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Analytik — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:16:30 GMT

Analytik: fix

Watching HR.com only since [[bottom 10]], but I thing I've seen all toons like 10 times.

In my real life, web developer. Homepage is http://nopdesign.sk

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montage

Analytik — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:14:18 GMT

Analytik: /* Remarks */ updated supposed lifespan of the paper

{{sbenav|117|extra plug|virus}}
[[Image:sbemail117.png|thumb|A girl. Or maybe a wagon. Filled up with pancakes.]]

Strong Bad "creats" a few montages about a wagon full of pancakes.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Wagon Fulla Pancakes]], {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Pond]], [[The Movie Theatre]], [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], [[Race Track]], [[Gymnasium]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' November 8, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 3:16

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Four}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{announcing}'' Tonight on Strong Bad Email: Comedian Coach Z, actress Marzipan, and some guy from a zoo.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
Why don't you creat a montage? 
 
Steve 
Surf City, NJ</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces "creat" as "cree-at" and reads NJ as "No Job"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' ''{in a high-pitched, mocking voice}'' Oooohhh! Why don't you creat an alternate reality where you don't have to spell correctly and I talk like this. And your name is Watered Down! ''{Strong Bad clears the screen and continues typing in normal voice.}'' A montage, eh Watered Down? Like, about whatever? Okay. I'll make a montage about...

''{cut to an empty field}''

Me. ''{Strong Bad appears}''

And a wagon. ''{a wagon appears}''

Full of pancakes. ''{pancakes appear in the wagon}''

''{Diamond wipe to Strong Bad and the wagon walking past Bubs's Concession Stand.}''

''{Wipe to a field where Strong Bad kicks the wagon calmly.}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad pulling the wagon uphill.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oooh, or maybe a montage of me falling in love with the wagon full of pancakes.

''{Heart wipe to Strong Bad in a boat with the wagon. They are both holding glasses of wine (or some sort of juice).}''

''{singing}''

Let's make this moment be the symbol of our lives 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon listening to a Taranchula LP on headphones.}'' 
We'll pawn your dad's computer 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon, under the stars. Strong Bad points to some shooting stars in the distance.}'' 
and we'll sail to paradise 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon spinning around, holding "hands".}'' 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon at the movies. Strong Bad drops some popcorn.}'' 
You're a girl... or maybe a wagon... 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon at Marshmallow's Last Stand. Strong Bad puts ketchup on some fries while laughing and smiling.} 
filled up with pancakes 
''{Cut to Strong Bad frolicking across a field as the wagon follows.}'' 

'''STRONG BAD:''' Or maybe a montage of the wagon full of pancakes—

''{Cut to a front door view of The Cheat and the wagon, both sporting business-class fedoras.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and The Cheat being down on their luck door to door salesmen.

''{Cut to The Cheat lying in the wagon as the wagon rolls past.}''

''{Several doors slam on The Cheat at different angles.}''

''{singing}''
You can't do it so give up now 
Whatcha gonna do when your dough runs out? 
Ain't that a drag? 
''{Cut to the wagon sitting in an arm chair while the Cheat lies on the floor in front, smoking.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{He stops singing.}'' No, I got it. A montage of the wagon full of pancakes training—

''{Cut to Homestar in a black shirt that says "The #1" looking at the wagon in a field.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —for the championship.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' A wagon fulla pamcakes? In the Champeenship?! I'd like to see ya try!

''{Zoom in on pancakes as training music starts to play.}''

''{Cut to the wagon climbing the stairs of a stadium.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}''
Guts, guts, and might ''{The wagon's handle slowly collapses on top of a barbell.}'' 
''{Cut to Strong Bad and the wagon on a track.}'' 
Lifting weights and feeling all right ''{Strong Bad clicks a stop watch.''} 
''{Cut to a silhouette of Strong Bad and the wagon running past a sunset and an ocean.}'' 
It's a showdown going downtown 
You're gonna mess around showdown 
''{Cut to the wagon ascending the bleachers again.}'' 
Put your nose down showdown 
''{Cut to quick shot of wagon jumping up and down at the top of the bleachers.}'' 

''{Cut to Homestar Runner and the wagon in a gym as Coach Z looks on in a referee costume.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hi-yah! Hi-yah! ''{Homestar kicks.}''

''{The wagon's handle falls on Homestar, just like it did while training with the barbell, and Homestar falls down.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oof!

'''COACH Z:''' The pamcakes wins!

''{A buzzer sounds and the score changes from 6–6 to 6–7 on the scoreboard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Showdown.

''{Cut to Strong Bad at the Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Those were some good montages, eh Watered Down? That was like, a montage of montages. The only thing we left out is the end credits photo montage. ''{Music starts up}'' Hit it!

''{Cut to a glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon in the boat.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{singing}''
Partying... ''party party party'' 
''{Cut to glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon on the beach.}''
It's the weekend... ''party party party'' 
''{Cut to glossy of Strong Bad and the wagon in the movie theater.}'' 
''{Cut to a closeup of The Cheat lying on the floor.}'' 
'''CAPTION:''' The Cheat never sold a single box of toner. He is currently unemployed. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' And a wagon... ''party party party''. 
Full of pancakes... 
''{Cut to Homestar kicking in the gym.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': Homestar sold his "The #1" shirt for $3(US). He got a good deal. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' ''party party party'' 
''{Cut to a glossy of Strong Bad frolicing across the field, the wagon not in the photo.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': Strong Bad went on to host some show on Animal Planet. 
It was cancelled before the first commercial break. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{still singing}'' And we're partying... ''party party party'' 
''{Cut to the wagon with a fedora.}'' 
'''CAPTION''': After winning the champeenship, the Wagon Fulla Pancakes did some local TV spots for a used car dealership. 
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' It's the weekend... ''party party party'' 
And we're partying... ''party party party'' 
Everybody does it tonnniiight... 
'''CAPTION''': It currently resides in Long Beach with its spouse and 2 children.

''{Homestar quits singing.}''

''{[[The Paper]] comes down onto the photo.}''

''{Wait a bit at the end to see what becomes of The Paper.}''

'''CAPTION''': The Paper stuck around until
email #173, at which time Strong Bad
upgraded to an inkjet printer.

== Easter Eggs ==

*At the end, click on "4 Wheels" on the wagon to see Homestar, undefeated in spirit.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing in the now dark champeenship stadium}''
:I'm the best around
:Sombadubba sombadubba, take me down!
:I'm the best around!
:Dubba dubba dubbado, take me down!
:''{His score on the score board behind him turns from 0 to -1 as the buzzing sound is heard.}''

*At the end, click on "Strong Bad" to see another scene.
:''{Highly pixelated versions of Strong Bad wearing a pink jogging suit and the Wagon Fulla Pancakes are running through a highly pixelated city, which is the NYC backdrop (minus the [[Wikipedia:World Trade Center|World Trade Center]] towers) from Punch-Out from the NES.}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' It's a showdown going downtown
:You're gonna mess around showdown
:Put your nose down showdown

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*In filmic terms, scholars [[Wikipedia:David Bordwell|David Bordwell]] and Kristin Thompson define a [[Wikipedia:Montage (film)|montage]] sequence as "a segment of film which summarizes a topic or compresses a passage of time into brief symbolic or typical images." Also, montage sequences generally represent a longer passage of time than the also-typical "dissolve" or "fade" techniques between shots.

===Trivia===
*This [[Forum:1226#34044|email]] was sent in by HRWiki member [[User:Porplemontage|porplemontage]].
*In the original version of this e-mail, the background was static while Strong Bad and the wagon were spinning around. It has since been fixed to blurred trees.
*At the current email rate (about one email in a little over two weeks), The Paper will be around until April 2007, given Strong Bad even replaces The Paper.
*This email introduces an updated, more symmetrical version of the gray "horns" on Strong Bad's mask.
*The Champeenship fight is the first time we ever see Homestar unambiguously wearing [[Homestar's Pants|pants]], aside from his Halloween costumes, his skating outfit in the [[Theme Song Video|Theme Song video]], and a near-pants-wearing in [[monument]].
*This is the last proper [[Compy 386]] email before the disaster in [[virus]].

===Remarks===
*Homestar gets less money for a shirt than he gets for a half-eaten breakfast burrito in [[HR:auction.html|"Some Type of Online Auction"]].
*Strong Bad probably changed Steve's name to Watered Down to prevent another "[[Eh! Steve]]" crack, like he did in [[kids' book]] and [[different town]].
*The scoreboard in the gym has the word "TIMES" written under the timer.
*If the information in the montage is to be taken as written, [[The Paper]] only has eight E-Mails left before it's to be replaced by an ink-jet.

===Goofs===
*As The Cheat keeps getting doors slammed in his face as a salesman, the last place he visits with the blue wall and white door, the door frame ends before the bottom of the toon's frame, and the right end of the door ends before the right of the frame.

===Glitches===
*Between The Wagon's picture and The Paper's picture, there's a split-second sound clip that sounds like the beginning of "It's" from the Champeenship montage, and the Easter egg at the end.

===Inside References===
*The scene with Strong Bad and the Wagon Fulla Pancakes sitting in the canoe is reminiscent of [[lures & jigs]], where Strong Bad and Coach Z fish in the exact same spot. This is probably prompted by the [[lures & jigs]] DVD Commentary, in which [[The Brothers Chaps]] decide to reuse the lake, and which was presumably recorded before this email came out. In doing so, TBC also reused [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's Last Stand]], the [[Quite Fancy 'Chup|ketchup]] and fries from [[funny]], the [[The Halloween House|house]] from [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], and [[The Movie Theatre]] from [[A Jorb Well Done]].
*The song Strong Bad sings when he falls in love with the wagon is reminiscent of the style of [[The Kinda Long-Haired Band]].
*The [[Taranchula]] album cover is the same one from the liner notes of [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]], on which their song [[Moving Very Slowly]] appears. The name "Taranchula" also appears in the e-mail [[band names]].
*The first and last house that The Cheat and the Wagon Fulla Pancakes stop at are the same house. They are also the same format of the house that you give treats from in [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]].
*Besides the [[The Cheat's Smoking Challenge|smoking game]] and [[big white face]], this is the first actual cartoon in which we see [[Smoking#The Cheat's Smoking|The Cheat smoking]]. Strong Bad originally acknowledged The Cheat's nicotine habit in [[Where's The Cheat?]]
*The sparkling water seen while Strong Bad is running on the horizon seems to be the same from [[Main Page 3]].
*The lyric "Lifting weights and feeling all right", from the song played during the training montage, may be a reference to [[dangeresque 3]]'s "Riding in a Corvette and feeling all right" lyric.
*"The #1" T-Shirt is loosely referenced by Strong Sad in the commentary of [[In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD|In Search Of The Yello Dello]].
**Though the shirt Strong Sad refers to says "''I'm'' #1" according to him, as opposed to "''The'' #1."
*Strong Bad has a problem identifying things that rhyme with "agon" in song. In this email, he mistakes a wagon for a girl, and in [[dragon]] he mistakes a dragon for a man, or maybe a dragon man. He catches the mistake both times.
*The buzzer used for the scoreboard is the same as the [[DELETED]] buzzer.
*The song played on the ending credits montage is the same song used in one of the [[boring (really)]] Easter eggs.

===Real-World References===
*The song Homestar is singing in the Easter egg ("You're the Best") comes from the 1984 classic ''[[Wikipedia:The_Karate_Kid|The Karate Kid]]''. Homestar's headband, bearing the design of an old Japanese flag, is also a reference to this film, and has appeared before in both [[pom pom]] and [[Theme Song Video]].
**There is actually a song called "Training Montage" from Rocky IV by Vince DiCola.
**The scene during which "You're the Best" plays in ''The Karate Kid'' is another well-known martial arts training montage.
*Much of the wagon's training sequence (especially the wagon "running" up the stairs) is a parody of the training sequence from the immortal boxing epic, ''[[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]]''.
*The Strong Bad Easter egg is a take on the popular [[Nintendo|NES]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!|Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!]]'', in which players saw a similar sequence in between bouts of various boxing circuits (the jumps from Minor to Major, and from Major to World).
**The ''Punch-Out!!'' sequence itself was a clear reference to the training sequence in ''[[Wikipedia:Rocky|Rocky]]''.
*There actually is a system call in the [[Wikipedia:Unix|Unix]] operating system called <tt>creat</tt>. It creat(e)s a new file.
*The "some guy from a zoo" line by Strong Bad during the "Late-Night Talk Show"-style intro is most likely a reference to how such shows often resort to the gimmick of having zoo workers appear on the show, accompanied by their animal partners, whose mischievous antics can often get a cheap laugh from the audience.
*The Cheat not being able to sell any toner is reminiscent of the movie ''[[Wikipedia:Salesman (film)|Salesman]]'', where traveling salesmen have varying rates of success selling Bibles. The poorest-selling Bible seller of the group winds up losing his job.
*The line about Strong Bad's show being canceled before the commercial break may be a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Turn-On|Turn-On]]'', which was cancelled 10 minutes into its pilot episode.
*The End Credits Photo Montage song is reminiscent of the ''[[Wikipedia:Queen (band)|Queen]]'' song "Headlong."
*''[[Wikipedia:Animal Planet|Animal Planet]]'' is a TV network featuring programs that talk about all kinds of animals.

===Fast Forward===
*The Wagon Fulla Pancakes really ''does'' do some spots for a used car dealership, as it shows up in a commercial for [[Senor Cardgage]]'s in [[Senorial Day]].
*Strong Bad and his pink suit from the Easter egg show up again in [[rock opera]].
*Homestar's "weekend" song plays at [[The King of Town]]'s party of [[boring (really)]].
*The "Showdown" song plays while Pom Pom and Homestar work out in [[Strongest Man in the World]].

== 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:''' [[Matt Chapman]], [[Mike Chapman]], [[Marzipan]])

'''MATT:''' Listen... ''{Strong Bad says, "actress Marzipan" in the background.}'' And we've got Marzipan right here with us!

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously, indecipherable}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah!

'''MATT:''' He called you an actress. Isn't that nice?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah!

'''MATT:''' Seems like usually he calls you something worse than that.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah!

''{Matt and Mike both laugh.}''

'''MIKE:''' You're doing a good job acting right now, saying the word "yeah" over and over again.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Thank you.

'''MATT:''' Oh, thank you. A new word.

'''MARZIPAN:''' So, what are we here for, today?

'''MIKE:''' We're doing the commentary for the "montage" email.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. We're here in this tiny, glass-enclosed booth, recording some commentary.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It is getting smelly in here, too.

'''MATT:''' It is. Mike and I have been in here all day.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It smells like Fritos.

'''MIKE:''' Have you ever seen this email before?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I... haven't.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' Look, he's got a wagon fulla pancakes, isn't that something?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Those are not real pancakes.

'''MIKE:''' No? What are they?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I dunno, I think they're made out of plaster.

'''MATT:''' Look, Mike, there's the lake that did appear later as per your, uh, prophecy on the old DVD.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, yeah.

'''MATT:''' Your comments of the—

'''MIKE:''' ''{indecipherable}''

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that we were going to use it later and— and we did, just a few weeks after that I think.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It really is starting to smell.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Let's comment more on the— on the email. Is that— that was completely new, that— I mean it looks kind of like the one from — can't say "job" — doesn't it? But that theater—?

'''MIKE:''' It's been modified for the theater, yeah.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Um, we should head back there someday, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' And maybe we will.

'''MATT:''' For a movie.

'''MIKE:''' Look, there's your friend The Cheat.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Look, the pancakes are wearing a hat, Marzipan.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I see.

'''MATT:''' And holding a briefcase somehow.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' And now they're enjoying a highball.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I didn't know that The Cheat smoked!

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' He's got a problem.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I didn't know that—

'''MIKE:''' ''{whispering}'' There's your boyfriend.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Homestar had that— that's ''my'' shirt.

'''MATT:''' That's yours? Uh oh, 'cause he sells it later on in this email, so—

'''MARZIPAN:''' That was mine! I was wondering what happened to it.

'''MATT:''' He got a good deal for it, at least.

'''MARZIPAN:''' What'd he get?

'''MATT:''' Uh, I'm not sure. Probably, like, 17 dollars.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I'll tell him he needs to split the proceeds.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' He should. Sounds like it should ''all'' go to you; it was ''your'' shirt.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' A nice sunset.

'''MARZIPAN:''' It's okay.

''{Pause}''

'''MATT:''' Ohhh, Homestar looks like Daniel LaRusso. His Karate's a joke.

'''MIKE:''' "You think you can rely on that crane crap?"

'''MARZIPAN:''' He's actually trained in Tae Kwon Do.

'''MATT:''' Really? Homestar is?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Wow.

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's probably why he didn't do well with the Karate.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' Oh ho! He learned the wrong martial art.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Right.

'''MATT:''' What do you think of this, um, end of the— end of the movie photo montage?

'''MARZIPAN:''' I think it's okay.

'''MATT:''' See, look. Oh! He— no, sorry, I lied. He got it for three bucks. Not 17.

'''MIKE:''' You got a buck-fifty comin' to ya.

'''MARZIPAN:''' I— Animal Planet's my favorite program.

'''MATT:''' Hey, isn't "cancelled" spelled wrong there?

'''MIKE:''' Was it?

'''MATT:''' I think "cancelled" only has one L. Let's change that before we put out this DVD.

'''MIKE:''' We can— ''{Pause}'' Oh, it's not over yet.

'''MATT:''' Oh, it's not, Marzipan.

'''MIKE:''' You might think it's over, but it's not.

'''MATT:''' Say something!

'''MIKE:''' Now it's over.

===Fun Facts===
*Daniel LaRusso is the name of the main character from ''[[Wikipedia:The Karate Kid|The Karate Kid]]''.
*"Cancelled" appears on both the website and DVD. Though both are correct ways of spelling, "canceled" is generally a more American way of spelling it.
*Unlike her prior DVD commentary appearances in emails 1-100, Marzipan has largely dropped the premise that homestarrunner.com is a show and not "real" life.
*"Can't Say Job" is the name of the HTML and Flash files for [[A Jorb Well Done]].

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|117|1226}}*[[Podstar:sb_email_montage.m4v|download "montage" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]

Stnanks

Analytik — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:40:54 GMT

Analytik: created

* Stnank was a made-up animal that wasn't used in the email [[animal]], but was seen in the [[Sketchbook]] (December 2, 2004).
* Stnanks was also a Strong Bad's term for "mistakes" in [[do over]]

retirement

Analytik — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:50:16 GMT

Analytik: /* Explanations */ - added leviathan/croc note

{{sbenav|159|cliffhangers|coloring}}
[[Image:sbemail159a.png|thumb|"Perfect! Now I'm out of my anti-depressant."]]
The Lappy-nappers are revealed! Can Strong Bad save his beloved fold-em-up computer?

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

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

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

'''Dates:'''
:''Part A released (as "retirement A"):'' October 2, 2006
:''Part B released (as "retirement B"):'' October 3, 2006
:''Parts A and B combined released (as "retirement (combined)"):'' October 9, 2006

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

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MARSHIE:''' First prize,—

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

'''MARSHIE:''' —second tries,—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MARSHIE:''' —and just walk away, mother...

''{Cut to Strong Bad's basement, looking at the ad on the TV. Marshie is next to a bag of Fluffy Puff Marshmallows.}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{Strong Bad holds up a box of "Oh No You Dent!!!" disgusting old person tablets}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{Cut to Strong Bad.}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

==Easter Eggs==
* Click on Strong Bad's diamond when he says he's got a lot of important text files on Lappy's harddrive to see a selection of those files.
<table>
<tr valign="top"><td>
<blockquote style="font-family: monospace">
    clncknmsfrmyslf.txt 
Cool nicknames for myself 
-------------------------- 
Mr. Lewd Comment 1965 
Giantus 
The Fake Frenchman 
<del style="color:red">Light 'n Fluffy</del> NO! 
Heaven in Tights 
Good Fortunator 
Bicep Lad 
Lebner 
Mighty Legit 
Dabney Coleman's Evil Twin 
Wisewallace 
/got nothin' 
The Detroit Locksmith 
Prudeacre
</blockquote>
</td><td>
<blockquote style="font-family: monospace">
      cldshplog.txt 
 Cloud Shape Spotting Log 
------------------------- 
lightswitch w/no cover 
baseball headed baby 
brown water 
michigan w/2 bites out of it 
smallish elbow 
box of crackers (unopened) 
pestilence 
2 salamanders giving low-5's 
oversized novelty comb 
cheap date 
strong sad's ghost 
uppity maitre d 
strong sad's corpse 
diet pills
</blockquote>
</td></tr><tr><td>
<blockquote style="font-family: monospace">
    ltr2bkrythrftstr.txt 
Letter to Bakery Thrift Store 
------------------------- 
Dear Bakery Thrift Store, 
Whom do you think you are 
fooling? You sell old baked 
goods. The stuff regular 
bakeries throw away. So what 
if a loaf of bread is only 
29 cents? It's old bread. 
Should I start collecting 
roadkill squirrels, glue 
cotton balls to their butts 
and open an 'Aftermarket 
Rabbit Thrift Store?' Oh, 
wait. Yes I should. Thank You 
Bakery Thrift Store. Love, SB
</blockquote>
</td><td valign="bottom">[[Image:Dullard_sbemail159a.png|thumb|Horses in IT?]]</td></tr>
</table>

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

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

===Explanations===
*The explosion following the addition of Mountain Dew and denture tablets to the Tandy 400 is due to the rapid release of carbon dioxide gas from both the carbonated water and the effervescent action of the sodium bicarbonate and citric acid in the tablets, not to be confused with the [[Wikipedia:Mentos_eruption|Coke and Mentos]] phenomenon.
*[[Wikipedia:Control-Alt-Delete|Control-Alt-Delete]] is a computer keyboard command on [[Wikipedia:IBM PC compatible|IBM PC compatible]] systems that can be used to close programs or reboot the computer.
*A [[Wikipedia:Hushpuppy|hushpuppy]] is a deep-fried ball of cornmeal commonly eaten in the southern United States.
*Putting a magnet too close to a computer can damage the data stored on [[Wikipedia:Magnetic storage|magnetic storage]], such as [[Wikipedia:Hard disk|hard disks]].
*Structures or people are called the [[Wikipedia:Eighth Wonder of the World|Eighth Wonder of the World]] in order to liken their perceived greatness to the [[Wikipedia:Seven Wonders of the World|Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]].
*[[Wikipedia:Leviathan|Leviathan]] is the name of a sea-monster (perhaps a crocodile) mentioned several times in the [[Wikipedia:Old Testament|Old Testament]]. The word "leviathan" is often used to refer to any large monster or creature.
*[[Wikipedia:Pesto|Pesto]] is an Italian sauce frequently served over pasta. While many variations exist, in its classic form it is made of basil, pine nuts, extra virgin olive oil and pecorino romano cheese.
* Strong Sad is dressed as a [[Wikipedia:Bearded Lady|Bearded Lady]].

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

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

[[Image:End_159.PNG|thumb|Slightly less shotgunned]]
*The hole in the Compy is smaller here than it was at the end of [[virus]], making it possible to fit a token amount of legible text onto the screen.
*In the start of the second part, the Compy starts off in "automatic hole format" but when Strong Bad starts typing his reply, some of the written text does not appear on the Compy's screen.
*Strong Mad appears to have no tongue or tonsils.
*Apparently, the cog inside the Compy processes text, yet it was shown spinning while broken at the end of [[virus]].
*The sounds of the fleas on The Cheat sound a lot like The King of Town and Strong Bad's voices sped up when they are saying "Lalalalalala."
*The Paper doesn't have a link to Strong Bad's email address.

===Goofs===
*There is no electrical outlet under the table while Strong Bad is using the Compy.
*When the camera zooms in on the box of the King of Town's fizzy denture tablets, the green lines on the Tandy aren't moving.
*Right after Strong Bad deletes the Tandy email, and is about to swing the pickaxe into the keyboard, for a split second, you can hear Homestar saying "deleted", but his mouth doesn't appear to move.

===Inside References===
*This email follows directly from [[cliffhangers]], where Strong Bad's computer was kidnapped at the end of the email. The dramatic "cliffhanger resolution" music is reused from that email as well. Strong Bad's closing remarks are directed toward Jake, who sent the email featured in cliffhangers.
*This is another appearance of [[Index Cards|index cards]] on the site.
*The phrase "Slink off to Bubs" is a reference to the spamvertisement Easter egg at the end of [[unused emails]], which stated, "Slink on over to Bubs' Concession Stand..."
*"Now, let's check emails like it was the deuce double-aught dweice!" most likely refers to the fact that in 2002 Strong Bad last checked an email with the Tandy and first checked an email with the Compy.
*The position of Strong Bad's head in front of the Tandy, his reflected mouth on the Tandy's screen, and his lack of head movement are references to his early emails.
*"Number 119, a-deleted" may be a reference to Email #119 ([[animal]]) in which Strong Bad first got the Lappy.
*Two of the items on Strong Bad's Cloud Shape Spotting Log ("strong sad's ghost" and "strong sad's corpse") refer to [[Death#Strong Sad's Imagined Death|Strong Sad's imagined death]].
*Homestar pouring [[Mountain Dew]] into the Tandy is a reference to [[anything]], in which he poured Mountain Dew onto the Compy.
*Strong Bad makes Homsar's walking noise and skitters around like him when he notices the Lappy's cord and is frantically pacing around.
*The Cheat was previously compared with an anvil in [[huttah!]].
*The skeleton image on the Compy's computer is from [[Peasant's Quest]].
*Marzipan's curtain contains another case of [[Lowercase i's]].
*The picture on Strong Mad's curtain resembles the [[Strong Man]]. Interestingly, although the figure in the picture is wearing the Strong Man's outfit, Strong Mad's costume consists of only a loincloth.
*Soolnds, the name that Strong Sad has given his feet, was previously used in [[Strong Sad's Lament]].
*The King of Town's stage name "Clogdor" is written in the same [[Fonts|font]] as [[Trogdor]]'s name on the official T-shirts.
*The sound that is made when Strong Bad hits the Tandy's keyboard with the pickaxe is from [[Thy Dungeonman 3]].

===Real-World References===
*When Strong Bad is on the couch, there is a brand of chips called "Flavoured Triangles". This could be a reference to Doritos or other tortilla corn chips which are triangle-shaped.
*The winged buffalo references the [[Wikipedia:Buffalo Wild Wings|Buffalo Wild Wings]] mascot.
*The [[Wikipedia:Teal (color)|Teal]] Screen of Near Death is a reference to the various colored [[Wikipedia:Category:Screens of death|Screens of death]] used by computer operating systems to indicate serious system errors. The [[Compy 386]] has been seen to have its own [[Wikipedia:Blue Screen of Death|Blue Screen of Death]] (the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|Flagrant System Error]]) on more than one occasion.
*[[Wikipedia:Dabney Coleman|Dabney Coleman]] is an actor most known for his role in the films ''[[Wikipedia:Nine to Five|Nine to Five]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Tootsie|Tootsie]]''.
*Strong Bad scrambling back and forth underneath the Lappy's cord may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong 3|Donkey Kong 3]], while the music is reminiscent of the game [[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario Bros. 2]], when the player is fighting a boss.
*[[Wikipedia:Slick Rick|Slick Rick]] was a popular hip-hop artist of the late 1980's and early 1990's.
*/got nothin' in the text files is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Fark.com|Fark.com]], where people sometimes end their posts with that remark.
*Homestar pouring Mountain Dew onto the carpet after the destruction of the Tandy may be a reference to the practice of pouring [[Wikipedia:libation|libations]] on the ground to honor the dead. In Strong Bad's case, it can also be used to honor those [[video games|sent up the river]].
*"If it'll save the orphanage..." is most likely a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:The Blues Brothers|The Blues Brothers]]'', in which the brothers put their old band back together in order to save the orphanage in which they were raised.
*Strong Bad's contracted naming of files refers to names often given to files due to [[Wikipedia:8.3|8.3]] naming restrictions present in older [[Wikipedia:File Allocation Table|FAT]] filesystems, although his file names would be too long for these rules.
*"Just walk away, mother" is a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia: Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''. Also, the painting seen when Marshie delivers this line is drawn similarly to the caricature of [[Wikipedia:Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock]] seen at the start of his television program, ''[[Wikipedia:Alfred Hitchcock Presents|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''.

*The [[Wikipedia:Dust Bowl|Dust Bowl]] was a series of dust storms caused by poor farming techniques that ravaged the central United States and Canada from 1934 to 1939. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced.

*The graphics for the Fluffy Puff Marshmallows My Lappy Got Stole! Sweepstakes resembles those used for the 1995 [[Wikipedia:Simpsons|Simpsons]] episode [[Wikipedia:Who Shot Mr. Burns?|Who Shot Mr. Burns?]] contest sponsored by 1-800-COLLECT. It too featured silhouettes of the main characters with big question marks over each one, while a voiceover told viewers where to send in their guesses of the guilty party's identity in order to win the top prize of being animated into an upcoming episode.
*The "horses in IT" joke could be a reference to the British comedy series [[Wikipedia:Little Britain|Little Britain]], which contained a sketch set in a computer shop featuring a [[Wikipedia:horse whisperer|horse whisperer]] asking a horse how to fix a problem with installing Windows XP.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|159|9999}}
*[[Mirror:sbemail159a.html|watch "retirement A"]] (mirror)
*[[Mirror:sbemail159a.swf|view the Flash file for "retirement A"]] (mirror)
*[[Mirror:sbemail159b.html|watch "retirement B"]] (mirror)
*[[Mirror:sbemail159b.swf|view the Flash file for "retirement B"]] (mirror)

{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

Analytik — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:55:43 GMT

Analytik: /* Trivia */

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[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]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

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

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Check one, check two. Sibilants. Sibilants. 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 homestarrunner
</blockquote>
(While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering" as one clause, pronounces "dont" as it appears [not as the contraction "don't"], and inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the e-mail.)

'''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}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' 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}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' 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! ‘Cuz that’s how you’re gonna feel when you eat one..like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states of candy matter as possible.
''{Cut to a Periodic Table with candy names}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor, encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid. A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat, which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispidy cookidy log and cover it in rich, creamy... pepperoni. And sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal. And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC. Boring Brown Chocolate.

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confectionate worthy of the SBLOUNCHED name. 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 talking to you, Baby Ruth.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Lets see, Shape, shape, shape, shape, shape..

''Chainsaw, Dollar sign, Thumbs up, Syringe, Campfire, Indiana, Moustache, Van Buren Statue''

'''STRONG BAD:'''Ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built in bite out of them for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a half eaten pair of choco-pants?

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
<pre>Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy
H*R Junkmail Filta

Subject | Time | Sender
----------------------+-------+----------------
Re: Besing Friends | 10:22 | Homestar Runner
Draw Trogdor again ;) | 10:22 | Homestar Runner
Re: re: re: resending | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Re: PharmBlacy news | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Possible caper | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Rrrrates so low!!!! | 10:24 | Homestar Runner
Shemp vs. Curly Joe | 10:24 | Homestar Runner
It's almost 10:25!! | 10:24 | Homestar Runner</pre>

* 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 click the SBLOUNSKHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of [[Marshie]]'s face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch| Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb| Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co| Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===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.
*This is another example of [[Homestar 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]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*''The Periodic Table of Candy Elements'' is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

candy product

Analytik — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:53:22 GMT

Analytik: /* Trivia */ finished periodic table

{{sbenav|149|disconnected|some kinda robot}}

[[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]], [[Brothers' Strong Bathroom]], [[The Field]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

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

'''Running Time:''' 2:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

== Transcript ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Check one, check two. Sibilants. Sibilants. 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 homestarrunner
</blockquote>
(While reading, Strong Bad says "Dear Strongbad I was wondering" as one clause, pronounces "dont" as it appears [not as the contraction "don't"], and inserts exaggerated pauses where the ellipses are in the e-mail.)

'''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}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' 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}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' 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! ‘Cuz that’s how you’re gonna feel when you eat one..like you got SBLOUNSKCHED! Now we gotta be sure and represent as many of the different states of candy matter as possible.
''{Cut to a Periodic Table with candy names}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We’ll start with a gaseous cloud of marshmallow vapor, encased in a globule of semi-solid licorice colloid. A bunch of those will be floating in a channel of liquid nougat, which I recently found out is the candy equivalent of veal. And we roll all that up inside a solid crispidy cookidy log and cover it in rich, creamy... pepperoni. And sprinkle that with, not just crispy puffed rice, but whole tiny bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal. And finally, smother that with the ol’ BBC. Boring Brown Chocolate.

'''ENGLISH VOICE:''' I say...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now that is a confectionate worthy of the SBLOUNCHED name. 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 talking to you, Baby Ruth.
''{Cut back to the Periodic Table.''
'''STRONG BAD: Lets see, Shape, shape, shape, shape, shape..'''
''Chainsaw, Dollar sign, Thumbs up, Syringe, Campfire, Indiana, Moustache, Van Buren Statue''
'''STRONG BAD:'''Ooh, what about my pants? Everybody knows my pants! And they come with a built in bite out of them for security, ‘cuz who’s gonna steal a half eaten pair of choco-pants?

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:JunkmailFilta.png|thumb|Junkmail Filta]]
* Click "Edgar's Baby's Daddy" to see Strong Bad's Homestar junkmail filter.
<pre>Edgar´s Baby´s Daddy
H*R Junkmail Filta

Subject | Time | Sender
----------------------+-------+----------------
Re: Besing Friends | 10:22 | Homestar Runner
Draw Trogdor again ;) | 10:22 | Homestar Runner
Re: re: re: resending | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Re: PharmBlacy news | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Possible caper | 10:23 | Homestar Runner
Rrrrates so low!!!! | 10:24 | Homestar Runner
Shemp vs. Curly Joe | 10:24 | Homestar Runner
It's almost 10:25!! | 10:24 | Homestar Runner</pre>

* 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 click the SBLOUNSKHED! logo below the candy bars to see a short scene of [[Marshie]]'s face appearing in the gaseous marshmallow vapor.
:'''MARSHIE:''' ''{creepy voice}'' You can't destroy me!

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
{| style="border: 2px solid #aaa; border-collapse: collapse"
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|1|Ch|Chocolatium}}
| width="83.33%" colspan="5" style="background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|2|Dk|Darkium Chocolatium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|3|Pb|Peanutbutter}}
| width="50%" colspan="3" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|4|Co|Cookium}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|5|Pz| Pretzelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|6|Cr| Crispity}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|7|Ch| Chewy}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|8|Go|Gooey Center}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|9|Ca| Caramelium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|10|Pf| Puffed Rice}}
|-
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7e4c6|11|Ma| Marshmalloid}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|12|Fg| Fudge}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|13|Ha|Hard Candium}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|14|Cc|Candy Coating}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3e0|15|Ng| Nougat}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#d7d3c6|16|Tf| Taffium}}
|-
| colspan="6" style="height: 2em; background: #cfdfef" |
|-
| colspan="2" style="background: #cfdfef" |
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|103|Mt| Minty Fresh}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|104|Al| Almond}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|105|Bg| Bubble Gum}}
| width="16.66%" {{Periodiccell|#c5d9f1|316|Wa|Those Wafer Things}}
|}

===Goofs===
*There is no back button at the end of the e-mail.

===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.
*This is another example of [[Homestar 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]].

===Real-World References===
*The "SBLOUNSKCHED!" commercial refers to ads for candies like [[Wikipedia:Mentos|Mentos]] where it is suggested that consumers of the product can do anything at all.
*[[Wikipedia:Baby Ruth|Baby Ruth]] is a popular candy bar 2 oz. in size in a log-shaped form. Strong Bad's allusion to its scatological appearance is most likely a reference to a like-minded gag in the film [[Wikipedia:Caddyshack|Caddyshack]].
*''The Periodic Table of Candy Elements'' is a parody of the actual [[Wikipedia:Periodic table|Periodic Table of the Chemical Elements]].

== External Links ==
{{sbemailextlinks|149|7465}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

User:Analytik

Analytik — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:25:21 GMT

Analytik: + GAF link

Watching HR.com only since [[bottom 10]], but I thing I've seen all toons like 10 times.

In my real life, web developer. Homepage is http://nopdesign.sk

Oh yeah, and if you care, you can register at [http://www.getafreelancer.com/affiliates/analytik/|GetAFreelancer.com] and do some freelance work and get paid.

User talk:Analytik

Analytik — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:20:40 GMT

Analytik: /* Welcome! */

== Welcome! ==
Welcome to the '''Homestar Runner Wiki!''' We're glad to have you as a member. If you need any help, feel free to ask anyone on the [[HRWiki:Welcoming committee#Members|welcoming committee]]. You can also post questions on the [[HRWiki talk:FAQ|FAQ talk page]].

Here are some tips to get you started:
* If you need general information, editing tips, or answers to frequently asked questions, check out the [[Help:Contents|help]] page.
* Before you do any significant editing, be sure to familiarize yourself with our [[HRWiki:Standards|wiki standards]].
* Read up on the rules and guidelines for your [[hRWiki:User space|user space]].
* If you're not sure what you can do to help out, head over to [[HRWiki:The Stick|The Stick]].
* To practice editing, go over to the [[HRWiki:Sandbox|sandbox]].
* If you're looking for more community interaction, you can also register over at our [http://forum.hrwiki.org forum].
* Above all, be sure to '''be bold''' and have fun!

Feel free to delete this message when you're done reading it. After all, your user space belongs to you. I hope this information is helpful, and that you'll have a good experience contributing to our knowledge-base and our community.

Sincerely, 
— {{User:Lapper/sig}}, and "The Homestar Runner Wiki Welcoming Committee" 20:46, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
: Yeah, man. I'll gnaw your face off. - [[User:Analytik|analytik]] 19:20, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

User talk:Chess Cheese

Analytik — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:19:07 GMT

Analytik: /* Please help! */

== Forum Log in Email ==

I'm having a huge problem. Since I made my last account on Cheddarlebbon an email, when I tried registering to the forum, I used the Strong Bad email address, and made a terrible mistake. There's no way out of this! What can I do?
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]
EDIT: Could I please have some help? Is it possible to change my email? I have a bad feeling The Brother Chaps are going to see this.
:Wait. You registered for the forum knowingly using a wrong email? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:21, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

I didn't know I had to be emailed an activation message. I thought the email didn't matter.
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

:Duh! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:24, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

That isn't nice. Not all forums require an activation code, you know. Is it possible the email can be used on this account, too?
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

:Ours does. I have reset your email address to be the same one you used to sign up for this account. Try using the [http://forum.hrwiki.org/profile.php?mode=sendpassword send password] command to generate a new password. Please post here and tell whether that works. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:32, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

It said it can't send me the email because my account is currently inactive.
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

:Okay, I activated your account and deleted your password. Try having the system send you a new one again. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:43, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! The message said it emailed me. :-)
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

:Cool. Let me know when you can log in, too. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:49, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

::Glad it worked out. And in the future: the email matters. :) {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 03:49, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

== Strong Bad Caption ==

That caption is fine as it is; there's really no need to change it. Notice that four different people have reverted your edits; this suggests that the consensus supports keeping the caption as it is. Please don't change it anymore. Thank you for your understanding. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 00:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
:Besides, Strong Bad ''is'' the reason most fans visit the site, or at least his emails are. I understand, but leave it please. {{User:LePorello/sig}} 00:30, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Odviously, you would like the page to be boring. He says he's the reason we're here only once. You should put that quote for Homestar Runner. HE'S the reason we're here. Without him, the Homestar Runner site would no exist, nor this wiki. I mean... why not just change the same to "Strong Bad Wiki" if you're going to do this?
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

:::Try not to get worked up about this. The caption currently in use is quite all right and has been accepted by the majority of users. The quote is a classic line from [[First Time Here?]]. If you think that this should be changed, why not submit a request for discussion on the [[Talk:Strong Bad|talk page]]? That's the reason ''it's'' there. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 00:40, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

:That would be awesome! [http://StrongBadIsAWiki.Holy.Crap Ha ha.] --{{User:The thing/sig}} 00:37, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Umm... The Thing... you think you're funny cuz.... well... no one's laughing.
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

== Please help! ==

I have a problem with my pants and the button. I can't put the button in the hole in my pants. I need help.
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]
EDIT: Can someone please help me?

:I do not understand. Please elaborate. {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 02:50, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

:You're the song from the 60s. - [[User:Analytik|analytik]] 19:19, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

I need help putting the pants button in the hole on my pants. I need help putting on my pants
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

:Have you tried a tailor or new pants? {{User:Bluebry muffin/sig}} 02:57, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

:You seem rather exasperated. Why don't you try relaxing and telling us calmly why it's so urgent that you need written help putting on your pants. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 03:00, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Well, I can't put the button in my hole on my pants. I don't know how to properly put it on.
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

:Chess, you can't seriously be asking us how to put on your ''pants''. That's just so far outside the realm of possibility as to be absurd. What's this really about? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:03, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

::But, just in case: Make sure the zipper is facing away from you, and then put your right leg down the pant leg on the right side. Do the same on the left side with your left leg. Pull the pants all the way up to your waist. Stretch the two flaps at the top until the ends meet, and then carefully slide the button on one of the flaps through the hole in the other to fasten them. Finally, zip up the zipper. If you've done it correctly, the button will fasten in the front. For further assistance, seek a parent, guardian, or nearby friend. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:05, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

Ok, thanks!
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

:For left handed and/or left legged users, putting the left leg in first is sometimes easier. ;) {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 03:19, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

== User Page Picture ==

I need help with my user page.
As all of you know, the wiki main page has the updates of the Homestar Runner site, and this week's featured article. Well, notice that the backround has Homestar Runner and Strong Bad. I copied the source, put it on my user page, then edited out some stuff so I could put my own things in the backround. I already finished taking out the stuff on Strong Bad's picture, but I need help taking out the featured article on Homestar's picture. Could someone help me please?

Thanks!
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

EDIT: Could someone please help me? I'm afraid I'll mess up, and if I have to start over, I'm afraid I could make a big mistake. It's hard to do this, and I really can't believe I edited Strong Bad's part of the page. Could someone who has done what I'm trying to do please help?
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

EDIT #3: Ok, I see it has been easier for me to use. Thank you very much!
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]

Talk:candy product

Analytik — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:08:46 GMT

Analytik: just a reply

Grr! I'm so angry! Once again my email isn't answered, when I deserve it more then anyone else!
PS: Sorry, but I can't help with the email articles until an email of mine is answered by Strong Bad, and I WILL help out with my email. I mean, we all know it's like, the most important email the site will have.
[[User:Chess Cheese|Chess Cheese]]
: Whad did you expect? They get THOUSANDS email every DAY. :) - [[User:Analytik|analytik]] 19:08, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

== Missing Back Button ==

Didn't know if anyone noticed yet, but I loaded this email and at the end, there's no Back button. Anywhere. I used the TAB button to see if it was hidden or anything and nothing came up. Just wanted to let you guys know.

User:Analytik

Analytik — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:52:16 GMT

Analytik: 2.5 sentences about me

Watching HR.com only since [[bottom 10]], but I thing I've seen all toons like 10 times.

In my real life, web developer. Homepage is http://nopdesign.sk

Talk:disconnected

Analytik — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:49:58 GMT

Analytik: Dizzy, anyone? - signed

==Running Time==
I timed this email just to check if the current one was right, and I got 3:10 at the end of [[The Paper]]'s descent. Do we go by when The Paper first comes down or when he finishes coming down? {{User:LePorello/sig}} 12:39, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:At the end of the email, including "waiting" easter eggs; meaning after The Paper has finished printing. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 13:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

==Half Life 2 reference==
The Poop Smith looks a lot like a combine metrocop in Half Life 2, Maybe that was a real world refrence! [[user:Masher101.|Masher101.]] 7:14AM, 13 March 2006

:Well, if you think it's a reference, go ahead and add it! I wouldn't know; I've never played Half Life 2. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 13:18, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:I doubt that this was intentional. Feel free to request for it to be [[HRWiki:STUFF|STUFF'd]]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 13:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

::I thought he looked more like those things in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 15:05, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:::[[Wikipedia:Races from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Vogons|Vogons]], you mean? — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 18:34, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:I agree, he looks a lot like a CP with a stunstick. ([http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Image:Metrocop_police.jpg Image]) --[[User:AndrewNeo|AndrewNeo]] 18:49, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

== "I hate your shoes" or "I think you're cute"? ==

I'm not sure what it is the mutant head bad is saying at the end, but it sounds far more like "I think you're cute" than "I hate your shoes". I could be wrong though. What do you alls think? --[[User:86.135.179.79|86.135.179.79]] 13:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:I hear "I think you're shoes", though it's most probably something else. I'm betting 100 pencil shavings that this is going to be the next Quote of the Week. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 13:48, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
:I hear "I think you're cute!" I'm listening again to be sure, though. --[[User:Ookelaylay|אוקאלייליי (Ookelaylay)]]
::I hear "shoes". {{User:Thunderbird L17/Siggie}} 15:37, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
:::I think you'e cute (with a chuckle) here. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 16:56, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
::::I heard "I like your shoes." Must just be me. {{User:Tom_Epsilon/sig}}

== Strammy ==

Just for it to be noted somewhere: Stramy is a nick name for our beloved user [[User:Homestramy20|Homestramy]]. Coach Z said: "Old 'Strammy's gone and quit the runnin' business!" and our Stramy did leave for personal reasons. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 14:46, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:You don't think they're on to us, do you? -shifty eyes- - {{User:Kookykman/sig}}

:I'll repeat this; it's definitely a coincidence. Thanks for the notice, though, E.L. Cool. I'm sure Homestramy20 will enjoy it. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 18:37, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

== Panera Bread ==

mmmm
make sure to try their sierra turkey and i.c cappuchino blended ice coffee drink

anyone else ever been?

hmm, my security verify posting coat is deffbo, that gives me a idea for a weightloss to cRAPPY music thingy

:It literally took me like five minutes to parse the last sentence above. For those five minutes I was sure it was computer-generated gibberish like the kind you sometimes find in spam. No offense.— [[User:InterruptorJones|InterruptorJones]] 16:26, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

::What ''does'' it mean? {{User:Granola/sig}} 17:41, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

== "Hope I can find my local..." ==

Listening to Strong Bad's last line in the e-mail, I keep hearing him saying "''Hope I can find my local '''bunman'''...''", whereas the transcript currently shows "''Hope I can find my local '''bunmaker'''...''" Can anyone else lend their ears and offer their opinion on what he's saying? It was reverted out of this [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=disconnected&oldid=285233] revision, so I just want some sort of consensus before changing th transcript. [[User:63.166.226.115|63.166.226.115]] 16:50, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

:Def "bunman". {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 16:54, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
:: I had my sound low-ish when I transcribed, so as not to disturb my neighbors. If I made any mistakes, that's the reason. Just defending myself is all. ;) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:30, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

== J-J-J-Jenny and The Bets ==

The way Strong bad said "Jenny" reminded me of the song, ''Benny and The Jets'' by [[Wikipedia:Elton_John|Elton John]]. Anybody else think this justifies a real world reference? [[User:PolarBoy|PolarBoy]]
:Not me, seems a stretch. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 17:37, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
::When I heard him, I was thinking of the song "867-5309 (Jenny)" by Tommy Tutone. Then again, maybe someone who has actually heard that song can confirm or deny it. - Andyroid
:::Definitely not that song. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 19:40, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

== A Million Yards? ==

Nobody has mentioned that 1 million yards = 3 million feet (1 yard = 3 feet right?) = 568.18 miles (1 mile = 5280 feet). You can take it from here (like by saying at 60 MPH it would take 9 hrs to complete, 90 hrs at 6MPH, 52 mins at speed of sound (at air i think it's 676MPH), and for light... well, 1.89 milliseconds). I'm still on wikivacation though. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 18:21, 13 March 2006 (UTC)
:I'd think SB just called it that in exaggeration. No other character or signage does. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 18:29, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

== Is Homestar's bread fixation becoming a running gag? ==

He not only has held Bread Sing-alongs (in Origins), but has also tried to pass off "Moldy Bread, Guys" as Cheat-cakes (in Do-Over). -SomeoneWhoHasn'tCreatedAnAccontYet

== Real-world reference ==

I believe "Regenerator" is a real-world reference to the low-to-no budget horror film "Re-animator," based off the works of H.P. Lovecraft. This is probably worth a brief reference on the page for this e-mail.

[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089885/ IMDB link to "Re-Animator"]

Hi, I've been lurking for many months but this is my first attempt at actually working with Wiki. {{unsigned|Evil Jim|19:24, March 13, 2006 (UTC)}}

== Dizzy, anyone? ==

I've always thougth that SB's head looks like good old egg Dizzy (main character of adventure game starting off at 8-bits). He had even boxing floating boxing gloves and shoes (rayman-like, except rayman is much younger). But now when he says that "My head would probably get pretty dizzy just rollin' around all the time", I see this as a real-world reference to the Dizzy, who used somersault as jump, which happened all the time. [[User:Analytik|Analytik]] 20:49, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Talk:disconnected

Analytik — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:49:22 GMT

Analytik: Dizzy, anyone?