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The House That Gave Sucky Treats

2007-11-26T01:57:56Z

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[[Image:halloween2001.png|thumb|"I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for some candy today!"]]

All the characters come to ''your'' house to trick-or-treat! You get to pick one of three treats to give them in an interactive game.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|The Knight}}, {{Film|The Hornblower}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Homsar}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}

See '''[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats Costumes]]''' for more information on what everyone was wearing.

'''Places:''' [[The Halloween House]], [[Spooky Woods]]

'''Date: ''' Saturday, October 27, 2001

'''Running Time:''' 4:00 (site approximation)

'''Page Title:''' Trick, then treat, then smell feet.

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

== Transcript ==
''{spooky music plays}''

A Homestar Runner Cartoon

"The House That Gave Sucky Treats"

Voices by Matt Chapman & Missy Palmer

Written, Directed and Animated by Los Brothers Chaps

''{Homestar's head pops up slowly, then lightning flashes and thunder cracks}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Oh, hello. This year, we're going to do things a little differently. ''{scary voice, eyes slanted menacingly}'' We're all coming to your house to trick or treeeeat! ''{normal face and voice}'' So just answer the door, pick a treat, and drag it on top of us. We'll do the rest. ''{Pause}'' Okay, bye!

=== Coach Z ===
''{Knocks in a rhythm.}''

====Intro====
:''{rapping}'' Doot-doo-doot-doo, an' I'll drink up all the Hennessy ya got on your shelf, but first let me introduce myself. My name is Coach Z. Pronounced with an "oach Z."

====Jujyfruits====
:Ooh, Jorjyfruits! Oh, I mean Jerjyfrorts. I mean, ''{straining}'' GEORGIE FRORGIE! ''{pause}'' George Foreman?

====Boston Baked Beans====
:Ya know, I once knew a fellow in Boston 'could tell ya the time of the day at any time of the day. Ya'd say, "Say there Boston, what's the time of day?" And he'd say, "10:30." And you'd look at him and say, "But Boston, it's half past noon!" And he'd look back at ya and say, "Well, those are the breaks."

====Cherry Clan====
:Da Cherry Clan. Are they related to the Wu-Tang Clan? 'Cause ya know, their first album was the ''BAERMB''! In fact, you don't have a copy of "The 36 Chambers" in there, do ya? 'Cause I'd love to listen to it right now! Ya mind if I come in?

=== The King Of Town ===
''{Rings the doorbell instead of knocking.}''

====Intro====
:Trick or treat, I'm horrible! ''{Strong Bad pokes his head out from the right of the screen and says, "You got that right."}''

====Butterscotch====
:Ooh, butterscotch! Would you mind melting those down and pouring them over a ham? ''{pulls out a [[ham]]}''

====Fun size Butterfinger====
:That's it?! Well, if you think that I'll accept this paltry treat just because it has "butter" in the name... well, you'd be right! Give it here!

====Stick of Butter====
:Ooh, a stick of butter! ''{noisily scarfs the stick of butter} {still with butter in his mouth}'' Trick or treat. Again? Please??

=== Strong Mad and The Cheat ===
''{Bangs on door, creating yellow bursts.}''

====Intro====
:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
:'''STRONG MAD:''' IS YOUR REFRIGERATOR PERRY RUNNING?

====Rock Candy====
:'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{staring at it, puzzled.}'' HALLOWEEN!

====Pop Rocks====
:''{The Cheat eats the Pop Rocks}''
:'''STRONG MAD:''' NO. NO! NOOO!!
:''{The Cheat takes a drink of cola}''
:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{squealing The Cheat noises, head explodes}''

====Rocks====
:''{Strong Mad eats the rocks, then bites off half of a can of cola. The Cheat's head inexplicably explodes.}''

=== Marzipan ===
''{Also rings the doorbell.}''

====Intro====
:''{singing}'' Hey, ho! Let's go! Hey, ho! Trick or treat!

====Candy Corn====
:''Candy'' corn?? Do you have any real corn? Or Indian corn?

====Rice Cakes====
:Hey, rice cakes! I like to eat them without water.

====Steak====
:Is this a joke? It's not funny. ''{Strong Bad drops three more steaks into her bag with a grin on his face}''

=== The Poopsmith and Pom Pom ===
''{Knocks rapidly and softly.}''

{''They don't have an intro, as neither can really speak.''}

====Mary Jane====
:''{They look at each other, then The Poopsmith holds up a sign that says "Give us something good instead". Pom Pom laughs.}''

====Chick-O-Stick====
:''{The Poopsmith dunks it in a bucket labeled "dippin stuff", which looks suspiciously like [[whatsit]]. He offers it to Pom Pom, who shakes his head "no".}''

====Astropop====
:''{The Poopsmith shoots his gun at Pom Pom so it reflects off Pom Pom's "I ♥ Flint" button and his microphone and hits himself in the chest sensor. He falls off the side of the steps.}''

====Pumpkin====
:''{The "secret" music from the [[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda series|Zelda]] video game series plays. The pumpkin is firmly lodged in The Poopsmith's mouth. When the door closes, a pixelated caption reads "YOU UNLOCKED A SECRET CHARACTER!"}''

=== Homsar ===
''{Knocks "[[Wikipedia:Shave and a Haircut|Shave and a Haircut]]".}''

''{This is an Easter egg, only accessible if you give The Poopsmith or Pom Pom the pumpkin.}''

====Intro====
:I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for some candy today!

====Shavin' Creem====
:YaAaAaAh, I'm the original ladies' man!

====Black and Orange Taffy====
:''(singing)'' If you give me a treat, make sure that it's sweet, and I'll eeeat iiiiiit...

====Wrench====
:Oh no, I think this is my favorite!

=== Strong Bad ===
''{Instead of knocking or ringing, Strong Bad yells, "Open the freakin' door!"}''

====Intro====
:Where in the world is my candy?

====Fun Size Butterfinger====
:Oh, a "fun size" candy bar? Tell me this: what's fun about eating less candy? Maybe if you gave me an entire bag of them it would be fun. The only fun I'm going to have with this thing is smearing it all over your door when I leave. ''{If you choose this, the door is smeared with the Butterfinger when Strong Sad shows up.}''

====Marshmallow Bunny====
:Why you lazy crap for crap! All you've got is old freakin' Easter candy? This thing's rock hard, man! Well, you just made it onto my "People I gotta egg today" list. ''{He shows you the list:}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none;border:2px solid black;background:#FFFF99;color:#000;width:25%">
People to egg 
(in no particular order) 
 
ronnie pudding 
 
king of town 
 
kewpie dan 
 
homestar 
 
you lazy crap for crap
</blockquote>

====Apple====
:What is ''this'' crap?!? What are you, a dentist? Or a hippie? Or some kind of ''hippie dentist''?

=== Strong Sad ===
''{Knocks softly.}''

====Intro====
:Trick or treat, I guess.

====Necco candy wafers====
:Oh, Necco Wafers. These remind me of when I used to eat the colored chalk when I was in school. I was sick for a year and nearly died...

====Baking Chocolate====
:''{a bit surprised and bounces slightly}'' Oh! Baking Chocolate! I used to eat this stuff when there was no chocolate in the house. And now, it's my only friend.

====Campbell's Soup====
:Oh. While I do appreciate the relevance of this, given my costume, I was kind of hoping for something that I wouldn't have to prepare. You know, like Necco Wafers or baking chocolate...

=== Bubs ===
''{Knocks "[[New Boots|Hip Hop Dance]]"}''

====Intro====
:''{singing}'' Please, baby please, baby baby baby ''please''! Gimme some candy!

====Mallo Cup====
:''{singing}'' I got a shallow gup and a crallow nup, somebody give me dat Mallow Cup.

====Dum-Dums====
:Oh! ''{singing}'' I'm such a big dum-diddy-dum-diddy-diddy-diddy-dum-dum...ie.

====Bazooka Gum====
:I never understand the comics that come in this bubble gum. I mean, the first frame is some guy saying,''{he unfolds the comic and shows it to you}'' "Look out, the sky is falling!" And the second frame is some guy getting hit on the head with a rock ''{he unfolds the comic and shows it to you again. The second frame is captioned "Fortune: The rock hit the guy in the sweater"}''. And I'm sitting there going, "What the heck just happened?", and before I know it, I swallowed my bubble gum!

=== Homestar Runner ===
''{Homestar continually knocks until you answer.}''

====Intro====
:''{singing}'' Believe it or not, I'm walkin' around, I never thought I could trick or tre-e-eat...

====Smarties====
:All right, Smarties! Marzipan said to eat lots of these this year. I'm not really sure why she said that though. ''{Crickets chirp, record scratches when Homestar breaks the silence.}'' Umm... trick or treat!

====Circus Peanuts====
:''{Dances and "doots" ''[[Wikipedia:Entrance of the Gladiators|Entrance of the Gladiators]]'' (known to most as a circus theme). You close the door, but Homestar rings the doorbell, and when you answer, he is still dancing and singing.}''

====Handful of Change====
:''{sounding slightly disappointed}'' Oh... a handful of change. I guess I can use this to go, um, buy some candy. So... thank you for adding a step to my Halloween process.

== Later that Night... ==

"'''Vote for your favorite costume!!'''" is written at the top. Everybody is standing around in his or her costume. Run your cursor over each to see a caption (shown here in parentheses after the character's name). If you click on one to vote for, an email is started to ween@homestarrunner.com, with a different subject line and text for each character:

*The Poopsmith (Lazer Tag):
**Subject: Teddy Poopspin
**Text: I Choose YOU, Poopachu

*The King of Town (Hagar The Horrible):
**Subject: King of Town, Now Sit Down
**Text: I Choose YOU, Kingachu

*Strong Mad (The Fridge):
**Subject: Strong Madden Football 99
**Text: I Choose YOU, Strong Madchu

*Coach Z (Humpty Hump):
**Subject: 1 2 3 Coach Z
**Text: I Choose YOU, Coach Zchu

*Pom Pom (Michael Moore):
**Subject: Pom Pom for Prez
**Text: I Choose YOU, Pom Pomchu

*Bubs (Mars Blackman):
**Subject: Bubs has got it goin ON
**Text: I Choose YOU, Bubsachu

*Strong Bad (Carmen San Diego):
**Subject: Why do you keep dressing up as girls
**Text: I Choose YOU, Strong Badchu

*The Cheat (Punchy):
**Subject: How bout a nice Hawaiian Cheat
**Text: I Choose YOU, Cheatachu

*Homestar Runner (The Greatest American Hero):
**Subject: Homestar Riggidy Riggidy Runner
**Text: I Choose YOU, Homestarchu

*Homsar (Wimpy):
**Subject: Homsar Salad Sandwich
**Text: I Choose YOU, Homsarchu

*Marzipan (Joey Ramone):
**Subject: Marzipan is a Laugh Riot Grrl
**Text: I Choose YOU, Marzychu

*Strong Sad (Andy Warhol):
**Subject: A vote for Strong Sad is a vote for America
**Text: I Choose YOU, Strong Sadchu

=== The Discussion ===

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey Strong Bad, I really like your costume. The Spanish Inquisition? That's great.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look, for the last time, I'm not The Spanish Inquisition, I'm not Cab Calloway, and I'm not Strong Bad wearing a yellow turtleneck! I'm Carmen freakin' Sandiego!!

'''MARZIPAN:''' I like Cab Calloway.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, Poopsmith, that's the worst costume I ever saw. I mean, you're ''Lazer Tag''? What, are you supposed to be dressed up as the product or is it more abstract than that, like you're supposed to be the concept of Lazer Tag? Come on man, you know you just found that old crap in a trunk in your basement.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Ease off, Strong Bad! He's not the one that dressed up as a ''girl'' two years in a row.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh ho ho ho, you asked for it, King.

''{Strong Mad punches The King of Town}''

'''BUBS:''' Did any of you guys go to that house that was givin' out change? I changed my costume and went back ten times. I made 35 dollars!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did you guys go to that house where they let you into this big room and there's all these people wearing black hoods and they ask you these questions about life and existence and if you answer them wrong you get eternal damnation, but if you answer them right you get a Twizzler?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um... no.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No.

'''COACH Z:''' Nope.

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' No.

'''BUBS:''' Nope.

'''THE CHEAT:''' Meh.

'''STRONG MAD:''' NO.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh. Never mind.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I like your costume, Strong Sad, but you weren't invited this year.

'''COACH Z:''' Say, Pom Pom, check out this funky bass groove! A doo'rear, a doo'ri, a doo'rear, a doo'ri! ''{Grooves around a little}''

''{Pause}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Have they voted yet? I really have to pee.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, and the Poopsmith's not smelling any rosier, either.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, oh! I've got an idea! Let's totally freak 'em out. ''Let's repeat the stuff that we just saaaaid!''

''{loops back to the start of the discussion}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*When Strong Bad's egging list is up, click on "[[kewpie dan]]" to see.. something. (Note: although this egg appears to be glitched, it was intended to open [[HR:kewpiedan.html|this page]] in a new window.)
*When Pom Pom and the Poopsmith knock at your door, move the pumpkin that's sitting on your porch onto them to unlock Homsar (transcription [[#Homsar|above]]). Homsar will only appear in the final scene if you unlock him, though he doesn't say anything.
*In the final scene when all of the characters are talking, you can roll over the skull, pumpkin and moon to see funny captions.
**Skull: Get offa me!
**Pumpkin: No costume. Just a pumpkin.
**Moon: Just pick a freakin' character already!

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The length of this toon was originally listed as "?:??" on the Toons page, and now as 4 minutes.
**This is because you could sit there for hours on end doing ''no'' commands, and the length would be longer than 240 seconds.
*Marzipan's costume has a small hole in it and you can see her pink flesh beneath, giving further credence to the theory that her body is actually skirt-shaped.
*Originally Coach Z's intro rap was: "Doot-doo-doot-doo, and I think I'll make ya fall right down on your face, but first let me introduce myself. My name is Hoodsey. Pronounced with an 'oodsey.'"
*This is the first instance of [[The Cheat's Head Exploding]].
*The Bazooka Joe comic you see when you give Bubs Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum originally came from an idea The Brothers Chaps thought up for a possible weekly feature. It was never released until they showed it at the [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005|March 1st, 2005 NYU Talk]].
*This is the first toon to feature all the [[Characters#Main characters|main characters]].

===Remarks===
[[Image:weirdedoutthecheat.PNG|thumb|Weirded out.]]
*Giving The Cheat and Strong Mad [[Wikipedia:Pop Rocks|pop rocks]] shows you a rare glimpse of The Cheat's mouth open without his teeth being visible.
*Bubs's comment about the house that was giving out change is interesting; he went back ten times (making a total of 11 trips) and made $35, implying that the inhabitant was giving out a surprisingly generous $3.18 per trick-or-treater, on average.
*The only candy that shows up twice is the Fun Size [[Wikipedia:Butterfinger|Butterfinger]].
*Clicking "Back" takes you to [[Main Page 7]], the Halloween Main Page.
*Strong Bad is seen during the King of Town's segment as well as in Marzipan's reaction to steak, but he is not in costume in either one.
*[[The Brothers Chaps]] didn't use the current style of animation on Strong Bad (his shadowed eyes), even though they used it in an earlier toon, [[A Mother's Day Message]].
*When The King of Town appears, Strong Bad has the new diamond but older eyes, and when he comes to the door, he is in his older style.

===Goofs===
*In the final scene where all of the characters are talking, Strong Bad's caption is misspelled: it should read "[[Wikipedia:Carmen Sandiego|Carmen Sandiego]]", not "Carmen San Diego".
**Bubs's caption is also misspelled as "Mars Blackman" instead of "Mars Blackmon".
*When Homestar says, "We're coming to your house to trick or treat!", the bottom outline on his cap moves.
*When Strong Bad smears the Butterfinger bar on the door and Strong Sad shows up, the melted chocolate on the door disappears when the choices of candy show up.
*Just after Homestar says "Let's repeat the stuff that we just saaaaid!", Strong Bad's mouth opens a little wider.

===Glitches===
*The light switch can be moved up and down, but it doesn't do anything. You can flip the switch even while the door is opened, and if you leave the light switch down, it will automatically go back up when the next person knocks.
*When viewed in [[Wikipedia:Mozilla Firefox|Firefox]], there are weird sounds related to the door opening and closing. They are always at the same place.
*After Strong Bad says, "Open the freakin' door!" we can hear the sound of the door opening.
*After Bubs says, "Gimme some candy!", the outline under his mouth nearly vanishes, and the shading of his 'MARS' chain also changes.
*When Homestar is introducing the toon, the line between his head and hat and his eyes seem to move very slightly up and down.

===Inside References===
*The following are all references from the previous year's Halloween toon, [[Homestarloween Party]]:
**The music that plays when Homestar rises up at the start is the same one used when it was time for "Scary Flashlight Ghost Storytelling With a Flashlight".
**The skull and pumpkin are the same ones which served as the "play" button.
**Stuffing the pumpkin into the Poopsmith's mouth is a reference to when he was seen bobbing for pumpkins and holding them in his mouth.
**Marzipan noting at the end that "I like your costume, Strong Sad, but you weren't invited this year" refers to the fact that he had been uninvited by Marzipan the previous year.
**The King of Town's comment on Strong Bad dressing up as a girl for two years in a row refers to the previous Halloween toon where Strong Bad dressed up as [[Wikipedia:Carmen Miranda|Carmen Miranda]].
***For two years in a row, Strong Bad also dressed up as girls named Carmen.

*Bubs's line when you give him the [[Wikipedia:Dum Dum Pop|Dum-Dum Pop]] is a reference to [[A Jumping Jack Contest]].
*Strong Mad attempted almost the same prank greeting as in this toon on [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 4.0]].
*Coach Z's rap is a reference to [[alcohol]].

===Real-World References===
*Coach Z raps a couple lines from [[Wikipedia:Digital Underground|Digital Underground's]] biggest hit song, "The Humpty Dance," substituting his own name for Humpty Hump's. The drink he mentions, [[Wikipedia:Hennessy|Hennessy]], is a brand of cognac, or brandy. Another line is used at the voting screen when Coach Z tells Pom Pom to "check out this bass groove right here."
*The joke involving The Cheat consuming Pop Rocks and soda is a reference to [http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/poprocks.htm an urban legend] that states that Mikey, the [[Wikipedia:Life (cereal)|Life cereal]] mascot, died when consuming Pop Rocks and soda caused his stomach to explode.
*When you drag the pumpkin onto Pom Pom and the Poopsmith, the music that is played is from the [[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda series|''Legend of Zelda'' games]], usually when you unlock something (like blowing up a wall with a bomb, thus creating a door). The particular sound music they use in the toon is from "[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|A Link to the Past]]", as you can hear the dungeon music after the sound plays.
*Ronnie Pudding, the first name on Strong Bad's list of houses to egg, is the name of [[Wikipedia:Spinal Tap|Spinal Tap's]] first bassist.
*Strong Bad greets you with "Where in the world is my candy?", a reference to the computer game and TV show "[[Wikipedia:List of Carmen Sandiego products#Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?|Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?]]" from which his costume comes.
*Strong Sad's comment on receiving the [[Wikipedia:Campbell Soup Company|Campbell's soup]] is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Andy Warhol|Andy Warhol's]] (whom Strong Sad is dressed as) series of paintings ''Campbell's Soup''.
*"Please baby, please baby, baby baby please" is a reference to Mars Blackmon's (whom Bubs is dressed up as) exact same line in [[imdb:tt0091939|She's Gotta Have It]].
*The skull's line at the end when you hold the mouse pointer over it ("Get offa me") is a quote from Murray, the Demonic Talking Skull from the [[Wikipedia:Monkey Island|''Monkey Island'']] games.
*Homsar's greeting is a play on [[Wikipedia:J. Wellington Wimpy|Wimpy's]] famous line "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."
*Marzipan's intro is "Hey, ho! Let's go!" from [[Wikipedia:The Ramones|The Ramones']] 1976 hit, "Blitzkrieg Bop". This was also a reference/tribute to Joey's death earlier in 2001.
*Homestar's greeting is sung to the tune of (and is a play on) the theme song to the TV show [[Wikipedia:The Greatest American Hero|The Greatest American Hero]].
*[[Wikipedia:Cab Calloway|Cab Calloway]] was a famous jazz bandleader and singer whose career spanned many years.
*Homestar saying Strong Bad's costume is the "[[Wikipedia:Spanish Inquisition|Spanish Inquisition]]" is a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Monty Python|Monty Python]] [[Wikipedia:The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python)|sketch of the same name]] in which [[Wikipedia:Michael Palin|Michael Palin]], [[Wikipedia:Terry Jones|Terry Jones]], and [[Wikipedia:Terry Gilliam|Terry Gilliam]] were dressed in similar costumes.
*The Poopsmith holding up a sign due to his inability to talk (or his vow of silence) is reminiscent of Wile E. Coyote of [[Wikipedia:Looney Tunes|Looney Tunes]] fame.
* The "I choose YOU, <insert character name here>chu" is an obvious reference to the show "[[Wikipedia:Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]," where one character, [[Wikipedia:Ash Ketchum|Ash]], has a similar famous line, "I choose YOU, [[Pikachu]]!"
* The subject line of the email when the Poopsmith is chosen for best costume, Teddy Poopspin, references [[Wikipedia:Teddy Ruxpin|Teddy Ruxpin]], a popular toy from the '80s made by Worlds of Wonder, the same company that made Lazer Tag.
* If you choose the King of Town for best costume, the subject line of the email is "King of Town, Now Sit Down." This is a reference to Sierra Online's [[Wikipedia: Quest for Glory|Quest for Glory]] (aka Hero's Quest), where the phrase "Hut of brown, now sit down" was used to gain access to Baba Yaga's magic hut.
* If you choose Strong Sad for best costume, the subject line of the email is "A vote for Strong Sad is a vote for America." This is a reference to 1984 Presidential Candidate Walter Mondale's Campaign slogan, which was "A vote for Walter Mondale is a vote for America." Mondale lost the election to Ronald Reagan in a landslide, winning only his home state (Minnesota) and the District of Columbia.
* Giving Strong Mad and The Cheat the rocks may be a reference to the only Halloween treat Charlie Brown receives in ''[[Wikipedia:It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown|It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown]]''.


===Fast Forward===
*"Cheatachu" later became The Cheat's screen name in [[i she be]] and [[marzipan]].
*The music that was used as Homestar was rising would later be used in the Strong Bad Email [[theme park]] as background music for "The Strong Sad Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt Spooktacular".
*"Your house" was later reused in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] where you could, once again, choose Coach Z's and Bubs's treats (and Stinkoman's, too).
*The phrase "Get offa me!" would later be said by a [[sticky note]] in the email [[vacation]].
*This toon started the [[Bubslegum Comics]].
*The jingle that Homsar sings when given candy sounds strangely like the jingle for [[SBLOUNSKCHED!]], in [[candy product]]
*The 2005 Halloween toon, [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]], is also done in the style of a decision-making game, just like this Halloween toon.
*The result of the voting contest was finally revealed, 5 years after the toon's release, in [[Halloween Awards Show]].
*Bubs's door-knocking rhythm would become the same rhythm as used in Hip Hop Dance from [[New Boots]].
*The Cheat will again fully open his mouth in [[rough copy]].

== DVD Version ==
*The title and opening credits scene has been moved to after the first scene.
*Homestar does not ask the viewer to drag the treats on top of them.
*The doors open on their own.
*Coach Z no longer says "George Foreman?" when offered the Jujyfruits.
*The "unlocking" sound for Homsar is higher-pitched and cleaner.
*Homsar's lines for the shaving cream and wrench are inexplicably switched.
*Homsar appears in the ending whether he was unlocked or not.
*Marzipan adds "What's wrong with girls?" after Strong Mad punches The King of Town.
*Marzipan says "No" to Strong Sad's question just before Strong Sad replies.
*Homestar does not ask if the viewer has voted yet.
*As Homestar starts the repetition of the end scene, the scene fades out.
*If you wait too long without making a choice when Pom Pom and The Poopsmith are at the door, the Homsar scene is automatically unlocked.

== See also ==
*[[Strong Bad's Treat Snatcha]]

== External Links ==
*[[HR:halloween2001.html|watch "The House That Gave Sucky Treats"]]
*[[HR:halloween2001.swf|view the Flash file for "The House That Gave Sucky Treats"]]

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A page made using [[Powered by The Cheat]] technology.

'''Cast:''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[The Cheat's Computer Room]]

'''Icon:''' The Cheat

'''Page title:''' "Powered by The Cheat"

==Button Effects==
*'''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' - A circle with a slash through it appears over Homestar Runner.
*'''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' - Homestar spits when he says games and a blinking games logo with lightning flashes behind him.
*'''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' - A JPEG ship that says "wear a bikini" spins around then pans out, disappearing from view.
*'''[[Downloads]]''' - Strong Bad moves with a poorly done shape tween and says, "I am over here," then jumps back and says, "Now I am back over here." This motion repeats infinitely for as long as the cursor is held over the button.
*'''[[Store]]''' - An oval sun lights up around the Store button and Strong Sad floats through the sky and says, "I'm sad that I'm flying..."
*'''[[Email]]''' - The scene pulls back to show The Cheat and Strong Bad watching the main page in action, to which Strong Bad comments on The Cheat's work. Three possible comments:
**'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Exclamatory The Cheat noises}'' '''STRONG BAD:''' Once again, your visual style just looks thrown together. It looks like you don't care. 
**'''STRONG BAD:''' And what is that terrible voice? Is that supposed to be Homestar? '''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Defensive The Cheat noises}'' 
**'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Questioning The Cheat noises}'' '''STRONG BAD:''' The animation looks terrible. It's all jerky, ya know, like it was done by a two years old boy. 

== Fun Facts ==
[[Image:Glitchy.png|thumb|One Messed Up Main Page to Go!]]
*The ship shown when you hover over the "Characters" button is the [[Wikipedia:SS United States|SS ''United States'']], an ocean liner that operated from 1952 to 1969.
*"[[Wear a Bikini!]]" is a recurring [[inside joke]].
*The Strong Bad that goes back and forth is a typical example of [[Wikipedia:Tweening|shape tweening]] in Macromedia Flash. This technique is commonly used in amateur Flash animation.
*After rolling over "Email":
**You will see that the "Museum" button will shift up and down.
**You can quickly roll over the other buttons on The Cheat's computer.
**You can roll over the spot where the button is to restart a Strong Bad/The Cheat sequence.
***If you roll over "Email" at just the end of their conversation (and this is quite difficult to do), the main page frame (with the buttons around the edge) will appear, but the conversation will restart. An easier method is to right-click and click "Play".
*Strong Sad's quote is later referenced in [[helium]].
**Also, when Strong Sad's shirt was featured as Item of the Week for January 20-26, 2006, in the [[Store]], Strong Sad said, "I'm sad that I'm the item of the week."
**The January 18, 2007 [[Weekly Fanstuff#WF-2007-01-18|Weekly Fanstuff]] text references this as well ("i'm sad that i'm a diaper").
*Homestar's head is behind the First Time Here Button.

== External Links ==

*[[HR:main15.html|go to Main Page 15]]
*[[HR:main15.swf|view the Flash file for Main Page 15]]
{{Main Page}}
{{subtitlesLinks|main15}}

[[Category:Main Pages]] [[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]

Death

2007-10-06T04:20:38Z

Krayfishkarl: /* The Where's an Egg? Detective */

[[Image:Sbemail 168.png|thumb|"Oh, he looks so peaceful."]]
In the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work, there are numerous references to the subject of '''death'''. These range from a [[character]]'s death or near-death, to imagining or behaving as though a character has died. As in many cartoons, when a character dies, the death is usually impermanent — the character may reappear alive, often with no explanation.

==Appearances==
===[[Bad Graphics Ghost]]===
*In an [[Easter egg]] in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[ghosts]], it is possible to "kill" the Bad Graphics Ghost by erasing the pixels.

===[[Bubs]]===
*In the Strong Bad Email [[pom pom]], Bubs mentions having "almost died the 15th time."
*In [[Sample of Style]], [[Mike Chapman]] rips the cardboard tube that "produces" Bubs's voice. [[Matt Chapman]] says that they will have to kill off Bubs, "just like [[Homeschool Winner]]". A picture of Bubs's grave then appears.
*In the Strong Bad Email [[unnatural]], Strong Bad frequently suggests that they kill the rampaging [[King Bubsgonzola Supreme]].

===[[Cheat Commandos]]===
*In the original [[Cheat Commandos (toon)|commercial]], [[Firebert]] is shown killing two [[Blue Laser Minions]] by blowing up a cliff above them, sending rocks crashing down on top of them. ([[Coach Z]] similarly "kills" five Blue Laser Minion action figures by using [[Reinforcements]]' [[Justice Rocket Backpack Rocket Rocket]] to send a [[pie]] plate crashing down on them.)
*In [[Shopping for Danger]], [[Crackotage]] remarks that [[Reynold]] would "prob'ly die" if he went on a mission with the rest of them, later heading back to base "to make sure Reynold isn't dead".
*In [[Commandos in the Classroom]], two Blue Laser Minions are just about to shoot [[Fightgar]] when we cut away from them.
*In [[Let us give TANKS!]], all of the main Commandos (except [[Reynold]]) are ostensibly killed in a nuclear explosion at the [[Blue Laser Cottage]], along with the [[Blue Laser Commander]] and at least two [[Blue Laser Minions]].
**In the same toon, the commander of the [[Green Helmets]] asks [[Gunhaver]] for air support in a battle because of the "heavy losses" they're suffering.
***Also in the same toon, [[Fightgar]] threatens to shoot the Blue Lasers with "bullet-shooting guns" (but it turns out he was just kidding).
* In [[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]], there are several different ways for the [[Blue Laser Commander]] to die if you choose incorrectly, such as being eaten by a monster or cut in half by a bladed pendulum.

===[[Frank Bennedetto]]===
*In the Strong Bad Email [[army]], Frank Bennedetto "dies", after being kicked by Strong Bad. He is later seen alive in [[Labor Dabor]].
**In the email [[more armies]], a memorial statue for Frank Bennedetto is seen. This may mean either that his death was real, or that his service in the Homestarmy was worthy of commemoration.

===[[The Goblin]]===
*In [[Homestarloween Party]], the Goblin is crushed by the short-circuited Visor Robot.

===[[Homestar Runner]]===
*In the Strong Bad Email [[the show]], Homestar says, "But it turned out I didn't die."
*In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0]], Strong Bad as "[[Aliases Used in Prank Calls|Detective Everybody]]" said Homestar was shot 37 times for being too stupid.
*Homestar is in [[Heaven]] on [[Main Page 6]] and is seen in a zombie-like form on [[Main Page 7]].
*In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]], Homestar calls to say he is sinking in quicksand, and says that if Marzipan helps, he would be "really, really still alive."
*In [[the movies]], Strong Bad instructs Homestar to die before firing his bazooka at him.

===[[Homsar]]===
*In the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[homsar]], [[Strong Bad]] "kills" him with the [[Heavy Lourde]] at the request of Vinnie C. Although [[The Brothers Chaps]] intended at first for him to be killed, he was later revealed to be alive but seriously injured in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5]]. The Heavy Lourde is dropped on him again on the [[Homsar Main Page]].
*In the Strong Bad Email [[origins]], he and [[Marzipan]] are glued together and "left for dead" at [[The Stick]], even though neither one actually dies.
*In [[cliffhangers]], Strong Bad drops [[Homsar]] and [[The King of Town]] off a [[cliff]].

===[[Kerrek]]===
*In [[interview]], an Easter egg shows him after being "smote" by [[Trogdor]].
*In the game [[TROGDOR!]], when you reach the level 50 interlude, Kerrek is burninated by Trogdor.
*In [[Peasant's Quest]], he is slain by Rather Dashing with his bow and arrow.

===[[The King of Town]]===
*In [[Halloween Fairstival]], after seeing an X-ray of the King's heart, Strong Bad is content to "let the King die in peace."
*In [[cliffhangers]], the King is dropped from a cliff, along with [[Homsar]].
*In [[original]], Strong Bad suggests that the King has died twelve times, each time replaced with a new actor, at least one of which may have been an onion. It should be noted that Marzipan later confirms that Strong Bad "just made all that stuff up", even though an Easter egg shows a graveyard populated solely by Kings of Town I-XII.

===[[Marzipan]]===
*In the Strong Bad Email [[origins]], Marzipan and [[Homsar]] are glued together and "left for dead" at [[The Stick]], even though neither one actually dies. Strong Bad later comments on Marzipan's "considerable resistance to death".
*In [[Date Nite]], Strong Bad suggests drowning Marzipan and The Cheat.

===[[Multi-Function Dragon]]===
*In [[KOT's VOQPCS!]], the Dragon is killed when speared by [[The Knight]] in the "instant death" section of his chest.

===[[Old-Timey]]===
*In [[Parsnips A-Plenty]], [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] falls off a cliff. He is later revealed to be in [[Hell]] in an Easter egg.
*In [[That A Ghost]], all of the [[Characters#Old-Timey|main characters]] are reduced to skeletons, and [[Old-Timey Bubs]] pokes his head out of a grave asking [[Strong Man]] to "please keep it down."
*[[Rumble Red]] is killed by [[Old-Timey Marzipan|Old-Timey Marzipan's]] [[Old-Timey Marzipan's Contraption|machine]], which she gave to him as a [[Decemberween]] present.
*During the Old-Timey portion of [[Decemberween Short Shorts]], there is a snowman in the background that has been beheaded.
*[[Sickly Sam]] buries himself alive on Tuesdays, and has numerous traits of an undead being, including a partially exposed skeleton.
*In [[Malloween Commercial]], [[Mr. Shmallow]]'s grave is seen in one scene.

===[[Pom Pom]]===
*In the Strong Bad Email [[pom pom]], Kevin wonders what would happen to Pom Pom if he was poked with a pin. Strong Bad decides to try this, except that he would also be blindfolded and Pom Pom would be set on fire with the [[BMW Lighter]]. He believes that Pom Pom exploded in "a big fiery ball that was visible from space", when in reality he got a "severe pummeling" by Pom Pom. He even wrote [[General and Fraulein Pom Pom|Pom Pom's parents]] a letter of condolence.
*In [[Where's The Cheat?]], Strong Bad calls [[Marzipan]] and pretends to be [[Homestar Runner]], and he tells her that he got mad and killed Pom Pom.
*Pom Pom's ghost flies out of his grave on [[Main Page 7]].

===[[Pom Pom's Girls]]===
*In [[Homestarloween Party]], they are zapped by the Visor Robot.

===[[Rather Dashing]]===
*Rather Dashing can die in a variety of ways throughout ''[[Peasant's Quest]]''. The most noteworthy of these is when he gets burninated by [[Trogdor]] at the end of the game.

===[[The Sad Kids]]===
*In [[Homestarloween Party]], they are crushed by the short-circuited Visor Robot, and none of them live.

===[[Señor]] and [[Mr. Bland]]===
*According to the email [[origins]], they were by far the most popular characters until they were crushed by a falling [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]. However, they manage to reappear in [[Strongest Man in the World]].

===[[sloshy]]===
*In a [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] cartoon from [[Limozeen vs. Sloshy]], the band and their tour bus are destroyed by [[Limozeen]].

===[[Strong Bad]]===
*Strong Bad is in heaven on [[Main Page 6]] and he rises from his grave on [[Main Page 7]].
*Strong Bad's grave is seen at the end of [[replacement]].
*In the email [[time capsule]], an emailer asks Strong Bad how he can be "soooo awesome" if he's dead, and requests that he make a [[The Time Capsule|time capsule]].
*The Strong Bad Email [[your funeral]] consists entirely of Strong Bad imagining what his funeral would be like.
*An egg in the likeness of Strong Bad's head smashes in [[Eggs (toon)|Eggs]].

===[[Strong Sad]]===
*[[In Search of the Yello Dello Commentary]] — Strong Sad reveals that he ''himself'' dreams of his own death (over and over and over...).
*[[A Folky Tale]] — Strong Sad "faints", making [[Coach Z]] believe he killed him.
*Email [[caffeine]] — Strong Bad concludes that his "test subject" is dead (which Strong Sad immediately denies).
*Email [[impression]] — In complimenting The Cheat's costume, Coach Z says "It's as if Strong Sad was still alive and with us today!"
*Email [[fingers]] — As Strong Bad imagines what it would be like if he used fake fingers, the viewer can see a dead Strong Sad behind the couch in one scene. Also during this sequence, two Easter eggs show Strong Sad stuffed inside a [[Coach Z's Locker Room|locker]] and a [[soapbox]].
*Email [[personal favorites]] — Strong Bad types "I swear on Strong Sad's grave" in the unaired email "[[Tape Leg]] 2".
*[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] — A picture on the first screen shows The Cheat serving Strong Bad a platter with Strong Sad's head on it.
*Email [[retirement]] — "Strong Sad's ghost" and "Strong Sad's corpse" are among the entries in Strong Bad's Cloud Shape Spotting Log, as seen in an Easter egg.
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] — Strong Sad's ornament falls to the ground and breaks into several pieces.
*Email [[unnatural]] — Strong Sad paints a picture with the word "Death" on a bar of soap.

===[[Teen Girl Squad]]===
*The main characters in Teen Girl Squad are killed off nearly every episode in a variety of ways, yet they always come back alive in the next issue, and sometimes later in the same issue, as seen with [[Cheerleader]] in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7]].
*In an Easter egg of [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]], [[What's Her Face]] suggests killing someone off for their tenth [[Teen Girl Squad]] issue.

===[[The Cheat]]===
*The Cheat has his own song, [[The Cheat is Not Dead]].
*In the Strong Bad email [[bedtime story]], The Cheat's vitals are tested after being [[Roach Killa!|bug-bombed]] in order to go to sleep. Strong Bad also says "If we're lucky, the Cheat will wake up alive the next morning".
*In [[Date Nite]], Strong Bad suggests drowning Marzipan and The Cheat.

===[[Videlectrix Mascot]]===
*At the beginning of [[Peasant's Quest]], when the Videlectrix logo is shown, the mascot runs in with a sword, then trips and impales himself on it.
*At the beginning of [[Where's an Egg?]], when the Videlectrix logo is shown, the mascot shoots the logo with a [[gun]], but the bullet ricochets back and kills him.

===[[Visor Robot]]===
*In [[Homestarloween Party]], memories of his stolen life move him to tears and short out his circuits.

===The [[Where's an Egg?]] Detective===
*If the detective fails to find the [[egg]], he is taken to a prision in the arctic and the game ends with him turning into a skeleton.

===[[The Yello Dello]]===
*During the mountain scene in the [[In Search of the Yello Dello New Version|new version]], [[Pom Pom]] aims his gun at the Yello Dello, but throws it away when Homestar says he wants to "take her alive."

===[[Items#Strong Bad's Computers|Strong Bad's Computers]]===
*Strong Bad's computers often meet with untimely demises, as seen in [[gimmicks]], [[virus]], and [[Biz Cas Fri 3]]. The [[Tandy 400]] returned in ghost form in [[ghosts]], and both the [[Compy 386]] and the Tandy appeared in ghost form after Strong Bad destroyed them in [[retirement]].

===[[Items#The Paper|The Paper]]===
*[[The Paper]] died in the [[the paper|eponymous]] email. After its printer broke, Strong Bad was forced to apply a mercy killing with the [[BMW Lighter]].

==See Also==
*[[Grim Reaper]]
*[[Skulls]]
*[[Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship#Strong Bad Hurting Strong Sad|Strong Bad Hurting Strong Sad]]
*[[Strong Sad's Severed Head]]
*[[The Cheat's Head Exploding]]

[[Category:Prank running gags]]

User:Krayfishkarl

2007-10-06T04:11:47Z

Krayfishkarl: New page: Hi, I'm Krayfishkarl and I am a Homestarrunner fan. I haven't done anything important on the site other than adding minor details. So, basically that's it.

Hi, I'm Krayfishkarl and I am a Homestarrunner fan. I haven't done anything important on the site other than adding minor details. So, basically that's it.

duck pond

2007-10-06T04:01:33Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Trivia */

{{sbenav|14}}

[[Image:sbemail14.PNG|thumb|"Come here, ducky."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{forgame|Duck Pond}}

Ron Kiwi asks Strong Bad what his thoughts are on feeding the ducks.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' Sunday, February 17, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 0:41

'''Page Title:''' Tandy 400!!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Must...check...emails...

<blockquote class="tandy email">dear strong bad, 
do you ever feed the ducks? personally i think feeding 
the ducks is the greatest thing in the world. what are 
your thoughts on this subject? 
 
your friend, 
ron kiwi</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{clears screen, typing}'' Unfortunatley, Mr. Kiwi, there are no ducks by my house. But I do have a pretty sweet duck pond simulator for my computer. Check it out, man.

''{Strong Bad types "run “duckpond”", which loads up a game of Duck Pond. It features two ducks swimming around the screen with a hand on the left side of the screen. Strong Bad presses a button and the hand throws a piece of food at the ducks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{trancelike}'' Wow, you're right, Ron. ''{throws another piece of food}'' This is the ''{throws food}'' greatest thing in the world. I mean it's like I'm right there at the pond. Come here, ducky.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down, featuring another link reading "Click here to play 'Duck Pond'".}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*By feeding either duck 10 times, you'll unlock an Atari version of the game. The title screen appears, before an Atari rendered version of "duckpond" automatically plays. The man throws two pieces of bread into the pond, one of which is eaten by a duck.
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, man, these graphics are state-of-the-art...graphics...
:The email then restarts from the beginning.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The opening screen for the duck pond simulator reads:
<blockquote style="text-align: center; background-image: none" class="tandy email">
*************************** 
* Duck Pond Simulator 3.0 * 
*      copyright 1981     * 
***************************
Instructions: 
Press "F" to throw bread
Press Spacebar to Start
</blockquote>
*When you unlock the Easter egg, the screen reads:
<blockquote style="text-align: center; background-image: none" class="tandy email">
************* 
* GAME OVER * 
*************
You fed them ducks good. 
Wanna play the 
Atari 2600 version??
Press the Spacebar
</blockquote>
*If you hold down the "F" key while playing the game, when you release it you will throw 3 pieces of bread at once.
*When the Atari version of Duck Pond is visible, you can press "Y" to drain the water. This causes the ducks to stop moving. In the old version pressing "A" will cause you to throw an anvil. If you aim it right, you can kill a duck with it.

===Remarks===
*You used to be able to play the "state of the art version" just like the Tandy version. However, you can't do this anymore.
*This is the first email with an Easter egg that is accessible directly in the Flash file.
*In the Atari version, the duck with the darker (green) head is duck one, while in the Tandy 400 version, he is duck two.

===Goofs===
*This email is missing the glare in the upper-left corner of the computer screen that is present in other emails.
*Strong Bad spelled "Unfortunately" as "Unfortunatley" in his reply to the email.
*For a split second, duck 2 comes out of the computer.
* After the intro to the Atari version of Duck Pond, the email starts itself over automatically.
*Feeding a duck during Strong Bad's Intro to the Atari version of Duck Pond does not give you any points.

===Glitches===
*When the [[Atari 2600]] version of the Duck Pond game is starting, pressing the Space Bar will make the duck animation behind the title replay.

==DVD Version==
*The game Duck Pond is not playable in the DVD version.
*As well, if you click on the hidden Strong Bad head near the bottom of the Tandy's screen, it takes you straight to a short demo of the Atari 2600 version of Duck Pond.

== See Also ==
*[[Duck Pond]]

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail14.html|watch "duck pond"]]
*[[HR:sbemail14.swf|view the Flash file for "duck pond"]]
*[[Mirror:20020217_sbemail14.html|"duck pond" with playable Atari 2600 version]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]][[Category:Game Emails]]

Kid Speedy

2007-10-01T00:44:43Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Glitches */

{{gamenav|New Game|kidspeedy|Thy Dungeonman 3|TROGDOR!}}
[[Image:Kid Speedy Title.PNG|thumb|500px|Kid Speedy]]
[[Image:kidspeedy.PNG|thumb|The slowest poke]]

''"Who's faster than Kid Speedy? EVERYBODY!! This little fatso is the slowest poke in the bunch. Try not to get dead last while avoiding sweets and insults in this hilarious arcade-style race 'em up."'' — Videlectrix

'''Kid Speedy''' is a game in which you play the character Kid Speedy, trying to win a race (or, at least, not come in last). The game was originally only mentioned in the [[Videlectrix]] game catalog; it was made available for play on July 10, 2006.

'''Date:''' Monday, July 10, 2006

'''Page Title:''' Don't Forget Your Inhaler!

'''Viidelectrix Page Title:''' Kid Weedy

==The Game==
[[Image:Kidspeedy intstructions.PNG|thumb|Instructions]]
To qualify for the next race, you must finish the four-man race third place or above. By collecting vegetables and happy faces, you make your character go faster (with one exception, see [[#Trivia|trivia]]). Collecting junk food or [[swears]] causes your character to lose all speed.
The player can race the chosen character on eleven different courses: Jelly Woods Fun Run, Cheese Puff Hills 2 Mile, Porkchop Wilds 5K, Egg Mountain Minithon, Probate Flats Walk-a-thon, [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]], [[Wikipedia:Chicago Loop|The Loop]], Demon's Rub Marathon, Doomed Souls Charity Trudge, Caramel Canyon Walk, and Crumble Star Sprintup (the last four tracks are only accessible if you are playing as a specific character, see trivia). Each track has borders resembling the name (example: Cheese Puff Hills has orange borders).

The game consists of two modes: 1 Player and "Online Play". However, all of the runners, in both modes, are computer controlled. The loading online players screen is just for show.

If you do not finish dead last, you "Qualify". If you lose, you get the message "You Came Dead Last."

==The Ending==
===As Kid Speedy===
[[Image:Kidspeedy ending.PNG|thumb|YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to Kid Speedy, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{Kid Speedy walks off-screen to the left and enters a city scene. He is walking down a sidewalk beside a brick wall.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' KID SPEEDY WON A 2 DOLLAR CONSOLATION PRIZE...

''{Kid Speedy enters a room with a woman and television set inside. Kid Speedy bounces up and down again. Kid Speedy's dialogue is in white subtitles while his mom's is black.}''

'''KID SPEEDY:''' ''{subtitled}'' MOM! I WON 2 BUCKS!

'''KID SPEEDY'S MOM:''' ''{subtitled}'' NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GET THE ORPHANAGE ITS OPERATION!

'''KID SPEEDY'S MOM:''' ''{subtitled}'' HOORAY! 
'''KID SPEEDY:''' ''{simultaneously; subtitled}'' HOORAY!

''{A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' YOU UNLOCKED STRONG SAD MODE!
===As {{Film|Strong Sad}}===
[[Image:Kidspeedy strong sad ending.PNG|thumb|CORRECTION: YOU WON ME 2 BUCKS.]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to Strong Sad, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{Strong Sad walks off-screen to the left and enters [[Strong Badia]], with the white fence in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' STRONG SAD WON A 2 DOLLAR CONSOLATION PRIZE...

''{Strong Sad enters [[Strong Bad's Basement]]. {{Film|Strong Bad}} is here, along with the [[TROGDOR!|Trogdor arcade game]].}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{subtitled}'' STRONG BAD! I WON 2 BUCKS!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{subtitled}'' CORRECTION: YOU WON ME 2 BUCKS.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{subtitled}'' HOORAY! 
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously; subtitled}'' HOORAY!

''{A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' YOU UNLOCKED KOT MODE!
===As {{Film|The King of Town}}===
[[Image:Kidspeedy kot ending.PNG|thumb|(I THINK HE ATE THE 2 BUCKS.)]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to The King of Town, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{The King walks off-screen to the left and enters a green pasture, with mountains in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' THE KOT WON A 2 DOLLAR CONSOLATION PRIZE...

''{The King enters [[The King of Town's Castle|the castle]], and walks past {{Film|The Poopsmith}}.}''

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{subtitled}'' (I THINK HE ATE THE 2 BUCKS.)

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{subtitled}'' (HOORAY.)

''{A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' YOU UNLOCKED HOMESTAR MODE!

===As {{Film|Homestar Runner}}===
[[Image:Kidspeedy hr ending.PNG|thumb|SOMEHOW HOMESTAR WON LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS...]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to Homestar, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{Homestar walks off-screen to the left and enters a field, with trees and [[The Brick Wall]] in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' SOMEHOW HOMESTAR WON LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS...

''{Homestar enters {{Film|Marzipan}}'s [[Marzipan's House|house]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{subtitled}'' MARZIPAN! I WON A MILLS BILLS!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{subtitled}'' NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR A HYBRID CAR, OR MAYBE...

''{Homestar and Marzipan drive for a while in their new car. A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*While Homestar and Marzipan are driving at the end of the game, you can control the car with the left and right keys.
*At the title screen, you can press "s", "k" or "h" ten times to start the game as Strong Sad, The King of Town or Homestar Runner, respectively.

==Fun Facts==
[[Image:Kidspeedy strong sad mode.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad mode]]
===Explanations===
*The term "Race 'em up" is based on the more logically named term "Shoot 'em up".
**It may also be a reference to [[Dan]] (fry 'em up, Dan; blast em up, Dan).
*Kid Speedy is most likely a parody of "educational" computer games that often promote nutrition.

===Trivia===
*Each race starts with the message "Ready! Set! OK, now go."
*If you win the game, you unlock "Strong Sad Mode", where your character becomes Strong Sad. Beating the game as Strong Sad unlocks "KOT Mode" where you play as The King of Town. Beating the game again finally unlocks "Homestar Mode" where you play as Homestar Runner.
*When you play the last race, a group of runners will pass you and your opponents very quickly (They can be seen in the left margin of every race, running in place, if you play the Flash file). If your last race is the shortest race, Egg Mountain Minithon (#4), then these runners can finish the race in under seven seconds.
[[Image:Kid speedy box art.PNG|thumb|Kid Speedy box art]]
*Currently, the box art for Kid Speedy reads "BOX ART UNAVAILABLE!".
* The gameplay is very random: It is possible to acquire every healthy food item in the course and only them, and still lose.
*"The Loop" is the only level in the game whose preview shows a design that doesn't loop.
*On July 17, 2006, version 1.new was released, with several changes:
**Added The King of Town and Homestar Runner as unlockable characters – previously, only Strong Sad could be unlocked, and Kid Speedy would still appear at the end of each level and the end of the game.
**Added tomato and cookie items.
**Food items bob up and down on some levels now.
**The 8th level now changes depending on your character:
***Kid Speedy— Demon's Rub Marathon
***Strong Sad— Doomed Souls Charity Trudge (the map resembles Strong Sad's head)
***The King of Town— Caramel Canyon Walk-Take (the map resembles a [[ham]])
***Homestar Runner— Crumble Star Sprintup (the map resembles a star)
*Your three opponents behave like this: two of them run at a constant speed all the way to the finish line, the third changes every 3 seconds (on average - it can be anywhere from 0 to 6) to be slightly faster than you (how much faster depends on what level you're playing). When you collect a power-down item, the third opponent will always match speeds a second and a half later.
*Kid Speedy, Strong Sad, and The King of Town can achieve third or even second place, but cannot achieve first place. For Homestar Runner however, first place is possible.

===Remarks===
*When you beat Strong Sad Mode, he is seen jumping up and down. In [[Strong Sad's Lament]], he revealed that he was unable to jump.
*If you play the game with the Flash file, you can automatically beat every level by right-clicking on the game and selecting ''Play'' after the race starts. You'll hear the falling down sound effect and see the congratulations screen for a few seconds, then it will show the typical qualified screen.
**Also when playing the Flash file directly, the runners that speed to the finish in the last race can be seen behind a thick black bar on the left.

===Differences between the characters===
====Strong Sad====
*There's a chance one of your opponents will be Kid Speedy.
*Speed-up items work 50% better than they do for Kid Speedy.
*Strong Sad slows down twice as fast as Kid Speedy.
*When you collect a speed-down item, the third opponent (see [[#Trivia|trivia]]) will match speeds with you, plus a large amount (more than they usually beat you by), right before you slow down (so if you're going full speed when you hit one, they'll race ahead of you for that 1.5 seconds).

====The King of Town====
*There's a chance of one or two of your opponents being Kid Speedy or Strong Sad.
*The "good" and "bad" collectibles are reversed - junk food and swears speed you up and good food slows you down.
*He trips and falls on the qualification movie, causing the victory music to abruptly change.

====Homestar Runner====
*Your opponents will always be Kid Speedy, Strong Sad, and The King of Town.
*Homestar's maximum running speed is 25% higher than the others'.
*Speed-up items work twice as well as they do for Kid Speedy.

===Glitches===
*In Flash Player 6, Kid Speedy's slowest opponent is absent. While getting second place is extremely difficult, it's impossible to lose since he can rank no lower than third.
*When the game first came out, the player had to cross the center of the finish line to finish the level, while the computer players needed only touch the edge of the line. Thus it was possible to finish barely ahead of the last runner, but still lose the level. This has since been fixed.
*If you qualify for a level, but play it again and lose, you will have to beat it again to win the game.
* No matter which race you choose in version 1.new, it will always show the image of your character's eighth race when you qualify.
**This was later fixed for the [[Viidelectrix]] version. However, qualifying for the eighth race will now always show the map of Demon's Rub Marathon, regardless of which character you are.
*You can skip levels by right clicking and pressing play in the flash file.

===Inside References===
*One of the tracks is the "EGG MOUNTAIN MiNiTHON", making this another instance of [[Lowercase i's]] and [[eggs]].
*Homestar Runner's ending includes a reference to [[hybrid cars]].

===Real-World References===
*The "Indiana" and "The Loop" levels are likely inspired by the the arcade racing game, [[Wikipedia:Cruis'n USA|Cruis'n USA]], which features [[Wikipedia:Chicago|Chicago]] and [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]] venues.
*"Wide Loading" (on the [[Irregular Loading Screens|loading screen]]) is a reference to the "Wide Load" sign which appears on trucks carrying large items. It is also used as a slang term for "fat".
*In the Flash file of Kid Speedy, there are three other runners to the left of the screen and they seem to be wearing colors of flags. The top runner wears the flag of [[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]] and the middle runner wears the flag of [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]]. The lowest runner wears the flag of [[Wikipedia:Kenya|Kenya]] (black, red, and green stripes, separated by white). These runners are later seen racing ahead to the finish line in the 8th race, as well as in the ending.
*At the ending podium, the three "winning" runners each have an animation similar to the animations made by the characters at the end of [[wikipedia:Super Mario Kart|Super Mario Kart]]. Notably, the "first place" winner's ending looks like he is clanging champagne bottles, similar to Koopa Troopa's victory animation in Mario Kart.
*When Kid Speedy trips on the finish line, he does so in the same manner and sound as does the character in [[wikipedia:NES|NES's]] Track & Field I.
*Kid Speedy's ending sequence is a reference to the common movie theme of competing in a race or other competition to win money to either save an orphanage or pay for an operation.
*Homestar's ending segment which shows him and Marzipan driving towards the sunset is an homage to the [[wikipedia:Sega|Sega]] racing title [[wikipedia:OutRun|OutRun]]. Its drawing style also resembles the arcade game [[wikipedia:Pole Position|Pole Position]].
*The insult power-downs may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Duke Nukem (computer game)|Duke Nukem]], where swear words are a powerup instead.
*Mills Bills were part of a [[wikipedia:General_Mills|General Mills]] cereal promotion in which cereal box tops could be collected and redeemed for money for a local school.

===Possible Names in Online Mode===
*There are several possible names that you can get as opponents in Online Mode. Each three-letter name includes a number following their name, while four-letter names do not.
**BAM
**BOB
**BSI
**[[DAN]]
**DING
**FMV
**FOOP
**GOB
**JAM
**JIM
**[[Nebulon|NEB]]
**[[Wikipedia: Pogs|POG]]
**QUA
**RIT
**SOT
**STAN
**TOD
*The following names were added in version 1.new.
**[[Wikipedia:Eight ball|8BAL]]
**FRUM
**[[Wikipedia:Gobi Desert|GOBI]]
**GUMB
**JILL
**KOT8 (The King of Town, only available if playing as Homestar Runner)
**KSPE (Kid Speedy, only available if not playing as him)
**[[LEM]]
**PIGG
**SSAD (Strong Sad, only available if playing as The King of Town or Homestar Runner)

==External Links==
*[[Videlectrix:kidspeedy.html|Play 'Kid Speedy']]
*[[Videlectrix:kidspeedy.swf|Play 'Kid Speedy' (Flash file)]]
* Play the [[Videlectrix:vii/ks.html|Wii version of the game]]
* Play the [[Videlectrix:vii/kidspeedy.swf|Wii version of the game (Flash file)]]
*[[Forum:9062|forum thread re: "Kid Speedy"]]
{{VidelectrixGames}}
[[Category:Videlectrix Games]][[Category:Viidelectrix]]

Kid Speedy

2007-10-01T00:41:08Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Glitches */

{{gamenav|New Game|kidspeedy|Thy Dungeonman 3|TROGDOR!}}
[[Image:Kid Speedy Title.PNG|thumb|500px|Kid Speedy]]
[[Image:kidspeedy.PNG|thumb|The slowest poke]]

''"Who's faster than Kid Speedy? EVERYBODY!! This little fatso is the slowest poke in the bunch. Try not to get dead last while avoiding sweets and insults in this hilarious arcade-style race 'em up."'' — Videlectrix

'''Kid Speedy''' is a game in which you play the character Kid Speedy, trying to win a race (or, at least, not come in last). The game was originally only mentioned in the [[Videlectrix]] game catalog; it was made available for play on July 10, 2006.

'''Date:''' Monday, July 10, 2006

'''Page Title:''' Don't Forget Your Inhaler!

'''Viidelectrix Page Title:''' Kid Weedy

==The Game==
[[Image:Kidspeedy intstructions.PNG|thumb|Instructions]]
To qualify for the next race, you must finish the four-man race third place or above. By collecting vegetables and happy faces, you make your character go faster (with one exception, see [[#Trivia|trivia]]). Collecting junk food or [[swears]] causes your character to lose all speed.
The player can race the chosen character on eleven different courses: Jelly Woods Fun Run, Cheese Puff Hills 2 Mile, Porkchop Wilds 5K, Egg Mountain Minithon, Probate Flats Walk-a-thon, [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]], [[Wikipedia:Chicago Loop|The Loop]], Demon's Rub Marathon, Doomed Souls Charity Trudge, Caramel Canyon Walk, and Crumble Star Sprintup (the last four tracks are only accessible if you are playing as a specific character, see trivia). Each track has borders resembling the name (example: Cheese Puff Hills has orange borders).

The game consists of two modes: 1 Player and "Online Play". However, all of the runners, in both modes, are computer controlled. The loading online players screen is just for show.

If you do not finish dead last, you "Qualify". If you lose, you get the message "You Came Dead Last."

==The Ending==
===As Kid Speedy===
[[Image:Kidspeedy ending.PNG|thumb|YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to Kid Speedy, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{Kid Speedy walks off-screen to the left and enters a city scene. He is walking down a sidewalk beside a brick wall.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' KID SPEEDY WON A 2 DOLLAR CONSOLATION PRIZE...

''{Kid Speedy enters a room with a woman and television set inside. Kid Speedy bounces up and down again. Kid Speedy's dialogue is in white subtitles while his mom's is black.}''

'''KID SPEEDY:''' ''{subtitled}'' MOM! I WON 2 BUCKS!

'''KID SPEEDY'S MOM:''' ''{subtitled}'' NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH TO GET THE ORPHANAGE ITS OPERATION!

'''KID SPEEDY'S MOM:''' ''{subtitled}'' HOORAY! 
'''KID SPEEDY:''' ''{simultaneously; subtitled}'' HOORAY!

''{A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' YOU UNLOCKED STRONG SAD MODE!
===As {{Film|Strong Sad}}===
[[Image:Kidspeedy strong sad ending.PNG|thumb|CORRECTION: YOU WON ME 2 BUCKS.]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to Strong Sad, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{Strong Sad walks off-screen to the left and enters [[Strong Badia]], with the white fence in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' STRONG SAD WON A 2 DOLLAR CONSOLATION PRIZE...

''{Strong Sad enters [[Strong Bad's Basement]]. {{Film|Strong Bad}} is here, along with the [[TROGDOR!|Trogdor arcade game]].}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{subtitled}'' STRONG BAD! I WON 2 BUCKS!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{subtitled}'' CORRECTION: YOU WON ME 2 BUCKS.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{subtitled}'' HOORAY! 
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously; subtitled}'' HOORAY!

''{A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' YOU UNLOCKED KOT MODE!
===As {{Film|The King of Town}}===
[[Image:Kidspeedy kot ending.PNG|thumb|(I THINK HE ATE THE 2 BUCKS.)]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to The King of Town, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{The King walks off-screen to the left and enters a green pasture, with mountains in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' THE KOT WON A 2 DOLLAR CONSOLATION PRIZE...

''{The King enters [[The King of Town's Castle|the castle]], and walks past {{Film|The Poopsmith}}.}''

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{subtitled}'' (I THINK HE ATE THE 2 BUCKS.)

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{subtitled}'' (HOORAY.)

''{A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' YOU UNLOCKED HOMESTAR MODE!

===As {{Film|Homestar Runner}}===
[[Image:Kidspeedy hr ending.PNG|thumb|SOMEHOW HOMESTAR WON LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS...]]
''{Three runners are standing on a stand, cheering. A blimp flies overhead reading "WIN!" The camera pans left to Homestar, who is bouncing up and down.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' CONGRATULATIONS! YOU GOT NOT DEAD LAST!

''{Homestar walks off-screen to the left and enters a field, with trees and [[The Brick Wall]] in the background.}''

'''NARRATOR:''' ''{subtitled}'' SOMEHOW HOMESTAR WON LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS...

''{Homestar enters {{Film|Marzipan}}'s [[Marzipan's House|house]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{subtitled}'' MARZIPAN! I WON A MILLS BILLS!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{subtitled}'' NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR A HYBRID CAR, OR MAYBE...

''{Homestar and Marzipan drive for a while in their new car. A screen showing yellow, blown-up text "the end" appears.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*While Homestar and Marzipan are driving at the end of the game, you can control the car with the left and right keys.
*At the title screen, you can press "s", "k" or "h" ten times to start the game as Strong Sad, The King of Town or Homestar Runner, respectively.

==Fun Facts==
[[Image:Kidspeedy strong sad mode.PNG|thumb|Strong Sad mode]]
===Explanations===
*The term "Race 'em up" is based on the more logically named term "Shoot 'em up".
**It may also be a reference to [[Dan]] (fry 'em up, Dan; blast em up, Dan).
*Kid Speedy is most likely a parody of "educational" computer games that often promote nutrition.

===Trivia===
*Each race starts with the message "Ready! Set! OK, now go."
*If you win the game, you unlock "Strong Sad Mode", where your character becomes Strong Sad. Beating the game as Strong Sad unlocks "KOT Mode" where you play as The King of Town. Beating the game again finally unlocks "Homestar Mode" where you play as Homestar Runner.
*When you play the last race, a group of runners will pass you and your opponents very quickly (They can be seen in the left margin of every race, running in place, if you play the Flash file). If your last race is the shortest race, Egg Mountain Minithon (#4), then these runners can finish the race in under seven seconds.
[[Image:Kid speedy box art.PNG|thumb|Kid Speedy box art]]
*Currently, the box art for Kid Speedy reads "BOX ART UNAVAILABLE!".
* The gameplay is very random: It is possible to acquire every healthy food item in the course and only them, and still lose.
*"The Loop" is the only level in the game whose preview shows a design that doesn't loop.
*On July 17, 2006, version 1.new was released, with several changes:
**Added The King of Town and Homestar Runner as unlockable characters – previously, only Strong Sad could be unlocked, and Kid Speedy would still appear at the end of each level and the end of the game.
**Added tomato and cookie items.
**Food items bob up and down on some levels now.
**The 8th level now changes depending on your character:
***Kid Speedy— Demon's Rub Marathon
***Strong Sad— Doomed Souls Charity Trudge (the map resembles Strong Sad's head)
***The King of Town— Caramel Canyon Walk-Take (the map resembles a [[ham]])
***Homestar Runner— Crumble Star Sprintup (the map resembles a star)
*Your three opponents behave like this: two of them run at a constant speed all the way to the finish line, the third changes every 3 seconds (on average - it can be anywhere from 0 to 6) to be slightly faster than you (how much faster depends on what level you're playing). When you collect a power-down item, the third opponent will always match speeds a second and a half later.
*Kid Speedy, Strong Sad, and The King of Town can achieve third or even second place, but cannot achieve first place. For Homestar Runner however, first place is possible.

===Remarks===
*When you beat Strong Sad Mode, he is seen jumping up and down. In [[Strong Sad's Lament]], he revealed that he was unable to jump.
*If you play the game with the Flash file, you can automatically beat every level by right-clicking on the game and selecting ''Play'' after the race starts. You'll hear the falling down sound effect and see the congratulations screen for a few seconds, then it will show the typical qualified screen.
**Also when playing the Flash file directly, the runners that speed to the finish in the last race can be seen behind a thick black bar on the left.

===Differences between the characters===
====Strong Sad====
*There's a chance one of your opponents will be Kid Speedy.
*Speed-up items work 50% better than they do for Kid Speedy.
*Strong Sad slows down twice as fast as Kid Speedy.
*When you collect a speed-down item, the third opponent (see [[#Trivia|trivia]]) will match speeds with you, plus a large amount (more than they usually beat you by), right before you slow down (so if you're going full speed when you hit one, they'll race ahead of you for that 1.5 seconds).

====The King of Town====
*There's a chance of one or two of your opponents being Kid Speedy or Strong Sad.
*The "good" and "bad" collectibles are reversed - junk food and swears speed you up and good food slows you down.
*He trips and falls on the qualification movie, causing the victory music to abruptly change.

====Homestar Runner====
*Your opponents will always be Kid Speedy, Strong Sad, and The King of Town.
*Homestar's maximum running speed is 25% higher than the others'.
*Speed-up items work twice as well as they do for Kid Speedy.

===Glitches===
*In Flash Player 6, Kid Speedy's slowest opponent is absent. While getting second place is extremely difficult, it's impossible to lose since he can rank no lower than third.
*When the game first came out, the player had to cross the center of the finish line to finish the level, while the computer players needed only touch the edge of the line. Thus it was possible to finish barely ahead of the last runner, but still lose the level. This has since been fixed.
*If you qualify for a level, but play it again and lose, you will have to beat it again to win the game.
* No matter which race you choose in version 1.new, it will always show the image of your character's eighth race when you qualify.
**This was later fixed for the [[Viidelectrix]] version. However, qualifying for the eighth race will now always show the map of Demon's Rub Marathon, regardless of which character you are.
*In the flash file, you can skip levels by simply right clicking and pressing play.

===Inside References===
*One of the tracks is the "EGG MOUNTAIN MiNiTHON", making this another instance of [[Lowercase i's]] and [[eggs]].
*Homestar Runner's ending includes a reference to [[hybrid cars]].

===Real-World References===
*The "Indiana" and "The Loop" levels are likely inspired by the the arcade racing game, [[Wikipedia:Cruis'n USA|Cruis'n USA]], which features [[Wikipedia:Chicago|Chicago]] and [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]] venues.
*"Wide Loading" (on the [[Irregular Loading Screens|loading screen]]) is a reference to the "Wide Load" sign which appears on trucks carrying large items. It is also used as a slang term for "fat".
*In the Flash file of Kid Speedy, there are three other runners to the left of the screen and they seem to be wearing colors of flags. The top runner wears the flag of [[Wikipedia:Germany|Germany]] and the middle runner wears the flag of [[Wikipedia:Sweden|Sweden]]. The lowest runner wears the flag of [[Wikipedia:Kenya|Kenya]] (black, red, and green stripes, separated by white). These runners are later seen racing ahead to the finish line in the 8th race, as well as in the ending.
*At the ending podium, the three "winning" runners each have an animation similar to the animations made by the characters at the end of [[wikipedia:Super Mario Kart|Super Mario Kart]]. Notably, the "first place" winner's ending looks like he is clanging champagne bottles, similar to Koopa Troopa's victory animation in Mario Kart.
*When Kid Speedy trips on the finish line, he does so in the same manner and sound as does the character in [[wikipedia:NES|NES's]] Track & Field I.
*Kid Speedy's ending sequence is a reference to the common movie theme of competing in a race or other competition to win money to either save an orphanage or pay for an operation.
*Homestar's ending segment which shows him and Marzipan driving towards the sunset is an homage to the [[wikipedia:Sega|Sega]] racing title [[wikipedia:OutRun|OutRun]]. Its drawing style also resembles the arcade game [[wikipedia:Pole Position|Pole Position]].
*The insult power-downs may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Duke Nukem (computer game)|Duke Nukem]], where swear words are a powerup instead.
*Mills Bills were part of a [[wikipedia:General_Mills|General Mills]] cereal promotion in which cereal box tops could be collected and redeemed for money for a local school.

===Possible Names in Online Mode===
*There are several possible names that you can get as opponents in Online Mode. Each three-letter name includes a number following their name, while four-letter names do not.
**BAM
**BOB
**BSI
**[[DAN]]
**DING
**FMV
**FOOP
**GOB
**JAM
**JIM
**[[Nebulon|NEB]]
**[[Wikipedia: Pogs|POG]]
**QUA
**RIT
**SOT
**STAN
**TOD
*The following names were added in version 1.new.
**[[Wikipedia:Eight ball|8BAL]]
**FRUM
**[[Wikipedia:Gobi Desert|GOBI]]
**GUMB
**JILL
**KOT8 (The King of Town, only available if playing as Homestar Runner)
**KSPE (Kid Speedy, only available if not playing as him)
**[[LEM]]
**PIGG
**SSAD (Strong Sad, only available if playing as The King of Town or Homestar Runner)

==External Links==
*[[Videlectrix:kidspeedy.html|Play 'Kid Speedy']]
*[[Videlectrix:kidspeedy.swf|Play 'Kid Speedy' (Flash file)]]
* Play the [[Videlectrix:vii/ks.html|Wii version of the game]]
* Play the [[Videlectrix:vii/kidspeedy.swf|Wii version of the game (Flash file)]]
*[[Forum:9062|forum thread re: "Kid Speedy"]]
{{VidelectrixGames}}
[[Category:Videlectrix Games]][[Category:Viidelectrix]]

TV Time Toons Menu

2007-09-21T19:46:35Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Trivia */

{{about|toons menu itself}} {{for|list of all toons|Toons}}

[[Image:New Toons Menu.png|thumb|300px|The new Toons menu]]

The '''menu''' in which all the [[Toons]] are listed on a ''[[Wikipedia:TV Guide|TV Guide]]''-like [[Periodicals|magazine]] entitled '''TV Time'''.

'''Place:''' [[Homestar Runner's House]]

'''Date:''' July 14, 2002

'''Page Title:''' Fun in the Living Room!

==Easter Eggs==

*Placing the mouse over the tape "[[Joy of Painting]]" displays a small clip of [[Marzipan]] dressed as [[Wikipedia:Bob Ross|Bob Ross]] painting with a [[Marzipan's Painting Tools|palette knife]].

*Clicking on the top left corner of the ''TV Time'' booklet will close it and show one of four different covers:
{| align="center" width="90%" border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Cover !! Caption !! Description
|-
| [[Image:1tvtime.png|100px]] || Homestar Runner and Company: Eating [[Pie]] and Getting [[Glossary#D|Doppy]] || The main characters of Homestar Runner (except [[Homsar]])
|-
| [[Image:2tvtime.png|100px]] || Homestar Runner: Ummm...Seriously || [[Homestar Runner]]
|-
| [[Image:3tvtime.png|100px]] || Strong Bad: The Last Great Guy? || [[Strong Bad]]
|-
| [[Image:Strong Mad and The Cheat TV Time Cover 4.png|100px]] || Strong Mad & the Cheat: The Next Bosom Buddies? || [[Strong Mad]] hugging [[The Cheat]]
|-
|}

*By placing the mouse over the Strong Bad Email button and holding it there for a short while, the TV will show Strong Bad sitting at the [[Tandy 400]] soundlessly checking his email, receiving the following message:
<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
I drank too much salty plum soda. 
 
 
-Stu</blockquote>
to which Strong Bad replies, "No such thing, Stu. No such thing."

*If the mouse is held over [[Teen Girl Squad]] for a while, it will show an intro.
**[[Cheerleader]]'s shirt says. "li'l brat". Her card says, "hair products!".
**[[So and So]]'s card says, "plaid skirt!".
**[[What's Her Face]]'s card says, "baggy clothes!".
**[[The Ugly One]]'s card says, "drill team!".

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===

*The toons menu layout changed on June 22, 2004, and divided all the toons into eight categories. (The old version can be seen [http://www.homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/toons-pre-new-remote.html here].) It displayed [[Strong Bad Email]], [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]], and [[Teen Girl Squad]] in a section called [[Features]]. [[Powered by The Cheat]] and [[Puppet Stuff]] were listed under Shorts.
*The Back button will always go to [[Main Page 4]].
*[[Homestar Runner]]'s TV is called [[TeeBee]].
*During the sample of [[The Reddest Radish]] on the TV, Strong Bad jumps and spins. He does not do this in the actual toon.
*Likewise, during the sample of [[Kick the Can]], [[The Homestar Runner]]'s body sinks onto his legs and his head sinks into his body. Then his head and legs sprout out of the can. This also does not happen in the toon.
*The preview of [[The System is Down]] has Homestar running past the 404 error. He does not do this in the toon.
*The Strong Bad Email Easter Egg comes from an abandoned project called [[Wireless Bizness]].
*On February 12, 2007, a "[[New Stuff]]" tape replaced one of the (non-interactive) "Joy of Painting" videos. When clicked, it lists the toons released in 2007.
*During the sample of [[Quality Time]], Cardboard Homestar's eyes have no glasses and are shaped like Homestar's eyes.
*The contrast buttons in the Tandy in the preview of the Strong Bad Email are clickable but they don't do anything.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Whitenoise_goof.png |thumb|What's with all the noise?]]
*During the following toon previews, the preview overlaying the static doesn't completely cover it, and so some white noise can be seen on the TV screen:
**[[Cool Things]]
**[[Summer Short Shorts]]
**[[500 The Cheats]]
**[[TrogdorCon '97]]
**[[The Li'l Brudder Show]]
**[[Happy Trogday]]
**[[Snowglobe]]
**[[Homestar vs. Other Little Girl]]
**[[Biz Cas Fri 1]], [[Biz Cas Fri 2|2]] and [[Biz Cas Fri 3|3]]
**All the [[Puppet Jam|Puppet Jams]]
**[[New Boots]]
**[[unnatural]]
**[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12|Teen Girl Squad 12]]
**[[Quality Time]]
**[[bike thief]]

===Glitches===

*Sometimes, on older computers, clicking Toons, Shorts, or Holiday does not open the closed TV Time booklet, so the cover must be clicked on to open it. All it shows is a blank page with the title "[[Dennis]]" on it.

==External Links==

*[[HR:toons.html|Go to the toons menu]]
*[[HR:tvguide.swf|View the Flash file for the toons menu]]
*[http://www.homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/toons-pre-new-remote.html View the old version of the toons menu]

{{start box}}
{{Succession box | before = [[Chinese Food Toons Menu]] | title = [[Toons]] Navigation | years = Summer 2002-Present | after = N/A}}
{{end box}}

{{H*RNav}}
[[Category: H*R Navigation]][[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]]

Audio Quality

2007-09-17T23:22:29Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Higher Quality examples */

The '''audio quality''' varies sometimes between the [[toons]], [[DVDs]], [[Quote of the Week|quotes of the week]], [[Podstar Runner]] and other elements of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work.

==Higher Quality examples==
*[[Super NES]]
*[[Marzipan#Character Video Transcript|Marzipan's Character Video]]
*[[The King of Town#Character Video Transcript|The King of Town's Character Video]]
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]]
*Stinkoman 20X6 —levels 7 through 9
*[[An Important Rap Song]]
*The [[MixMastah 800]] from [[One Two, One Two]]
*[[Where's an Egg?]] — the music is stereo.
*[[Limozeen vs. Sloshy]]
*All [[Quote of the Week|Quotes of the Week]]

==Lower Quality examples==
*The DVD version of the Strong Libs Easter egg in [[lackey]].
*The rest of the [[Podstar Runner|podcast]] version of [[bottom 10]] after the scene with wet The Cheat.
*The Easter eggs in the DVD version of [[death metal]].
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[[Category:Research]]

Armless Invaders

2007-09-15T19:21:52Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Glitches */

[[Image:armlessinvaders.png|thumb|Strong Bad defends his country]]

'''[[Lack of Visible Arms|Armless]] Invaders''' is a game that is only accessible by clicking the "O" on [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]].

You are playing {{Film|Strong Bad}}, and the object of this game is to protect [[Strong Badia]] from the legions of falling {{Film|Homestar Runner|Homestar Runners}}. You earn 50 points for each Homestar you shoot down.

== Description ==
Keep Homestar out of Strong Badia! Use the mouse to move around and click to shoot! Aim true though, you can only shoot one bullet at a time.

== Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*The [[sound effect]] of the gun shot is also heard in [[Main Page 13]] when you move your mouse over [[email]].

=== Glitches ===
*When the game says "ready", use your mouse and highlight the number "5" in the "Chances" section. You will then have 1.1 seconds to type something. If you type 0, or any letter, you will get an automatic "GAME OVER". The same method can be used with the score.
**If you type in a number with more than 3 place values, only the first 2 one will be shown.
**After a while Homestar just stops falling completely when using this cheat.
**The number glitch will cause the X button to not do anything when clicked, meaning that you can't leave.
*Sometimes after playing for a long time, the Homestars begin falling in the same place over and over, making it unnecessary to move.
*Right click and press play to get infinite lives. If your lives go below 0, it will continue going into the negatives. However, only two digits are visible, but you are still able to go lower and lower.

===Inside References===
*When you lose, Homestar's [[Prancing|prance]] is similar to the one in [[The Interview]].

===Real-World References===
*This game is a spoof of the classic arcade game [[Wikipedia:Space Invaders|Space Invaders]].

==See Also==
*[[The Cheat's Smoking Challenge]]
*[[Nighttime Driving Type Game]]

==External Links==
* [[HR:boredgames.html|Go the the Message Bored]] (and click on the O in "BORED")
* [[HR:superbored.swf|View the Flash file for the Message Bored]]

[[Category:Games]]

Audio Quality

2007-09-03T01:23:23Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Higher Quality examples */

The '''audio quality''' varies sometimes between the [[toons]], [[DVDs]], [[Quote of the Week|quotes of the week]], [[Podstar Runner]] and other elements of the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work.

==Higher Quality examples==
*[[Super NES]]
*[[Marzipan#Character Video Transcript|Marzipan's Character Video]]
*[[The King of Town#Character Video Transcript|The King of Town's Character Video]]
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]]
*[[An Important Rap Song]]
*The [[MixMastah 800]] from [[One Two, One Two]]
*[[Where's an Egg?]] — the music is stereo.
*All Quotes of the Week

==Lower Quality examples==
*The DVD version of the Strong Libs Easter egg in [[lackey]].
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[[Category:Research]]

Stinkoman 20X6 Glitches

2007-09-02T02:40:09Z

Krayfishkarl: /* General */

In anything as big as [[Stinkoman 20X6]] numerous bugs will arise. Most are unique to some levels, although many others are linked to problems with [[Macromedia Flash|Flash]], and others have been fixed.
==General==
*If you fall for long enough and don't touch anything, Stinkoman will switch from his falling pose to his standing up pose, and will even start to yawn. Such a long fall can be found in stages 2.2, 6.1, 6.2, and -0.2. 1-Up will do this as well, but there's no place to attempt it on his level.
*When Stinkoman is about to yawn, his sprite character moves down one pixel. This is due to the low quality setting.
*If you manage to lose a life and kill a boss simultaneously, the "Keep Try" or "Game Over" screen appears, but then you'll continue the game, having lost the life, but still with no energy (so if you get hit you lose a second life).
*If you press A immediately at the very beginning of a level where Stinkoman starts in the air, Stinkoman will look like he is walking on ground for a moment, then jump in the air.
*If you jump on the left of a wall enough, you can move into it and go out on the other side.
*Sometimes when you kill an enemy the final frame of the explosion stays there.
*If you time it right, you can make Stinkoman laugh in midair after you defeat a boss by pressing A.
**This also works at the end of most levels with a flag.
**This glitch will start you out with no health, meaning if you get hit you get another GAME OVER (unless you repeat the glitch).
**It '''ALSO''' has "check points" where it will usually restart you in the exact same place you were in before you died. The only bad thing is that sometimes if there is a lower area the screen will not scroll down when you go down. Also, it will sometimes prevent you from going off the left of the screen.
**You CAN peform this glitch at any time, but it is most helpful at a GAME OVER.
*If you're using a Flash seek bar with "Next Frame", when the title screen appears, you can repeatedly click "Next Frame" and flip through some menus until you reach "Level Undefined.Undefined". It's an empty level without any ground. Also, your starting life number will either be "NaN" or "Undefined".
**Another way to view this level is to go to the flash file and continuosly right click and press play. You can also go to the Last level to come screen as well.
*Standing on a moving platform that goes through a wall will cause you to go through the wall as well. Although there are rarely any instances of this in the official game (sometimes you can make the tip of his toe go through), you can experience this glitch with a custom level.
*On any level with moving ladders, you will not fall off if you keep Stinkoman on the very top. Don't go too high or you will fall.
**But if you hold the up arrow key, the animation of getting off the ladder will play three times before you fall.

==Bugs Concerning Flash==
[[Image:stinkogame slow.png|thumb|Glitch for Flash 6 and under.]]
* Sometimes you can start up a new game and it will be nothing but Stinkoman and the background. Since there's no ground, you can only fall and die. This may be linked to older versions of Flash.
** A possible reason that this happens is because earlier versions of Flash may not be able to read the levelData xml files.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 1|Level 1]] ==
[[Image:stinkoman-glitch.png|thumb|Stinkoman stands on air!]]
===Part 1===
*In level 1.1, if you don't kill the Jaro by the first wall, and instead just go past it and the wall under the second Browntant, the Jaro may be jumping in mid-air.
**It can even jump through the wall.
*Near the start, when you have to get to the bottom of the first wall (with the browntant),if you fall right against the wall and the tip of your toe lands on the platform that's on the other side, you'll seem to be floating in midair.

===Boss===
*Losing a life in 1.3 or [[#Boss 2|2.3]] will result in Stinkoman returning to the level without ground, causing him to fall to his death.
**This is because there is no real level 1.3 or 2.3 – the battles happen at the end of 1.2 or 2.2. When you get to the end of the level the boss appears. When you die, it unloads the level as always, but when you keep try, it doesn't reload it – it expects it to still be there, as it is when you just finished the .2 level. The result: no ground.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 2|Level 2]]==
[[Image:stinkogame-level22-terrell-glitch.png|thumb|Stuck Terrell on level 2.2]]
===Part 2===
*In the beginning of levels 2.1 and 2.2, there are Terrells on a burner and just behind a stove, respectively. It's possible for the Terrells to get "stuck" in midair. It will continue to hop up and down on the air(without moving horizontally at all), and Stinkoman can pass through the Terrell without becoming injured. It also becomes impossible to kill.
*In level 2.2, it is possible for one of the Grundies near the 3 bottles of Tortan to get stuck in the stove

===Boss===
*Sometimes, when you shoot Brody's eye, he will keep his head down, enabling you to shoot him again. This is possibly caused because you shoot his eye while his head is going back to the top of the screen, although this has never been truly proven.
*As in level [[#Boss|1.3]], if you die when fighting Brody, when you restart the ground is no longer there and you fall until game over.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 3|Level 3]]==
[[Image:Stinkoman Glitch.JPG|thumb|What is he doing here?]]
===Part 1===
*At the release of v7 (Level 9), the Clowders' propellers mysteriously disappeared.
*Sometimes the Clowders suddenly stop moving in the middle of the screen, making it impossible to get past them. They disappear once you move on to level 3.2.

===Part 2===
*There have been occasional sightings in level 3.2 of a Clowder or Mr. Ubbers from level 3.1.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 4|Level 4]]==
*When you block a lava fall while holding S, the lava fall will go back for a split second, killing 1-Up if he is under there.
*No matter how far you stick the giant fist into the lava fall, it is as if the whole fist is under it.
*If you press 'S' repeatedly, faster than the pounding animation can go, after you're done pressing S, Stinkoman will continue to pound until he has pounded as many times as you've pressed S, which can sometimes get very annoying when you need to move on.
*If a and s are pressed at the same time as you're falling into the level from the left, Stinkoman will float instead of walk.
*If you walk underneath a lavaflow so the giant fist is above your head, turn around, then quickly tap s, the fist will sometimes not move, but you will hear the fist pound the ground and see the rocks fall anyway.
*If you die by a Poorbt or by falling in the lava, 1-Up keeps walking. If he hits an enemy or a lava-fall before the level restarts, he will die too, and you'll lose 2 lives. This can cause you to get -1 lives
*If 1-Up hits a lava flow while a Poorbt is shooting at you, the Poorbt's shot just goes past you.
*When Stinkoman crushes a Poorbt with his fist, the Poorbt dies, but the fist doesn't move.

===Part 2===
[[Image:PinkChamCham.jpg|thumb|A Pink Cham Cham firing only the left laser]]
*If you approach a Pink Cham Cham from the left and see only the left side of it as it fires, when you approach toward the right to see the rest of it, it will only have fired the laser on the left side.
**This may also happen in level -0.1 or [[#Part 2_5|-0.2]].

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 5|Level 5]]==
*If you die at the beginning of 5.1 or 5.2 before the ship at the top flies by, it will fly by on the Keep Try screen.
===Part 1===
*A Jaro on one of the conveyor belts on level 5.1 can go behind the wall.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 6|Level 6]]==
===Part 2===
*After the second Protek, on the bottom level, you go on a series of moving white solid clouds. After killing a Jaro, you have to time yourself to fall through an evaporating cloud to land on another white solid. If you're on the evaporating cloud, and you move to the left, you'll be stuck falling in place on the wall. You can't jump, only move left and right and fire.
**You can also fall to the left of the wall and die, if you move far enough.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 7|Level 7]]==
*In Level 7.1 or 7.2, you will not freeze if you:
**Stay on a ladder.
**Hold the up or down button.
**Don't move at all after freezing once.
**Hold S (Holding S only works if your shots go off the screen since the game allows only three bullets in the screen)

===Part 1===
*In Level 7.1, in around the middle of the level, you can get caught between a wall and an ice platform. Shooting, running and jumping cannot move you; yet jumping toward either side will cause Stinkoman will keep flipping for as long as you hold the arrow keys.
*In Level 7.1 around the middle Stinkoman can stand in the air.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level -0|Level -0]]==
===Part 2===
*If you get through the first part of the stove maze on level -0.2 (solution image [[:Image:Stinkoman_20x6_-0.2_fridgemaze.PNG|here]]) and try to jump over the next opening, but just miss the other solid stove, you'll usually get stuck falling in place until you move back a bit.
*Sometimes, when you go to the far right opening in the stove maze (That has the hidden capsule) you can jump, hold right, and eventually slide down to the exit and you can run out.

===Boss===
*Sometimes while fighting Ekersby if you jump and hold the "a" key down, the screen will freeze until you release the "a" key.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 9|Level 9]]==
*When the character dies just as the shield effect wears off (the shield sprite is just beginning to disappear) the sprite will be visible on the Keep Try! screen.
*At the end of 9.1, if the ship is far enough above the group of lives and pills, it keeps going and never finishes the level.
*If you activate the shield in a super-speed zone and exit the zone while the shield is still activated, your super-speed will not stop until either the end of the next super-speed zone, or until the end of the level. This glitch allows the group of lives and pills at the end of 9.1 to become accessible, and can allow for a speedy exiting of 9.2.


==Fixed Glitches==
*When the game was first released, you could skip (press space or click) the first part of the final movie (any part before the MORE LEVELS TO COME SCENE) to enter stage 3.4. It was the Stlunko arena without Stlunko: a slightly elevated platform above the ground with two Pooru-Poorus on either side. You could continue traveling rightwards into a barren land before reaching an endless cliff.
**This again happened in level 4 when it was first released. However, this glitch has been fixed as well.
***Also, if you died once on level 4.4 there would be no ground when you returned.
**This hasn't happened on any other version since, with a minor exception (beneath).
[[Image:TryLevel -0.4.PNG|thumb|right|Truly Negatory]]
*When version 6 was first released, Level -0 always appeared in the top slot in the CONTINUTE menu even if you scrolled through the levels. This was fixed later in the day.
*On the day of version 7's release, beating Ekersby would take you to level -0.4 (a completely blank screen, where Stinkoman constantly falls to his death), instead of 9.1 as would be expected. This was fixed later in the day.

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[[Category:Stinkoman 20X6]]

Stinkoman 20X6 Glitches

2007-09-02T02:33:28Z

Krayfishkarl: /* General */

In anything as big as [[Stinkoman 20X6]] numerous bugs will arise. Most are unique to some levels, although many others are linked to problems with [[Macromedia Flash|Flash]], and others have been fixed.
==General==
*If you fall for long enough and don't touch anything, Stinkoman will switch from his falling pose to his standing up pose, and will even start to yawn. Such a long fall can be found in stages 2.2, 6.1, 6.2, and -0.2. 1-Up will do this as well, but there's no place to attempt it on his level.
*In the flash file, you can skip to the "Last Level to Come" Screen by right clicking and pressing play until you are there.
**You can press Rewind instead to return to the loading screen with the music from whatever screen you were previously on playing. This is because the music is not embedded into the flash file.
*When Stinkoman is about to yawn, his sprite character moves down one pixel. This is due to the low quality setting.
*If you manage to lose a life and kill a boss simultaneously, the "Keep Try" or "Game Over" screen appears, but then you'll continue the game, having lost the life, but still with no energy (so if you get hit you lose a second life).
*If you press A immediately at the very beginning of a level where Stinkoman starts in the air, Stinkoman will look like he is walking on ground for a moment, then jump in the air.
*If you jump on the left of a wall enough, you can move into it and go out on the other side.
*Sometimes when you kill an enemy the final frame of the explosion stays there.
*If you time it right, you can make Stinkoman laugh in midair after you defeat a boss by pressing A.
**This also works at the end of most levels with a flag.
**This glitch will start you out with no health, meaning if you get hit you get another GAME OVER (unless you repeat the glitch).
**It '''ALSO''' has "check points" where it will usually restart you in the exact same place you were in before you died. The only bad thing is that sometimes if there is a lower area the screen will not scroll down when you go down. Also, it will sometimes prevent you from going off the left of the screen.
**You CAN peform this glitch at any time, but it is most helpful at a GAME OVER.
*If you're using a Flash seek bar with "Next Frame", when the title screen appears, you can repeatedly click "Next Frame" and flip through some menus until you reach "Level Undefined.Undefined". It's an empty level without any ground. Also, your starting life number will either be "NaN" or "Undefined".
*Standing on a moving platform that goes through a wall will cause you to go through the wall as well. Although there are rarely any instances of this in the official game (sometimes you can make the tip of his toe go through), you can experience this glitch with a custom level.
*On any level with moving ladders, you will not fall off if you keep Stinkoman on the very top. Don't go too high or you will fall.
**But if you hold the up arrow key, the animation of getting off the ladder will play three times before you fall.

==Bugs Concerning Flash==
[[Image:stinkogame slow.png|thumb|Glitch for Flash 6 and under.]]
* Sometimes you can start up a new game and it will be nothing but Stinkoman and the background. Since there's no ground, you can only fall and die. This may be linked to older versions of Flash.
** A possible reason that this happens is because earlier versions of Flash may not be able to read the levelData xml files.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 1|Level 1]] ==
[[Image:stinkoman-glitch.png|thumb|Stinkoman stands on air!]]
===Part 1===
*In level 1.1, if you don't kill the Jaro by the first wall, and instead just go past it and the wall under the second Browntant, the Jaro may be jumping in mid-air.
**It can even jump through the wall.
*Near the start, when you have to get to the bottom of the first wall (with the browntant),if you fall right against the wall and the tip of your toe lands on the platform that's on the other side, you'll seem to be floating in midair.

===Boss===
*Losing a life in 1.3 or [[#Boss 2|2.3]] will result in Stinkoman returning to the level without ground, causing him to fall to his death.
**This is because there is no real level 1.3 or 2.3 – the battles happen at the end of 1.2 or 2.2. When you get to the end of the level the boss appears. When you die, it unloads the level as always, but when you keep try, it doesn't reload it – it expects it to still be there, as it is when you just finished the .2 level. The result: no ground.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 2|Level 2]]==
[[Image:stinkogame-level22-terrell-glitch.png|thumb|Stuck Terrell on level 2.2]]
===Part 2===
*In the beginning of levels 2.1 and 2.2, there are Terrells on a burner and just behind a stove, respectively. It's possible for the Terrells to get "stuck" in midair. It will continue to hop up and down on the air(without moving horizontally at all), and Stinkoman can pass through the Terrell without becoming injured. It also becomes impossible to kill.
*In level 2.2, it is possible for one of the Grundies near the 3 bottles of Tortan to get stuck in the stove

===Boss===
*Sometimes, when you shoot Brody's eye, he will keep his head down, enabling you to shoot him again. This is possibly caused because you shoot his eye while his head is going back to the top of the screen, although this has never been truly proven.
*As in level [[#Boss|1.3]], if you die when fighting Brody, when you restart the ground is no longer there and you fall until game over.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 3|Level 3]]==
[[Image:Stinkoman Glitch.JPG|thumb|What is he doing here?]]
===Part 1===
*At the release of v7 (Level 9), the Clowders' propellers mysteriously disappeared.
*Sometimes the Clowders suddenly stop moving in the middle of the screen, making it impossible to get past them. They disappear once you move on to level 3.2.

===Part 2===
*There have been occasional sightings in level 3.2 of a Clowder or Mr. Ubbers from level 3.1.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 4|Level 4]]==
*When you block a lava fall while holding S, the lava fall will go back for a split second, killing 1-Up if he is under there.
*No matter how far you stick the giant fist into the lava fall, it is as if the whole fist is under it.
*If you press 'S' repeatedly, faster than the pounding animation can go, after you're done pressing S, Stinkoman will continue to pound until he has pounded as many times as you've pressed S, which can sometimes get very annoying when you need to move on.
*If a and s are pressed at the same time as you're falling into the level from the left, Stinkoman will float instead of walk.
*If you walk underneath a lavaflow so the giant fist is above your head, turn around, then quickly tap s, the fist will sometimes not move, but you will hear the fist pound the ground and see the rocks fall anyway.
*If you die by a Poorbt or by falling in the lava, 1-Up keeps walking. If he hits an enemy or a lava-fall before the level restarts, he will die too, and you'll lose 2 lives. This can cause you to get -1 lives
*If 1-Up hits a lava flow while a Poorbt is shooting at you, the Poorbt's shot just goes past you.
*When Stinkoman crushes a Poorbt with his fist, the Poorbt dies, but the fist doesn't move.

===Part 2===
[[Image:PinkChamCham.jpg|thumb|A Pink Cham Cham firing only the left laser]]
*If you approach a Pink Cham Cham from the left and see only the left side of it as it fires, when you approach toward the right to see the rest of it, it will only have fired the laser on the left side.
**This may also happen in level -0.1 or [[#Part 2_5|-0.2]].

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 5|Level 5]]==
*If you die at the beginning of 5.1 or 5.2 before the ship at the top flies by, it will fly by on the Keep Try screen.
===Part 1===
*A Jaro on one of the conveyor belts on level 5.1 can go behind the wall.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 6|Level 6]]==
===Part 2===
*After the second Protek, on the bottom level, you go on a series of moving white solid clouds. After killing a Jaro, you have to time yourself to fall through an evaporating cloud to land on another white solid. If you're on the evaporating cloud, and you move to the left, you'll be stuck falling in place on the wall. You can't jump, only move left and right and fire.
**You can also fall to the left of the wall and die, if you move far enough.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 7|Level 7]]==
*In Level 7.1 or 7.2, you will not freeze if you:
**Stay on a ladder.
**Hold the up or down button.
**Don't move at all after freezing once.
**Hold S (Holding S only works if your shots go off the screen since the game allows only three bullets in the screen)

===Part 1===
*In Level 7.1, in around the middle of the level, you can get caught between a wall and an ice platform. Shooting, running and jumping cannot move you; yet jumping toward either side will cause Stinkoman will keep flipping for as long as you hold the arrow keys.
*In Level 7.1 around the middle Stinkoman can stand in the air.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level -0|Level -0]]==
===Part 2===
*If you get through the first part of the stove maze on level -0.2 (solution image [[:Image:Stinkoman_20x6_-0.2_fridgemaze.PNG|here]]) and try to jump over the next opening, but just miss the other solid stove, you'll usually get stuck falling in place until you move back a bit.
*Sometimes, when you go to the far right opening in the stove maze (That has the hidden capsule) you can jump, hold right, and eventually slide down to the exit and you can run out.

===Boss===
*Sometimes while fighting Ekersby if you jump and hold the "a" key down, the screen will freeze until you release the "a" key.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 9|Level 9]]==
*When the character dies just as the shield effect wears off (the shield sprite is just beginning to disappear) the sprite will be visible on the Keep Try! screen.
*At the end of 9.1, if the ship is far enough above the group of lives and pills, it keeps going and never finishes the level.
*If you activate the shield in a super-speed zone and exit the zone while the shield is still activated, your super-speed will not stop until either the end of the next super-speed zone, or until the end of the level. This glitch allows the group of lives and pills at the end of 9.1 to become accessible, and can allow for a speedy exiting of 9.2.


==Fixed Glitches==
*When the game was first released, you could skip (press space or click) the first part of the final movie (any part before the MORE LEVELS TO COME SCENE) to enter stage 3.4. It was the Stlunko arena without Stlunko: a slightly elevated platform above the ground with two Pooru-Poorus on either side. You could continue traveling rightwards into a barren land before reaching an endless cliff.
**This again happened in level 4 when it was first released. However, this glitch has been fixed as well.
***Also, if you died once on level 4.4 there would be no ground when you returned.
**This hasn't happened on any other version since, with a minor exception (beneath).
[[Image:TryLevel -0.4.PNG|thumb|right|Truly Negatory]]
*When version 6 was first released, Level -0 always appeared in the top slot in the CONTINUTE menu even if you scrolled through the levels. This was fixed later in the day.
*On the day of version 7's release, beating Ekersby would take you to level -0.4 (a completely blank screen, where Stinkoman constantly falls to his death), instead of 9.1 as would be expected. This was fixed later in the day.

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[[Category:Stinkoman 20X6]]

Stinkoman 20X6 Glitches

2007-09-02T02:33:01Z

Krayfishkarl: /* General */

In anything as big as [[Stinkoman 20X6]] numerous bugs will arise. Most are unique to some levels, although many others are linked to problems with [[Macromedia Flash|Flash]], and others have been fixed.
==General==
*If you fall for long enough and don't touch anything, Stinkoman will switch from his falling pose to his standing up pose, and will even start to yawn. Such a long fall can be found in stages 2.2, 6.1, 6.2, and -0.2. 1-Up will do this as well, but there's no place to attempt it on his level.
*In the flash file, you can skip to the "Last Level to Come" Screen by right clicking and pressing play.
**You can press Rewind instead to return to the loading screen with the music from whatever screen you were previously on playing. This is because the music is not embedded into the flash file.
*When Stinkoman is about to yawn, his sprite character moves down one pixel. This is due to the low quality setting.
*If you manage to lose a life and kill a boss simultaneously, the "Keep Try" or "Game Over" screen appears, but then you'll continue the game, having lost the life, but still with no energy (so if you get hit you lose a second life).
*If you press A immediately at the very beginning of a level where Stinkoman starts in the air, Stinkoman will look like he is walking on ground for a moment, then jump in the air.
*If you jump on the left of a wall enough, you can move into it and go out on the other side.
*Sometimes when you kill an enemy the final frame of the explosion stays there.
*If you time it right, you can make Stinkoman laugh in midair after you defeat a boss by pressing A.
**This also works at the end of most levels with a flag.
**This glitch will start you out with no health, meaning if you get hit you get another GAME OVER (unless you repeat the glitch).
**It '''ALSO''' has "check points" where it will usually restart you in the exact same place you were in before you died. The only bad thing is that sometimes if there is a lower area the screen will not scroll down when you go down. Also, it will sometimes prevent you from going off the left of the screen.
**You CAN peform this glitch at any time, but it is most helpful at a GAME OVER.
*If you're using a Flash seek bar with "Next Frame", when the title screen appears, you can repeatedly click "Next Frame" and flip through some menus until you reach "Level Undefined.Undefined". It's an empty level without any ground. Also, your starting life number will either be "NaN" or "Undefined".
*Standing on a moving platform that goes through a wall will cause you to go through the wall as well. Although there are rarely any instances of this in the official game (sometimes you can make the tip of his toe go through), you can experience this glitch with a custom level.
*On any level with moving ladders, you will not fall off if you keep Stinkoman on the very top. Don't go too high or you will fall.
**But if you hold the up arrow key, the animation of getting off the ladder will play three times before you fall.

==Bugs Concerning Flash==
[[Image:stinkogame slow.png|thumb|Glitch for Flash 6 and under.]]
* Sometimes you can start up a new game and it will be nothing but Stinkoman and the background. Since there's no ground, you can only fall and die. This may be linked to older versions of Flash.
** A possible reason that this happens is because earlier versions of Flash may not be able to read the levelData xml files.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 1|Level 1]] ==
[[Image:stinkoman-glitch.png|thumb|Stinkoman stands on air!]]
===Part 1===
*In level 1.1, if you don't kill the Jaro by the first wall, and instead just go past it and the wall under the second Browntant, the Jaro may be jumping in mid-air.
**It can even jump through the wall.
*Near the start, when you have to get to the bottom of the first wall (with the browntant),if you fall right against the wall and the tip of your toe lands on the platform that's on the other side, you'll seem to be floating in midair.

===Boss===
*Losing a life in 1.3 or [[#Boss 2|2.3]] will result in Stinkoman returning to the level without ground, causing him to fall to his death.
**This is because there is no real level 1.3 or 2.3 – the battles happen at the end of 1.2 or 2.2. When you get to the end of the level the boss appears. When you die, it unloads the level as always, but when you keep try, it doesn't reload it – it expects it to still be there, as it is when you just finished the .2 level. The result: no ground.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 2|Level 2]]==
[[Image:stinkogame-level22-terrell-glitch.png|thumb|Stuck Terrell on level 2.2]]
===Part 2===
*In the beginning of levels 2.1 and 2.2, there are Terrells on a burner and just behind a stove, respectively. It's possible for the Terrells to get "stuck" in midair. It will continue to hop up and down on the air(without moving horizontally at all), and Stinkoman can pass through the Terrell without becoming injured. It also becomes impossible to kill.
*In level 2.2, it is possible for one of the Grundies near the 3 bottles of Tortan to get stuck in the stove

===Boss===
*Sometimes, when you shoot Brody's eye, he will keep his head down, enabling you to shoot him again. This is possibly caused because you shoot his eye while his head is going back to the top of the screen, although this has never been truly proven.
*As in level [[#Boss|1.3]], if you die when fighting Brody, when you restart the ground is no longer there and you fall until game over.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 3|Level 3]]==
[[Image:Stinkoman Glitch.JPG|thumb|What is he doing here?]]
===Part 1===
*At the release of v7 (Level 9), the Clowders' propellers mysteriously disappeared.
*Sometimes the Clowders suddenly stop moving in the middle of the screen, making it impossible to get past them. They disappear once you move on to level 3.2.

===Part 2===
*There have been occasional sightings in level 3.2 of a Clowder or Mr. Ubbers from level 3.1.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 4|Level 4]]==
*When you block a lava fall while holding S, the lava fall will go back for a split second, killing 1-Up if he is under there.
*No matter how far you stick the giant fist into the lava fall, it is as if the whole fist is under it.
*If you press 'S' repeatedly, faster than the pounding animation can go, after you're done pressing S, Stinkoman will continue to pound until he has pounded as many times as you've pressed S, which can sometimes get very annoying when you need to move on.
*If a and s are pressed at the same time as you're falling into the level from the left, Stinkoman will float instead of walk.
*If you walk underneath a lavaflow so the giant fist is above your head, turn around, then quickly tap s, the fist will sometimes not move, but you will hear the fist pound the ground and see the rocks fall anyway.
*If you die by a Poorbt or by falling in the lava, 1-Up keeps walking. If he hits an enemy or a lava-fall before the level restarts, he will die too, and you'll lose 2 lives. This can cause you to get -1 lives
*If 1-Up hits a lava flow while a Poorbt is shooting at you, the Poorbt's shot just goes past you.
*When Stinkoman crushes a Poorbt with his fist, the Poorbt dies, but the fist doesn't move.

===Part 2===
[[Image:PinkChamCham.jpg|thumb|A Pink Cham Cham firing only the left laser]]
*If you approach a Pink Cham Cham from the left and see only the left side of it as it fires, when you approach toward the right to see the rest of it, it will only have fired the laser on the left side.
**This may also happen in level -0.1 or [[#Part 2_5|-0.2]].

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 5|Level 5]]==
*If you die at the beginning of 5.1 or 5.2 before the ship at the top flies by, it will fly by on the Keep Try screen.
===Part 1===
*A Jaro on one of the conveyor belts on level 5.1 can go behind the wall.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 6|Level 6]]==
===Part 2===
*After the second Protek, on the bottom level, you go on a series of moving white solid clouds. After killing a Jaro, you have to time yourself to fall through an evaporating cloud to land on another white solid. If you're on the evaporating cloud, and you move to the left, you'll be stuck falling in place on the wall. You can't jump, only move left and right and fire.
**You can also fall to the left of the wall and die, if you move far enough.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 7|Level 7]]==
*In Level 7.1 or 7.2, you will not freeze if you:
**Stay on a ladder.
**Hold the up or down button.
**Don't move at all after freezing once.
**Hold S (Holding S only works if your shots go off the screen since the game allows only three bullets in the screen)

===Part 1===
*In Level 7.1, in around the middle of the level, you can get caught between a wall and an ice platform. Shooting, running and jumping cannot move you; yet jumping toward either side will cause Stinkoman will keep flipping for as long as you hold the arrow keys.
*In Level 7.1 around the middle Stinkoman can stand in the air.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level -0|Level -0]]==
===Part 2===
*If you get through the first part of the stove maze on level -0.2 (solution image [[:Image:Stinkoman_20x6_-0.2_fridgemaze.PNG|here]]) and try to jump over the next opening, but just miss the other solid stove, you'll usually get stuck falling in place until you move back a bit.
*Sometimes, when you go to the far right opening in the stove maze (That has the hidden capsule) you can jump, hold right, and eventually slide down to the exit and you can run out.

===Boss===
*Sometimes while fighting Ekersby if you jump and hold the "a" key down, the screen will freeze until you release the "a" key.

==[[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 9|Level 9]]==
*When the character dies just as the shield effect wears off (the shield sprite is just beginning to disappear) the sprite will be visible on the Keep Try! screen.
*At the end of 9.1, if the ship is far enough above the group of lives and pills, it keeps going and never finishes the level.
*If you activate the shield in a super-speed zone and exit the zone while the shield is still activated, your super-speed will not stop until either the end of the next super-speed zone, or until the end of the level. This glitch allows the group of lives and pills at the end of 9.1 to become accessible, and can allow for a speedy exiting of 9.2.


==Fixed Glitches==
*When the game was first released, you could skip (press space or click) the first part of the final movie (any part before the MORE LEVELS TO COME SCENE) to enter stage 3.4. It was the Stlunko arena without Stlunko: a slightly elevated platform above the ground with two Pooru-Poorus on either side. You could continue traveling rightwards into a barren land before reaching an endless cliff.
**This again happened in level 4 when it was first released. However, this glitch has been fixed as well.
***Also, if you died once on level 4.4 there would be no ground when you returned.
**This hasn't happened on any other version since, with a minor exception (beneath).
[[Image:TryLevel -0.4.PNG|thumb|right|Truly Negatory]]
*When version 6 was first released, Level -0 always appeared in the top slot in the CONTINUTE menu even if you scrolled through the levels. This was fixed later in the day.
*On the day of version 7's release, beating Ekersby would take you to level -0.4 (a completely blank screen, where Stinkoman constantly falls to his death), instead of 9.1 as would be expected. This was fixed later in the day.

{{Template:Stinkoman 20X6}}
[[Category:Stinkoman 20X6]]

HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!

2007-08-31T01:35:35Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Trivia */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|payplus|Homestar Presents: Presents|Senorial Day}}
[[Image:Payplus.PNG|thumb|"Finally At Last!!!"]]

It's April Fool's day and—Oh no! [[HomestarRunner.com]] is now a subscription site!

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}'s head, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Frank Bennedetto]], [[Sterrance]], {{Film|Bubs}} ''(morphed into his concession stand)'', {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|Rather Dashing}} ''(silhouetted)'', {{Film|Eh! Steve!}}, {{Film|The Wheelchair}}, {{film|Ready For Primetime}}, {{film|Keyboard Strong Bad}}, {{film|The Worm}}, {{film|Sherlock}}, [[Mr. Shmallow]] ''(watermark)'', {{Film|Cheerleader}}, {{Film|So and So}}, {{Film|What's Her Face}}, {{Film|The Ugly One}}, {{Film|Arrow'd Guy}}

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

''' Date:''' Friday, April 1, 2005

'''Page Title:''' Finally At Last!!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}
__FORCETOC__
== Transcript ==

===Page One===
<blockquote class=written>HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS! 
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*More banner ads! 
Free 7 second trial!! 
Join now! 
Subscriptions are the latest craze! 
Loggin' {a login box} 
Instant access! 
Take the tour!</blockquote>

====Homestar's Seven Seconds====
''{Cue Homestar standing in the field. A timer counts up in the bottom left corner of the screen starting at 0.15 seconds.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' One... two... three... four... fi-

''{The timer reaches 7.15; a buzzer goes off, and "TRIAL PERIOD OVER!" pops up on the screen.}''

===Page Two===
<blockquote>The Email Show! 
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Let's see a clip! 
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====Strong Bad "Trap Door" Sample====

''{Cue Strong Bad sitting in front of his computer, flanked by the Cheat, who is holding a remote control. Homestar is standing on a brown trapdoor in front of Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, the Cheat, let 'er rip!

''{The Cheat presses the button on the remote. The trapdoor opens under Homestar's feet. He falls about two feet and stops.''}

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Woo! That was fun!

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, I thought we were opting for the [[bottomless pit]]. ''{Homestar starts a little dance with his feet, stepping back and forth gracefully.}'' ... Not a two-foot pit!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

''{Cut to the basement, where Strong Mad sits on the couch with Homestar's feet dancing on top of him.''}

'''STRONG MAD:''' I HAVE A FUNNY HAT!

===Page Three===
<blockquote>There's more?? Why, yes. 
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Fake boxes 
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"Sign Up Today Man" 
1 player simultaneous 
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Continue Free Tour!</blockquote>

====Sample Game====
The free sample game resembles Space Invaders with Strong Bad against an army of Homestars coming out of the sky. The Cheat periodically falls from top to bottom and if he hits you, a message will appear saying "YOUR"
"HEAD" (changes to SHIP a second later)
"ASPLODE". Trying to play the game is difficult because the screen continually flashes the message "TRIAL VERSION", locking the game controls. The game also automatically closes itself after the 14th  "TRIAL VERSION" screen, keeping you from advancing.
Using the cheat described below, it is possible to eliminate all of the Homestars, but this only results in a new set of Homestars appearing, and nothing else.

===Page Four===
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And also, too: 
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Extra free sample here! 
On the Tour?</blockquote>

====Teen Girl Squad Sample====

''{Cheerleader, So and So, and The Ugly One are standing around. Cheerleader's shirt reads "sperld rott'n".}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' That stupid wheelchair kid asked me to the Friday Night Dance! But I'm going with Steven!

''{Enter Eh! Steve!, wearing a football uniform with the number nine}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{speech bubble fills with hearts}'' Hey, Steven!

'''EH! STEVE!:''' Eh! Steve!

''{Cut to Wheelchair}''

'''WHEELCHAIR:''' I'll teach you to steal my date, Eh! Steve! I'm gonna come outta my shell at the Friday Night Dance and show everybody who's whooooooooooo!

''{Arrow'd Guy, with fairy wings, a tutu and a wand, enters and changes the Wheelchair into a realistic drawing of a wheelchair.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{narrating}'' GOOD DRAWINGED!

'''WHEELCHAIR:''' I'm a real boy!

''{Cut to the "It's Over!" splash screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{narrating}'' It's over!

===Page Five===
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===Page Six===
<blockquote>Thank you for your order. 
You will receive your package 
in 6-8 weeks.</blockquote>

''{After about 15 seconds, you are returned to [[Main Page 19]].}''

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===
*The entire April Fool's site is a spoof of the preview pages on many pay-sites on the Internet: the trial videos, the free tour that ends with a sign-up page, the tacky design and layout, and the "streaming video game feeds" all mimic said pages.
**The second page claims "ACCESS TO ALL 230+ STRONG BAD EMAILS!" when there were only 127 emails at the time it was posted. This spoofs how subscription sites often flagrantly misrepresent their content. However, this may be a reference to a perk of subscribing (viewing unaired Strong Bad E-mails).
**A recent trend for Internet entertainment sites (especially game sites) is to be free for a few years, and then the owners initiate a pay-to-play policy. Perhaps this April Fool's joke was done so the Homestar Runner site would fit the trend.

=== Trivia===
*The font type of the phrase "There's more?? Why, yes." is the same [[font]] used on the [[Compy 386]].
*When the page was first released, the navigation buttons at the bottom of the page weren't there, like [[Under Construction]].
*The loading screen for the Trapdoor sample reads "loading free pay sample."
*Pressing '7' on the keyboard (or the numeric keypad) during the trial game will toggle the gray 'TRIAL VERSION' message. If it's onscreen, it will vanish. If it's not onscreen, it will appear. Holding down the 7 key rapidly toggles the message on and off. The 7 key has no effect at any other time.
*The screenshots on the first page show:
**Senor Cardgage showing a pie chart to Homestar, dressed in [[Homestar Runner's Sleepwear|his pajamas and robe]] from [[caper]].
**Strong Bad with the [[Lappy 486]] as The Cheat serves him Strong Sad's head on a platter.
**Strong Mad on [[The Couch]] wearing Homestar's Homestarmy bowl, next to Frank Bennedetto.
*The screenshots on the second page show:
**Strong Bad at the [[Tandy 400]] with Sterrance (from [[animal]]) in the foreground.
**Strong Bad destroying a city (à la [[Wikipedia:Godzilla|Godzilla]]).
**Strong Bad in front of [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], which has gained Bubs's eyes and mouth.
*The third page has:
**A screenshot from [[StrongBadZone]] with the quote "A SPLODE IS A LOT".
**The boxes for the [[Videlectrix]] games [[Planet Alert!]] and [[Spaceshipper]].
**The sprite of Stinkoman from [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
**A screenshot from [[RhinoFeeder]].
**A screenshot from the Videlectrix game [[Rabbit Algebra]].
*There is a [[HR:payplustile.jpg|background tile]] image, but it's only a tiny black line.
**The line actually gradients to grey as it nears the center, but in front of a default white background, it is almost impossible to see. When the image is tiled on a black background, then the gradient forms a line that we can see.
*If Homestar made it only to five at the end of the Seven Second Trial, he was counting at the rate of one for every 1.4 seconds.
*Using a Flash decompiler, it is possible to see that The Brothers Chaps left ALL of the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|games menu]] in the 7 Second Trial Game instead of just the necessary objects.
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#hunt the wumpus|hunt the wumpus]]".
*Except for the buttons and movie clips, all content featured on this toon are JPEGs.
*In the math problem shown in the screen shot of Rabbit Algebra, x = ±4.

=== Remarks ===
*Right clicking and selecting "play" will quickly advance you, page by page, to the very end of the presentation.
*None of the screenshots on the first two pages are from actual toons or emails. The StrongBadZone screenshot contains a quote not found in the game.
*Strong Bad is seen with the [[Tandy 400]] in one of the screenshots, with Sterrance from the email [[animal]] even though that was a [[Lappy 486]] era email.
*Homestar is shown standing on Strong Mad's head after falling through the trapdoor, yet in [[The Li'l Brudder Show]], [[Strong Bad's Basement |the basement]] was shown to have a much higher ceiling.
*Saying that a new Sweet Cuppin' Cakes episode will come out every week pokes fun at the fact that Sweet Cuppin' Cakes almost never gets any new episodes.
*If you shoot all the Homestars in the trial game, a second wave appears.
*On the first page, the right column of pictures is titled "Instant Access", but at the end, it states "You will receive your package in 6 - 8 weeks."
*The presentation refers to an "everybody dies" episode of [[Teen Girl Squad]]; however, at the time of this cartoon, [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8|Issue 8]] had already included every character dying. Since then, [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9|Issue 9]], an Easter egg in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|Issue 10]], and [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13|Issue 13]] have too.
*The annual payment is clearly a better deal, as $12.95 monthly = $155.40 yearly.
*The "question box" on the Games page only allows for ten characters. It is also impossible to submit anything.
*You can access the "you will receive your package in 6-8 weeks" page without filling the form out.
*Even if you were a member, you wouldn't be able to login, as the loggin' box has nothing to click on.
*"Revamped for the 90's" should be "Revamped for the '90s".
*The price of the subscription changes from $12.95/month and $99.95/year on the first page to $19.95/month and $499.95/week.

===Goofs===
*Pressing the back button while watching the "Let's see a clip!" preview on page 2 will not make the Clip close, but it does close if you go back to page 2. This does not work if you hit "Show me more, sir!" or on any other of the previews.
**Though if you right click and click rewind while watching the other samples, it goes to the first section. It zooms in on the game.
*In the 7 second trial (which is actually 7.15 seconds long, according to counter), the counter in the corner is counting by seconds and then 60ths of seconds. If you watch it frame by frame in the swf. file, you can see the decimal counter is going at 5 60ths of a second per frame, which means the decimal goes up by 5 every frame. At the end of any second, the counter does not go from 55 to 0, it goes from 55 to 60, and then to 65 of the next number, and then to 10 of the next number.
*On the "The Email Show" page, in the middle of the screen, Strong Bad's eyes are a much lighter shade of green and have lost the shadow on the tops of his eyes.
*The black part of Sterrance's face mask is not present in his screen shot.

=== Inside References ===
*This toon mentions [[Interactive Menus]].
*When your ship is destroyed in the trial game, the message "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE" appears, with "head" changing to "ship" a split-second later. This is an obvious reference to [[StrongBadZone]] and another appearance of "[[A Splode]]"
*All the sprites in the trial game come from the secret games on [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]].
*The "cred" card shown on page five belongs to [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]], who is a member of the [[Superfied Credit Union]]. This is a reference to the [[credit card]] email and to the [[Downloads]] page.
*The Cheat uses a [[single-button remote control]].

=== Real-World References ===
*The trial game resembles another Homestar Runner game, [[Armless Invaders]], which in turn resembles the arcade game, [[Wikipedia:Space Invaders|Space Invaders]].
*"I'm a real boy!" is an obvious reference to [[Wikipedia:Pinnochio|Pinocchio]], a wooden puppet who was turned "real" and made a similar remark in at least one version of the story.
*"I'll teach you to steal my date, Eh! Steve! I'm gonna come outta my shell at the Friday Night Dance and show everybody who's who!" and the #9 jersey are references to the movie [[IMDB:tt0112368|Angus]].
*The picture of the Bubslike concession stand resembles the cutting-edge computer, and somewhat resembles the broken cassette player, from [[Wikipedia: The Brave Little Toaster (film)|The Brave Little Toaster]]

==DVD Version==
*Viewers can read the pages in any order.
*If you do not select anything for a while, the DVD will skip to the next page automatically.
*The Free Sample Game is replaced with another video.
*The form at the end can not be filled out or submitted.

==External Links==
*[[HR:payplus.html|View "PAY PLUS!"]]
*[[HR:payplus2.swf|View the Flash file for "PAY PLUS!"]]
*View the component Flash files for:
**[[HR:7seconds.swf|Homestar's Seven Seconds]]
**[[HR:sbsample.swf|Strong Bad "Trap Door" Sample]]
**[[HR:SevenSecondTrialGame.swf|Trial Game "Homestar Invaders"]]
**[[HR:tgsample.swf|Teen Girl Squad Sample]]

{{Teen Girl Squad}}
[[Category:April Fools]][[Category:Teen Girl Squad]][[Category:Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]][[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]]

rock opera

2007-08-30T16:57:51Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|125}}
[[Image:sbemail opera.png|thumb|SBEMAIL: The Musical]]

Strong Bad sings his rock opera 'SBEMAIL!'.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Lil' Strong Bad]], [[Anonymous]], {{Film|Tompkins}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, [[Grape-Nuts Robot]], [[Baby Styles]], {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}, [[Tiny-Handed Strong Bad]], {{Film|Stinkoman}}, [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|Female Lappy 486]], {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Club Technochocolate]], [[Stages|The Stage]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, February 22, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 3:23

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Checkin' email, now take it to the flip side! ''{repeats the previous sentence backwards}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: rock opera</div>
Strong Bad, 
I think it's high time you composed a rock opera. You 
simply owe it to society. What should it be about? 
That's up to you. 
Best Wishes, 
Anonymous Contributor 
Gambier, OH</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces the last two lines as "Anonymous Contrib-u-tore, Gombyay... ''hhhough''}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh, poor guy. ''{typing}'' HEY! Mr. and Mrs. Contributor, way to name your kid! I can only imagine the taunts and jabs the kids on the playground musta come up with.

''{A piece of notebook paper appears onscreen with Teen Girl Squad-esque drawings on it. On it are drawings of a swingset, Little Strong Bad, and Anonymous, who looks suspiciously like Strong Sad with a question mark for a face. Anonymous is kicking a soccer ball, and faint playground chatter is present in background}''

'''NOTEBOOK STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Anonymous! Why don't ya, um, write a poem or something and not attribute it to yourself!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Or, like...

''{The paper switches out. This one features Anonymous with his hands glued to his butt, Strong Bad, and Tompkins, again with faint playground chatter.}''

'''NOTEBOOK STRONG BAD:''' Yo, Anonny! Maybe try calling the cops and giving them some valuable information to help solve a crime without revealing your own identityiyiyiy!

''{The paper disappears offscreen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh. Kids can be so cruel. ''{clears screen, resumes typing}'' OK, back on task. To tell you the truth, you guys have already heard mosta my rock opera. I've been composing it over the last three and a half years. It's simply titled "SBEMAIL!" ''{A poster for SBEMAIL! appears onscreen}'' And the lyrics consist of one word from each of my 125 emails! ''{The poster disappears}'' Now, it may not make a whole lotta sense but when have I ever backed down from a bad idea, right? Now let's get this train wreck a-rollin'!

''{Cut to some curtains, which open, beginning the opera.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
Join me on my single—

'''STRONG SAD:''' 
hundred—

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
toilet dreams picture. 
Everybody wanna scam some sweet bucks or potential—

'''LIL' STRONG BAD:''' 
pizza. 

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
Oh! Oh! Ummm. Nevermind. 
Ummm... double—

'''COACH Z:''' 
pants.

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
Awesome, awesome fancy danish. 
Professional funky totally diggity-underdrawers. 
Oh tonight,—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 
cool,—

'''MARZIPAN:''' 
healthy,—

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
ones, eh? 
Whatever action baby actually went jibblie. 
Oooh! Oh. Party like completely great, good. 
Down town ladies get consummate.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Layered on top of herself about 4 times over}'' 
Yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
Awkward sweet peaches crackin' action! 
Wha-Ho! Problematic. 
Solid jumble!

'''GRAPE-NUTS ROBOT:''' 
Crazy—

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
beans double the real gold! 
Computer—

'''STRONG SAD:''' 
internet—

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
bulging—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 
out.

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
Yeah, oh! 
Dynomite afterparty! 
Like, fangoriously world-class and—

'''POWERED-BY-THE-CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' 
grand.

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
Ooooh! Oh!

'''STRONG SAD:''' 
Ewww!

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
Oh-ho-ho-ho! Definitely, definitely—

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD:''' 
baby.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 
Yup,—

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
I totally—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 
always—

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
look—

'''STORYBOOK STRONG BAD:''' 
awesome—

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
singing backwards metal. 
Experience dance tonight! Unh! 
Oooh! I'm pleasant. 
Positate without pizzaz and—

'''STINKOMAN:''' 
jam!!

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
Whoa! 
Tonight equals dancing,

'''CANNED AUDIENCE:''' 
yeah!

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
Famous—

'''FEMALE LAPPY:''' 
ladies—

'''STRONG BAD:''' 
always like—

'''ALL:''' 
SBEMAIL!!!!!

''{The screen fades to black and the SBEMAIL! poster slides down from the top of the screen. Cut to the Lappy. Strong Bad is clapping and making crowd noises with his mouth while roses are being thrown on him from off camera}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bravo! Encore! Encore! Ándale! Ándale! Arriba! Arriba! ''{typing}'' Thank you! Thank you! Yes, the rave reviews are already pouring in. It's only a matter of time before the chicks ''{due to the keyboard getting covered in roses, this is typed as "It's only a msyyer pd tun/ blegfr teh chekts"}'' -uh.

''{The camera pulls out, and we see The Cheat on the computer desk holding a rose.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat... ixnay on the cut-it-out-throwing-roses-at-me! ...may.

'''THE CHEAT:''' Meh!

''{The Cheat throws a rose at Strong Bad's face and it sticks there.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Augh! ''{He clutches his face and starts flailing his limbs wildly.}'' Rose face! ROSE FACE!!! ''{He falls off his stool, which makes [[The Geddup Noise]]}''

''{Cut back to the Lappy, where [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

== Easter Eggs ==

* Click ''rave reviews'' to see some reviews of Sbemail:
**"SBEMAIL! Is a Triumph of Some Sort!!!" "It will leave you wanting MORE, MORE, MORE!" -(Perhaps)The Deke
**"A million stars!!!" -Age 7
**"SBEMAIL! is better than a [[goat]]!!" - The Biscuitdoughhandsman Review

* Click ''Pouring in'' to see a poster for SBEMAIL!
:"an off13 Broadway rock opera from the man who brought you 'Dangeresque: Put 'Em On Ice!'"
*While on the poster, click '[[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]]: put em on ice' to see a clip of Dangeresque: Put 'Em On Ice!
:''{Cut to somewhere in The Field in winter, with a small ice pond in the foreground. Strong Bad (as Dangeresque) skates in from the right}''
:'''DANGERESQUE:''' So I'm gonna have to jum—
:''{Dangeresque falls through the ice.}''
:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{offscreen}'' Meh! ''{throws a rose onto the ice, and a [[Wikipedia:Vibraslap|vibraslap]] hit can be heard}''
* Click the ''Encore'' that appears on the bottom-right of the Lappy screen when you scroll your mouse over it to see the rock opera again.

== Fun Facts ==

=== Explanations ===
*A [[Wikipedia:Rock opera|rock opera]] is, as the name implies, a sung dramatic work in a rock, instead of classical, musical style. The term originated with the programmatic works of [[Wikipedia:The Who|The Who]], in particular their rock opera ''[[Wikipedia:Tommy (rock opera)|Tommy]]''.
*off13 Broadway refers to [[Wikipedia:Off-Broadway|Off-Broadway]] and [[Wikipedia:Off-Off-Broadway|Off-Off-Broadway]], classifications of theatre size in New York theatre venues. Off-Broadway refers to theatres with audience sizes between 100 and 499, and Off-Off-Broadway refers to theatres with 100 seats or less. The concept behind them is that having a very small house allows for productions that are much more experimental and financially risky. However, Strong Bad's "off13" means that his musical is off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off-off broadway, or the word 'off' multiplied by itself thirteen times.

=== Trivia ===
*This is the first email where all twelve main characters appear in person. (The Poopsmith and Pom Pom were only on playing cards in [[your friends]] and [[different town]], respectively.)
*Each quotation is truly taken from each email, in order. The first word is from [[some kinda robot]], the second from [[homsar]], and [[Rock Opera Context|so forth]].
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#colorado|colorado]]".
*The same strobe lights from [[techno]] are seen during the "Positate without pizzaz and jam" section of the song. However, both lights in this email are different colors from the lights in techno.
*The song that plays during the "Whatever action baby actually went jibblie. Oooh! Oh. Party like completely great, good. Down town ladies get consummate." part is the song "One" from the musical "[[Wikipedia:A Chorus Line|A Chorus Line]]".

=== Remarks ===
*The email rap and the flipside version are clips of Strong Bad saying the same thing, but they are different versions of it. If you reverse the clip, the most obvious difference is that the flipside version doesn't have a pause after the word "email."
*The word ''crackin''' isn't actually heard in [[fingers]], and though it likely was recorded, the audio layer is turned down or the narrator is completely overpowering Strong Bad's voice.
*The Poopsmith, Bubs, and Pom Pom all remain motionless when the cast yells "SBEMAIL!", though it may be that the Poopsmith is silent on purpose, courtesy of his vow of silence.
*Strong Bad ''did'' back down from a bad idea in [[other days]], when he decided not to speak the entire email as a robot. He also decided against singing the entire email in [[portrait]]
*When Dangeresque falls through the ice, the hole is smaller than his head.
*Strong Bad technically asked The Cheat to throw another rose at him. "Ixnay" in [[Wikipedia:Pig Latin|Pig Latin]] translates to "nix", meaning "cut it out" or "stop". Therefore, the whole phrase constituted a [[Wikipedia:double negative|double negative]] meaning "continue throwing roses at me."

=== Goofs ===
[[Image:Trevorthevampire_versus_rockopera.PNG|thumb|300px|Everybody wanna scam some wrestleman's eyes...]]
*You can still click the contrast buttons on the [[Tandy 400|Tandy]] while the opera is playing, although it doesn't actually affect the contrast of the screen.
*When roses are being thrown with the Lappy in the background, you can't see the reflection of the roses on the Lappy's screen.
*In [[trevor the vampire]], when Strong Bad goes up to the screen and says "Hi, everybody," his eyes were given the newer style. However, in the opera, the same scene was shown, but his eyes were still the old style.
*When Strong Bad says "Tonight" (in "Tonight equals dancing, yeah!"), a bit of the sound is cut off.
*When The Cheat throws a rose in Strong Bad's face, it hits his left eye. However, when Strong Bad starts freaking out about it, the rose is on his right eye.
*When the cast yells "SBEMAIL!" Strong Mad's mouth appears on Homsar's torso for a few seconds.
**Though not noticeable without zooming in, once everyone has finished yelling "SBEMAIL!", Homsar's lip comes between Homestar's head and shirt; more specifically, in front of the head, and behind the shirt.

*When the word "metal" zooms out toward the screen passing in front of Strong Bad, his mouth appears on top of the word instead of behind it.
*If you play the opera again (via the "ENCORE!" in the corner), a slight bit of the audio for the part afterwards will play.

=== Inside References ===
*The shoes that walk across the screen are the back button of the old main page.
**The shoes were also used as a back button in [[She Loves Me!]]
*The notebook Strong Bad looks a lot like the Strong Bad in [[In Search of the Yello Dello]].
*On the second making-fun-of-Anonymous piece-of-paper, Anonymous has his hands glued to his butt, which also happened to Strong Sad in the e-mail [[1 step ahead]].
**Also, the drawing of Anonymous has two toenails, much like Strong Sad.
**Strong Sad also gave an "anonymous tip" in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
*Also on the second piece-of-paper, Strong Bad's legs are positioned like those of [[Wrestleman]] from the weekly [[Sketchbook]].
*When Strong Bad's typing starts going awry as The Cheat is throwing roses at him, he types "the chicks" as "teh chekts", a reference to the immediately preceding Strong Bad E-mail [[secret recipes]].
*When Strong Bad appears to have two electric guitars sticking out of his head, it is a reference to the cover art for the CD [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]].
*Strong Bad sitting in the chair swirling the wine in the cup is modeled after a similar scene from [[Everybody to the Limit]].
**Strong Bad also swirls his wine in [[montage]].
**The background behind him in this scene is from [[dangeresque 3]].
*The action figures of Strong Sad and Strong Bad are from the Strong Bad Email [[action figure]].
*The background of the area with the pyramid of gold bars (pre-explosion) is taken directly from [[RhinoFeeder]].
*The "Goodtime Palace" is modeled after similar scenes from [[animal]] and even features Baby Styles.
**Also, the normal "black frame" around the screen changes to the Cheat's poorly drawn frame from his "[[Powered by The Cheat]]" Cartoons.
*The picture of the "Hardest Guitar Chord Ever" comes from [[privileges]].
*[[Club Technochocolate]] is originally from [[extra plug]].
** The word "technochocolate" itself comes from [[monument]].
*The rock music which starts at Club Technochocolate uses the same chord progression as ''The Cheat Is Not Dead'' from [[caper]].
*The stage the entire cast is grouped on at the end is seen in [[A Decemberween Pageant]], among other holiday toons.
*The "biscuitdoughhandsman review" in the Easter egg is yet another reference to everyone's favorite unapprehended villain, [[Biscuit Dough Hands Man]].
*"[[The Deke]]" is originally from [[autobiography]].
*Strong Bad's dance move with Baby Styles is a reference to [[virus]] when he compliments Bubs for being a computer genius man.
*"Sbemail" is a reference to the filename of every Strong Bad e-mail. Strong Bad also refers to this in [[unused emails]] and [[kids' book]].
*This isn't the first time Strong Bad has spoken backwards; he also does it on [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]].
*The guitars featured in the email are the same as in the Easter egg in the email [[new hands]].
*The Pixelated Strong Bad with the Pink hoodie is a reference to an Easter egg in the strong bad email [[montage]].
*"NO FOR RENT" is a reference to a response from the [[Jhonka]] in [[Peasant's Quest]].
*The Easter egg newspaper review from a 7-year-old is from when Puppet Strong Bad appeared on G4's "Attack of the Show!" answering phone calls and asked a caller he was talking to if he was 7 years old, due to the tone and sound of his voice.

=== Real-World References ===
*Strong Bad's "Ándale! Ándale! Arriba! Arriba!" at the end is quoting the famous Warner Bros. cartoon mouse [[Wikipedia:Speedy Gonzales|Speedy Gonzales]].
*The electric guitars in the opera are (or are modeled after) the Gibson V-Factor, more commonly known as "Flying V".
*The amps are modeled after Marshall stacks, but instead of "Marshall," the logo reads "An Amp". These were also used in [[different town]] and [[Cool Things]], but labeled "Marzipan".
*Strong Bad's song at the beginning of the e-mail may be a reference to Missy Elliott's [[wikipedia:Work It|Work It]], where she says "I put my thang down, flip it, and reverse it!" which is then played backwards.
*Strong Bad walking toward the camera while neon signs fly by is also a commonly used movie cliché when the main-character gets overwhelmed by the nightlife of the city (most famously in the 1945 film ''[[Wikipedia:The Lost Weekend|The Lost Weekend]]'').


=== Fast Forward ===
*A [[Rock Opera (karaoke)|karaoke]] video was released for the Rock Opera on the [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|Strong Bad Email DVD]].
*The "guitar stars" were re-used in [[Summer Short Shorts]].
*A more realistic gold bar pile (seen in 'double the real gold') is seen in [[space program]].
*Another "train wreck" would be created in the DVD Exclusive video [[160 Seconds]], which combines one second from each of the first 160 Emails.

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

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

'''MIKE:''' Joined in the booth here by none other—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitates backwards speech in email's opening}'' See, I—people think I—they just flipped the audio track when I really said—

'''MIKE:''' I wasn't done—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' —that, live.

'''MIKE:''' —introducing you.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, but I had to get in on the game!

'''MIKE:''' This, this is Strong Bad, everyone.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And this is—

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' He's gonna be—he's gonna being doing the commentary with me.

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is By-The-Book Mike, over here, this guy—

'''MIKE:''' We have—we've gotta do things by the rules.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, since—

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' It's not gonna work, it's not gonna work if we don't—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look, we're not going to make a very good cop team, alright, 'cause ''I'' don't play by the rules, ''Mike.''

'''MIKE:''' Uh, did you do these drawings?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I did. Look, I've even got—

'''MIKE:''' These-they're bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' They're bad drawings.

'''STRONG BAD:''' They're great drawings! Look at little Tompkins.

'''MIKE:''' Tomp—

'''STRONG BAD:''' He's laughing at Strong Sad. ''{in high voice}'' "Put his hands on his butt again, they got glued there."

'''MIKE:''' Okay, don't—don't get up to high voices.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still in high voice}'' I'm in a high voice now!

'''MIKE:''' I don't like the high voice realm.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{still in high voice}'' It is my best voice!

'''MIKE:''' Oh, so which email is this we're doing here?

'''STRONG BAD:''' This is the one where I do my rock opera!

'''MIKE:''' Oh, rock opera. So this was—

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's a retrospective.

'''MIKE:''' This was, uh, so were you really planning this from day one?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Of course, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' So you—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Everything on this website has been planned since day one.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, reall—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I guarantee it.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, that's true, Mike. Like, I'm gonna put this b—lightbulb in my mouth!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' That's a coffee cup, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{hushed}'' Don't tell them, ''{returns to normal volume}'' look! ''{Mike laughs}'' That was just for the sound effect—

'''MIKE:''' By the books! That didn't even sound like a lightbulb.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''By the books.'' Pants—those are some—

'''MIKE:''' Nice burlap pants! ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' He was wearing a burlap sack for pants.

'''MIKE:''' I hear you had to, uhh—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, look, I was singing that song from American Tail. ''{Mike laughs}'' It was like "Somewheres... out there..." Ooh, that's a new way to look at me.

'''MIKE:''' That is—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' From the front side!

'''MIKE:''' The front view walk clip.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm doin' a front side air... over there.

'''MIKE:''' We'll have to use that, again.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Nope. ''{imitates self in email}'' Matic, matic. Ooh, this, this, who's playin' this guitar? 'Cause this music, I didn't even do. It showed up on my doorstep.

'''MIKE:''' Euhh, I made some of it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' Matt and I made it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's the hardest chord ever, right?

'''MIKE:''' That was the hardest chord ever, played by Gary Palaroncini—there's two of the Palaroncinis right there.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wow, everybody's got metal hair, in this—

'''MIKE:''' Everybody's—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —video.

'''MIKE:''' —gettin' in on the action.

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat helped me out with a lot of this.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, it looks like it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Visuals.

'''MIKE:''' You can—you can tell.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I for—I think I was calling... all cars.

'''MIKE:''' What do you call—what's that girl's name?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, that's Cynthentia.

'''MIKE:''' Cyn—''{laughs}'' Cynthentia.

'''STRONG BAD:''' What I heard.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' How, uh, have you talked to her lately?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah... that's what I was calling, on the phone, earlier, when I said—

'''MIKE:''' Cynthentia.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' "Experience dance tonight."

'''MIKE:''' What famous ladies like SBEMAIL—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh—

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' —on that—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bruce Willis. Uh, Beck.

'''MIKE:''' Those are both guys.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Umm... Robin Williams.

'''MIKE:''' Those are all guys.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, look, the list just keeps on going—

'''MIKE:''' Is Cynthenti—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —until it turns into women. ''{Mike laughs}'' Oh, the guitarist from Liz Phair.

'''MIKE:''' That's a guy, too.

'''STRONG BAD:''' AUGH! But Liz Phair isn't a guy. It was hard to type on that with a buncha—

'''MIKE:''' You didn't—you weren't able to do it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Not very well!

'''MIKE:''' No.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, Colorado, remember that game?

'''MIKE:''' ''{unintelligible}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' That game had... VGA graphics.

'''MIKE:''' There were some sweet graphics.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Good graphics.

== Fast Forward ==
*Mike says that they need to use the frontal view of Strong Bad walking again, and they did in the [[SBLOUNSKCHED!]] commercial in [[candy product]] and in [[rough copy]].

== See Also ==
*The [[Rock Opera Context|context]] for all of the words from rock opera.
*The [[Rock Opera Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the rock opera.

== External Links ==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}
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[[Image:replacement.png|thumb|"Please don't dig up the grave."]]

Strong Bad looks for a replacement for when he retires from answering emails.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homsar}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Stages|The Stage]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, June 8, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 3:22

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Our next show, is a family show. It...is...the email.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class= "compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Have you ever thought who will take 
your place when you retire? 
 
Your friend, 
Jeffrey Desterhoft</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' You've got a good point there, Jeffy. I suppose I can't keep checking these e-mails forever. I never really thought about finding an heir to my throne before. Come to think of it, what ever happened to my throne?

''{Strong Bad stops typing, picks up a phone, and talks into it, making a sound like a loudspeaker in a supermarket}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Attention The Cheat. Customer needs assistance in e-mail. Customer needs assistance in e-mail.

''{Strong Bad puts down the phone, which is not attached to anything. The Cheat arrives in a blue employee's vest with his name on it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, didn't I use to have a throne of some kind?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{points at the stool and makes The Cheat noises.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, no, no, this is my ''stool''. I'm talking about a ''throne''. You know, it had, like...gold nuggets on it, and...a hundred cup holders...some of them velvety cushions...you know, a ''throne''. And I think I had a motorcycle, too. See if you can find those.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I guess the best way to find a replacement is to subject a bunch of applicants to the same rigorous screening process that I subjected myself to ''{begins to sound unsure of what he is saying}'' when I started checking these emails?

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Homestar standing in the Field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna hold up a last name, and you make fun of it. ''{holds up a cue card with the word "Gargleman" written on it}'' Gargleman.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Crapface.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{holds up a cue card that reads "Dumweiner"}'' Dumweiner.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uhhhh, Crapface.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{changes cue card to "Butkus"}'' Butkus.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Crapface.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{changes cue card to "Crambert"}'' Crambert.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Crapface?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{changes cue card to "Desterhoft"}'' Desterhoft.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Let me think about it; ''{without hesitation}'' Crapface.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Perfect score!

''{Cut to the computer room with Strong Bad and Coach Z in front of the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's hear your best "deleted."

''{He presses a button on the keyboard and the Compy displays DELETED on a blue background, making the standard DELETED sound.}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893; text-align:center">DELETED!</blockquote>

'''COACH Z:''' DELORTED!

''{Compy flashes DELORTED on a yellow background and makes a distorted version of the DELETED sound. Strong Bad looks surprised.}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#8B8B00; text-align:center">DELORTED!</blockquote>

''{Cut to the basement with Strong Bad and Bubs and a cardboard box with Strong Sad drawn on it sitting on the couch.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Sad's on the couch, watching TV. What do you do?

'''BUBS:''' Kick him in the teeth!

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's good, that's good, even though he might not have any teeth. What else?

'''BUBS:''' Kick him in the grill!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, yeah! Keep going!

'''BUBS:''' ''{turns to face Strong Bad}'' Kick ''you'' in the grill!

''{Bubs starts to approach Strong Bad, waving his arms and yelling menacingly}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{nervously}'' No, no, Bubs, calm down, this is only a drill!

''{Cut to Marzipan's house with Strong Bad and Marzipan holding [[Carol]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's hear your best "scroll buttons" song.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing and playing the guitar}'' And that's why I like to scroll, with scroll buttons!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastically}'' Oh, right, right, the worst song I ever heard. Play another one!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing and playing the guitar}'' Scroll buttons are good, they move you up and down, they take you to...

''{Strong Bad groans. Cut to the basement, with Strong Bad, Strong Sad, and the same cardboard box with Strong Sad on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, Strong Sad, Strong Sad's on the couch, watching TV. What do you do?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Go make him some hummus!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hummus?! No, try something else.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh... Give him a foot massage!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looks at Strong Sad's [[soolnds]]}'' Those are not feet!

''{Cut to the field with Homestar, Strong Bad and The Cheat. The Cheat is wearing a cardboard box that has a drawing of himself on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now I want you to pretend this is The Cheat, and give him a good, swift, kick in The Cheat!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{bends one of his legs back, then pauses}'' Umm... ''{puts his leg back down}'' Crapface.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of his computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh. ''{typing}'' This screening process is neither processing nor screening very well. I suppose I should cut to the chase and haul out the big guns...DANCE CONTEST!

''{Cut to a stage. Music is playing. We see the top part of Strong Bad's head watching each contestant. The first contestant is Marzipan, who spins her ponytail around while moving her head left and right. Cut to Coach Z, who taps his right foot while waving his arms. Cut to Strong Sad simply twitching his fingers. Cut to Bubs shaking his arms while jumping up and down. Cut to Strong Mad, who simply stands in place and yells.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I'M STRONG MAD! I'M STRONG MAD!

''{Cut to Homsar, who shuffles his feet all along the stage. The camera then cuts to and zooms in on Homestar, who is lit by a spotlight. The music changes to the ending of a slow, dramatic song.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' And then I put it on my faaaaace...

''{Cut to Strong Bad at his computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Uh, this dance contest is neither contesting nor dancing very well. Looks like I'm gonna be checking e-mails and kicking Cheats 'til the day I die. ''{stops typing}'' Whoa, that'd make an awesome tattoo! Or an even better epitaph!

''{Cut to the field at night. A blank tombstone is on the foreground, and as we hear Strong Bad's voice, his words are carved on the slab.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Here lies Strong Bad

''{underneath, in slightly smaller letters}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' "Checking e-mails and kicking Cheats in the hereafter"

''{underneath}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Buried with his hundred girlfriends

''{underneath}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And like, a jillion dollars

''{underneath, in even smaller letters}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Please don't dig up the grave.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on the word "Cheats" to see another exchange between Strong Bad and The Cheat:

:''{Cut to The Cheat near his light switch, still wearing his uniform.}''

:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen, into speakerphone}'' A-ttention The Cheat!

:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

:'''STRONG BAD:''' Have you found that motorcycle yet? ''{slight pause}'' Maybe check in our...stock room.

:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

:'''STRONG BAD:''' And Dana needs more quarters on register three.

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Hummus|Hummus]] is a paste of pureed chickpeas usually mixed with sesame oil or sesame paste and eaten as a dip or sandwich spread.

=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#alone in the dark|alone in the dark]]".

===Remarks===
[[Image:delorted.png|thumb|DELORTED!]]
*Strong Bad uses a [[disconnected telephone]].
*Strong Bad's epitaph reads "kicking Cheats in the hereafter", a rare use of The Cheat's name without an [[integral article]].

*Strong Bad doesn't interview Strong Mad or Homsar, yet they still take part in the dance contest; he also doesn't interview The Cheat.
*The text on the Compy during the interview with Coach Z is the same text that he finished writing before the first interview with Homestar, which may mean that he deleted the e-mail that he was replying to.
*The visible "DELET" part of the [[DELETED]] text is the same size as the "DELOR" part of Coach Z's "DELORTED". At that size, part of the final D and the exclamation point (which are included in the Flash file) wouldn't fit on the screen.
*When Strong Bad asks Coach Z for his best "DELETED!" The computer screen says the same thing as the beginning of the email: "You've got a good point there, Jeffy. I suppose I can't..."

===Goofs===
*When The Cheat turns to the left screen and exits, the nametag on the right side of his vest moves to the left side and is reversed.
*The sign above Marzipan normally reads "Thank You". In this email, it appears to be blank due to a positioning error in the Flash file.
*Since the font called Engravers is used, the first quotation mark on Strong Bad's gravestone is backwards.
*At the end of the email the moon is facing the back of the gravestone, but the shadow is in front of the moon and the other side is bright.

===Inside References===
*Homestar's repeated use of "crap[[Names Ending in -face|face]]" is related to the way he answered his first SB Email in [[50 emails]].
*Bubs's moves in the dance contest come from the game [[Dancin' Bubs]].
*Strong Bad first [[Kicking The Cheat|kicked The Cheat]] in [[little animal]].

===Real-World References===
*The Cheat is wearing a blue uniform, typical of [[Wikipedia:Wal-Mart|Wal-Mart]] employees, but Strong Bad uses a red phone, typical of [[Wikipedia:Target Corporation|Target]] stores.
*The name "Butkus" refers to [[Wikipedia:Chicago Bears|Chicago Bears]] Hall-Of-Fame linebacker [[Wikipedia:Dick Butkus|Dick Butkus]].
*A [[wikipedia:Grill (jewelry)|Grill]] most likely refers to the dental object people (most prominently rappers) wear on their teeth, but can also mean the mouth/teeth themselves.
*Coach Z's dance is similar to a popular [[Wikipedia:Hardcore_punk|hardcore]] dance referred to as "Shootin' the arrow".

===Fast Forward===
*Marzipan's first scroll button song was later used on the [[Scroll Button Songs|Strong Bad Email Menu]], despite him saying that it was the worst song he ever heard.
*Strong Bad would later decide to not die at all in [[your funeral]].

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

===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' What's he's saying right now is from an old audio recording that I made.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, Matt, before we had a video camera, he and his friend, you know, would just make movies and...

'''MATT:''' Radio plays!

'''MIKE:''' On, aha, on audio cassette! He had a bad tape recorder.

'''MATT:''' And our friend TJ said that, and he could, he was like four or something and couldn't talk very well, or at least couldn't re-memorize lines at the time 'cuz he was so young, and it was called "The Hostess Cake": "Our next show is a family show. It is... The Hostess Cake"... Mike, how did he do that with his voice?! That phone's clearly not plugged in!

'''MIKE:''' It's like Coach Z's phone from another cartoon. I dunno. I dunno, Matt. I just make the cartoons.

'''MATT:''' That's clearly a Wal-Mart vest that The Cheat is wearing there, I think, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Also, there's "Alone in the Dark" back there. Is that... this is, okay, this is before that horrible "Alone in the Dark" movie that just came out.

'''MATT:''' Oh, yeah, did that already come out?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah! It was just in the theater for, like, two days.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Bad idea.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' So, what are we— Which one is this? Replacements?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he's trying to find an heir to the throne!

'''MATT:''' Oooooh.

''{pause until Strong Bad holds up the "Desterhoft" card}''

'''MIKE:''' Hey, that's the name of the guy that sent the email!

'''MATT:''' That's a funny name.

'''MIKE:''' ''{imitates the "Deleted" buzzer, then again as Strong Bad DELETEs the email}''

'''MATT:''' ''{of "DELORTED"}'' Oof. That brown screen is gross. I like it. Now this is our friend [[Craig Zobel]], who... you all know. His favorite thing ever on our website is right here where Bubs attacks Strong Bad.

'''MIKE:''' That's just me being ba— being a lazy animator. It wasn't supposed to be funny.

'''MATT:''' ''{partially over the last line}'' No, that was you being a genius.

'''MIKE:''' It wasn't supposed to be funny.

'''MATT:''' It's hilarious.

'''MIKE:''' Didn't you record Strong Bad singing one of these scroll buttons songs for the scroll button menu?

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm. I did.

'''MIKE:''' We oughta use that.

'''MATT:''' Never have. Maybe we should. It's been the same one for a while now.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' ''{of the box with Strong Sad's image}'' That Strong Sad drawing is pretty great. The Cheat clearly drew that for him. ''{after Strong Bad's "Those are not feet.}'' What are they called, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Soolnds?

'''MATT:''' Soolnd.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Um...

'''MIKE:''' So we got a dance party coming up where Coach Z is doing our friend Claire's dance.

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm. I remember... that's a good dance.

'''MIKE:''' There it is.

'''MATT:''' The Claire dance. I don't know if Claire knows that we have Coach Z doing her dance.

'''MIKE:''' Does she know we have a name for her dance?

'''MATT:''' I don't know if she knows that either. I hope she doesn't get mad.

'''MIKE:''' I did all this. That's why the dances are pretty lame.

'''MATT:''' Homestar is singing in a dance contest, Mike. He doesn't, he obviously doesn't know what's going on.

'''MIKE:''' Even if it was a singing contest, it was a pretty bad song.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I dunno what he's talking about, but I dunno what he just put on his face.

''{they laugh}''

'''MATT:''' It's a great song, I think. It's very interesting. It makes you wonder. What did— and what happened that spawned that?

'''MIKE:''' I don't wanna know.

''{pause until The Paper}''

'''MIKE:''' That's it.

'''MATT:''' Preeow.

===Fun Facts===
*[[Wikipedia:Hostess|Hostess]] is a manufacturer of various snack cakes and pastries, most famously the [[Wikipedia:Twinkie|Twinkie]].
*The critically panned 2005 film ''[[IMDB:tt0369226|Alone in the Dark]]'', a box-office failure, was based on the video game of the same name, which was in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] in this email.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|105|164}}
*[[Podstar:sb_email_replacement.m4v|download "replacement" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]][[Category:Podstar Runner]]

Parents

2007-08-30T02:47:05Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Appearances */

[[Image:pomfamily.png|thumb|Meet the Parents]]
Although most of the [[characters]]' '''parents''' are [[Unseen Characters|never seen]], they are sometimes mentioned.

At the [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|Flashforward 2006 Seattle]] public appearance, The Brothers Chaps revealed that emails they receive asking about the characters' parents are one of the [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|groups of emails]] that are virtually certain ''not'' to be answered.

==Appearances==
*[[Old Characters Page]] — [[The King of Town]]'s bio states that he is [[Marzipan]]'s father. However, it is the only such reference on the site, and The Brothers Chaps have since reported in interviews (such as the [[Club Aquatica Interview - 29 Oct 2003|Club Aquatica interview]]) that this was an idea they had early in the site's development but have since abandoned.
*[[Pom Pom, Too]] — [[Pom Pom]]'s [[General and Fraulein Pom Pom|parents]] are seen in a photo.
*[[Secret Pages#Other Animations|Homestar's Yearbook]] — [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] says, "Sign my yearbook! But don't use any [[swears]], because... my mom reads it."
*[[Homestarloween Party]] — [[Strong Bad]] admits that his mom helped him with his [[Homestarloween Party Costumes|costume]].
*[[Theme Song Video]] — One of the lyrics to the song is "Homestar Runner, mom and dad".
*[[The Secrets That I Keep]] — The birthday card Strong Bad gave [[Strong Sad]] has "mom says I have to make you this kard [''sic'']" written in it.
*Email [[interview]] — While demonstrating what an interview with [[Homsar]] would be like, [[Strong Bad]] as a Homsar puppet says "I was raised by a cup of [[coffee]]!" (see [[Homsar#Speech|here]] for details).
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] — [[Cheerleader]] has "cool parents!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] — [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Olda Boys|Olda boy 2]] says "I miss my mom!"
*Email [[army]] — Homestar tells [[Mrs. Bennedetto]] that her son, [[Frank Bennedetto|Frank]], [[Death|died]] in [[The Battle of Strong Badia|battle]].
*Email [[cheatday]] — [[The Cheat]] reads one email asking what [[The Brothers Strong]]'s parents looked like, but he responds by threatening to gnaw the email sender's face off (which apparently is his response to every email).
*Email [[pom pom]] — Strong Bad writes a letter to Pom Pom's parents, addressing them as "General and Fraulein Pom Pom".
*[[The Screen Savers Interview - 24 Jan 2005]] — Joe from Pomona, California asks Strong Bad why we never get to see his parents. The question angers Strong Bad. Strong Bad later warns the host [[Wikipedia:Kevin Pereira|Kevin Pereira]] to never talk about his mom.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]] — [[The Ugly One|The Ugly One's]] father, [[Manolios Ugly One]], is seen.
*Email [[the facts]] — Strong Bad tells [[Strong Mad]] to be quiet because Mom said baby [[Strong Sad]] is sleeping.
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] — [[Coach Z]] pretends to be talking to his parents on a [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected phone]].
*[[The Li'l Brudder Show]] — [[Li'l Brudder]]'s parents are shown to be a unicycle and a dog.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] — Coach Z thinks Strong Bad is dressed up as his hot mom.
*[[Weclome Back]]— Strong Bad says, "What am I, your dad?"
*[[Fan Costumes '06]] — Strong Bad thinks one of the costumes looks like The Cheat's hot mom.
*[[Let us give TANKS!]] — [[Reynold]] says that he is going to his [[Reynold's Parents' House|parents' house]] for Thanksgiving.
*Email [[the chair]] — After ripping his face off, Strong Bad holds up an alleged picture of his parents, although it is obscured by the new high-backed chair. However, using a flash decompiler reveals that the picture is blank except for the message: nice try dodongo.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] — [[Tompkins|Tompkins's]] mother, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Momkins|Momkins]], is seen. At the end, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Timkins|Timkins]] points at one of the [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Policemen|policemen]] and says, "You're not my real father!"
*Email [[hygiene]] — Gene's "young and hot" mother buys his clothes, and lets him take the boat out when she has a headache.

==Other Relatives==
*[[Decemberween Teen Girl Squad]] — What's Her Face "wants a new stepdad!"
*Email [[Family Resemblence]] — Strong Bad tries to envision Pom Pom's family "resembling" him (at least, to the same extent that Strong Bad's brothers resemble himself).
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] — [[So and So]]'s [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Mrs. So-and-so-erson|stepmom]] tells the girls to "Shut your yaps!" Afterwards, she pours ranch dressing on [[The Ugly One]].
*Email [[alternate universe]] — [[Senor Cardgage]] wants to adopt Strong Bad, but Strong Bad disappears before he can do so.
*Email [[secret recipies]] — Strong Bad and Homestar reference several (possibly and/or definitely made-up) relatives: Strong Bad's "Great Uncle Pawdabber", his "Crazy Aunt Eulatherm", his mystifying "Poopaw", and Homestar's (definitely non-existent) "Stupid Uncle [[Egg]]".
*Email [[looking old]] — Upon getting a "lace-lift", Strong Bad is mistaken for his great-grandmother by Strong Sad.
*Email [[more armies]] — The [[On Point Kings]]' brochure mentions The Cheat's sister as one of their clients.

==See Also==
*[[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?]]
*[[Draw Trogdor Again]]
*[[Children]]

[[Category: Inside Jokes]]
[[Category:Lists]]

candy product

2007-08-30T01:52:22Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|149}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], A Hill, [[Alleyway]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:01

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone - he blows into the mic and taps it}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. [[#Footnote|[1]]] SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunnner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound (rhyming with "font"), inserts exaggerated pauses at each ellipsis (even humming to himself for a few seconds while he waits on the longest one right before the end), and pronounces "somone" similar to the name "Simone".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one... like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end, and types it slowly}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A candy-based periodic table covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs fill the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres begin floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it with rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]].

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol' BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''BRITISH-ACCENTED VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confection worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED! name.

''{"SBLOUNSKCHED!" appears [[Wikipedia:Embossing|embossed]] on the candy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm talkin' to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's see... shape, shape, shape shape shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]] (with the word "BAR" written on it), a mustache, and the bust of Van Buren.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants?

''{The candy morphs into the shape of Strong Bad's pants}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{a bite is taken out of the pants, with a 'chomp' sound}'' for security, 'cause who's gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

''{A candy commercial begins. Fade in to a close-up of Strong Bad's feet and pants as he walks down a road towards the camera. The words "copyright 2006 Cheap as Free Foodstuffs" appear in the bottom-right corner for the first few seconds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, singing}'' You got the munch.

The crisp and the crunch.

Livin' in the gutter with Grandma...

When Coach puts you in,—

You gotta go for the win.

Y2K turned out all riiiight!

''{with chorus}'' SBLOUNSKCHED!

You can do it!

SBLOUNSKCHED!

Crunchy chew it!

''{with chorus}'' Who's got the money?!?

You got... SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has slight trouble pronouncing the name}''

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. Strong Bad moves his head to the side to peek under The Paper shortly after it appears.}''

===Footnote===

#This could also be "Sibilants. Sibilants."

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]]
*Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
|-
| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |[[image:No_homestar.png|float|right|54 px]]Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
|-
|
{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;clear:both;"
|-
! align="left" style="border-bottom:2px solid #CCC;border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-bottom:2px solid #CCC;border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! style="border-bottom:2px solid #CCC" | Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Re: Besing Friends
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:22
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Draw Trogdor again ;)
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:22
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Re: re: re: resending
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:23
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Re: PharamBlacy news
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:23
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Possible caper
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:23
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Rrrrates so low!!!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:24
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Shemp vs. Curly Joe
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:24
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | It´s almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:24
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|}
|}

*At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half-eaten choco-pants!

*Also at the end, click the SBLOUNSKCHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy, distorted voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*Although the word [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] has several meanings, in this situation it refers to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them, a common example being [[wikipedia:Jell-O|Jell-O]].
*[[Wikipedia:Sibilant consonant|Sibilance]] (or "sibilants") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up and balanced properly against other speech.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].
*[[Wikipedia:Veal|Veal]] is the meat taken from young calves, which some consider to be an inhumane practice. It is generally appreciated for its delicate taste, tender texture, and nutritious qualities.
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.

===Trivia===
*One of Homestar's emails asks for Strong Bad to [[Draw Trogdor again]].
*See [[The Periodic Table of Candy Elements]] for the full table.
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Strong Bad reading "Da NewsPapes." Note how the bottom part of the text overlaps into the wall.]]
*Strong Bad's [[Periodicals|newspaper]] contains the following [[News Articles|articles]]:
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 3px solid #999"
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | Back Pape
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | Da NewsPapes
|-
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" | Famous couples were spotted eating, walking around, and on movie screens across the country.
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" | World events continued for the 43rd consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of the all-time record of 46. Many believe this to be a sign of things to come. Ed Bache concurs. "This is a sign of things to come."
|}

===Remarks===
*During the SBLOUNSKCHED! commercial, you can't adjust the contrast knobs on the [[Tandy 400]] as you normally could.
*The Tandy gives the "current" date as month-day-year, with a 4-digit year, but it is asking for the new date as day-month-year with a 2-digit year.
*Requesting a "new date" at startup was very common for early Tandy computers, as many of them did not have any battery powered memory installed to keep track of the date and time while powered off.
*As evidenced by the "a:\>" prompt on the Tandy, Strong Bad exited the date program without entering the new date.
*The [[Edgar|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]] filter screen is in the [[Compy 386|Compy]]'s [[font]], Commodore 64, instead of Glitch0, the Lappy's font.
*Although licorice candy is mentioned as a part of Strong Bad's [[Wikipedia:Confectionery|confectionery]], it is the only candy ingredient of the candy bar that is not one of the visible "elements" in the periodic table (other than Pepperoni, but that is not "candy" per se).
*From the start of the commercial to just before The Paper comes down is exactly 30 seconds—the standard length of a TV commercial.
*Though Strong Bad says he doesn't have any candy named after him, he does have a chewing gum named after him in an Easter egg from [[2 emails]].
*The effects used on the nougat (the swirls and liquid effects) were used in the pool Strong Bad was sitting near in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]], only this time the swirls are a different color.
*Strong Bad's Periodic Table of Candy Elements has two elements abbreviated as "Ch": "Chocolatium" and "Chewy."
*If Strong Bad had the [[Edgar|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]] software back in the Tandy era, he wouldn't have been able to recieve Homestar's response in [[credit card]].
*Strong Bad is [[breaking the fourth wall]] when he says, "I betcha I will by the end of this email".

===Goofs===

*When Strong Bad is reading Da NewsPape, part of the text is overlapping onto the wall.
*When Strong Bad says, "I'm talking to you, Baby Ruth", he doesn't move his mouth into an 'O' when he says, "Ruth".
*If you access an Easter egg before Strong Bad peeks under The Paper, after the Easter egg his head is under The Paper.
*When Strong Bad changes the shape of the "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" to the shape of his pants the SBLOUNSKCHED! bar is still in the shape of a bar.

===Fixed Goofs===


*When this email was released, there was no back button at the end. It was fixed within a day of the email's release.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd: or Re: in the subject line.
*"Rrrrates so low!!!!" were once also offered by Homestar Runner to Marzipan in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]].
*This is another example of [[Homestar Runner Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van Buren|bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*"Edgar's Baby's Daddy" is another instance of [[Edgar]]-based computer protection software.
**In [[long pants]], Edga Jr. was "The Long Email Killa Filta." "Filta" is used again for the latest Edgar filter, "Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta."
*"Possible caper" refers to [[caper]].
*"Da NewsPapes" is a reference to the newspapers in [[stunt double]] and [[dangeresque 3]], which were called "The Local Newspapes".
*The camera rotating around Strong Bad while he's standing on the hill is a possible reference to [[Old Intro 2]].
*One of Homestar's email subject lines contains an example of [[be's]].
*The part of the commercial with Senor Cardgage sleeping in an alley is a reference to [[Senorial Day]].
*The SBLOUNSKCHED! bar is another example of a [[concoction]].
*The score of "R" is another [[Scoreboard#Irregular Scores|irregular score]].

===Real-World References===

*"Sibilance", a word describing the "s" sound, was used by [[Wikipedia: Tom Hanks|Tom Hanks]] in a "[[Wikipedia: Wayne's World|Wayne's World]]" sketch on ''[[Wikipedia: Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]]'' in a soundcheck for [[Wikipedia: Aerosmith|Aerosmith]].
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial is a parody of a series of TV commercials for [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] candies. In these commercials, it is suggested that you can get away with virtually anything so long as you have the advertised product.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular 2-ounce candy bar in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's comment about "athletes with their own candy bars" may refer to the common assumption that the Baby Ruth was named after baseball great [[Wikipedia:Babe Ruth|Babe Ruth]]. ([http://www.babyruth.com/ Officially], Baby Ruth was named after the daughter of U.S. President [[Wikipedia:Grover Cleveland|Grover Cleveland]], but this may have been a smokescreen to avoid paying royalties to the Babe.)
:*There have been a number of candy bars actually named after athletes, [[Wikipedia:Reggie Jackson|Reggie Jackson's]] '''Reggie!''' bar being one of the first (debuting in the 1970s) and probably the best known.
*Strong Bad later alludes to Baby Ruth's "piece of crap shape", this is most likely a reference to a similar gag in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]]''.
*Grizzly Chomps, a Hostess-brand chocolate cupcake introduced in 1992, similarly featured a "built-in bite." The package bore a cartoon bear saying, "I start 'em, you finish 'em."
*"Crispity" is a made-up word used in advertisements, along with "crunchity" and "peanut-buttery," to describe the [[Wikipedia:Butterfinger|Butterfinger]] candy bar.
*"Re: PharamBlacy news", which appears in the Junkmail Filta, is a subject line from an actual [[Wikipedia:E-mail spam|spam]] that was circulating in heavy volume around the time this email was produced. It advertised discount prescription drugs offered by many southeast Asia-based "pharmacies," and the subject had two random letters inserted where the B and l appear here to avoid detection by spam filters.
*[[Wikipedia:Shemp Howard|Shemp Howard]] and [[Wikipedia:Curly Joe DeRita|"Curly Joe" DeRita]] served as the third of the [[Wikipedia:Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] at various points in the act's history.
*The "Periodic Table of Candy Elements" which appears behind Strong Bad's candy creation as he is making it is a spoof of the "Periodic Table of Elements" which is the basis for most chemistry and other scientific research.


===Fast Forward===
*In the remake of the [[Strongest Man in the World]] cartoon, the textual representation of the sound effect when [[Señor]] drops his grapes is "SBLOUNSKCHED".
*The email [[underlings]] includes a similar scene where Strong Bad reads Da NewsPapes in the bathroom.
*The bowl of puffed rice cereal would later be seen 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]], [[Homestar Runner]], and [[Karen Wagner]])

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, who's this crazy lady?

'''MIKE:''' Homestar, I'd like you to meet my sister Karen.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Did she just wander in from the street?

'''KAREN:''' Oh yeah, I did.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh... You smell nice for, for someone who did that.

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' Thanks.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' The last person we had in here that wandered off the streets smelled like a, um, a rat party.

'''MIKE:''' A rat party?

'''KAREN:''' ''{overlapping}'' Although, you know, I'm really nervous about doing the commentary so I'm kinda sweatin'. Maybe I do smell bad.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's okay.

'''KAREN:''' But, as usual, when this email came out, I got lot of requests for actually putting out a SBLOUNSKCHED! bar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Did they want it to be just like it was in the cartoon?

'''KAREN:''' Yep! With the little tiny bowls of puffed rice cereal and the pepperoni—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wow.

'''KAREN:''' — and all that other stuff.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I like how the crispety cookety part is shaped like a log. It has a leaf on it.

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' I was gonna say doesn't it even have a leaf?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Is it a mint leaf, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' I think it's a real leaf.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Really. 
'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Is it growing, somehow growing out of the cookety log?

'''MIKE:''' It's a cookety log leaf.

'''KAREN:''' ''{overlapping}'' And the SBLOUNSKCHED! adds up to 150 percent.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right. Strong Bad always gives 150 percent.

'''KAREN:''' What about you, Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm, I'm—

'''KAREN:''' ''{overlapping}'' How much percent do you give?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm around se— I was 725 the last time I checked.

'''MIKE:''' 725?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, I have a scale that's kinda like a weigh you, weigh you down scale, you know.

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh. You step on—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' That I stand on, and it tells me what sort of percent I'm giving for the day.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, and it's always up in the seven hundreds somewhere?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It was this morning.

'''MIKE:''' That's uh—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{quickly}'' That's right!

'''MIKE:''' — impossible.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' Here I go!

'''MIKE:''' That's impossible.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No!

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' There's the leaf.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right. Darkium Chocolatium. I like all those candy elements in the background.

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, it took me a long time to, uh, get all of those. I had to watch it many times. But, see now, with the DVD, I can just pause it.

'''MIKE:''' There are a couple of them that I think that are repeated. Uh, those two letter symbols?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad just offended the British.

''{all laugh}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You did a good job of making that looking like it was etched in there, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ew, was Strong Bad on the toilet?

'''MIKE:''' No, you didn't see— there's no evidence of a toilet. It was just—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' He was in a tiled room, reading a newspaper.

'''MIKE:''' Well, he's got a tiled room for newspaper reading.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think there was some insinuation going ons there.

'''MIKE:''' I don't know what you're talking about.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So, what's the deal with this trend?

'''KAREN:''' About the—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' With products makin' you able to get away with murder or get girls?

'''MIKE:''' Or sneaking into a concert by wrapping a bandana around your head?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah. Pretending to be a road-eye. See, everybody loves him. Even Strong Sad gives him the thumbs up.

'''KAREN:''' Even though his head has been pushed through the ceiling.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Diet Coke!

'''KAREN:''' Hey, are they going to have a Diet SBLOUNCSKCHED!?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, they should. 
'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Either that or South Beach SBLOUCHSKCHED!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hi, Strong Bad! Ah!

===Fun Facts===
*Strong Bad jumping in the air at the end of the SBLOUNCSKCHED jingle is similar to [[Wikipedia:Diet Coke|Diet Coke]]'s commercials in the late 1980s, thus prompting Homestar's comment.
*[[Wikipedia:South Beach diet|South Beach Diet]] is a diet plan the emphasizes "good carbs" and "good fats."

==See Also==
*The [[Candy Product Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the jingle.

== External Links ==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

2007-08-29T19:22:41Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|149}}

[[Image:CandyProduct.png|thumb|You got SBLOUNSKCHED!]]

Strong Bad gets his own [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar|candy product]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Marshie}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], A Hill, [[Alleyway]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, March 21, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:01

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as if talking into a microphone - he blows into the mic and taps it}'' Check one, check two. Sibilance. Sibilance. [[#Footnote|[1]]] SBEmail.
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Candy</div>
Dear Strongbad 
I was wondering, if you are so famous, popular, and a 
chick-magnet how come you dont have any candy product... 
or food thing... to sell.............. 
From somone thats not homestarrunnner
</blockquote>

''{While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering," as one clause, pronounces "dont" with a short O sound (rhyming with "font"), inserts exaggerated pauses at each ellipsis (even humming to himself for a few seconds while he waits on the longest one right before the end), and pronounces "somone" similar to the name "Simone".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, of course you're not, Somone. Or else you would've fallen prey to Edgar's Baby's Daddy: my Homestar junkmail filter. ''{clears screen}'' So what I don't have a candy product. I betcha I will by the end of this email. I'm famous, popular, and chick-magnet enough to have a candy product. Why is it athletes are the only ones with their own candy bars? Shouldn't they have their own brand of, like, jock-strap or divorce lawyer, instead? ''{clears screen}'' For my candy bar, we're gonna need a name that's 50% Strong Bad, 50% tooth rot, and 50% ta-dah!!! How 'bou... SBLOUNSKCHED!

''{A brown "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" smashes onscreen, and then disappears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'Cuz that's how you're gonna feel when you eat one... like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has trouble pronouncing the end, and types it slowly}'' Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states—

''{A candy-based periodic table covers the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of candy matter as possible. We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor—

''{While Strong Bad says the second sentence, a pile of marshmallows appears from the left and puffs into a shiny, white vapor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid.

''{As this is said, some black goo comes from behind and encases the vapor in a bubbly black sphere. It shrinks while it and many other identical blobs fill the lower part of the screen as the next sentence starts.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat—

''{A wave of white nougat fills the lower half of the screen, and the licorice spheres begin floating in the new stream.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispety cookety log—

''{At the end of the last sentence, a cookie dough log with chocolate chips wraps around the stream and puts it back to the center. It has a small stump sticking out with a leaf.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and cover it with rich, creamy... pepperoni.

''{Seven slices of pepperoni drop along the top of the candy log.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Then sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]].

''{As this is spoken, twelve tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal drop onto the treat.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And finally, smother that with the ol' BBC: Boring Brown Chocolate.

''{Liquid chocolate is poured onto the candy and completely covers it.}''

'''BRITISH-ACCENTED VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confection worthy of the SBLOUNSKCHED! name.

''{"SBLOUNSKCHED!" appears [[Wikipedia:Embossing|embossed]] on the candy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But I need to think of a better shape than the standard piece-of-crap shape.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the bathroom, reading a newspaper.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm talkin' to you, Baby Ruth.

''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's see... shape, shape, shape shape shape—

''{The candy rapidly morphs through a series of shapes: a chainsaw, a dollar sign, a thumbs-up, a syringe, a campfire, the state of [[Wikipedia:Indiana|Indiana]] (with the word "BAR" written on it), a mustache, and the bust of Van Buren.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —ooh, what about my pants?

''{The candy morphs into the shape of Strong Bad's pants}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built-in bite out of them ''{a bite is taken out of the pants, with a 'chomp' sound}'' for security, 'cause who's gonna steal a pair of half-eaten choco-pants?

''{Cut back to computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, with a candy bar like that, you could get away with anything!

''{A candy commercial begins. Fade in to a close-up of Strong Bad's feet and pants as he walks down a road towards the camera. The words "copyright 2006 Cheap as Free Foodstuffs" appear in the bottom-right corner for the first few seconds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, singing}'' You got the munch.

The crisp and the crunch.

Livin' in the gutter with Grandma...

When Coach puts you in,—

You gotta go for the win.

Y2K turned out all riiiight!

''{with chorus}'' SBLOUNSKCHED!

You can do it!

SBLOUNSKCHED!

Crunchy chew it!

''{with chorus}'' Who's got the money?!?

You got... SBLOUNSKCHED! ''{has slight trouble pronouncing the name}''

'''TV ANNOUNCER:''' ''{speaking very rapidly}'' Buy one and you can get one free root canal or cavity search.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. Strong Bad moves his head to the side to peek under The Paper shortly after it appears.}''

===Footnote===

#This could also be "Sibilants. Sibilants."

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]]
*Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
{| cellspacing=4 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;border:2px solid gray;margin-top:8px;margin-bottom:8px"
|-
| style="padding:4px;border:2px solid red" |[[image:No_homestar.png|float|right|54 px]]Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta
|-
|
{| cellspacing=0 style="font-family:Courier New, monospace;font-weight:bold;clear:both;"
|-
! align="left" style="border-bottom:2px solid #CCC;border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Subject !! style="border-bottom:2px solid #CCC;border-right:2px solid #CCC" | Time !! style="border-bottom:2px solid #CCC" | Sender
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Re: Besing Friends
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:22
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Draw Trogdor again ;)
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:22
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Re: re: re: resending
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:23
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Re: PharamBlacy news
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:23
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Possible caper
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:23
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Rrrrates so low!!!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:24
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | Shemp vs. Curly Joe
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:24
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|-
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | It´s almost 10:25!!
| style="border-right:2px solid #CCC;padding:0 4px" | 10:24
| style="padding:0 4px" | Homestar Runner
|}
|}

*At the end of the e-mail, click the front SBLOUNSKCHED! bar to see a short scene of Homestar (dressed as a robber) preparing to steal a discarded candy product.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, paydirt! A pair of half-eaten choco-pants!

*Also at the end, click the SBLOUNSKCHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of Marshie's face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy, distorted voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*Although the word [[wikipedia:colloid|colloids]] has several meanings, in this situation it refers to small particles that are suspended within the substance that contains them, a common example being [[wikipedia:Jell-O|Jell-O]].
*[[Wikipedia:Sibilant consonant|Sibilance]] (or "sibilants") is a word commonly used when testing microphones to make sure that sibilant sounds ("s", "sh", "z", and "zh") are picked up and balanced properly against other speech.
*The date shown on the Tandy 400 is Friday, December 31, 1999. Strong Bad was changing the date to avoid the [[Wikipedia:year 2000 problem|year 2000 problem]].
*[[Wikipedia:Veal|Veal]] is the meat taken from young calves, which some consider to be an inhumane practice. It is generally appreciated for its delicate taste, tender texture, and nutritious qualities.
*[[Wikipedia:BBC|BBC]] actually stands for ''British Broadcasting Corporation'', which may explain why the English voice is offended by Strong Bad's interpretation.

===Trivia===
*One of Homestar's emails asks for Strong Bad to [[Draw Trogdor again]].
*See [[The Periodic Table of Candy Elements]] for the full table.
[[Image:DaNewsPapes.png|thumb|Strong Bad reading "Da NewsPapes." Note how the bottom part of the text overlaps into the wall.]]
*Strong Bad's [[Periodicals|newspaper]] contains the following [[News Articles|articles]]:
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 3px solid #999"
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | Back Pape
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; font-size: 2em; text-align: center; line-height: 1em; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif" | Da NewsPapes
|-
| style="border-right: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" | Famous couples were spotted eating, walking around, and on movie screens across the country.
| style="border-left: 3px solid #999; padding: 5px; font-family:Times New Roman,serif;font-size:120%" | World events continued for the 43rd consecutive day. This is just 3 shy of the all-time record of 46. Many believe this to be a sign of things to come. Ed Bache concurs. "This is a sign of things to come."
|}

===Remarks===
*During the SBLOUNSKCHED! commercial, you can't adjust the contrast knobs on the [[Tandy 400]] as you normally could.
*The Tandy gives the "current" date as month-day-year, with a 4-digit year, but it is asking for the new date as day-month-year with a 2-digit year.
*Requesting a "new date" at startup was very common for early Tandy computers, as many of them did not have any battery powered memory installed to keep track of the date and time while powered off.
*As evidenced by the "a:\>" prompt on the Tandy, Strong Bad exited the date program without entering the new date.
*The [[Edgar|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]] filter screen is in the [[Compy 386|Compy]]'s [[font]], Commodore 64, instead of Glitch0, the Lappy's font.
*Although licorice candy is mentioned as a part of Strong Bad's [[Wikipedia:Confectionery|confectionery]], it is the only candy ingredient of the candy bar that is not one of the visible "elements" in the periodic table (other than Pepperoni, but that is not "candy" per se).
*From the start of the commercial to just before The Paper comes down is exactly 30 seconds—the standard length of a TV commercial.
*Though Strong Bad says he doesn't have any candy named after him, he does have a chewing gum named after him in an Easter egg from [[2 emails]].
*The effects used on the nougat (the swirls and liquid effects) were used in the pool Strong Bad was sitting near in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]], only this time the swirls are a different color.
*Strong Bad's Periodic Table of Candy Elements has two elements abbreviated as "Ch": "Chocolatium" and "Chewy."
*If Strong Bad still had the Edgar's Baby's Daddy Software in the Tandy era, he wouldn't have been able to recieve Homestar's reply to his email in [[credit card]].

===Goofs===

*When Strong Bad is reading Da NewsPape, part of the text is overlapping onto the wall.
*When Strong Bad says, "I'm talking to you, Baby Ruth", he doesn't move his mouth into an 'O' when he says, "Ruth".
*If you access an Easter egg before Strong Bad peeks under The Paper, after the Easter egg his head is under The Paper.
*When Strong Bad changes the shape of the "SBLOUNSKCHED! bar" to the shape of his pants the SBLOUNSKCHED! bar is still in the shape of a bar.

===Fixed Goofs===


*When this email was released, there was no back button at the end. It was fixed within a day of the email's release.

===Inside References===
*"Re: re: re: resending" is a possible reference to [[bottom 10]], where Strong Bad explains that he hates emails that have more than one Fwd: or Re: in the subject line.
*"Rrrrates so low!!!!" were once also offered by Homestar Runner to Marzipan in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 5.0]].
*This is another example of [[Homestar Runner Peeking|characters peeking]] from behind objects in the foreground.
*One of the rejected forms for the candy bar is the [[Van Buren|bust of Van Buren]].
*At the beginning of the commercial, small print at the bottom reveals that it is a production of [[Cheap As Free]] Foodstuffs.
*Marshie's creepy voice in the Easter egg is similar to an Easter egg in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*"Edgar's Baby's Daddy" is another instance of [[Edgar]]-based computer protection software.
**In [[long pants]], Edga Jr. was "The Long Email Killa Filta." "Filta" is used again for the latest Edgar filter, "Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy H*R Junkmail Filta."
*"Possible caper" refers to [[caper]].
*"Da NewsPapes" is a reference to the newspapers in [[stunt double]] and [[dangeresque 3]], which were called "The Local Newspapes".
*The camera rotating around Strong Bad while he's standing on the hill is a possible reference to [[Old Intro 2]].
*One of Homestar's email subject lines contains an example of [[be's]].
*The part of the commercial with Senor Cardgage sleeping in an alley is a reference to [[Senorial Day]].
*The SBLOUNSKCHED! bar is another example of a [[concoction]].
*The score of "R" is another [[Scoreboard#Irregular Scores|irregular score]].

===Real-World References===

*"Sibilance", a word describing the "s" sound, was used by [[Wikipedia: Tom Hanks|Tom Hanks]] in a "[[Wikipedia: Wayne's World|Wayne's World]]" sketch on ''[[Wikipedia: Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]]'' in a soundcheck for [[Wikipedia: Aerosmith|Aerosmith]].
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial is a parody of a series of TV commercials for [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] candies. In these commercials, it is suggested that you can get away with virtually anything so long as you have the advertised product.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular 2-ounce candy bar in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's comment about "athletes with their own candy bars" may refer to the common assumption that the Baby Ruth was named after baseball great [[Wikipedia:Babe Ruth|Babe Ruth]]. ([http://www.babyruth.com/ Officially], Baby Ruth was named after the daughter of U.S. President [[Wikipedia:Grover Cleveland|Grover Cleveland]], but this may have been a smokescreen to avoid paying royalties to the Babe.)
:*There have been a number of candy bars actually named after athletes, [[Wikipedia:Reggie Jackson|Reggie Jackson's]] '''Reggie!''' bar being one of the first (debuting in the 1970s) and probably the best known.
*Strong Bad later alludes to Baby Ruth's "piece of crap shape", this is most likely a reference to a similar gag in the film ''[[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]]''.
*Grizzly Chomps, a Hostess-brand chocolate cupcake introduced in 1992, similarly featured a "built-in bite." The package bore a cartoon bear saying, "I start 'em, you finish 'em."
*"Crispity" is a made-up word used in advertisements, along with "crunchity" and "peanut-buttery," to describe the [[Wikipedia:Butterfinger|Butterfinger]] candy bar.
*"Re: PharamBlacy news", which appears in the Junkmail Filta, is a subject line from an actual [[Wikipedia:E-mail spam|spam]] that was circulating in heavy volume around the time this email was produced. It advertised discount prescription drugs offered by many southeast Asia-based "pharmacies," and the subject had two random letters inserted where the B and l appear here to avoid detection by spam filters.
*[[Wikipedia:Shemp Howard|Shemp Howard]] and [[Wikipedia:Curly Joe DeRita|"Curly Joe" DeRita]] served as the third of the [[Wikipedia:Three Stooges|Three Stooges]] at various points in the act's history.
*The "Periodic Table of Candy Elements" which appears behind Strong Bad's candy creation as he is making it is a spoof of the "Periodic Table of Elements" which is the basis for most chemistry and other scientific research.


===Fast Forward===
*In the remake of the [[Strongest Man in the World]] cartoon, the textual representation of the sound effect when [[Señor]] drops his grapes is "SBLOUNSKCHED".
*The email [[underlings]] includes a similar scene where Strong Bad reads Da NewsPapes in the bathroom.
*The bowl of puffed rice cereal would later be seen 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]], [[Homestar Runner]], and [[Karen Wagner]])

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey, who's this crazy lady?

'''MIKE:''' Homestar, I'd like you to meet my sister Karen.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Did she just wander in from the street?

'''KAREN:''' Oh yeah, I did.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh... You smell nice for, for someone who did that.

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' Thanks.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' The last person we had in here that wandered off the streets smelled like a, um, a rat party.

'''MIKE:''' A rat party?

'''KAREN:''' ''{overlapping}'' Although, you know, I'm really nervous about doing the commentary so I'm kinda sweatin'. Maybe I do smell bad.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's okay.

'''KAREN:''' But, as usual, when this email came out, I got lot of requests for actually putting out a SBLOUNSKCHED! bar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Did they want it to be just like it was in the cartoon?

'''KAREN:''' Yep! With the little tiny bowls of puffed rice cereal and the pepperoni—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Wow.

'''KAREN:''' — and all that other stuff.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I like how the crispety cookety part is shaped like a log. It has a leaf on it.

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' I was gonna say doesn't it even have a leaf?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Is it a mint leaf, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' I think it's a real leaf.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Really. 
'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Is it growing, somehow growing out of the cookety log?

'''MIKE:''' It's a cookety log leaf.

'''KAREN:''' ''{overlapping}'' And the SBLOUNSKCHED! adds up to 150 percent.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right. Strong Bad always gives 150 percent.

'''KAREN:''' What about you, Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm, I'm—

'''KAREN:''' ''{overlapping}'' How much percent do you give?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm around se— I was 725 the last time I checked.

'''MIKE:''' 725?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, I have a scale that's kinda like a weigh you, weigh you down scale, you know.

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh. You step on—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' That I stand on, and it tells me what sort of percent I'm giving for the day.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, and it's always up in the seven hundreds somewhere?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It was this morning.

'''MIKE:''' That's uh—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{quickly}'' That's right!

'''MIKE:''' — impossible.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' Here I go!

'''MIKE:''' That's impossible.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No!

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' There's the leaf.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right. Darkium Chocolatium. I like all those candy elements in the background.

'''KAREN:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, it took me a long time to, uh, get all of those. I had to watch it many times. But, see now, with the DVD, I can just pause it.

'''MIKE:''' There are a couple of them that I think that are repeated. Uh, those two letter symbols?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad just offended the British.

''{all laugh}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You did a good job of making that looking like it was etched in there, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ew, was Strong Bad on the toilet?

'''MIKE:''' No, you didn't see— there's no evidence of a toilet. It was just—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' He was in a tiled room, reading a newspaper.

'''MIKE:''' Well, he's got a tiled room for newspaper reading.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think there was some insinuation going ons there.

'''MIKE:''' I don't know what you're talking about.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So, what's the deal with this trend?

'''KAREN:''' About the—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{overlapping}'' With products makin' you able to get away with murder or get girls?

'''MIKE:''' Or sneaking into a concert by wrapping a bandana around your head?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah. Pretending to be a road-eye. See, everybody loves him. Even Strong Sad gives him the thumbs up.

'''KAREN:''' Even though his head has been pushed through the ceiling.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Diet Coke!

'''KAREN:''' Hey, are they going to have a Diet SBLOUNCSKCHED!?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, they should. 
'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Either that or South Beach SBLOUCHSKCHED!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hi, Strong Bad! Ah!

===Fun Facts===
*Strong Bad jumping in the air at the end of the SBLOUNCSKCHED jingle is similar to [[Wikipedia:Diet Coke|Diet Coke]]'s commercials in the late 1980s, thus prompting Homestar's comment.
*[[Wikipedia:South Beach diet|South Beach Diet]] is a diet plan the emphasizes "good carbs" and "good fats."

==See Also==
*The [[Candy Product Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the jingle.

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Teen Girl Squad Issue 6

2007-08-28T16:07:17Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Remarks */

{{tgsnav|6|Teen_Girl_Squad_Issue_5|Issue 5|Teen_Girl_Squad_Issue_7|Issue 7}}

[[Image:tgs6.PNG|200px|thumb|"Yo, this lion's innards are looking... SO GOOD!"]]

'''A Decemberween celebration from the TGS.'''

The Teen Girl Squad celebrate [[Decemberween]] by jumping into a lion's mouth for presents.

'''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#Gift Exchange Lion|Gift Exchange Lion]], {{Film|Arrow'd Guy}}, [[Arrow'd Guy]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Smiley Face Man|Smiley Face Man]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Hawaiian Guy|Hawaiian Guy]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Wave o' Babies|Wave o' Babies]]

'''Places:''' [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#Teen Girl Squad Field|The Field]], [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#Inside the Lion|Inside the Lion]]

'''Date:''' Monday, July 12, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 1:22

'''Page Title:''' ''(if accessed from [[Decemberween In July]])'' DecemberTeen Girl Squad
 '''Page Title:''' ''(if accessed from Teen Girl Squad menu)'' Secret Decemberween Gift Exchange!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}, [[Everything Else, Volume 2]]

== Transcript ==
'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD: '''Teen Girl Squad! Cheerleader! ''{Wants a pony}'' So and So! ''{Wants a savings bond}'' What's Her Face! ''{Wants a new stepdad}'' The Ugly One! ''{Wants to be Cheerleader}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Okay, my gallies, listen up! We have to draw names for secret Decemberween gift exchange.

'''SO AND SO, WHAT'S HER FACE, and THE UGLY ONE:''' FUNTIME!

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Okay, chill. I put each of our names into this lion's mouth. ''{the screen pulls back to show a lion standing next to Cheerleader}'' What's Her Face, you choose first.

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' I'm... hesitant.

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Fine then, you won't get any presents.

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{crazed}'' I WANT PRESENTS! I WANT PRESENTS! CANNONBALL! ''{she jumps into the lion's mouth}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' CHOMP!

''{cut to a table with three judges. Two of them are the Arrow'd Guy. The other is Smiley Face Man. They are all holding signs that say 2.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' TWO'D!

''{cut back to the girls}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Uh, So and So, I'm thinking you're next.

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{thinking}'' Let's see... Lion's mouth plus Decemberween present divided by peer pressure times height equals... ''{out loud}'' TRIPLE SALCHOW! ''{jumps into the lion's mouth}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' SHOMP!

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{from within}'' Come on in, the water's great!

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Last one in's a rotten friend! DOUBLE DOUBLE WHIPLESS MOCHACCINO HALF CAF!

''{Cheerleader jumps into lion's mouth. Her leg hangs out of it.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' SHOOP! ''{cut to the judges. They are holding signs with noses on them.}'' 3 noses?

''{cut back to What's Her Face}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' I'm vegan.

''{A guy in a Hawaiian shirt appears playing a ukelele, and a large pile of babies appears behind What's Her Face, about to fall on her.}''

'''HAWAIIAN GUY:''' ''{singing}'' Wave o' babies.

''{cut to inside the lion. Cheerleader is upside-down.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Yo, this lion's innards are looking...

'''CHEERLEADER, SO AND SO, and THE UGLY ONE:''' SO GOOD!

'''SO AND SO:''' Here I got you this present. ''{hands a present to Cheerleader, who opens it.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Oh, a gift card for fashion, how did you know?

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' I got you this half digested gazelle carcass.

''{Pause}''

'''CHEERLEADER, SO AND SO, and THE UGLY ONE:''' GAZELLE CARCASS!

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' It's over!

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click the O at the end in "It's Over!" for a small short with What's Her Face playing a game of Marco Polo with Cheerleader. Also, two babies (from the Wave O'Babies) are clinging to What's Her Face.

:'''CHEERLEADER:''' Marco.
:'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Polo.
:'''CHEERLEADER:''' FISH OUT OF WATER!!
:'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Dag.

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
* This is the first issue of TGS where no one is killed, although hanging out inside a lion is probably detrimental to one's health in the long run.

=== Remarks ===
* The Ugly One has sharp teeth when she runs past, as in other TGS toons where a character is depicted as being mad with desire or nervousness.
* An unfinished version of this was shown at an appearance at the [[Wikipedia:University of Central Florida|University of Central Florida]] in spring 2004. Not all of the voices were dubbed yet (leading Matt to deliver them live), the line-up was out of order, and the cartoon cut off after both The Ugly One and So and So had been devoured normally. In this version, the lion asked Cheerleader to make out, leading to What's Her Face being weirded out and the cartoon cutting off. So and So was eaten when she approached the lion normally after saying the lion couldn't possibly eat two teenage girls.
*This toon can be accessed from two different URLs: [[HR:tgs6.html|tgs6.html]] and [[HR:dween_tgs.html|dween_tgs.html]].
*In the intro, Cheerleader has nothing written on her shirt. In the toon, her shirt says "purty".
*This is the first TGS cartoon with no "Again" link at the end.
*The Arrow'd Guy does appear in this issue twice, but neither of them have their mouths open.
*The lion has only three legs.
*A [http://dede.essortment.com/salchow_rhka.htm Triple Salchow] is actually a figure skating jump, not a dive, as So and So would have you believe.
*Apparently, the inside of the lion is bigger than it's outside.

=== Goofs ===
* The Ugly One holds the Gazelle carcass with both hands. When all three shout "Gazelle Carcass!" her hands drop to the side and the carcass remains suspended in mid-air.
*The speech balloons in the scene inside the lion cover up the paper's blue lines.

===Real-World References===
*"Funtime" may be a reference to the Iggy Pop song by the same name.
*The Easter Egg is an obvious reference to the children's game [[Wikipedia:Marco Polo (game)|Marco Polo]].

==External Links==

*[[HR:dween_tgs.html|watch "Decemberween Teen Girl Squad" (as accessed from Decemberween In July)]]
*[[HR:tgs6.html|watch "Decemberween Teen Girl Squad" (as accessed from Teen Girl Squad menu)]]
*[[HR:dween_tgs.swf|view the Flash file for "Decemberween Teen Girl Squad" (as accessed from Decemberween In July)]]
*[[HR:tgs6.swf|view the Flash file for "Decemberween Teen Girl Squad" (as accessed from Teen Girl Squad menu)]]
*[[Podstar:TGS6.m4v|download "Teen Girl Squad Issue 6" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])

{{subtitlesLinks|tgs6}}

{{Teen Girl Squad}}{{Decemberween In July}}
[[Category:Teen Girl Squad]][[Category:Podstar Runner]]

replacement

2007-08-28T14:02:44Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Goofs */

{{sbenav|105}}
[[Image:replacement.png|thumb|"Please don't dig up the grave."]]

Strong Bad looks for a replacement for when he retires from answering emails.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homsar}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Stages|The Stage]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, June 8, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 3:22

'''Page Title:''' Compy 386!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Our next show, is a family show. It...is...the email.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class= "compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Have you ever thought who will take 
your place when you retire? 
 
Your friend, 
Jeffrey Desterhoft</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' You've got a good point there, Jeffy. I suppose I can't keep checking these e-mails forever. I never really thought about finding an heir to my throne before. Come to think of it, what ever happened to my throne?

''{Strong Bad stops typing, picks up a phone, and talks into it, making a sound like a loudspeaker in a supermarket}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Attention The Cheat. Customer needs assistance in e-mail. Customer needs assistance in e-mail.

''{Strong Bad puts down the phone, which is not attached to anything. The Cheat arrives in a blue employee's vest with his name on it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat, didn't I use to have a throne of some kind?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{points at the stool and makes The Cheat noises.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, no, no, this is my ''stool''. I'm talking about a ''throne''. You know, it had, like...gold nuggets on it, and...a hundred cup holders...some of them velvety cushions...you know, a ''throne''. And I think I had a motorcycle, too. See if you can find those.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I guess the best way to find a replacement is to subject a bunch of applicants to the same rigorous screening process that I subjected myself to ''{begins to sound unsure of what he is saying}'' when I started checking these emails?

''{Cut to Strong Bad and Homestar standing in the Field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm gonna hold up a last name, and you make fun of it. ''{holds up a cue card with the word "Gargleman" written on it}'' Gargleman.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Crapface.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{holds up a cue card that reads "Dumweiner"}'' Dumweiner.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Uhhhh, Crapface.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{changes cue card to "Butkus"}'' Butkus.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Crapface.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{changes cue card to "Crambert"}'' Crambert.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Crapface?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{changes cue card to "Desterhoft"}'' Desterhoft.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Let me think about it; ''{without hesitation}'' Crapface.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! Perfect score!

''{Cut to the computer room with Strong Bad and Coach Z in front of the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's hear your best "deleted."

''{He presses a button on the keyboard and the Compy displays DELETED on a blue background, making the standard DELETED sound.}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#003893; text-align:center">DELETED!</blockquote>

'''COACH Z:''' DELORTED!

''{Compy flashes DELORTED on a yellow background and makes a distorted version of the DELETED sound. Strong Bad looks surprised.}''

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#8B8B00; text-align:center">DELORTED!</blockquote>

''{Cut to the basement with Strong Bad and Bubs and a cardboard box with Strong Sad drawn on it sitting on the couch.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Sad's on the couch, watching TV. What do you do?

'''BUBS:''' Kick him in the teeth!

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's good, that's good, even though he might not have any teeth. What else?

'''BUBS:''' Kick him in the grill!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, yeah! Keep going!

'''BUBS:''' ''{turns to face Strong Bad}'' Kick ''you'' in the grill!

''{Bubs starts to approach Strong Bad, waving his arms and yelling menacingly}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{nervously}'' No, no, Bubs, calm down, this is only a drill!

''{Cut to Marzipan's house with Strong Bad and Marzipan holding [[Carol]].}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let's hear your best "scroll buttons" song.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing and playing the guitar}'' And that's why I like to scroll, with scroll buttons!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sarcastically}'' Oh, right, right, the worst song I ever heard. Play another one!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{singing and playing the guitar}'' Scroll buttons are good, they move you up and down, they take you to...

''{Strong Bad groans. Cut to the basement, with Strong Bad, Strong Sad, and the same cardboard box with Strong Sad on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, Strong Sad, Strong Sad's on the couch, watching TV. What do you do?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Go make him some hummus!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hummus?! No, try something else.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh... Give him a foot massage!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looks at Strong Sad's [[soolnds]]}'' Those are not feet!

''{Cut to the field with Homestar, Strong Bad and The Cheat. The Cheat is wearing a cardboard box that has a drawing of himself on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now I want you to pretend this is The Cheat, and give him a good, swift, kick in The Cheat!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{bends one of his legs back, then pauses}'' Umm... ''{puts his leg back down}'' Crapface.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of his computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh. ''{typing}'' This screening process is neither processing nor screening very well. I suppose I should cut to the chase and haul out the big guns...DANCE CONTEST!

''{Cut to a stage. Music is playing. We see the top part of Strong Bad's head watching each contestant. The first contestant is Marzipan, who spins her ponytail around while moving her head left and right. Cut to Coach Z, who taps his right foot while waving his arms. Cut to Strong Sad simply twitching his fingers. Cut to Bubs shaking his arms while jumping up and down. Cut to Strong Mad, who simply stands in place and yells.}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' I'M STRONG MAD! I'M STRONG MAD!

''{Cut to Homsar, who shuffles his feet all along the stage. The camera then cuts to and zooms in on Homestar, who is lit by a spotlight. The music changes to the ending of a slow, dramatic song.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' And then I put it on my faaaaace...

''{Cut to Strong Bad at his computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Uh, this dance contest is neither contesting nor dancing very well. Looks like I'm gonna be checking e-mails and kicking Cheats 'til the day I die. ''{stops typing}'' Whoa, that'd make an awesome tattoo! Or an even better epitaph!

''{Cut to the field at night. A blank tombstone is on the foreground, and as we hear Strong Bad's voice, his words are carved on the slab.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Here lies Strong Bad

''{underneath, in slightly smaller letters}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' "Checking e-mails and kicking Cheats in the hereafter"

''{underneath}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Buried with his hundred girlfriends

''{underneath}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And like, a jillion dollars

''{underneath, in even smaller letters}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Please don't dig up the grave.

''{[[The Paper]] comes down}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on the word "Cheats" to see another exchange between Strong Bad and The Cheat:

:''{Cut to The Cheat near his light switch, still wearing his uniform.}''

:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen, into speakerphone}'' A-ttention The Cheat!

:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

:'''STRONG BAD:''' Have you found that motorcycle yet? ''{slight pause}'' Maybe check in our...stock room.

:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''

:'''STRONG BAD:''' And Dana needs more quarters on register three.

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Hummus|Hummus]] is a paste of pureed chickpeas usually mixed with sesame oil or sesame paste and eaten as a dip or sandwich spread.

=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#alone in the dark|alone in the dark]]".

===Remarks===
[[Image:delorted.png|thumb|DELORTED!]]
*Strong Bad uses a [[disconnected telephone]].
*Strong Bad's epitaph reads "kicking Cheats in the hereafter", a rare use of The Cheat's name without an [[integral article]].

*Strong Bad doesn't interview Strong Mad or Homsar, yet they still take part in the dance contest; he also doesn't interview The Cheat.
*The text on the Compy during the interview with Coach Z is the same text that he finished writing before the first interview with Homestar, which may mean that he deleted the e-mail that he was replying to.
*The visible "DELET" part of the [[DELETED]] text is the same size as the "DELOR" part of Coach Z's "DELORTED". At that size, part of the final D and the exclamation point (which are included in the Flash file) wouldn't fit on the screen.

===Goofs===
*When The Cheat turns to the left screen and exits, his nametag on the right side of his vest has moved to the left side.
**The words on his nametag become backwards, too. This is best seen when viewing the flash file and pressing "Prt Scrn" immediately after he turns.
*The sign above Marzipan normally reads "Thank You". In this email, it appears to be blank due to a positioning error in the Flash file.
*Since the font called Engravers is used, the first quotation mark on Strong Bad's gravestone is backwards.
*At the end of the email the moon is facing the back of the gravestone, but the shadow is in front of the moon and the other side is bright.

===Inside References===
*Homestar's repeated use of "crap[[Names Ending in -face|face]]" is related to the way he answered his first SB Email in [[50 emails]].
*Bubs's moves in the dance contest come from the game [[Dancin' Bubs]].
*Strong Bad first [[Kicking The Cheat|kicked The Cheat]] in [[little animal]].

===Real-World References===
*The Cheat is wearing a blue uniform, typical of [[Wikipedia:Wal-Mart|Wal-Mart]] employees, but Strong Bad uses a red phone, typical of [[Wikipedia:Target Corporation|Target]] stores.
*The name "Butkus" refers to [[Wikipedia:Chicago Bears|Chicago Bears]] Hall-Of-Fame linebacker [[Wikipedia:Dick Butkus|Dick Butkus]].
*A [[wikipedia:Grill (jewelry)|Grill]] most likely refers to the dental object people (most prominently rappers) wear on their teeth, but can also mean the mouth/teeth themselves.
*Coach Z's dance is similar to a popular [[Wikipedia:Hardcore_punk|hardcore]] dance referred to as "Shootin' the arrow".

===Fast Forward===
*Marzipan's first scroll button song was later used on the [[Scroll Button Songs|Strong Bad Email Menu]], despite him saying that it was the worst song he ever heard.
*Strong Bad would later decide to not die at all in [[your funeral]].

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

===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]])

'''MATT:''' What's he's saying right now is from an old audio recording that I made.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, Matt, before we had a video camera, he and his friend, you know, would just make movies and...

'''MATT:''' Radio plays!

'''MIKE:''' On, aha, on audio cassette! He had a bad tape recorder.

'''MATT:''' And our friend TJ said that, and he could, he was like four or something and couldn't talk very well, or at least couldn't re-memorize lines at the time 'cuz he was so young, and it was called "The Hostess Cake": "Our next show is a family show. It is... The Hostess Cake"... Mike, how did he do that with his voice?! That phone's clearly not plugged in!

'''MIKE:''' It's like Coach Z's phone from another cartoon. I dunno. I dunno, Matt. I just make the cartoons.

'''MATT:''' That's clearly a Wal-Mart vest that The Cheat is wearing there, I think, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Also, there's "Alone in the Dark" back there. Is that... this is, okay, this is before that horrible "Alone in the Dark" movie that just came out.

'''MATT:''' Oh, yeah, did that already come out?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah! It was just in the theater for, like, two days.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Bad idea.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' So, what are we— Which one is this? Replacements?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he's trying to find an heir to the throne!

'''MATT:''' Oooooh.

''{pause until Strong Bad holds up the "Desterhoft" card}''

'''MIKE:''' Hey, that's the name of the guy that sent the email!

'''MATT:''' That's a funny name.

'''MIKE:''' ''{imitates the "Deleted" buzzer, then again as Strong Bad DELETEs the email}''

'''MATT:''' ''{of "DELORTED"}'' Oof. That brown screen is gross. I like it. Now this is our friend [[Craig Zobel]], who... you all know. His favorite thing ever on our website is right here where Bubs attacks Strong Bad.

'''MIKE:''' That's just me being ba— being a lazy animator. It wasn't supposed to be funny.

'''MATT:''' ''{partially over the last line}'' No, that was you being a genius.

'''MIKE:''' It wasn't supposed to be funny.

'''MATT:''' It's hilarious.

'''MIKE:''' Didn't you record Strong Bad singing one of these scroll buttons songs for the scroll button menu?

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm. I did.

'''MIKE:''' We oughta use that.

'''MATT:''' Never have. Maybe we should. It's been the same one for a while now.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' ''{of the box with Strong Sad's image}'' That Strong Sad drawing is pretty great. The Cheat clearly drew that for him. ''{after Strong Bad's "Those are not feet.}'' What are they called, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Soolnds?

'''MATT:''' Soolnd.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Um...

'''MIKE:''' So we got a dance party coming up where Coach Z is doing our friend Claire's dance.

'''MATT:''' Mm-hmm. I remember... that's a good dance.

'''MIKE:''' There it is.

'''MATT:''' The Claire dance. I don't know if Claire knows that we have Coach Z doing her dance.

'''MIKE:''' Does she know we have a name for her dance?

'''MATT:''' I don't know if she knows that either. I hope she doesn't get mad.

'''MIKE:''' I did all this. That's why the dances are pretty lame.

'''MATT:''' Homestar is singing in a dance contest, Mike. He doesn't, he obviously doesn't know what's going on.

'''MIKE:''' Even if it was a singing contest, it was a pretty bad song.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I dunno what he's talking about, but I dunno what he just put on his face.

''{they laugh}''

'''MATT:''' It's a great song, I think. It's very interesting. It makes you wonder. What did— and what happened that spawned that?

'''MIKE:''' I don't wanna know.

''{pause until The Paper}''

'''MIKE:''' That's it.

'''MATT:''' Preeow.

===Fun Facts===
*[[Wikipedia:Hostess|Hostess]] is a manufacturer of various snack cakes and pastries, most famously the [[Wikipedia:Twinkie|Twinkie]].
*The critically panned 2005 film ''[[IMDB:tt0369226|Alone in the Dark]]'', a box-office failure, was based on the video game of the same name, which was in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] in this email.

== External Links ==
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*[[Podstar:sb_email_replacement.m4v|download "replacement" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
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Scrolling Shooter Games Menu

2007-08-28T03:23:07Z

Krayfishkarl: /* Trivia */

[[Image:GamesMenuWii.png|thumb|The current ''Games'' menu]]

'''Scrolling Shooter Games Menu''' is the current [[homestarrunner.com]] games selection screen. It is styled from the vertical [[Wikipedia:Scrolling shooter|scrolling shooter]] arcade games from the early '80s. The older games are available from the WWII style fighter, while the newer more advanced games are selected from the fancy space fighters. A [[20X6]] character describes each game.

'''Page Title:''' Shots do NOT hurt other players... yet.

'''Date:''' July 29, 2004

== Available Games==
*[[Handheld Games Menu|Old Games]] — ''So old they are new! Maybe you forgot!''
*[[TROGDOR!|Trogdor]] — ''One armed dragon might! Thrilling level!''
*[[Population: Tire|Pop Tire]] — ''Bouncing tire Challenge! Begin at once!''
*[[Thy Dungeonman|Dungeon Man]] — ''Type an adventure! Keyboard to the max!''
*[[Awexome Cross]] — ''Rolling Cheat thunder! Grab n go cash!''
*[[StrongBadZone|SBZone]] — ''Avoiding shaped attacks in a Strong Bad Zone!''
*[[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up|Marshie Ween]] — ''Switching colored treats! Floating delights!''
*[[Secret Collect.|Secret Collect]] — ''A flashing maze to create many times!''
*[[RhinoFeeder|Rhino Feeder]] - ''Mighty zoo animal! Elude a snake!''
*[[Peasant's Quest|Peasant Quest]] — ''Robed peasant hero! Text and graphic style!''
*[[Stinkoman 20X6|Stinko Man]] - ''Sidemost scrolling! Stinkoman presents!''
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3|Dungeon Man 3]] - ''Text and graphics! Orange adventure!''
*[[Viidelectrix|Wii Games]] - ''Games for Wii! Wave it all around!''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Click the center "Games Menu... 1982 Videlectrix.com" to go to the [[Videlectrix]] website.
*Click on the level number to change the backgrounds.
<gallery>
Image:Gamesmenulvl1.PNG|
Image:Gamesmenulvl2.PNG|
Image:Gamesmenulvl3.PNG|
</gallery>
*When you collect one of the [[Wikipedia:Power-up|power-ups]] that appear occasionally, the character ship and avatar changes accordingly.
:{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=6 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Character !! width=90px | Avatar (closed mouth) !! width=90px | Avatar (open mouth) !! Ship !! Power-Up
|-
| <center>[[1-Up]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu 1-Up.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu 1-Up (open).PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu 1-Up Ship.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu 1-Up Pill.PNG|75px]]</center>
|-
| <center>[[Stinkoman]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Stinkoman.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Stinkoman (open).PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Stinkoman Ship.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Stinkoman Pill.PNG|75px]]</center>
|-
| <center>[[Pan Pan]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Pan Pan.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Pan Pan (open).PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Pam Pam Ship.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Pan Pan Pill.PNG|75px]]</center>
|-
| <center>[[Cheatball]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu The Cheat.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu The Cheat (open).PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu The Cheat Ship.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu The Cheat Pill.PNG|75px]]</center>
|-
| <center>[[20X6 Coach Z]] </center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Coach Z.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Coach Z (open).PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Coach Z Ship.PNG|75px]]</center>
| <center>[[Image:Games Menu Coach Z Pill.PNG|75px]]</center>
|}

== Fun Facts ==
=== Trivia ===
[[Image:2nite.png|thumb|right|Screenshot of the New Games page when played using Flash Player 6; note the unused ''[[TROGDOR!]]'' message.]]
*When this menu was first released, the information bar at the bottom (score, brand, level) was not there. It was added shortly thereafter.
*When viewing the flash file, a small green line floats to the bottom on the left side in level 3.
*This is the first time Cheatball and 20X6 Coach Z have ever been shown.
*The score can't move off 0.
*Loading the page up with Flash Player 6 will cause the browser to complain about a script in the background making everything run slowly. If cancel is selected it will cause the menu to cease loading the levels (thus showing "Level", without any numeric value assigned, leaving a blank screen), cause the sprite to go haywire (it'll go through every morphing and moving animation over and over and over...) and have some characters say an otherwise unused message ("''Trogdor is the Greatest Game! Play 2Nite!''").
**Note: The message "TROGDOR IS THE GREATEST GAME! PLAY 2NITE!!" is actually the default value of the text box. It is replaced with another message when you move the mouse over an item. The text is never seen unless all actionscript is stopped, which happens when you get the "running slowly" dialog box described above and choose to stop running scripts.
*When [[Thy Dungeonman 3]] was added to the games menu, it briefly [[:Image:GamesMenuWithDungeonMan3WithoutRhinoFeeder.PNG|replaced RhinoFeeder]].

=== Remarks ===
*Each ship has a different maneuverability. From fastest to slowest: Cheatball, Stinkoman, 1-Up, 20X6 Coach Z, and Pan Pan.
*While most of the website fits into a small rectangle with rounded edges, this menu has proportions more like that of an arcade cabinet's monitor, with sharp edges.
*Despite using 20X6 characters, each pill uses the initials of the normal characters (for example, SB = Strong Bad, not Stinkoman). The ships are also designed off of the normal non-20X6 characters, the most obvious example being Pan Pan's [[Pom Pom]]-shaped spaceship.
*Pan Pan opens and closes his mouth to make it appear that he speaks normal words, although he has been shown to communicate by bouncing, as seen in [[Under Construction]].

=== Glitches ===
[[Image:Dissapear.JPG|thumb|139px|Disappearing act]]
*Grab a slow character's pill (20X6 Coach Z or Pan Pan) and go to one of the far sides and quickly scroll to the other side and click on one of the games. Your character's laser will shoot out from where the ship was and the game you clicked on will still explode even if the laser isn't anywhere near it.
*If you click on a game-ship in the far left and scroll very fast to the right (or vice-versa) with a fast character's pill, your ship will disappear unless you navigate to the opposite direction you went.

=== Real-World References ===
* The levels are all inspired by classic video games.
**Level 1 (landscape) is modeled after ''[[Wikipedia:Xevious|Xevious]]'' (by [[Wikipedia:Namco|Namco]], 1982).
**Level 2 (sea/ships) is modeled after ''[[Wikipedia:1941: Counter Attack|1941: Counter Attack]]'' (by [[Wikipedia:Capcom|Capcom]], 1984).
**Level 3 (space) is probably a reference to the arcade games ''[[Wikipedia:Galaxian|Galaxian]]'' (by Namco, 1979) and ''[[Wikipedia:Galaga|Galaga]]'' (by Namco, 1981), though neither game had nebulae.
*The quote for Awexome Cross refers to the sidescrolling shooter series named ''[[Wikipedia:Rolling Thunder (arcade game)|Rolling Thunder]]'' (by [[Wikipedia:Namco|Namco]], 1986).
*The power-ups fall down in the same fashion as the game ''[[Wikipedia:Arkanoid|Arkanoid]]'', in which falling pill-like objects would change the appearance and ability of the ship below.
*The "Ready!" text that you see when you enter the menu is from the [[Nintendo|NES]] ''[[Wikipedia:Mega Man Classic|Mega Man]]'' games (among other games such as [[Wikipedia:Bubble Bobble|Bubble Bobble]]), that is, it uses a similar font and placement.
*The continually rolling "1982 Videlectrix" bar at the bottom is a reference to a similar animation that appeared in most [[Atari 2600]] games made by [[Wikipedia:Activision|Activision]].
*The page title, "Shots do NOT hurt other players...yet." is from the classic arcade game ''[[Wikipedia:Gauntlet (arcade game)|Gauntlet]]''.
*The way the dialogue is displayed (along with the person speaking) resembles the [[Wikipedia:Star Fox series|''Star Fox'' games]].
*The scrollover noise is the jumping noise from the [[Wikipedia:Atari 5200|Atari 5200]] game [[Wikipedia:Montezuma's Revenge (video game)|''Montezuma's Revenge'']] (by [[Wikipedia:Parker Brothers|Parker Brothers]], 1984).

=== Fast Forward ===
*You can [[Stinkoman 20X6 Playable Characters|play as]] Stinkoman's ship, the Stinkowing, in [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 9|Level 9]] of the game [[Stinkoman 20X6]].

== External Links ==
*[[HR:games.html|View the Games Menu]]
*[[HR:gamesmenu_new.swf|View the Flash file for the Games Menu]]
*[[HR:oldgames.html|View the Old Games Menu]]
*[[HR:handheld.swf|View the Flash file for the Old Games Menu]]

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