{Cut back to everyone. The Ugly One walks in with a "YEAR BOOK".}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Last day of school, my better looking sistas! And that means it's YEARBOOK DA--''(gets cut off before last syllable)''

''{Quick cut to the girls fighting inside a cloud of dust.}''

'''ALL:''' LEMME SEE MY PICTURE! LEMME SEE MY PICTURE!

''{Cut to Cheerleader with a frown pulling the book out of the pile. The cover of the book now reads, "The AWKWARDIAN '08".}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Gimme that jank. ''{pile disappears}'' Here I am, right between Cheerladder and Cheerlubber. Ugh. I look terrible.

''{Close-up of the yearbook, showing Cheerladder (a ladder with a face, holding a "G'backs" megaphone), Cheerleader with a fangs and a dead bird stuck to her face, and Cheerlubber, a whale with pom-poms, a pirate hat and an eye-patch}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{off screen}'' I can't believe they scheduled school pictures for the same day as tape-a-dead-thing-to-your-face day. That finch was hard to kill.

''{Cut to So and So, holding up her hand.}''

'''SO AND SO:''' Before I can dabble in any yearbookery... ''{moves her hand to her chest}'' I have some final exams to ACE!! ''{raises her hand again, looking determined}'' Scantron armor... ''{flies into the air}'' ASSEMBLE!!

''{Robotic body armor attaches to So and So's body as she calls out.}''

'''SO AND SO:''' NUMBER 2 PENCIL! ''{left arm appears}'' SCRATCH PAPER! ''{right arm appears}'' HEALTHY BREAKFAST! ''{hips and legs appear}'' COMFORTABLE CLOTHES! ''{torso appears}'' And I'll form... the HEAD! ''{head appears}''

''{So and So stands in her Scantron armor. Science Fiction Greg looks on, reading a comic.}''

'''SCIENCE FICTION GREG:''' Ugh. ''{cut to close-up, showing he is holding a Scantron comic}'' That design looks nothing like the comic books. Doesn't canon mean anything to these people?

''{Cut to So and So in her Scantron armor, sitting at a desk next to a teacher holding a test.}''

'''MRS. FRILLSNECK:''' Here's your final exam class... it's a ditto.

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{looking distraught}'' A DITTO?! But Mrs. Frillsneck, I studied for a standardized test!

''{Cut to Scantron against a background of lines.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Scantron vs MimeogWrath!

''{"vs" and the "mimeogWrath" appear; it is a six-eyed monstrous piece of paper with tentacles, horns and legs. Its eyes, mouth and "Final Exam Ditto" are drawn in purple.}''

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{as Scantron, running with a pencil}'' DIXON TICONDEROGA LAZER BLADE ATTACK!

''{The pencil hits the MimeogWrath, which closes its eyes, then starts "waving" one of its tentacles.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' HYPER TURBO FILL IN THE BLANK BARRAGE!!

''{Scantron is blown apart, the head and limbs coming apart in the explosion.}''

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{as Scantron}'' AHH! My secret weakness!!

''{Cut to Cheerleader, The Ugly One and What's Her Face in the gym. All three wear singlets and shorts; both The Ugly One's and What's Her Face's are clearly dirty.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' I can't believe we have to dress out for our P.E. exam. I'm so tired of washing this uniform every day. ''{crosses her hands}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{evasively, making a face}'' Yes... washing... them... ever

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' ''{pointing as she completes the sentence}'' —ryday!

''{Coach appears to the left, holding a stopwatch.}''

'''COACH:''' Okie dokie ladygals. Your physical education final exam consists of me not making any misinterpreted remarks about the length of your shorts ''{holds out the stopwatch}'' and you doing a single push-up.

'''CHEERLEADER, THE UGLY ONE & WHAT'S HER FACE:''' NO!!!

'''COACH:''' ''{shaken, holding up his hands}'' Hey great work! You all get A's!!

''{Close up of Cheerleader, looking annoyed. Her singlet reads "Growlback's Phys. Ed."}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Thank groodness. ''{smiles, pointing up}'' Sweating is against several of my religions!

''{A boy crashes a cart into Cheerleader, apparently killing her; towels and gym kit fall from the cart.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' TOWEL BOY'D!!

'''TEAM MANAGER:''' ''{looking annoyed}'' Hey!

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastically; his words do not appear}'' Oh, excuse me. ''{the previous words are replaced}'' TEAM MANAGER'D!!

'''TEAM MANAGER:''' ''{smiles, and holds up a card as he speaks}'' Stats!

''{Cut to What's Her Face facing several lockers.}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' I'll go ahead and clean out my locker I 'spooooooooose. ''{the o's move up, then down as she speaks}''

''{What's Her Face throws objects out from her locker as she speaks.}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Old papers... ''{throws papers}'' old pencils... ''{throws pencils}'' old person... ''{throws Mr. Pitters}''

'''MR. PITTERS:''' ''{hurriedly}'' I left a check for last month's rent on the table!

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' ''{waving}'' See you in September! ''{puts her hand back in her locker}'' Ooh. Whats this?

''{What's Her Face is eaten by a giant cake with fangs and limbs.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' REVENGE OF THE CROSS COUNTRY BOOSTER CLUB BAKESALE!!

'''EVIL CAKE:''' ''{holding up one of its hands}'' Tastes like 9 minute miles!

''{Cut to The Ugly One reading the yearbook.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' I can't believe I was voted most prettiest.

''{Cut to a wider shot, showing three seniors laughing and pointing. One wears a baseball cap with a "G". The Ugly One looks upset.}''

'''SENIORS:''' Heh heh heh senior prank, senior prank. Heh heh senior prank.

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{upset}'' Oooooh.

'''SECOND SENIOR:''' Naw really. You wanna be my girlfriend?

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{happily, raising her arm}'' I'd love to!

'''SENIORS:''' Heh heh heh senior prank, senior prank. Senior prank, heh.

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{upset again}'' Oooooh.

'''THIRD SENIOR:''' ''{holding up a ring}'' Want this diamond ring?

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{reaching for it}'' Of course!

'''SENIORS:''' Senior prank heh heh heh.

''{The Ugly One is upset again, but then three trash cans are thrown over the seniors, and she smiles.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' COME UPPENCE!

'''SENIORS:''' Something got dumped on us! We'll never live it down! Our reputations are ruined!

''{Music starts, and Quarterback walks in.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{happily, throwing the yearbook away}'' Quarterman!

'''QUARTERBACK:''' Ugly One, all this time I was looking around, and you weren't right there in front of me. ''{close up}'' But I realized—when I was looking around—that you were right there in front of me—all this time—Ugly One.

''{Cut back to both of them.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' That makes so much sense!!

'''QUARTERBACK:''' ''{offering his arm}'' Will you accompany me to the end credits?

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{putting her arm in his}'' I'd love to!!

''{The end credits roll, first showing "It's over!", then The Ugly One and Quarterback in a parking lot, then the seniors with trash cans on their heads, and "It's over" again.}''

<blockquote>Directed by Strong Bad 
Special Scantron FX oversawed by Bubs 
"It's over" performed by Tite Rolled</blockquote>

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing over the end credits}'' It's over! And you're walking into a parking lot with the hot guy. It's over! And they all make fun of you, but they got stuff dumped on top of them. ''{music stops}'' IT'S OVER!

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Scantron.png|thumb|...not even Science Fiction Greg.]]
*At the end, click on the "o" to see issue 87 of "The Total Adventures of Strong Badman." It features [[Strong_Badman_Characters#Scantron|Scantron]] with a word bubble reading "I need your help. Strong Badman! My comic book's not selling well!" Text at the bottom of the cover reads "The CROSSOVER no one was asking for!"

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*Science Fiction Greg's remarks that So and So's Scantron armor "looks nothing like the comic books" parodies fan complaints of superhero movies that differ in some way from their comic book counterparts (for example, the [[Wikipedia:Transformers (film)|live-action ''Transformers'' movie]], which had considerably different robot designs from the original '80s cartoon).
*[[Wikipedia:Canon (fiction)|Canon]] refers to a collection of fictional events that create a ficticious universe, such as the Marvel Universe or the Star Wars galaxy. Some fan communities take canon very seriously and try to fit every piece of fiction about said universe seamlessly together, although contradictions and loopholes are common.
*[[Wikipedia:Scantron|Scantrons]] are a type of fill-in-the-bubble test sheet that are commonly used in high schools and middle schools.
*MimeogWrath refers to the [[Wikipedia:Mimeograph machine|Mimeograph]], a technology commonly used to reproduce classroom materials.
*[[Wikipedia: Dixon Ticonderoga|Dixon Ticonderoga]] is a brand of [[Wikipedia: pencil|pencil]].
*A [[Wikipedia:Standardized test|standardized test]] is a test administered and scored in a consistent manner.
*The text in the Easter egg refers to many comic book crossovers that involve many characters from different franchises working together or against one another as a cash grab for comic book sellers

===Remarks===
*Cheerleader remarks that she had to "tape a dead thing to her face" on Picture Day, but neither Cheerladder nor Cheerlubber did.
*This is the second Teen Girl Squad in a row in which What's her face "'spose's" she'll do something.
*Cheerleader's gym shirt has "Growlback's Phys. Ed." written on it. Given that the team is called the "Growlbacks", the apostrophe should be after the S if it's referring to the team.
*The Strong Badman comic is labeled as the [[1987|87]]th issue, even though there already was an [[:Image:EnterTooSoonMan.png|issue 87]] featuring "Hit-Enter-Too-Soon Man".
*When So and So puts on the "armor", the number 2 pencil goes on her [[Left handedness|left hand]].

===Goofs===
*At the end, clicking on "again" simply repeats the final credits rather than the entire cartoon.
*There is a slight difference in spacing in the text "DIXON TICONDEROGA LAZER" before and after the word "BLADE" appears.
*Right before the credits move up, they start to move down for a single frame.
*"Come uppence" is correctly spelled comeuppance.
*"MimeogWrath" refers to a copy created by a [[Wikipedia:Mimeograph_machine|Mimeograph]] machine, but the paper was created by a "[[Wikipedia:Spirit_duplicator|Ditto]]" machine (as stated by the teacher and printed on the paper itself). The two machines create copies by entirely different processes but are often [[Wikipedia:Spirit_duplicator#Smell|confused]].

===Inside References===
*Cheerleader is wearing a "Fighting Growlbacks" T-shirt during her gym final. As well, Cheerladder is holding a megaphone displaying the word "G'backs" in the yearbook photo. The Growlbacks were first mentioned as the school's mascot in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]].
*"Thank groodness" is the reappearance of an older [[Portmanteaus|portmanteau]] of "great" and "good", also from Issue 4.
*The third Senior has a "[[G]]" on his cap.
*Cheerleader has [[fangs]] in her yearbook photo.
*The finch taped on Cheerleader's face is another instance of [[Birds (Teen Girl Squad)|birds]].
*A [[cake]] attacks What's Her Face.

===Real-World References===
*So and So's transformation into "Scantron" (as well as her saying "And I'll form the head!") is reminiscent of the TV series [[Wikipedia:Voltron|Voltron]].
*Quarterback's speech refers to "What I've Been Looking For" from the [[Disney]] television film ''[[Wikipedia:High School Musical|High School Musical]]''.
*Strong Bad's line about the parking lot is a reference to the ending of ''[[Wikipedia:The Breakfast Club|The Breakfast Club]]''.
*The name of the end credit song performer (Tite Rolled) is a reference to a clothing trend called 'Tight Rolling' which was popular during the late 80's - early 90's. It consisted of rolling the bottom of jeans and cuffing them up to make a tight roll that shortens the jeans and shows off fancy high-top shoes that would not have been seen otherwise.

==External Links==
*[[HR:tgs14.html|watch "Teen Girl Squad Issue 14"]]
*[[HR:tgs14.swf|view the Flash file for "Teen Girl Squad Issue 14"]]
*[[Forum:14042|forum thread re: "Teen Girl Squad Issue 14"]]

{{Teen Girl Squad}}

[[Category:Teen Girl Squad]]

Talk:love poems

2008-05-27T00:58:17Z

Il Cartographer: /**/Garfunkel outfit?

==Easter Eggs==
Well pretty good but I only found one Easter Egg it's when you click at the end "Love poems"
:There's actually '''two''' by my count. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 05:47, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
==Gerly Werly?==
*"I herly perly on gerly wurly" is a reference to a lyric in the Manfred Mann song "Blinded By the Light." The lyric is "And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly."
I'm not sure if this is right or not. It seems like its more of a a stereotypical unintelligible British-style statement (no offense to those across the pond). Can I get a witness? {{User:DevonM/sig}} 07:16, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:I don't quite follow. Maybe if you could give an example of something ... similar? {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 07:17, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
::I'm not quite sure, but I swear I've heard that type of speech 'fore. And I'm PRETTY '''DANG''' '''''SURE''''' of it. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 07:19, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:::Ditto. --[[User:75.8.93.33|75.8.93.33]] 10:02, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
::::I clearly remember that type of speech being used in Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific, in the song Honey Bun: Her hair is curly-whirly, her curls are hurly-burly, her lips are pips, I call her hips, twirly and whirly! {{User:Bad Bad Guy/sig}} 19:23, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::Since the guy says "Shakespeared," I find it most likely to be referring to "Macbeth," where the witch speaks the line "When the hurly burly's done.

== Green Tongue? ==

Anyone else notice Tenerence Love's green tongue?{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 09:53, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:Yeah. But then again, I'd expect that from a PBTC-done clip. Color inaccuracies like the purple boxing gloves and underwears. --[[User:75.8.93.33|75.8.93.33]] 10:04, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

== Homestar's poem ==

I know it's a type of poem, I just forgot the name. Can anyone remind me? --[[User:75.8.93.33|75.8.93.33]] 10:22, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:It's an [[Wikipedia:Acrostic|acrostic]] poem. {{User:Shwoo/sig}} 10:31, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
::Oh yeah! Thank you. Now I can put that reference in [[Not X]] --[[User:75.8.93.33|75.8.93.33]] 10:36, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

==Email Deuce Aught Aught==

Sooo, email 200 right around the corner. What's a possible theme? Who's birfday it is? And I KNOW the KB ain't the plaice for speculation. --[[User:70.108.2.233|70.108.2.233]] 11:57, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

== R&B Jam speculation ==

Doesn't it kind of sound a bit, melody-wise like [[wikipedia:Video Killed the Radio Star|Video Killed the Radio Star]] by [[wikipedia:The Buggles|The Buggles]]? -Alex H.
:~I thought it sounded like the beat from Grumble Cakes, actually. --[[User:EmoBubs|EMOBUBS]] 23:26, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

== The Rub [Doctor] ==

The entry currently says that the blackboard has the word 'Rub' and an arrow pointing to Strong Bad. I thought the arrow was just pointing down, so that the board reads
'Rubdown'. Geddit?

== Sky Mall ==
I know this is already in the reference section, but I believe Homestar mentioning that he buys all his groceries from [[wikipedia:Sky Mall|Sky Mall]] is a further reference to comedian [[wikipedia:Jim Gaffigan|Jim Gaffigan]]. One of his famous jokes is about the cereal on the bottom shelf without a box, "like it's homeless." So then he doesn't want to admit he's actually buying this ceareal to the cashier, so he says he's "holding it for a friend," and that he "buys all his groceries from [[wikipedia:Sharper Image|Sharper Image]], you know, uh, Sky Mall."--[[User:ItalianBallerina|ItalianBallerina]] 9:37, 26 May 2008 (CT)

== It's a Ham Jam ==

<blockquote>
This is Tenerence Love with a sweaty overweight '''jam!''' My name is Tenerence Love with a sweaty overweight '''ham/jam!'''
</blockquote>
Everyone seems to agree that "jam" is the word the first time, tons disagree about the second. Let's put our heads together. {{User:OptimisticFool/sig}} 17:02, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:I am confident that the second line (not the first!) of Tenerence Love's song describes an overweight ''ham'', rather than jam. People keep trying to change it to "jam". Do other people actually hear "jam" there? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:02, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
::I hear "ham". (There's definitely no /dj/ sound.) It also makes sense, as hams are five, ten, or even twenty pounds. (Incidentally, I listened to it closely before even knowing what the specifics of this discussion were, and without being told what to listen for.) — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:20, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:::As the guy who transcribed it, I'm not sure. I can't hear any consonant clearly, though I suppose "h" would be easier to hide, meaning it's a bit more likely to be "ham". {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 19:20, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
::::I heard "jam", then "ham" before I knew there was disagreement about it. It's certainly a jam, and then "ham" is somewhat of a random word that happens to rhyme. Just listened to it again, and the second one definitely sounds like "ham". -- [[User:Mithent|Mithent]] 21:56, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:::::Definitely "'''[[ham]]'''" {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 22:12, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

== Release Date ==

This was on at some point before 10:30 last night, that would be the 25th. [[User:20X6 GEM|20X6 GEM]] 17:56, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:It was released just after midnight, if I recall correctly, in EST (TBC's timezone as well as mine). So it was on Monday. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 18:34, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
:I woke up at 2 AM this morning (CDT, UTC -5) and this was up when I checked at 3 A. At about 5:30 I looked at Google's only result for sbemail195, and it said "5 hours ago." It's cutting it close (very early toon), but it was right around the break of Monday. --[[User:75.8.93.33|75.8.93.33]] 18:42, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
::The file modified date is Monday, May 26, 2008 12:40:13 AM (EDT). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:57, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
I live in Arizona, so it could be a time zone thing. I believe there is a three hour difference between me and the Chaps, so that would explain it. [[User:20X6 GEM|20X6 GEM]] 19:21, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

== Homestar singing ==

Homestar's singing sounds to me like a reference to "Jam On It" by Newcleus. The way he performs the "This mo'nin'! This mo'nin'! This mo, re-mo, re-mo-mo'nin'!" rythmically sounds like "Jam on it! Jam on it! I said jam on-on-on, jam on it!" from that song.
:Huh. I just listened to the song and it ''did'' sound a bit like Homestar's "Mo'nin" song. And it would make sense knowing TBC's common references to 80s hip-hop songs. {{User:DevonM/sig}} 21:39, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

== Garfunkel outfit? ==

The first thing I thought of when I saw Strong Bad's outfit was Garfunkel from Simon & Garfunkel. The blonde curly hair and black turtleneck are exactly the same; it's uncanny. Did anyone else notice this? Or is it possible the style was borrowed from somebody else? [[User:Il Cartographer|Il Cartographer]] 00:58, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Sea Creatures

2008-04-18T20:40:29Z

Il Cartographer: /* Whales */ making sure the whales / myths and legends reference is on both pages

[[Image:Deep sea fangly fish.png|thumb|"Turn it out, Strong Bad, turn it out!"]]

There are various sea creatures found in the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. Among the most prominent are [[Wikipedia:Fish|fish]] and [[Wikipedia:Whale|whales]].

==Whales==
{{redirects|Whale}} {{for|drive-thru whale|Drive-Thru Whale}}
*[[Main Page 3]] — A whale with harpoons in its back appears if you roll over "[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]".
*Email [[island]] — The whale from Main Page 3 appears when Homestar says "Games".
*Email [[no loafing]] — One of the posters Strong Bad puts up has a picture of a whale flying through the clouds.
*[[Drive-Thru]] — The speaker for the oddly absent drive-thru is shaped like a whale.
*Email [[from work]] — In addition to Strong Bad stating that his dream job would be a "2nd 2nd Assistant Space Whale Scrubber," at some point during the same sbemail, Homestar Runner says that his dream job would "be the guy that flies around on that big plastic goldfish, painting the clouds with an oversized novelty toothbrush!"
*[[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]] — Strong Bad spray painted over a poster of Marzipan, bearing the caption "Vote Whales".
*Email [[myths & legends]] — One of the graffiti drawings on the fence includes a stick figure of a girl on a bike, holding a whale above her head.

==Sharks==
*Email [[credit card]] — One of the things on "The Coolest Stuff Ever.com" is a robotic dog/shark.
*Email [[stunt double]] — During the Dangeresque film, "Strong Bad" falls into a kiddie pool with a sign on it marked "Shark Pond!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — Near the end, What's Her Face's guitar turns into a shark.
*Email [[keep cool]] — Strong Bad asks Bubs if he would like to get together a game of "sharks and minnows".
*Email [[the paper]] — Strong Bad is saved by The Paper from a sinking island surrounded by sharks.
*Email [[caffeine]] — A drawing of a "Shark-mobile" appears on a [[sticky note]] on Strong Bad's display board at the end of the email.
*[[Hallrunner]] — A shark is one of the obstacles found in the hall.

==Other Fish==
*[[Main Page 2]] — The button effects include a fish jumping out of the water and an eagle catching a fish.
*Email [[band names]] — One of the band name ideas Dan provides is Invisible Robot Fish.
*Email [[little questions]] — An Easter egg shows a Swedish Flag and the [[Strong Badia]] flag exchanging meatballs for Swedish Fish.
*Email [[lures & jigs]] — While fishing with [[Coach Z]] at [[The Pond|a pond]], some fish jump into the boat as [[Strong Bad]] uses his "jig". The email also includes a game, titled "[[Fishing Challenge '91]]".
*Email [[personal favorites]] — The [[Grape-Nuts Robot]] says "Carp [[For Brains]]".
*Email [[anything]] — [[Homestar Runner]] thinks "FL", from "Dan from FL", means "Fish Lake".
*Email [[stunt double]] — Strong Bad's [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email intro]] is "Oh, I took the email to the market, and I bought it some kind of fish sauce."
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] — One of the possible treats to give to [[Bubs]] and [[Coach Z]] at [[The Halloween House]] is Swedish Fish.
*Email [[colonization]] — According to Strong Bad, "the strange man" ([[Bubs]]) probably taught him how to put fish in the ground with corn, in order to grow "some nice fishcorn bushes".
*Email [[lunch special]] — A banner on [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] reads "Super Chinese Fish Buffalo Rice—Smoothies Too!"
*[[Decemberween Teen Girl Squad]] — In an Easter egg, Cheerleader proclaims "fish outta water!" while playing a game of Marco Polo with [[What's Her Face]].
*Email [[animal]] — One of the animals Strong Bad imagines is a [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Deep Sea Fangly Fish|Deep Sea Fangly Fish]].
*Email [[radio]] — The test sentence Strong Bad uses to demonstrate the different radio genres is "[[The Fish was Delish and it made Quite a Dish!]]". Also, the logo for "The Sturge" is a sturgeon wearing sunglasses.
*Email [[dreamail]] — Strong Bad uses a "many email fish in the email sea" metaphor and an Easter egg shows an [[ASCII art]] picture of an [[e-marlin]].
*Email [[boring (really)]] — One of the words in Strong Bad's list of three-letter words is "cod" and an Easter egg shows a drawing of it.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] — [[Cheerleader]]'s shirt reads "sell fish".
*Email [[myths & legends]] — One of [[Strong Badia's Seven Elemental Spirits]] is a "fish wearing a 'fro wig".
*Email [[senior prom]] — Strong Bad says that he ate his weight in creamed fish when he won a twenty-dollar gift certificate to the All-You-Can-Eat Old Folks' Cafeteria.
*Email [[keep cool]] — Strong Bad asks Bubs if he would like to get together a game of "sharks and minnows".
*[[Sketchbook 2007#SK-2007-03-22|Sketchbook]] — In the March 22, 2007 sketchbook, one of the designs for a possible [[drive-thru]] speaker is a fish.
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] — During the commercial, the off camera Announcer is amazed that Blubb-O's sells an Isosceles Fish Sandwich, and wonders if anyone has ever actually ordered one.

==Screenshots of Sea Creatures==
<gallery>
Image:main2.PNG|EAGLE'D!
Image:sbemail43.PNG|"Hey, send me some of those Swedish fish."
Image:sbemail44.PNG|"Come on and get in the boat, fish fish!"
Image:Fishwasdelish.PNG|"The Fish was Delish and it made Quite a Dish!"
Image:whatsherfacesshark.PNG|"My bass feels sea-worthy."
Image:Emarlin.PNG|A beautiful e-marlin
Image:7ElementalSpirits.PNG|"The fish wearing a 'fro wig and the British distance runner combined forces to defeat the others."
Image:Whale.PNG|"Sever your leg, please. It's the greatest day."
Image:Sbemail169.png|"Hey! How come your imagination's working?"
</gallery>

==See Also==
*[[Prawns]]
*[[Gooblies]]
*[[Bear holding a Shark]]
*[[Europa-pean Lobster]]
*[[Shark-Tooth Bubs]]

[[Category:Animals]]

retirement

2008-04-18T20:06:41Z

Il Cartographer: undid revision 558154; The parts are listed as A and B in the intro, not 1 and 2; plus it's already explained in the fun facts section

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[[Image:Top Of Bubs' Concession Stand.png|thumb|"Let's not do anything inappropiate with that magnet..."]]
The Lappy-nappers are revealed! Can Strong Bad save his beloved fold-em-up computer?

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Marshie}}, {{Film|The Sad Kids}}, [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|Female Lappy 486]], [[Tandy 400]], [[Compy 386]], [[The Paper]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}

'''Places:''' [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Computer Room]], [[Carnival Tent]], [[The Field]]

'''Computers:''' [[Tandy 400]], [[Compy 386]], [[Lappy 486]] [[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]] [[Category:Compy 386 Emails]] [[Category:Lappy 486 Emails]]

'''Dates:'''
:''Part A released (as "retirement"; changed to "retirement A" the next day):'' Monday, October 2, 2006
:''Part B released (as "retirement B"):'' Tuesday, October 3, 2006
:''Parts A and B combined released (as "retirement (combined)"):'' Monday, October 9, 2006
:''Name changed to just "retirement":'' Sunday, October 22, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 6:53

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}

==Transcript==
''{Open in Strong Bad's computer room, coming in on a worried Strong Bad, while suspenseful music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' My computer's been lappynapped!

''{A record scratches and the screen dims, Marshie comes in from the bottom of the screen.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' Hello, Kenneth!

''{Marshie flies across a yellow background.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' Hear me roar!

''{Marshie growls for a moment, then opens his mouth wide, the background turns red, sound lines come out of his mouth, and he meows. Cut to a shot of the Sad Kids standing on top of Marshie.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' That's right, kids!

''{Silhouettes of the main characters scroll across the page, with big question marks over them. As he names the sweepstakes, the name appears on the screen.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' Play the Fluffy Puff Marshmallows ''My Lappy Got Stole!'' Sweepstakes and win big!

''{As Marshie says "big", he grows a large, fat, white body, and his voice deepens. Cut to a shot of a bicycle. Marshie's voice is back to normal.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' First prize,—

''{A shot of a metal detector}''

'''MARSHIE:''' —second tries,—

''{Marshie, in a car, driving along with mountains in the background}''

'''MARSHIE:''' ''{singing}'' Take a trip to the mountains... ''{these words appear above the mountains, written on a musical staff}''

''{The screen dims and Marshie comes down from the top with a top hat and a cane.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' I'm a song and dance man!

''{Cut to a wooden desk, with a note card on it.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' Just email who you think done it on a 3x5 note card,—

''{"it was the HIPPO!" is written on the note card.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' —stick a Fluffy Puff on each corner,—

''{Four marshmallows appear, one stuck on each corner of the card. Cut to Marshie, talking through gritted teeth, in front of a portrait of an older marshmallow-like woman.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' ''{in an irritated and mysterious voice}'' —AND JUST WALK AWAY, ''MOTHER.''
''{Cut to the ad on the TV in Strong Bad's basement. Marshie is next to a bag of Fluffy Puff Marshmallows.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' Fluffy Puff Marshmallows. Yeah! Still!

''{The words "Yeah! Still!" appear underneath Marshie. Cut to Strong Bad lying on the couch, surrounded by empty chip packets of various descriptions.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You gotta be kidding me. Man, everybody's trying to make a buck or nine off my heart-drooping loss. 

''{He feels around in the nearest bag of chips, and finds that it's empty.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, perfect. Now I'm out of my antidepressant. Nothing dulls the pain quite like several dozen half-full bags of ''{as he lists the flavorings, symbols for them appear at the top of the screen}'' Italian-herb-chipotle-buffalo-ranch-guacamole-Thai-peanut-style chippety-chomps. I guess I'll slink off to Bubs' and refill my prescription. Slinnnk...

''{Strong Bad somehow slides up and over the armrest of the couch, and off screen. Cut to Strong Bad at Bubs' Concession Stand. Bubs is nowhere to be seen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bubs! Hello? Can I get a witness? Bubs? ''{looks around the stand, and screams}''

''{Pan to the side of the stand, we see the Lappy's power cord hanging off the roof. Tense music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Lappy's tail! I'll save you, Lappy-pie... poo... ''{runs back and forth anxiously, making the Homsar walking noise}'' Just keep your pixels on. Strong Bad's got everything under control-alt-delete.

''{Strong Bad picks up a ladder from behind the stand, and climbs up onto the roof.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Who put you up here— Wha?!?

''{The suspenseful music plays, and reveal the Lappy, with the broken Tandy and the shotgunned Compy. The Tandy is suspending a horseshoe magnet from a fishing rod above the Lappy's keyboard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's my crappier and crappiest computers!

''{Both old computers fizz and spark.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Careful, guys, let's not do anything inappropriate with that magnet... I've got a lot of important text files on that 5 meg hard drive... Now just let the Lappy go, and we can all go out for hushpuppies. You guys still like hushpuppies, don't you?

''{Both old computers fizz and spark a lot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, fine. hushpuppies are out. For some reason I... I thought you guys liked hushpuppies.

''{Both old computers keep fizzing and sparking. The Tandy also churns its floppy disk drive.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Sorry, guys, we're getting nowhere. I don't speak extravagantly broken computer.

''{The Paper comes down, reading "'Sup Strong Bad. I'll help with the translation."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Paper! You're just in time! Find out what they want!

''{The Paper goes back up, and the Compy "talks" for a bit. The Paper comes back down with "They want to come out of retirement..."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Retirement? They didn't retire, I threw them away. Ask them if they mean they want to come out of ''thrown-awayment''.

''{The Paper comes down again, reading "They're not laughing. They each want to check one last email."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Are they joking? Those guys couldn't check an email with the help of sixty horses dressed up as IT professionals!

''{The Tandy lowers the magnet a little, and the Lappy's screen turns on, showing:}''

<blockquote style="background: #06bfad; padding: 30px; width: 25em; margin: 0; border: none">
{| style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto"
|<div style="border: 1px solid black"><p style="border-top: 2px solid white; border-left: 2px solid white; border-bottom: 2px solid #999; border-right: 2px solid #999; background: #CCC; color: black; font-size: 150%; text-align: center; line-height: 125%; margin: 0; padding: 0"><big>Oh, Child!</big> It's the Teal Screen  of Near Death! (TSoND) </div>
|}
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, okay, okay! I'll do my best. If it'll save the orphanage... I mean, my Lappy, I'll do it. Now, let's check emails like it was the deuce double-aught dweice!

''{Both old computers "talk".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It just means 2002... I... thought it was slick... slick-rick... way to talk...

''{Fade through black to Strong Bad with the Tandy at the email-checking desk. You hear the old typing effect. The Tandy sparks its screen throughout.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Green lines, green, green lines. It's a Strong Bad Email again.

<blockquote class="tandy email">
dearest strong bad 
do you remember the email that you deleted 
the hardest 
sincerly 
josh 
oakland
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "sincerly" as written, and "josh oakland" as "josho kland"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, let's just see here... Zero capitalization...

''{The first letters of each of "dearest", "strong", "bad", "do", "sincerly", "josh" and "oakland" are all briefly highlighted}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Misspelling...

''{The word "sincerly" is briefly highlighted}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lack of punctuation...

''{The blank spaces after "bad", "hardest", "sincerly" and "josh" are all briefly highlighted}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{with a hint of insincerity}'' Looks like a winner to me! ''{typing}'' Dearest Josho, I have some good news for you! I DO remember the email that I deleted the hardest. And I'm still remembering it right now!!! ''{stops typing}'' Homestar! Little help please.

''{Zooms out to reveal Homestar pouring a bottle of Mountain Dew into the hole in the side of the Tandy}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm way ahead of ya, SB.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then, we'll just add some of the King of Town's fizzy denture tablets.

''{Strong Bad holds up a box of [[Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets]].}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{offscreen}'' Thems is my after-dinner mints!

''{Strong Bad tips several of the tablets into the hole.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{heavy reverb}'' And now if you'd please turn in your hymnals, and join me in singing number 119, a-deleted.

''{Strong Bad hits the keyboard, and the "DELETED!!" screen comes up, with a gothic font. Organ music plays.}''

'''STRONG BAD & HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' Deleted!

''{Strong Bad swings a pickaxe through the keyboard and the desk. The Tandy explodes, and gives off a bad graphics mushroom cloud.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{turns away, falls to his knees and closes his eyes}'' Aaah!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Goodbye, old girl. They'll always say you went out in a blaze of green rectangular glory.

''{Homestar, with one eye still closed, starts pouring Mountain Dew on the carpet. Cut to a closeup of Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right! One down, one to go.

''{Cut to a shot of the shotgunned Compy on the desk. The suspenseful music plays. The screen fades to black.''}

''{Strong Bad is in front of the Compy. Despite the hole, he manages to type "strongbad email.exe".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' There's a big ol' hole inside my email, makin' it hard to cheeeeck...

''{He brings up the email. It is formatted around the hole.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh! Automatic hole formatting! ''{starts reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">
Dear Strong Bad, 
I want to see you perform some amazing 
feats of 
wonder. 
 
Very ser-                     iously, 
Luke S.
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Double Dear Strong Bad" in place of the first line, and after reading "wonder", he comments "You mean, more amazing than checking an email on this computer?!" In place of the name, he says "Luke South".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, I am very serious too. Serious about the most incredible, tantalizing, pants-defying, mind-googling sights in the whole world!! ''{stops typing}'' Lalalalalalaaaa!

''{Cut back to show the whole computer room. A [[Wikipedia:Boater (hat)|boater hat]] falls on his head and a cane into his hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ladies and Luke, I give you...

''{The Computer Room rises, as if it were a theater curtain, revealing a carnival tent.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as a sideshow caller}'' Strong Bad's Amazing Feats of Wonder! ''{Strong Bad appears in the foreground}'' Gawk and squawk as I walk and talk like an old-timey sideshow caller, and add "Lalalalalaa" to the end of everything I say lalalalalalaaa!

''{Strong Bad ducks down. Cut to inside the tent.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' First, in our gallery of ocular oddities, is a contortionist... with a twist!

''{He moves away, revealing a curtain painted with "MARZiPAN - SHE-TYPE! KA-RAZY?"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Feast your Dust Bowl-ravaged eyes on ''{Curtain lifts, revealing Marzipan with her hair tied up.}'' Marzipan, the Human Woo-man ''{rolls the next "R"}'' Rrrrrotini!

''{A logo for "The Human Woo-man Rotini" appears. Marzipan curls her neck like a spring. The audience makes amazed sounds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Behold! An ocean of pesto!

''{Green liquid flies in from offscreen and lands on Marzipan.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's not part of my act!

''{Cut to The King of Town, with some of the green liquid dribbling down from his mustache.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I know! It's a part of ''mine'' lalalalalalalaaa!

''{He sucks in the liquid. Cut back to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, direct your attention to the Pee Wee Stage...

''{Again, Strong Bad moves aside. Now the curtain shows "THE CHEAT - AND HOW! PART ANVIL?"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...where the flea circus has left town, and the inmates are restless!

''{The audience ooohs as the curtain is lifted, showing a manacled The Cheat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Gather strong at The Cheat's Flea Prison Riot!

''{As the above words appear, a magnifying glass focuses on The Cheat and zooms in on a tiny prison in his fur, where a number of small black dots are rioting and squabbling. The prison has some flames coming out of the windows, and a siren is heard. Cut back to Strong Bad in front of a curtain reading "Strong Sad - DEE PRESS! DO U DARE?" with an elephant styled to look like Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And don't forget Strong Sad's feet of wonder.

''{The audience ahhhs as the curtain is moved up, revealing Strong Sad in a blue dress with a beard. A paper reading "stupid's stupid crap that I hate" appears for a moment. Strong Sad lifts the dress, revealing his feet, as the audience gasps.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' I call them "soolnds".

''{Cut to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And lastly, so ghastly, the ate-thh wonder of the world!

''{Cut to curtain showing "Strong Mad - ATE THH! NECK?"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' House-mouth!!!

''{The curtain lifts, showing Strong Mad in a loincloth. A "HOUSE-MOUTH" logo appears. The audience gasps.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' DAAAAH!! ''{Opens his mouth very wide, taking up most of his body and creating the shape of a house. The audience gasps.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{popping in from the side of the screen}'' This land-locked leviathan conveniently subsists only on outdated electronics!

''{He ducks away as the Compy is thrown in Strong Mad's mouth. He closes his mouth. A second later, he jumps a bit as a sparking sound is heard. Strong Mad gulps it down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{popping in again, and throwing his hat and cane}'' ''We did it!!!'' Lalalalalalalaaaa!

''{The scene again rises like a curtain, revealing the Computer Room. The Lappy is in its place at the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Lappy! You're back...y! You and I have some unfinished business, little lady!

''{Strong Bad sits down. Cut to the Lappy's screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing; anywhere that a comma would be appropriate, a dull tapping sound is heard}'' There ya go Jake-ula. Now all the cliffhangers have been for reallysolved. Okay Lappy I hope your battery's charged ''{music starts}'' cuz I'm finally taking you out for those hush-puppies you always wanted!!!

''{He picks up the Lappy and walks off. Fade to black. Cut to a silhouette of Strong Bad holding the Lappy and walking across the sunset. Ghostly images of the Tandy and Compy appear over his head. The music suddenly stops with a record scratch.}''

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' But Strong Bad, I'm hate hushpuppies!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Man, I coulda sworn one of you guys liked hushpuppies.

''{The Paper comes down, reading "It was me. I like hushpuppies." The music starts again. It eventually stops again with a record scratch.}''

'''FEMALE LAPPY 486:''' Can we please find my toe?

''{Strong Bad stops walking and looks up toward the ghostly images, which speed away upwards.}''

==Easter Eggs==
* Click on Strong Bad's diamond when he says he's got a lot of important text files on Lappy's harddrive to see a selection of those files.
<table>
<tr valign="top"><td>
<blockquote style="font-family: monospace">
    clncknmsfrmyslf.txt 
Cool nicknames for myself 
-------------------------- 
Mr. Lewd Comment 1965 
Giantus 
The Fake Frenchman 
<del style="color:red">Light 'n Fluffy</del> NO! 
[[Heaven]] in Tights 
Good Fortunator 
Bicep Lad 
Lebner 
Mighty Legit 
Dabney Coleman's Evil Twin 
Wisewallace 
/got nothin' 
The Detroit Locksmith 
Prudeacre
</blockquote>
</td><td>
<blockquote style="font-family: monospace">
      cldshplog.txt 
 Cloud Shape Spotting Log 
------------------------- 
lightswitch w/no cover 
baseball headed baby 
brown water 
michigan w/2 bites out of it 
smallish elbow 
box of crackers (unopened) 
pestilence 
2 salamanders giving low-5's 
oversized novelty comb 
cheap date 
strong sad's ghost 
uppity maitre d 
strong sad's corpse 
diet pills
</blockquote>
</td></tr><tr><td>
<blockquote style="font-family: monospace">
    ltr2bkrythrftstr.txt 
Letter to Bakery Thrift Store 
------------------------- 
Dear Bakery Thrift Store, 
Whom do you think you are 
fooling? You sell old baked 
goods. The stuff regular 
bakeries throw away. So what 
if a loaf of bread is only 
29 cents? It's old bread. 
Should I start collecting 
roadkill squirrels, glue 
cotton balls to their butts 
and open an 'Aftermarket 
Rabbit Thrift Store?' Oh, 
wait. Yes I should. Thank You 
Bakery Thrift Store. Love, SB
</blockquote>
</td><td valign="bottom">[[Image:Dullard sbemail159a.png|thumb|Horses in IT?]]</td></tr>
</table>

* Click on the roof vent after the Teal Screen of Near Death appears to see a [[Dullard]] comic.
* Click the electrical socket after the Tandy's explosion to replay the explosion animation.
* Click on the Compy's contrast dial when Strong Bad checks the second email to see some sparks fly.
*When Strong Bad says "Luke South", click on the Compy's exposed gear to see a southward traffic sign.
*At the end, before the old computers fly away, click their contrast knobs for the [[Bad Graphics Ghost]] and a dancing skeleton on the Tandy and Compy, respectively.
*After the spectral computers fly away, click on the Lappy to see an extra scene involving the King of Town.
:''{A curtain is seen with a [[ham]] with the King of Town's head on it reading "The King of Town - ONE DER! MEAT MAN?"}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' He's half-man, half-cholesterol! Can I get a "ooh-ahh" for Clogdor!
:''{The curtain lifts, revealing the King behind a counter with a frying pan on it. The [[Grabbo Arm]] is holding up a toothpick above the frying pan. "CLOGDOR!!" is written across the top of the screen.}''
:'''AUDIENCE MEMBERS:''' Ewww! Euugh!
:''{The King of Town burps, producing an oddly-colored bubble. As it floats toward the frying pan, the Grabbo Arm juts forward, popping the bubble and creating the innards of an [[egg]], which falls into the frying pan. The audience gasps.}''
:'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' If ya think my burps are impressive, wait'll you see my—
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Cutting in in front of the scene}'' —seen enough of that one lalalalalalalaaaaa!

==Fun Facts==
===Changes Between the Two-Part and One-Part Versions===
This email was originally released as a two-parter, and was re-released a week later as a single email called "retirement (combined)". (On October 22, the email was renamed "retirement".) The following were added or changed from the original:
* The Lappy's comma key is now missing throughout the toon. Originally, the key was present in part A when the Compy and Tandy are holding the Lappy hostage but was missing in part B when Strong Bad gets it back.
* The Tandy's screen now intermittently flashes with static while Strong Bad is checking its email.
* Part A ended with the zoom-in on the Compy 386 (as the suspenseful music played). The Paper came down with a message that read, "To Be Continued Tomorrow!". Part B picked up with Strong Bad sitting at the Compy. When the two parts were combined, The Paper was removed, and a transition in and out of black now splices the two halves.
* Also removed were the "back" link at the end of part A and the "loading" screen at the beginning of part B. This is notable because even though the "back" link was on the Compy, it was written in the Lappy's font, and the "loading" screen on part B was written in the Compy's font.
* Clicking on the Compy's contrast dial creates some sparking effects.
* A gear in the Compy now turns as Strong Bad types.
* An extra scene featuring Strong Sad in Strong Bad's carnival tent was added.
* When Strong Bad attempts to type commas in his closing remarks, commas no longer appear and instead a dull tapping sound is heard.
* An Easter egg featuring the King of Town's act in Strong Bad's carnival tent was added.

===Explanations===
[[Image:Tandy400explode.PNG|thumb|"DELETED!"]]
*The explosion following the addition of Mountain Dew and denture tablets to the Tandy 400 is due to the rapid release of carbon dioxide gas from both the carbonated water and the effervescent action of the sodium bicarbonate and citric acid in the tablets, not to be confused with the [[Wikipedia:Mentos eruption|Diet Coke and Mentos]] phenomenon.
*[[Wikipedia:Control-Alt-Delete|Control-Alt-Delete]] is a computer keyboard command on [[Wikipedia:IBM PC compatible|IBM PC compatible]] systems that can be used to close programs or reboot the computer.
*A [[Wikipedia:Hushpuppy|hushpuppy]] is a deep-fried ball of cornmeal commonly eaten in the southern United States.
*Putting a magnet too close to a computer can damage the data stored on [[Wikipedia:Magnetic storage|magnetic storage]], such as [[Wikipedia:Hard disk|hard disks]].
*Structures or people are called the [[Wikipedia:Eighth Wonder of the World|Eighth Wonder of the World]] in order to liken their perceived greatness to the [[Wikipedia:Seven Wonders of the World|Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]].
*[[Wikipedia:Leviathan|Leviathan]] is the name of a sea-monster (perhaps a crocodile) mentioned several times in the [[Wikipedia:Old Testament|Old Testament]]. The word "leviathan" is often used to refer to any large monster or creature.
*[[Wikipedia:Pesto|Pesto]] is an Italian sauce frequently served over pasta. While many variations exist, in its classic form it is made of basil, parsley, pignoli [peen-yole-ee] (pine nuts), extra virgin olive oil, and pecorino-romano cheese, and requires no cooking.
* Strong Sad is dressed as a [[Wikipedia:Bearded Lady|Bearded Lady]].

===Trivia===
*This is another instance of [[Strong Bad checking more than one email]].
*This email and [[flashback]] are tied for the most Easter eggs in any email to date, with eight. They're second on the site total, tied with [[Halloween Fairstival]] and [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]]. The toon with the most Easter eggs is [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] with ten.
* At 6:53, this is the longest toon on the site. It beats the previous longest email, [[alternate universe]], by nearly one minute, and the previous longest toon, [[Where's The Cheat?]], by 35 seconds. The new runner up for the longest toon, [[Jibblies 2]], is 9 seconds short of tying this record.
*The [[Hanging Objects|portrait]] of Marshie's mother is hung in the same frame as the painting by the Deutsch Master in [[portrait]].
*For the first email, the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#mastertype|mastertype]]". For the second, it reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#silpheed|silpheed]]".
*This is the only Strong Bad Email to feature all three computers.
*This is the first time [[soolnds]] are mentioned out loud.

===Remarks===
[[Image:extra outlet and Lappy plug.png|thumb|120px|The Lappy's tail!]]
*In Marshie's Whodunnit? scene, every main character is visible silhouetted except for [[The Cheat]], [[The Poopsmith]], [[Homsar]] and [[Strong Bad]] himself.
*Strong Bad says that the Lappy's hard drive holds five "[[Wikipedia:Megabyte|megs]]". However, in [[animal]], the Lappy has a "2 MB Hard Drive!".
*During Strong Bad's confrontation with the Tandy and Compy, there are clickable areas on the Lappy's screen, but clicking on them has no effect. This is because the Tandy's contrast buttons are behind the Lappy, and they are disabled in this scene.
*The word "contrast" on Strong Bad's Tandy is in a different font than it was before the Tandy was thrown out. This change was also made for the redone Tandy-era e-mails in [[do over]].
*If you view the Flash file, during the [[Mountain Dew|Mountain Dew]] scene there is an extra electrical outlet outside the black, complete with the Lappy's cord plugged in. It is also there when Strong Bad says "All right, one down, one to go!"
**The cord is also seen on the Flash file of the second part right before the feats of wonder tent appears.
*The three sounds that play on the Tandy when Strong Bad highlights portions of the email come from [[Wikipedia:MacOS|MacOS]]: "Purr", "Sosumi", and "Temple", respectively.
*This is the first time an email has been [[deleted]] in the Lappy era (even though it was not deleted on the Lappy itself).
*Strong Bad claims that he is out of potato chips, but some of the bags are partially filled.
*The Tandy and Compy were sold by Bubs to the King of Town ([[King of Town Email]]) and Homestar ([[Broken Compy Menu]]), respectively. Oddly, both denied kidnapping the Lappy in [[cliffhangers]] (Homestar) and [[Lappynapped!]] (King of Town).

[[Image:End 159.PNG|thumb|Slightly less shotgunned]]
*The hole in the Compy is smaller here than it was at the end of [[virus]], making it possible to fit a token amount of legible text onto the screen.
*In the start of the second part, the Compy applies "automatic hole formatting" to the email, but when Strong Bad starts typing his reply, some of the written text does not appear on the Compy's screen.
*Strong Mad appears to have no tongue or tonsils.
*Apparently, the cog inside the Compy processes text, yet it was shown spinning while broken at the end of [[virus]].
*The sounds of the fleas on The Cheat sound a lot like The King of Town and Strong Bad's voices sped up when they are saying "Lalalalalala".
*The Paper doesn't have a link to Strong Bad's email address.
*[[The Virus|The viruses]] in the Compy, which affected the outside world in [[virus]], do not return for this email. It seems the shotgun was effective in cleaning the viruses.
*The email checked with the Tandy uses the animation style that was used in emails prior to [[brianrietta]], where Strong Bad's mouth moves as opposed to his head.
**The sound effect of the keyboard is also the same as that used in those emails.
*Neither the plug socket or the Compy's cord appear during the Compy email.
*The Lappy's wall adapter is beige here, but it is black in [[isp]].
*Despite having only a 5 minute (advertised in [[animal]] as half of ten minutes) battery life and weighing 42 pounds, Strong Bad is able to take it for hushpuppies.

===Goofs===
*When the camera zooms in on the box of the King of Town's fizzy denture tablets, the green lines on the Tandy aren't moving.
*Right after Strong Bad deletes the Tandy email, and is about to swing the pickaxe into the keyboard, for a split second, you can hear Homestar saying "deleted", but his mouth doesn't appear to move.
*There is no electrical outlet under the table while Strong Bad is using the Compy.
*While zoomed in on the Compy, Strong Bad's reflection appears over some of the cracks in the Compy's screen.
*For about two frames, around when Strong Bad swings the pickaxe into the keyboard, the green on the Tandy's screen is out of position.
*While the Tandy and Compy are holding the magnet over the Lappy, the Tandy's green lines aren't visible.

===Inside References===
*This email follows directly from [[cliffhangers]], where Strong Bad's computer was kidnapped at the end of the email. The dramatic "cliffhanger resolution" music is reused from that email as well. Strong Bad's closing remarks are directed toward Jake, who sent the email featured in cliffhangers.
**Marshie saying "who you think done it" is a reference to an Easter egg in cliffhangers, in which Homestar says "You know who I think done it?"
*This is another appearance of [[index cards]] on the site.
*The phrase "Slink off to Bubs'" is a reference to the spamvertisement Easter egg at the end of [[unused emails]], which stated, "Slink on over to Bubs' Concession Stand..."
*"Now, let's check emails like it was the deuce double-aught dweice!" most likely refers to the fact that in 2002 Strong Bad last checked an email with the Tandy and first checked an email with the Compy.
*The position of Strong Bad's head in front of the Tandy, his reflected mouth on the Tandy's screen, and his lack of head movement are references to his early emails.
*"Number 119, a-deleted" may be a reference to Email #119 ([[animal]]) in which Strong Bad first got the Lappy. It could also mean the number of emails that have passed since the Tandy's previous role in checking an email in Email #40 ([[vacation]]).
*Two of the items on Strong Bad's Cloud Shape Spotting Log ("strong sad's ghost" and "strong sad's corpse") refer to [[Death#Strong Sad|Strong Sad's imagined death]].
*Homestar pouring [[Mountain Dew]] into the Tandy is a reference to [[anything]], in which he poured Mountain Dew onto the Compy.
*Strong Bad makes Homsar's walking noise and skitters around like him when he notices the Lappy's cord and is frantically pacing around.
*The Cheat was previously compared with an anvil in [[huttah!]].
*The skeleton image on the Compy's computer is from [[Peasant's Quest]].
*Marzipan's curtain contains another case of [[Lowercase i's]].
*The picture on Strong Mad's curtain resembles the [[Strong Man]]. Interestingly, although the figure in the picture is wearing the Strong Man's outfit, Strong Mad's costume consists of only a loincloth.
*The word "[[soolnds]]", the name that Strong Sad has given his feet, was previously used in [[Strong Sad's Lament]].
*The King of Town's stage name "Clogdor" is a play on "[[Trogdor]]" and is written in the same [[font]] as Trogdor's name on the official T-shirts.

===Real-World References===
*When Strong Bad is on the couch, there is a brand of chips called "Flavoured Triangles". This could be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Doritos|Doritos]] or other tortilla corn chips which are triangle-shaped.
*The winged buffalo references the [[Wikipedia:Buffalo Wild Wings|Buffalo Wild Wings]] mascot.
*The [[Wikipedia:Teal (color)|Teal]] Screen of Near Death is a reference to the various colored [[Wikipedia:Category:Screens of death|Screens of death]] used by computer operating systems to indicate serious system errors. The [[Compy 386]] has been seen to have its own [[Wikipedia:Blue Screen of Death|Blue Screen of Death]] (the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|Flagrant System Error]]) on more than one occasion.
*[[Wikipedia:Dabney Coleman|Dabney Coleman]] is an actor most known for his role in the films ''[[Wikipedia:Nine to Five|Nine to Five]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Tootsie|Tootsie]]''.
*Strong Bad scrambling back and forth underneath the Lappy's cord may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong 3|Donkey Kong 3]], while the music is reminiscent of the game [[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario Bros. 2]], when the player is fighting a boss.
*[[Wikipedia:Slick Rick|Slick Rick]] was a popular hip-hop artist of the late 1980's and early 1990's.
*"/got nothin'" in the text files is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Fark.com|Fark.com]], where people often end their posts with that remark.
*Homestar pouring Mountain Dew onto the carpet after the destruction of the Tandy may be a reference to the practice of pouring [[Wikipedia:libation|libations]] on the ground to honor the dead. In Strong Bad's case, it can also be used to honor those [[video games|sent up the river]].
*"If it'll save the orphanage..." is most likely a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:The Blues Brothers|The Blues Brothers]]'', in which the brothers put their old band back together in order to save the orphanage in which they were raised.
*Strong Bad's contracted naming of files refers to names often given to files due to [[Wikipedia:8.3|8.3]] naming restrictions present in older [[Wikipedia:File Allocation Table|FAT]] filesystems, although his file names would be too long for these rules.
*"Just walk away, mother" is a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia: Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''. Also, the painting seen when Marshie delivers this line is drawn similarly to the caricature of [[Wikipedia:Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock]] seen at the start of his television program, ''[[Wikipedia:Alfred Hitchcock Presents|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''.
*The [[Wikipedia:Dust Bowl|Dust Bowl]] was a series of dust storms caused by poor farming techniques that ravaged the central United States and Canada from 1934 to 1939. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced.
*The graphics for the Fluffy Puff Marshmallows My Lappy Got Stole! Sweepstakes resemble those used for the 1995 [[The Simpsons|Simpsons]] episode [[Wikipedia:Who Shot Mr. Burns?|Who Shot Mr. Burns?]] contest sponsored by 1-800-COLLECT. That contest also featured silhouettes of the main characters with big question marks over each one, while a voiceover told viewers where to send in their guesses of the guilty party's identity in order to win the grand prize (being animated into an upcoming episode).
*The "horses in IT" joke could be a reference to the British comedy series [[Wikipedia:Little Britain|Little Britain]], which contained a sketch set in a computer shop featuring a [[Wikipedia:horse whisperer|horse whisperer]] asking a horse how to fix a problem with installing Windows XP.



===Fast Forward===

*Strong Bad would pronounce L's in a similar way in [[hygiene]]

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

=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Ryan Sterritt]])

'''MIKE:''' All right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strap yourselves in, boys.

'''MIKE:''' This is a really long email, so we're gonna have to do it in shifts, all right?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. I'll, I'll take sh...

'''MIKE:''' You take the first shift. Go, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' First!? Okay. Uhh, man. That's disgusting! ''{Ryan and Mike laugh}'' That's the nastiest thing I've ever seen. Although I would love to win one of those metal detectors. I always wanted to win one of those, from the video game shows.

'''RYAN:''' That was every kid's dream.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. A metal detector would make you rich. ''{pause}'' You think Marshie's got some issues...

'''MIKE:''' With his mom?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Like, every time we see him, we— we see he has more issues than before. ''{pause}'' Uh... this was... this was great, you guys. I felt... uh, you know, it was a good way to wallow in your own sorrows.

'''MIKE:''' Did you really eat all this?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, empties. Dead soldiers, I call 'em. ''{Ryan and Mike laugh}'' ''{pause}'' So, I had to mix up my own batch to get all those flavors in one— in one chip.

'''MIKE:''' I've always thought they should have a mixed bag of, uh, chips. Doritos.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, a trail mix! A suicide!

'''MIKE:''' Exactly. A kamikaze.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' A chips suicide! Yeah. ''{pause}'' Um, so this, yeah, I was freaked out, you guys.

'''MIKE:''' I can tell by your dance right there.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, look at that. I don't do that very often. I'm usually pretty poised, I, like... uh, I got a swagger about me. ''{pause}'' So can magnets still really do damage to computers, and hard drives, guys?

'''MIKE:''' I hope not.

'''STRONG BAD:''' If I take a 5¼-inch disc and put a magnet on it, is it gonna erase the data? Like all of 'em, remember, they had those pictures that told you not to do it. There'd be, like, a sad disk that's like, "No! Don't do it, magnet!" And the magnet would be erasing all your files.

'''MIKE:''' So was this awkward, Strong Bad? Is it like hanging out with ex-girlfriend... your current girlfriend and your ex-girlfriend at the same time?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Absolutely. It was... it was weird.

'''MIKE:''' Like you were afraid one of the other computers was gonna ''say'' something?

'''RYAN:''' They'd all become friends.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. It was a good thing The Paper showed up 'cause it was gonna get— it was about to get weird, you know? Where it'd be like, "Oh, you remember that time Lappy, we went to a movie?" and then the Compy'd be like, "No that was ME. WE went to that movie." And I— "Oh, crap, I totally..." you know...

'''MIKE:''' Best just keep your mouth shut in that situation.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Don't risk it.

''{In the email, the Tandy lowers the magnet}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' OH, CHILD! ''{Mike laughs}'' Um, so th— this was even worse. ''{stutters}'' You guys have no idea what it's like to work— have to work with broken computers. Especially one that has a big hole through it. ''{slight pause}'' Yeah, those guys don't know anything about my slang. I have a good slang.

'''MIKE:''' So is it, uh...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whose shift is it now, guys? C'mon...

'''MIKE:''' Ryan, step up! Ryan, step up!

'''RYAN:''' All right. It's good seeing this can still, uh— this computer still works.

'''MIKE:''' Surprising.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I thought it was in the garbage.

'''MIKE:''' That was the last time we saw it, I think.

'''STRONG BAD:''' The King of Town tried to use it one time.

'''MIKE:''' Seems like the only thing that's really happened is that the, uh, text kinda flickers a little bit every once in a while now.

'''RYAN:''' Which isn't so bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's better than Mike's computer was for a long time! ''{Mike and Ryan laugh}''

'''MIKE:''' I used to have to stuff paper in the ram drive... the ram slot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, they totally sold out, these guys. To Mountain Dew.

'''MIKE:''' To Oh No You Dent! ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh NO You Dent! ''{slight pause}'' Now I turned on my auto reverb on my voice. I can project like the old Romans. ''{In the email, Strong Bad swings the pickaxe into the keyboard and the computer explodes.}'' Where did I put that pickaxe? I need that thing. That thing's awesome.

'''MIKE:''' You didn't even hit the deleted key with it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, you don't know where it is. You have to hold a couple of buttons down...

'''MIKE:''' Oh, it doesn't just have a—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' ...to make "Deleted" happen.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, okay.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Gee, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Control alt... two?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe. Control alt wherever I hit with the pickaxe. So this is the second half, right? These were released two days in a row!

'''MIKE:''' That's right.

'''RYAN:''' I like that the words... finish on the other side.

'''MIKE:''' Auto hole formatting.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. There's a lot of auto formatting that goes on in my universe.

'''MIKE:''' These computers are pretty smart for giant... giant gaping holes. ''{Ryan laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's true. ''{pause}'' I am a no-joke. I am very serious. Right? ''{In the email, the curtain opens to reveal the Amazing Feats of Wonder}'' So this, uh, this operation was pretty good. We made a lot of money...

'''MIKE:''' Oh, the Amazing Feats of Wonder?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' ...and two friends.

'''MIKE:''' Who'd you make friends with?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um, Roman?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Roman?

'''STRONG BAD:''' There's a guy named Roman.

'''MIKE:''' Okay.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Rink.

'''MIKE:''' Roman and Rink.

'''RYAN:''' Rink?

'''MIKE:''' Were they friends with each other?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Rink was a ferret. ''{Mike and Ryan laugh}'' It was Roman's ferret. ''{In the email, Marzipan twists her head}'' OHH! That, I, oh, that's disgusting. And that's even more disgusting.

'''MIKE:''' What happened there?

'''STRONG BAD:''' You— You don't wanna see the King of Town's act. ''{Mike laughs}'' He does some questionable things. It's like that sideshow that went on tour with the Lollapaloozas.

'''MIKE:''' Jim Rose?

'''RYAN:''' Jim Rose?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jim Rome's sideshow—

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Jim Rome.

'''STRONG BAD:''' —sports talk sideshow. Look at that. Who needs a flea ''circus''? ''{slight pause}'' That's disgusting. This makes me question a lot of things, looking at that guy. And this is pretty disturbing, too, those leopard panties he's wearing.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I don't like Strong Mad without his, uh, singlet on.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. ''{pause}'' That's pretty amazing, he can do that with his mouth though. That's pretty cool. ''{In the email, the curtain opens up to reveal the Lappy}'' Say, whose shift? Mike's shift.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' All right, my shift, my shift. All right. I'm gonna take it down, I'm the, doing the— what to they call the last leg?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The shift is on.

'''MIKE:''' The anchor. I'm the anchor. All right. Uh, so I hope your battery's charged, cuz I'm finally taking you out for those...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Don't just read it!

'''MIKE:''' ''{rapidly}'' I can't think of anything else to say, I'm just going on adrenaline here.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{unintelligible}''

'''MIKE:''' Look at that background. I started doing these kinda different backgrounds a few months ago, Strong Bad—

'''STRONG BAD:''' They're beautiful.

'''MIKE:''' —for the silhouette scenes, instead of just the usual yellow.

'''STRONG BAD:''' They boot-iful.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' They boot-iful. I'm gonna do my Strong Bad impression now, Strong Bad. What do you think of that?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Great, Mike.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' Now, listen to me, you little man. Wrestleman.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That sounded great, Mike.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, man.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're doing really good.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' I know.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why don't you take over.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' I'll do it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' From now on.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' I can do it.

''{In the email, the Lappy says, "...find my toe?"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mitosis.

===Fun Facts===
*The King of Town used the Tandy 400 in the April Fool's special [[King of Town Email]].
*Strong Bad will mention again winning metal detectors in game shows in [[buried]].

==External Links==
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*[[Mirror:sbemail159a.html|watch "retirement A"]] (mirror)
*[[Mirror:sbemail159a.swf|view the Flash file for "retirement A"]] (mirror)
*[[Mirror:sbemail159b.html|watch "retirement B"]] (mirror)
*[[Mirror:sbemail159b.swf|view the Flash file for "retirement B"]] (mirror)

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User talk:Elcool

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Il Cartographer:

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== French Quote Winner! ==
[[Image:Awesomeguy.JPG|thumb|Here's to guessworking and translating!]]
Congrats. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 22:08, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

:Yay! Thanks. I'll frame it and hang it on my wall for all to see :). {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 22:15, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

== I dont understand ==

I don't understand what is wrong with my pic but ill remove it anyway.

:Seems it was too large. It's fine now, I believe. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:18, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
::... er, it was before you deleted it. [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Breadsinger/sig&diff=prev&oldid=369369 Some helpful guy] had shrunk it for you. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:19, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
:::Well, Breadsinger, I think you've got it now. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 22:12, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

== labels ==
this was created in responce to a conversation [[Talk:H%2AR.com_updates_2006#Idea|here]]. It was talked about a while ago and I decided to try implementing it. It would be used on other pages only on a case by case basis if it was decided to be useful there. Thank you for the concern.
[[User:Olleicua|Olleicua]] 16:34, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

:''See [[User talk:Olleicua#Template:label and Updates page]]''

== hey thanks ==

Hey thanks for informing me you could have the wiki prompt you about the summary. I didn't know you could do that and it's become real helpful in fighting the uh, disease. The disease I have that has impeded my ability to remember those things. lol.--{{User:Bleed0range/sig}} 06:39, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
:Heh. There's a lot of cool stuff in the preferences pages. Now that we upgraded the software to 1.8 I too need to go over it again and check for new stuff :). {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:29, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

== E ==

Is the E short for Elliot? [[User:Fireworks]] 15:38, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

:No, it's short for Elad, as it says so on my [[User:E.L._Cool#A_Little_About_Myself|user page]]. What made you think it was for Elliot? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 10:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

== Heh ==

New guy [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Template:recenttoons&diff=prev&oldid=384613 pwned] you. (Go forward one.) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 01:23, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

== 'Sup? ==

Dude! You work too hard. You've even missed our little party for [[HRWiki:Subtitles#Purpose|this]]. Must intern faster! ;-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 10:37, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

:Hurrah! So I missed the little tea-party you probably had on IRC, so what? There will be other things to party about. By this Thursday I'll be free (or free-er) for WikiStuff. If you noticed, I did do some work on the various SBEmail lists for the new email, so I'm not as stressed as I was the week before. In this job I can schedule in what time of day I want to work, so maybe I'll leave wiki-heavy days free in US time rush hours for days like X-dween and some Mondays (We already have a guy in our group who asked Wednesdays off so he can play World of Warcraft...) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:57, 12 December 2006 (UTC)

::That'd be cool :-) I miss you, dude.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 08:17, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

== You have been added ==
You have been added to my [[User:Theyellowdart#Coolest People Ever|Cool People List]] --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}}

:Thanks, man! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 08:15, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

== Someone familiar... ==
"Urgent need for grammar check by someone familiar with the subject."-you can't get anymore familiar than someone on this wiki, right?--[[User:H*Bad|H*Bad]] 13:28, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

:Uhh... Did I wrote that somewhere? Because I don't recall. Maybe you can enlighten me with a link or something. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 16:11, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

== Happy Birthday ==

Yay! You're even more of age now. W00t! ;-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 22:41, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
:and with the magic of time travel and the international dateline I get to wish you a happy birthday the before, while you are celebrating now....simply amazing. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 22:54, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
::oh yeah, and happy birthday
:::Don't have not a not very good not birthday, Elcool! —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 23:06, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
::::quit it mr double-double negative man. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 00:05, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::Happy freakin' birthday, Elcoolio! {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 00:12, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
::::::Happy birthday-ween, El Coolio! --{{User:Venusy/Sig}} 00:23, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
:::::::Happy B! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:41, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
::::::::Great jorb on your birthday. {{User:Theyellowdart/sig}}.
:::::::::Happy birthday! {{User:Trey56/sig}} 04:20, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
...Happy birthday, E.L! - {{User:The Joe/sig}} 01:10, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

:Thank you all! :) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 04:14, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

== Help out ==
*Hey, I'm thinking about creating a new page, but I don't know what to call it and I don't know all of its info. The page will be about interuppted names Strong Bad usually starts sounding out before getting interrupted by someone. Such as in [[bottom 10]]: He says, "and the number one spot in my bottom 10 is... Th--" and then gets interrupted. Please help out. I am sending this to all sysops. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}}

==Tears Fall==
...I guess I don't have a good impression on you anymore. I guess I have a horrible future here... {{User:Theyellowdart/sig}}

:First of all, let me say that you have some good contribs under your belt, which I already wrote in the edit summary when I put you in. You got removed from the list for several reasons. Please read carefully, as I'm being as straightforward as possible, and please take it as constructive feedback for you so you can be a better editor and user.
:You have too many user and user talk namespace contribs, that should be cut down and you should focus on main space with some talk page edits for a while. Leave your user page alone. Don't treat conversations like idle chatter, this is not IRC and people do not wish to know when you "log on" and when you "log off". We have patience to wait for your reply, even if it takes several hours. Also, don't snap on other users, even if you think they snapped on you first, doesn't matter if they are new, experienced or other. Be the bigger user. Take constructive criticism to heart and don't shut yourself from advice by blaming other people. I also noticed that said to be drinking cold ones while editing the wiki. Now, I don't know if you're referring to beer, but please try to edit the wiki only when sober.
:Everything I said here was already said to you by other users on your talk page and various other talk pages. You would have stayed on the list, if only I saw you taking some of their advice and apply it instead of shrugging it off. I hope you learn from this, and you may wish to contribute the fine way that you do. :) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:25, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
::Hey, you're right. But i must say this: ROTFLOL! "Contribute when you are sober." ha ha. I don't drink. It's just a joke to play when I say something stupid. I'm a teenager. That would be illegal. Thanks for all of your help and I will learn to be the bigger user. Best wishes, {{User:Theyellowdart/sig}}
:::Well, I'm not implying anything, but some teenagers drink, so I kinda took those statements literally... Thanks for reading all that, and most importantly - Have fun wikiing! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:26, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

== thanks ==

Hey there Elcoolio, thanks for setting my welcome page [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User%3AInvisible_Robot_Fish%2Fwelcome&diff=403026&oldid=400239 straight] {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 15:47, 10 January 2007 (UTC)
:Hi man, no probalo. I was just fixing that image everywhere (most of it was on talk pages you welcomed :P) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 17:14, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

== Sounds like a job for... ==

[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User%3AInvisible_Robot_Fish%2Fwelcome&diff=403026&oldid=400239 GrapeNuts!] --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:51, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
:[[:Image:wiki_tick.GIF|Nevermind]]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:55, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
::The only thing that's left is your subpage, but I couldn't find where the link to the image is. Can you help? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
:::{{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User%3AStux%2FPECLT&diff=403691&oldid=185660 done!}} {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 06:19, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
::::I had actually searched for them after I typed "nevermind", and they weren't there. The were inside {{tl|tick}}. I realized they must be caused by cached information not being updated quick enough to show the actual link information, thus making it hard to properly assess which files were still linked directly. The images for {{tl|done}} and {{tl|todo}} have similar problems. Dunno if the same has been done for them. If it was up to me, I'd call it a bug! :) --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 07:58, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

== Wow! That's sooo cool of you! ==

Hi Elcool! I just checked out your user page, and saw my user name under "New Users I Like To Watch"! That made me really happy, especially since I'm up there with such users as Shwoo and The Joe, (both users who have made a great impression on me too)! So thanks for that!

I'd also like to thank you for a different reason. When I first started editing on the wiki, I actually sent you an (embarrassing) email concerning an editing issue I had had. Well, you emailed me back, giving me tons of useful info about how to properly interact on the wiki talk pages! So thanks for that too! Okay, see ya 'round the wiki! {{User:4kai2lyn6/sig}} 23:08, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

:I'm very glad you noticed. That new list of users are for ones that's been here for less then 4 months and have less then 1000 contribs and still great editors in my opinion. Those who did major namespace contribs, had good and civil opinions on talk pages, helped other users in need and that are truly trying to be a better user for the sole propose of being a better user.
:I remember your emails and I still keep them. I'm happy they got put into good use since I spent a good deal of time writing them. Have a good day, {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 05:18, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

==Israel==
So, what's it like in Israel? On the news in the USA, all we here is bombings, but there is obviously more to Israel than that. --[[User:Zerlock1124|Zerlock1124]]

:Thanks for taking interest in my country, dude. There is much more to Israel then what you see on the news. As a matter of fact all the news does it distort the truth so it looks like the whole country is being bombarded, which is simply not true. We did had that war in the north two months ago, and one town is being fired at in the south, but it doesn't affect the day-to-day life of the rest 98% of the country.
:Beyond what you see in the news, we have a wonderful country, that's have almost every landscape but smaller (as we ''are'' small. About the size of New Jersey) - Forests, mountains, a snowy peak, a beautiful sea-shore, a coral reef (the most north in the world), lakes (including the lowest and only in the world - the Dead Sea!), a desert, small towns (like the various Kibbutzim), skyscraper cities, ancient cities, holy places... I don't think there's a single place our size in the whole world that have them all in a driving distance.
:When we took our country from the British, most of were scattered all over the world. When we all immigrated (a process which is still going) there was a kind of a culture clash that gave us one unique culture of food, music, language, traditions and lifestyle.
:If you'd like, I can explain more, as you see I'm very patriotic and love this place I call Israel. :) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 17:31, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
::I'm very curious about the Dead Sea. How big is it and what's it like? {{User:Dacheatbot/sig}} 23:22, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

== "WA" Y WIKI??? WOW!!!!! ==

Well, hey, Elcool. I noticed you're a member of the Weird Al Wiki, and I am extremely excited. I always knew that there'd be other Al-oholics out there. (No, that's NOT a beer joke, it's what we fans call ourselves.) Set up a post on my talk page an we'll talk Al and H*R, OK? -{{User:WeirdAl/sig}} 21:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

== These Personal Images Will Self-Destruct... ==

Hey, E.L. Cool. Since we're both online together, I'd thought I'll ask you something. Do you still need these two images anymore:

*[[:Image:TGSMenu11.PNG]]
*[[:Image:Frappr200.PNG]]

Seeing as the first has been replaced and the second is not in use, I'd thought I'd help clear up the Wiki a little bit by possibly setting them up for deletion. If you still want to hold onto them, let me know and no futher action will be taken. Otherwise, I don't think there's any need to keep them. Cheerio, {{User:The Chort/sig}} 19:06, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
:I don't see any compelling reason to delete those. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

::About abandoned images: Our way of action so far have not to delete them, unless by the request of the user they used to belong to. Several months ago Me and Thunderbird cleaned the abandoned images of several inactive users, but I don't think that's going to happen again in the near future, unless some server problem is going to threaten us.
::About unused old menus: Like the Toons Menu image, the TGS Menu image should also be updated in the same file name. I was wrong back then to upload it in a different name, so I want to check with the other sysops if we can delete it and what affect it will have on the page's history. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
:::I understand. It's just that some people remove personal images from their user pages and then forget about them completely. I just thought I could help by asking any active users if they want to keep them. If they don't want them deleted, that's fine. And I understand there's isn't a severe server problem that means we can't store unused personal images. I just wanted to help the wiki. Nevermind the bullocks, {{User:The Chort/sig}} 19:23, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

== Archiving Delight ==

Hey E.L.Cool! What's up? I just wanted to let you know that you {{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk%3AQuote_of_the_Week&diff=429983&oldid=429938 missed}} an archive linking there. That's all. So keep an eye on these things. Later! --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 15:45, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks man. I guess I missed it because all of the open tabs I had at the moment. I looked for the best way to archive and started with [[Talk:Main Page]]-style one, but I found we only used it for HRWiki talks, so I started again with the [[Talk:Strong Bad Email]] template you see now. So my tabs were kind of a mess, as you could see. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 15:48, 16 March 2007 (UTC)
::Ah! Makes sense. I figured it was because it was the first archive for that page. I don't think that the Main Page Talk's archive style is used anywhere else (It might be kinda nice to see it a bit more though). Most archives I know follow somethink like the SBEmail Templates. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 15:59, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

==1337 Box Flaw==
I've noticed that your 1337 User Box had a flaw. It says that you can "(0|\||218|_|" <nowiki>[with an advanced form of leet]</nowiki>, but it should say that you can "(0|\|'''7'''|218|_|'''73'''" <nowiki>[with an advanced form of leet]</nowiki>.

Just doin a little Gnome work,

{{User:Supuhstar/sig}}

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:Thank you, it's now fixed :). {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 22:47, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

== Yerushalayim ==
Hey, ELcool, nice to hear from you. No, I'm not Israeli, I'm from NY. I lived in Jerusalem last year (in the Ir Ha'Atikah!) while I was in yeshiva. Yes, I speak hebrew. much love, {{User:TheDude/sig}} 01:49, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
:That's pretty cool. I kinda speculated that you're not a localman, but probably a student/yeshiva guy. Did you ever get to visit the Tel-Aviv area? How well do you know Hebrew? You could help translating subtitles :) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:24, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

== 10,000th visit ==

Hey, E.L. Cool. Your ppage has now been visited [[:Image:elcool_10000visit.png|10,000 times]]! Congraduration! {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 11:12, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
:Heh. Thanks! This is truly a milestone in the wiki's history. The wiki history? The world! I should notify BBC, CNN and DDT about it! Well... Does it count that most of these are my visitings? I just leave all the useful links to pages I work on here. Well, thank you again Home-win for the info :) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 03:25, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
::You should at least tell FOX! ;) Good ol' FOX! {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 00:41, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

== E.L. Cool/templates ==

I figured you might like to be informed of this: your template page contains 40 HTML errors. This is because HTML does not support calling an ID more than once to utilize CSS. The simple fix to this problem is to change all id="navbox" lines to class="navbox".{{User:Ten Ten/sig}} 18:02, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

== Yay! ==
You won Person of the day! Reason: Like your username, you are a pretty cool guy. {{User:Numa Numa/sig}}
:Thank you. I'm honored. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 21:38, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

== Hebrew preferences image ==

Hey, E.L. — I made a version of the preferences image with Hebrew letters [[:Image:All-in-one script preferences with numbers he.png|here]] for [[User:E.L. Cool/Welcome/he]]. Let me know if I should change anything! {{User:Trey56/sig}} 23:02, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
:It looks perfect! But... You made a mistake. The forth letter is Talet (ד). You used Resh (ר). I know they are similar looking and why you were confused. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 00:17, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

::Aha, I'll fix it straightaway... I tried to double-check everything, but I guess one slipped through. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 00:20, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

:::Okay, I think it should be fixed now. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 00:24, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

== Templates ==

Hey Cool! Thought I'd drop by to thank you for making {{cl|STUFF Templates}}. (I just noticed your flood of edits because I just woke up. Who eats breakfast these days anyway?) I'll make sure to give you credit on my userpage. But as a few final requests, the {{tl|funfacts2}} template still bothers me, since we don't use it. That, and the {{tl|checkstuffpage}} also belongs under STUFF Templates, but it was categorized before I suggested the new category. Thanks again! — {{User:SamFisher1022/sig}} 12:11, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
:Hi man. I kinda did it without knowing you already categorized a million templates. I just went over the new special pages and looked for stuff to do. Now that I've looked at you contributions, you did an awesome job there with all the other templates! I don't know about funfacts2, but it's part of the wiki history, so we keep it. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:13, 17 November 2007 (UTC) P.S.: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day! :

== Happy Coolday! ==

Happy Cool. May you never run out of... erm... whatever you don't want to run out of. ;-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 09:27, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
:Yes, very minor an unnoticeable change indeed :-p! Welcome to our side of the fence! Merry Christmas and Happy New _____ Day! (likely candidates are Cool, fun, new year's, and birth). --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 02:51, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks guys! {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:57, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Belated 祝你生日快乐 from Heimstern. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 08:07, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
:Belated תודה רבה from me. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
Enjoy your day. I am older than you. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 10:16, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
:Just a couple more eons, and I'll be almost half your age, grandpa! ;) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:25, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
::Let ''n'' be the number of years in an eon, and assuming that in two eons E.L. Cool will be exactly half Qermaq's age, we have:
:::<math>20+2n=\frac{1}{2}\times(Q+2n)</math>
::Solving for ''Q'' we get:
:::<math>2\times(20+2n)=Q+2n</math>
:::<math>40+4n=Q+2n</math>
:::<math>Q=40+2n</math>
::In [[Wikipedia:Eon (geology)|geological terms]], Q would be, on average: <math>Q=40+2\times550,000,000=1,100,000,040</math>. However, if we take the {{pl|l=http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eon#Noun sidereal}} definition of an eon: <math>Q=40+2\times1,000,000,000=2,000,000,040</math> (years). QED. The definitions of some variables and values are left for the reader to determine. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 21:26, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
:::Actually, I think this is a pretty accurate, considering how old Q's now. Oh, people with too much time on their hands... {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:22, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
I've been gone the last 3 days, so since I don't have a time machine, I guess I'll just have to wish you a happy birthday. Umm... backwards. *preeeeow* —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 21:35, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
:!sknahT {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:22, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
::I think I am dead now. I detect rotting. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:29, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

==IGN [[User:Physicsguymonsterman|Physicsguymonsterman]]==

About the fox news thing i sorry i am a far right reagan conservative so when i made fun of fox news i didnt think that it could be offensive kind of like a fat person making fun of fat people that might have come across wrong ill shut up now [[User:Physicsguymonsterman|Physicsguymonsterman]] 15:08, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
:Hey dude. I reverted it not because it was about conservative people. It was because main-space talk pages (talk pages for regular wiki articles) is no place for politics. Jokingly, or otherwise. They are used exclusively for discussing that article. In our case, the interview. No hard feelings, Just letting you know. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 16:26, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

==Thanks, eh?==

Just saying thanks for the welcome and the help about [[Name Tags]]! [[User:Il Cartographer|Il Cartographer]] 19:54, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Talk:Name Tags

2008-04-18T19:42:01Z

Il Cartographer:

I thought I would try and work on a stub article to help out the wiki, but I was wondering what needs to be worked on; is it just fixing the descriptions and organization, or are there name tag examples that are missing that need to be added? [[User:Il Cartographer|Il Cartographer]] 02:12, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
:Stub articles, are articles that people think do not contain all the available info in them, or that almost no info at all is included. Most new articles start as the second kind of stubs with almost no content. AS they grow sometimes people forget to remove the stub template or because they are not sure if all the info is in the article. If you take this article for instance, there is a lot of info about name tags. But is it all of it? Try searching the wiki and watch the toons mentioned here. If you think the article is "done" you can just remove the stub template. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 07:45, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, E.L. Cool! I've added more examples of name tags (though I'm sure there are more I can add). However I still need to change the intro to the article to reflect the fact that not all name tags appear as blue and white. Also, about the mention of [[2 emails]], the list in this article is exactly the same as the one on the 2 emails page. It's redundant, so can it be removed and given a simple description instead? [[User:Il Cartographer|Il Cartographer]] 19:42, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

Name Tags

2008-04-18T19:36:52Z

Il Cartographer: added links to list, cleanup tag

{{cleanup}}
[[image:Nametag.png|thumb|Hello, my name is...]]
Occasionally, "Hello, my name is ____" '''name tags''' are seen. These nametags are usually blue with a white spot to write one's name or another message on them.

== Appearances ==
*'''Debut:''' [[The Luau]] — The opening credits are presented on name tag cards. [[Strong Bad]] also "carefully filled out everybody's name tags": "Hello, my name is [[Crap]] [[for Brains]]". The cartoon also closes with a name tag card, which reads, "The end for brains".
*Email [[marzipan]] (Easter egg) — During [[The Cheat]]'s video for [[Marzipan]]'s song, one of the visuals is a name tag that says "Hello, my name is Oh Yeah".
*Email [[2 emails]] — Strong Bad prepares name tags for the hot girls, which read "Hello, my name is Hot Girl #" followed by the number. The numbers and other distinguishing marks are as follows:
**48
**v2.14
**4077 ("hot lips" instead of "hot girl")
**00
**18
**7 (no space between "hot" and "girl")
**Sue
**40
**2
**8 (no space between "hot" and "girl")
**13
**[[20X6|X6]]
**37
**26c
**26
*Email [[the process]] (Easter egg) — Em's name tag reads "Hello, my name is Emtarkanderundersgunderson".
*[[Thy Dungeonman II]] — The player encounters a plague-carrying rat with a name tag. If the player types "look at nametag", it is revealed that the rat's name is Percy.
*Email [[dangeresque 3]] — [[Perducci]]'s name tag reads "Hello, my name is Perducci".
*Email [[secret identity]] — At Bubs' Motor Lodge, Bubs's name tag reads "My name Bubs".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] — So and So is forced to wear a name tag with the name "Mark" while working at Shirt Folding Store.
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User:Il Cartographer

2008-04-18T03:12:35Z

Il Cartographer: adding userbox & description

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Hi everyone. I'm a brand new wiki user as of April 2008; though I've been a fan of Homestar Runner since 2003. The first email I ever saw was [[dragon]], and after watching it I was completely hooked! I chose to use the name il Cartographer on the wiki while watching the email [[yes, wrestling]]. I think it was the catchy theme song that drew me in!

So far I am still getting used to how the wiki technology works, but I am an avid user of the Homestar Runner Wiki, and I am looking forward to becoming an actively contributing member.

User:Il Cartographer

2008-04-18T02:14:27Z

Il Cartographer: creating my user page

New user! Important facts:

This user is:
*Canadian
*Of the female variety
*Still getting used to wiki technology.

Talk:Name Tags

2008-04-18T02:12:26Z

Il Cartographer: What needs fixing?

HRWiki:Sandbox

2008-04-16T16:33:56Z

Il Cartographer:

Test test test. I love [[Strong Bad Email]]. [[User:Il Cartographer|Il Cartographer]] 16:33, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

This sandbox fails! --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 13:28, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

http://forum.alsacreations.com/upload/2043-fail-camera.jpg

http://web.mit.edu/mokang/Public/fail.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t64/chickiepea86/fail.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y242/emmamoonpotter/epic_fail.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1212/1272549006_294f713d3c.jpg

http://www.lafferty.ca/wp-content/uploads/2007/05/fail-24.jpg