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That a Ghost

193.213.25.17 — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:23:04 GMT

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[[Image:thataghost.png|thumb|"I'll be marching around in gold pants in no time!"]]

The Old-Timey characters seek a reward for the capture of a ghost.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Old-Timey Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Fat Dudley}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Sneak}}, {{Film|Strong Man}}, [[The Guys]], {{Film|Old-Timey Bubs}}, {{Film|Sickly Sam}}, [[Old-Timey Ghost]]

'''Places:''' [[The Field]] (Old-Timey), [[The Old Pietimer Place]], [[Punkin Patch]], [[Cholera Acres Cemetary]]

'''Page Title:''' Bury me deep I'm cold and clammy!

'''Date:''' October 18, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 3:44

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

== Transcript ==

''{The following titles appear:}''
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| align=center |THE HOMESTAR RUNNER 
 
IN 
 
A "SCARY" 
CAR-TOON
|}

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"That A Ghost"

Presented in Grand Old 
Sound-O-Vision

copyright 1937
|}

''{Open to Old-Timey Marzipan with a plate of bones on the table}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' We haven't eaten in weeks.

''{The camera zooms out to reveal The Homestar Runner and Fat Dudley standing behind Old-Timey Marzipan.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Guess what I read in the news-papper today.

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' I can't guess.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I read that a ghost.

''{Cut to a closeup of Old-Timey Marzipan. The screen flickers for a brief moment.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' You read that a ghost what?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{cut to closeup}'' I read that a ghost is.

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' ''{cut to wide shot}'' You read that a ghost is what?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I read that a ghost is here in town and there's a 27 cent ree-ward for its capture.

'''FAT DUDLEY:''' ''{musical noises}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You said it, Fat Duds. We sure could buy a lot of corn pone with 27 big ones.

''{Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad's Telescope. You can see the three characters in the telescope's reflection. The camera pans along the telescope to reveal that nobody is watching it on the other end. Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad, standing nearby reading a newspaper.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Says here in the news-papper that the encapturement of the new apparition garners a top reward of 26 and one pennies.

''{Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' We could buy the monocle off Rockefeller's very eyeball with that kind of cash!

'''STRONG MAN:''' Raaar!

''{The Sneak wiggles his nose}''

''{Danger music. Cut to The Homestar Runner, Old-Timey Marzipan and Fat Dudley in front of a gate signed 'Pietimer'. A spooky house can be seen in the background.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Let's check out the old Pietimer place.

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' We should split up.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' We can do more damage that way.

''{They walk in. Cut to a closeup of Old-Timey Marzipan with a teacup on a table.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' ''{lifts the teacup}'' Under here?

''{Cut to The Homestar Runner, who is looking at a bookshelf full of books with ghost-related titles, and one book titled 'A Goodtime Story'.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hmm. Let's see. Maybe it's in here.

''{He removes 'A Goodtime Story'. He opens the book with a POOF!, and a moth flies out.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Just a moth. ''{He tries to eat the moth, but it flies away.}'' Dernit!

''{Cut to Old-Timey Marzipan looking under a plate.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' Under here? ''{Spiders run out.}''

''{Cut to The Homestar Runner walking past a set of portraits. The portrait on the left, marked "Mr. Pietimer", appears to be watching him.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That picturemadrawin' looks sur-spicious. ''{He lifts it off the wall, revealing two one-eyed crows with a label reading "The Guys".}'' It's just two weird one-eyed crows. Aw, phooey!

''{Cut to Fat Dudley amidst some barrels, holding a cigar and raising a jug marked 'XXX'. The Homestar Runner pops out of a barrel.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Fat Dudley! Were you gonna sneak a nip of hooch?

'''FAT DUDLEY:''' ''{musical noises}''

''{Cut to outside the house. The Homestar Runner, Old-Timey Marzipan and Fat Dudley are standing inside the gate.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aw, there's no ghosts here. Just a bunch of gross aminals. Let's go look somewheres else.

''{Cut to Cholera Acres Cemetary, then to Old-Timey Strong Bad and The Sneak in front of a grave. The gravestone reads "Eustice Pietimer (skinflint and junk codger)".}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Listen smoothly, The Sneak. ''{The Sneak stands up on his hind legs.}'' We're certain to catch a ghost once we exhume this grave using my new grave-exhuming invention!

''{Cut to Strong Man holding a shovel.}''

'''STRONG MAN:''' Raaar!

''{Cut back to Old-Timey Strong Bad and The Sneak. The Sneak moves his nose.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' What what? Why, no! Of course that's not just the Strong Man holding a shovel. It's my newest invention! Besides, the Strong Man's over there doing some manner of stylish jig.

''{Cut to Strong Man, who is now tapping his foot on another grave in time to The Homestar Runner's dance music. The tombstone reads "Unmarked Grave (Son of Mark Grave)". Old-Timey Bubs's head comes up out of the grave.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY BUBS:''' ''{wheezily}'' Would you please keep it down?

''{Cut to The Homestar Runner, Old-Timey Marzipan and Fat Dudley in the Punkin Patch.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' The Homestar Runner, I'm ''{slowly and in an exaggerated manner}'' suh-suh-suh-suh-scared!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Scared of what? Punkins? They're just punkins.

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' ''{in the same slow and exaggerated manner}'' But I'm suh-suh-suh-suh-''SUH''-scared!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, fine. We'll go look in the graveyard.

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' ''{smiles}'' Hooray!

''{Cut back to Cholera Acres Cemetary. The Homestar Runner, Old-Timey Marzipan and Fat Dudley enter and meet Old-Timey Strong Bad, Strong Man and The Sneak, who have dug up the grave of Eustice Pietimer.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' You're too late! The reward will be ours! I'll be marching around in gold pants in no time!

'''OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' Where's the ghost?

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Behold! The fantoustic phantasm.

''{Sickly Sam rises out of the grave and floats above it.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's no ghost. That's just our worst friend Sickly Sam.

'''SICKLY SAM:''' ''{soft voice}'' I bury myself alive on Tuesdays.

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Criminy crickets! Foiled again!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Then where's the real ghost?

''{A black-cloaked ghost with spindly arms fades in, floating above the tombstones and making a motorcycle-like noise.}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{eyes bulging}'' Wa-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a. ''{Rather than screaming, he merely "says" his scream. His skin falls off, leaving his skeleton.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Wa-a-a-a-a-a! ''{Also "saying" his scream. His skin also falls off, leaving his skeleton.}''

''{Cut back to the ghost, which fades away, then to The Homestar Runner and Old-Timey Marzipan (who has also turned into a skeleton.}''

'''SKELETAL OLD-TIMEY MARZIPAN:''' At least we'll never go hungry again.

'''SKELETAL THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' 'Cept for Fat Dudley. ''{Cut to skeletal Fat Dudley, who is 'eating' a shoe with a soup spoon, with a jug labeled 'XXX' nearby.}'' He's livin' the high life.

'''SKELETAL FAT DUDLEY:''' ''{makes musical noises}''

''{Transition accompanied with closing music, to:}''

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THE END
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== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click on the "D" in "THE END" to see Old-Timey Strong Bad shopping for gold pants.

:''{Show Old-Timey Strong Bad's skeleton in the "Men's Slacks" section of a clothing store. He is trying to pull up a pair of pants, but they repeatedly fall down. Strong Man's skeleton is in the background.}'' 

:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Curses! Now I'll never find gold pants to fit this tiny waist!

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*A [http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=skinflint skinflint] is a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means.
*A [http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=codger codger] is a mildly eccentric and usually elderly fellow.
*[[Wikipedia:Corn pone|Corn pone]] is a bread-like dish made from corn meal that is traditionally fried in butter, lard or bacon grease. It's a popular food in the southern United States.

===Trivia===
*This is the first cartoon featuring the "[[Old-Timey]]" characters in the far-flung year of 1937.
*This is Sickly Sam's first appearance where he does not "die".
*27 cents in 1937 are worth roughly $3.50 in 2004, when the toon came out.
*The books on the bookshelf are titled:
**Dead Things Book One
**Ghostly Measures
**Creepy Stories for Toddlers
**The Haunted Jacuzzi
**27 Cent Ghosties
**The Ghost In My Pocket
**Creepiness, Oh My!
**There Is A Ghost In This Book
**A Goodtime Story ''(The Homestar Runner chooses this book)''
**Banshees, Indeed!
**Ghastly Monsters
**Zombies Are Cool

====Skeletons====
The skeletons of most of the characters were seen when the ghost literally scared them out of their skins. (The Sneak's skeleton is not seen in the toon.) See also: [[Old-Timey Other Costumes]].

'''The Homestar Runner'''
*His foot bones are the same shape as his shoes.

'''Old-Timey Marzipan'''
*Her ponytails have bones in them.
*Marzipan's skeleton also reveals that her "skirt" has its own skeletal structure. This is in agreement with [[The House that Gave Sucky Treats]], where contemporary Marzipan wore jeans with a hole near the hem, and skin was visible underneath.

'''Fat Dudley'''
*He has hands, but no arms.
*Fat Dudley's skeleton also shows that he is not fat, but rather big-boned.

'''Old-Timey Strong Bad'''
*His moustache has bones in it.
*Strong Bad's skeleton also shows that his shoes have bones, or else that his feet are shoe-shaped.
*His hands look like his "gentleman's sports gloves", which proves that he doesn't just wear them; those are really what his hands look like. The same would then apply to modern-day Strong Bad's boxing gloves, and maybe even his mask, which is consistent with his response in the email [[some kinda robot]].
*Similarly, his foot bones are the same shape as his shoes.
*He has no visible mouth; it may be behind his moustache, which moves when he talks.
*There is a crack in his skull showing exposed brain.

'''Strong Man'''
*His shoulders are part of his skull.
*His lower jaw is much narrower than the rest of his skull, and his jaw is noticeably off center.
*His pelvis is as wide as his skull.

===Remarks===
*The stylish jig is the first time the Strong Man has moved his legs. In previous appearances he moved by bouncing from one foot to the other.
*Based on the tombstones in Cholera Acres Cemetary, Sir Rondello Shmallow could be [[Mr. Shmallow]]'s full name.
*The theme for Old-Timey Strong Bad is different from that of his previous appearances.
*The Homestar Runner's voice isn't as scratchy and Fat Dudley's voice is deeper than in [[Parsnips-A-Plenty]].
*Fat Dudley has no arm bones, yet he was able to reach his plate with the spoon.
*Assuming that this toon takes place in October 31, 1937, [[Wikipedia:John D. Rockefeller|John D. Rockefeller]] would already be dead for 5 months.
*Although Sickly Sam comes out of a grave, the tombstone reads "Eustice Pietimer", meaning he was in the grave with a corpse or previously took the corpse out.

===Goofs===
*The two one-eyed crows' eyeballs do not match up with the painting after the painting is removed.
*When Fat Dudley smokes a cigar in the Old Pietimer Place, the smoke abruptly disappears when he waves it around and then appears again when it's still.

===Inside References===
*The page title, "Bury Me Deep I'm Cold and Clammy!” is taken from an interview with [[Matt Chapman]] in which he says this line as [[Homsar]]. The interview can be seen [http://members.shaw.ca/kevinscott/Homestar/index.html here].
*The Homestar Runner's eyes ballooning up in fright is similar to The Cheat in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]].
*One of the gravestones reads, "Sir Rondello Shmallow 'Look Lively?'" This is a reference to the [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] toon, in which he says many times, "Look lively!!!"
*Strong Man dancing on Old Timey Bubs's grave may be a reference to one of the backgrounds in [[Dancin' Bubs]], in which Bubs is dancing on "YOUR GRAVE".
*Fat Dudley is caught drinking hooch, another appearance of [[Alcohol|alcohol]].

===Real-World References===
*The Old Pietimer Place looks inspired by the house from [[Wikipedia:Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock's]] masterpiece, [[Wikipedia:Psycho|Psycho]].
*The quote "[http://www.wavsite.com/sounds/20017/ghost05.wav let's split up, we can do more damage that way]" is a reference to the 1984 film ''[[Ghostbusters]]''.
*The Homestar Runner says the "news-papper" is offering a reward of 27 cents. This may have come from an old ''[http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0054524/ Rocky and Bullwinkle]'' show when [[Wikipedia:Rocket J. Squirrel|Rocky]] offers a 27-cent reward for the capture of the Boxtop Bandit.
*Fat Dudley eating the shoe may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Charlie Chaplin|Charlie Chaplin's]] ''[[IMDB:tt0015864|The Gold Rush]]''.
*The "punkin patch" is a clear refference to "the pumpkin patch" in the movie "A Nightmare Before Christmas".

===Fast Forward===
*'Cory' appears again on [[Main Page 22]] as part of the "Downloads" sequence.

== DVD Version ==
*The DVD version features creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
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== External Links ==
*[[HR:oldtimeyween.html|watch "That A Ghost"]]
*[[HR:oldtimeyween.swf|view the Flash file for "That A Ghost"]]
*[[Forum:1061|forum thread re: "That A Ghost"]]

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your funeral

193.213.25.17 — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 22:54:42 GMT

193.213.25.17: /* Goofs */

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[[Image:Sbemail168.png|thumb|"Shut up, lady!"]]

Strong Bad makes plans for his funeral.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, [[Old Lady]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, [[Taranchula]], {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], Visitation Room, [[Marzipan's House]], [[The Field]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' March 12, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:56

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Strong Bad, how you gonna check that email? With my boxing gloves, with my boxing gloves!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: funeral</div>
Dear Screaming Yellow Strong Bad, 
What do you think your funeral would be like? 
Sincerely Yours, 
Bibendum
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh man, Addendum. My funeral's going to be off all of the following: the hook, the chain, the charts, the grid, and most importantly, the wagon. ''{clears screen}'' First, I'll have to deal with the most difficult decision a newlydead faces: what to do with my stinking, rotten remains. I don't want to be just lying there surrounded by sweet-smelling flowers—

''{Cut to Strong Bad with his eyes blacked out and paler skin lying surrounded by flowers in a coffin with the word "COUGHIN'" on the side. Organ music is heard. Behind him is a person wearing a ducky shirt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —and sweat-smelling followers.

'''OLD LADY:''' Oh, he looks ''so'' peaceful.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turns his head}'' Shut up, lady! Peaceful is ''not'' how I roll.

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's why I'm gonna be taxidoimied! Nothing sums up my life's achievements quite like my stuffed corpse—

''{Cut to a white background. Strong Bad is standing on a log that says "Yosemite National Park" and holding a cougar}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —suplexing a cougar. ''{high voice}'' Mrow! ''{normally}'' It'll be kept in a place of honor for ''{fade to Marzipan's house}'' all the world to want to make out with.

''{Homestar Runner enters from the right with a brown hat and jacket; he hangs them on the Strong Bad statue.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Marzipan, I'm home!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{leaning in from the left}'' Did you find the DNA evidence?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Not yet, but I'm getting close!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, maybe I'll just preserve myself fetal pig-style in a mason jar filled with the salty tears—

''{Cut to a jar filled with a liquid looking like water with a mostly-preserved Strong Bad inside. The corpse is missing several pieces of flesh and has an exposed ribcage.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —of all the heartbroken private school girls that will pine-uh for me-uh.

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That way, there'll be something left to re-animate once the zombie uprising cometh. In 2046. On March 31st. At 2:03 pm. ''{clears screen}'' And while I'm a big fan of the classic ''{sings to the tune of Chopin's funeral march}'' "dunh-dunh-da-dunh-Dunh-da-dunh-da-dunh-da-dunh," ''{normally}'' my funeral dirge would be written and performed by Taranchula!!

''{Cut to the Field. Strong Sad is wearing a black tie and carrying the jar containing Strong Bad's remains. Metal music begins to play.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' Wo, ho, ho, ho, ho!

''{Pan out; Strong Sad and the jar are silhouetted and The Cheat is following behind, whipping Strong Sad with a whip. Strong Mad and Bubs follow.}''

'''TARANCHULA:''' ''{singing}'' Brother in a jar! Brother in a jar! Brotherinajar!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Since I'm not very confident in Strong Mad or The Cheat's public speaking abilities, I'll pre-record my own eulogy and have it played back on 5 boomboxes—

''{Cut back to the field: five boomboxes, including the [[booOOMbox]] and one made of cardboard, are stacked between two large vases with roses in them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —stacked on top of each other!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{playing off of boom boxes}'' Greetings, blubbering masses! Pull yourselves together! And turn off the snot works! We are gathered here to di— ''{electronic noises}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{playing off of boom boxes}'' I hope I'm not recording over anything important! OK, drap it! ''{rhythmically}'' Coach, Z, Coach, Z, 1, 2—

''{Cut to Bubs and Coach Z wearing ties and looking sad. While Coach Z's voice continues, Bubs glares at Coach Z, who begins to dance without changing his expression.}''

'''COACH Z:''' —3, 4, I said Coach, Z, Coach, Z, 1, 2—

''{Cut to Homestar Runner in a black suit and propeller cap standing behind a pulpit between two vases of roses.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sadly}'' Thank you, Strong Bad. ''{Coach Z's music is replaced with organ music}'' And now, a reading from the book of phone. ''{places and opens a phone book on the pulpit}'' Chapter 16, ''{turns page}'' Pizza Places. Aardvark Pizza. Abraham Lincoln's Pizza Cabin. ''{turns page}'' Acupuncture and Pizza: ''{voice begins to waver}'' Open late, free delivery! ''{closes and puts phone book away}'' And now, Strong Sad will perform an interpretive dance based on his brother's life.

''{A gong sounds, followed by drums. Cut to Strong Sad dancing onto the scene wearing a leotard. Strong Sad and the music stop at the sound of shattering glass; some shards of glass fly in from the left. Cut to Strong Bad's corpse, which has broken open the jar. His eyes remain black and his body disfigured. The audience gasps. Strong Bad shakes his head dry.}''

'''STRONG BAD'S CORPSE:''' ''{speaking in a distorted voice}'' Sorry, everybody. Funeral's over. Not even death can stop me from stopping my leotarded brother prancing around in my honor.

''{Cut back to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' But you never got to see my Chaup au Fan!

''{Cut to Strong Bad's corpse}''

'''STRONG BAD'S CORPSE:''' You keep your chappy thong to yourself, Mister!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hordes of locusts and famine got nothing on the sight of Strong Sad dancing interpretively. So, in order to spare the world, I guess I can just never die. Okay! Man, I sure hope the zombies still let me fight on their side. I've got my own tattered jeans and mouthful of grape jelly. Anyone? ''{softer and with progressively smaller text}'' Zombies? Jelly? Grapity?

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Chapaufan.PNG|thumb|CHAUP AU FAN!!]]
*Click on "Bibendum" to see a picture of Strong Sad as the Michelin Man (aka Bibendum) with a caption that reads "Chaup Au Fan".
*Click on the phone book after Homestar says "Acupuncture and Pizza" to see an ad for it.
*At the end of the email, click on the word "zombies" (the first occurrence) to see a clip of [[Pom Pom]] and [[Strong Sad]] in their 2046 forms.
:''{Cut to a scene with a future Pom Pom and Strong Sad in a purple room with cardboard boxes and flickering lights. Both are smoking cigars. Pom Pom has a gray buzz cut and is wearing an ammo belt. Strong Sad's arms are muscular and he is covered with scars. The phrase "THE YEAR 2046..." is subtitled onscreen. Heavy metal music is heard in the background.}''
:'''FUTURE STRONG SAD:''' ''{deep voice}'' Fall back. The zombies have broken through our defenses!
:''{Cut to a pale orange room with Strong Bad standing in front of an open door. Strong Bad has stuck part of a brain on the left side of his head and is wearing ripped denim jeans.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' BAUGHRG! ''{grape jelly oozes out of his mouth}''
:''{Cut back to Strong Sad and Pom Pom.}''
:'''FUTURE STRONG SAD:''' We need to activate the doomsday device. ''{zoom in}'' Get the leotard!
:''{Taranchula is heard singing "Brother in a jar!"}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*"Off the wagon" is a phrase meaning a recovering alcoholic has started drinking again.
*A [[Wikipedia:Suplex|suplex]] is an offensive move often used in professional, olympic, and collegiate wrestling where a wrestler essentially flips their opponent over their shoulders.
*[[Wikipedia:Taxidermy|Taxidermy]] is the practice of preserving dead animals (usually sport game shot by a hunter) by stuffing them full of sand or sawdust to retain their natural posture for display as trophies.
*An [[Wikipedia: addendum|addendum]] is "something added or to be added, especially a supplement to a written work."
*A [[Wikipedia: leotard|leotard]] is a one-piece dance outfit or a swimsuit.

===Trivia===
*This email was actually available several hours before the official "New Strong Bad Email" button appeared. It was accessible by clicking on the "email soon" button or by typing in the URL.
*This email originally did not have a visible loading screen at the beginning or the Bibendum Easter egg. Both were added several hours after the email was released.
*The tape in the [[booOOMbox]] reads "my COOLogy."

===Remarks===
[[Image:Homestar eulogy your funeral.png|thumb|A reading from the book of phone.]]
*Strong Bad's prerecorded message shouldn't be able to be played on the Cheat's black player because it has no place to put a cassette tape.
*Since P is the 16th letter in the English alphabet, it makes sense for pizza places to be in chapter 16 of the phone book.
*The Easter Egg is the first time we see Strong Sad with visible teeth.
*When Strong Sad carries the jar, the liquid inside disobeys the laws of physics, it ought to be level with the horizon, but it is skewed to the jar.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Sad is carrying the jar before the funeral, the image of Strong Bad as a corpse has been reversed (the ribs on Strong Bad's right side are exposed rather than the ones on his left side) compared to the other two times he's shown like that (on the table and when he breaks out of the jar).
*When Strong Sad is carrying the jar, Strong Bad's knee bone is visible, but when he breaks out, there is skin in that place.
*The first shot in Strong Sad's Easter egg shows 2046 Strong Sad with scars on his body and no belly button. However, his body in the close-up shot has a belly button and no scars.

===Inside References===
*This is the fourth email in a row mentioning [[DNA Evidence]].
*This is another mention of [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|Strong Bad typing with boxing gloves on]].
*The fat man at Strong Bad's funeral is wearing a [[Duckie Shirt|duckie shirt]].
*The lady commenting on Strong Bad's peacefulness and Strong Bad saying, "Shut up, lady!" is a reference to [[bottom 10]], when a lady with a similar voice commented on the "desserts with dangerous names", with the same response by Strong Bad.
*Strong Bad performing a suplex on the cougar is another example of a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] move.
*This is another reference to [[Prancing]].
*The cigar in 2046 Strong Sad's mouth is another reference to [[Smoking]]. Strong Sad also appears with a cigar in the Bibendum Easter egg.
*Abraham Lincoln's Pizza Cabin is another mention of both [[Pizza|pizza]] and [[Presidents]].
*Strong Sad has the same carefully arranged dinner plate in the Bibendum Easter egg as in [[looking old]].
*Strong Bad's comment about his party being "off the wagon" is another reference to [[Alcohol|alcohol]].
*This email heavily involves [[Death|death]].
*The 2046 version of Pom Pom has the same style of hair as he did in [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].
*Strong Bad's desire to record his own Eulogy alludes to his previously expressed doubts regarding the coherency of The Cheat's and Strong Mad's speech in [[cheat talk]].

===Real-World References===
*The Bibendum Easter egg is a direct reference to [http://artfiles.art.com/images/-/Le-Pneu-Michelin-Nunc-Est-Bibendum-Giclee-Print-C12046037.jpeg the classic ad] in which [[Wikipedia:Michelin|Michelin]] introduced [[Wikipedia:Michelin#Bibendum|Bibendum]], later to become the company's mascot.
*[[Wikipedia:Yosemite National Park|Yosemite]] is a national park located in California.
*The classic funeral march Strong Bad sings is from the third movement of [[Wikipedia:Frédéric Chopin|Frédéric Chopin]]'s [[Wikipedia:Piano Sonata No. 2 (Chopin)|Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 35]].
*[[Wikipedia:Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]] is known to have grown up in a one-room log cabin.
*Coach Z's dance and facial expression are reminiscent of Michael Jackson's music video for Thriller, which also featured Zombies.
*Strong Bad recording his own Eulogy is similar to an episode of the popular podcast series, Ask a Ninja, in which the episode "Last Words", because he asks people to pre-record their final words.
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