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Under Construction

Dangeresque3 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:26:11 GMT

Dangeresque3: /* Fast Forward */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|underconstruction|3 Times Halloween Funjob|Decemberween In July}}
[[Image:underconstruction02.png|thumb|"WHAAAAAAAT are you doing?"]]

H*R.com is down? Not registered? Coming Soon? What? Is today April Fool's Day? ... Then things get [[20X6]]'d...

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Sticklyman]], {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|1-Up}}, {{Film|Pan Pan}}

''' Date:''' April 1, 2004

'''Page Title:''' Coming Soon! The biggest name is Web Advertising!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}
__FORCETOC__
== Transcript ==
''{The setting: "www.homestarrunner.com is coming soon! This domain is reserved through thoraxcorp.com". An animated stick figure in a yellow "Under Construction" diamond shovels diligently. After about ten seconds, a pair of shiny boxing gloves appear at the bottom of the screen...}

'''STINKOMAN:''' Habila-HUP!

''{...and Stinkoman leaps into the air, executing a dramatic pose before landing.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{to stick figure}'' Hey, Sticklyman, ''{waves his arms quickly}'' ''whaaaaat'' are you doing?

''{"Sticklyman" stands up, tosses his shovel into the air, leaps out of his diamond, performs a mid-air flip, lands, deftly catches his shovel and assumes a fighting stance.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Correct me if I'm wrong but are you asking for a ''challeeeeeeenge?!'' ''{assumes fighting stance}''

''{Camera zooms in on Sticklyman, who spins his shovel. The shot freezes in a sketchy style with a high-pitched chime sound. Pan quickly to a close-up of Stinkoman, who executes another fighting pose, then the shot sketch-freezes again. Cut back to Sticklyman's feet, showing him running toward Stinkoman. Cut to Stinkoman's feet, running toward Sticklyman. Cut to a close-up of Sticklyman, who now appears to be getting ready to strike. Cut to Stinkoman continuing to run, then jumping up. Cut to a wider shot showing both characters jumping into each other. They hover in mid-air for a moment, then strike each other. Sketch-freeze as they collide, then the shot unfreezes and the two characters fall back to the ground. Cut to another shot. Sticklyman lands in the background, followed quickly by Stinkoman landing in a kneeling position in the foreground. The camera rack-focuses to Stickly-Man, who wobbles for a moment and then falls over. Cut to a close-up of Stinkoman.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Dot dot dot! ''{accompanied by a subtitle reading ". . ."}''

''{Zoom out to whole page.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Twenty exty-six! ''{poses with chime sound}'' I twenty-exty-six'd you ''good''.

''{1-Up and Pan Pan enter from the left.}''

'''1-UP:''' Diiid we miss a challenge?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Where ya been, ladies? I had to take care of Sticklyman myself!

'''1-UP:''' Well, so how was it?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Ahh, it was okay. The fighting was decent, but it wasn't much of a challenge. ''{lies down}''

'''PAN PAN''': ''{Badalang, badalang, badalang}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Who-hah? ''{jumps back up}'' Good question, Pan Pan. I don't know what he was digging for. Habila-HUP!

''{Stinkoman leaps into the yellow diamond. Cut to a close-up of Stinkoman, who takes a bite from the mound that Sticklyman was shoveling.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hey, this isn't dirt, it's puddiiiing!

''{Cut to a close-up of 1-Up.}''

'''1-UP:''' I want pudding! ''{A green glob descends from his nose}''

''{Camera zooms out to include Stinkoman in the foreground. 1-Up faces the opposite direction from the previous shot.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' We deserve a break. Eating pudding with a spoon! ''{produces a spoon from nowhere}''

''{Pan Pan falls onto 1-Up.}''

''{Sketch-freeze on a shot showing all three characters holding bowls and spoons. Credits roll while a short tune plays:}''

<blockquote>executive producer 
h. yamauchi 
 
producer 
s. miyahon 
 
director 
s. miyahon 
ten ten 
 
designer 
ten ten 
 
programmer 
t. nakazoo 
maru maru 
 
sound composer 
konchan 
paul pan 
storm storm 
 
quality 
wibe snodgrass 
 
actual items 
foss tony 
 
scare tactics 
poncho 
 
elevator action 
tesoro dub 
 
crotchety gnomes 
perl bess 
 
cover ups 
kevin </blockquote>

''{"back" and "again" buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.}''

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*This toon was put up instead of the regular intro page on April 1st, 2004.
*thoraxcorp.com is the web site of [[Thorax Corporation]], a fake company created by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*[[Wikipedia:Ellipsis#Ellipsis in Japanese|"..."]] is a common tool used in Japanese anime and manga. It literally means the character is "saying" nothing at all. For example, it would be used for dramatic effect in serious scenes where the character is in deep contemplation about something, or for comedic effect in slapstick anime when the character is stunned and at a loss for words. However, Stinkoman actively pronounces the ellipsis as if it were a witty one-liner, ruining the silence after his dramatic battle with Sticklyman.

=== Trivia ===
*The toon originally took up the entire page and there were no grey buttons at the bottom.
* "paul pan" and "storm storm" refer to Paul Sabourin and Storm DiCostanzo, the singers who performed [[Ballad of The Sneak]]. They are erstwhile members of the a cappella singing group [[DaVinci's Notebook]]
*At the end, if you click on the back button it will always go back to the [[Main Page 17|20X6 Main Page]].
*The three boxes at the bottom of the site read:
**'''Spam Free Living!!''' Tired of spam-getting ventures gone horpfully wrong!! Get with the program for as low as $9.95 a month. $4.95 each additional minute. No delabors.
**'''Affordable Hostings!''' New house? New domain? WHO HAS TIME??!? With all new Greg Hosting you can get the website you need at the lowest interest rate in 40 years! 6.2% APR
**'''Guaranteed Results!''' Use twice daily with exorbitant food intake. After dinner mints highly recommended. Will you please quit making that horribly annoying noise!? No Prescriptions! No Credit Check! $12,000

=== Goofs ===
*When the green glob descends from 1-Up's nose, it appears to emerge closer to one side of his face, suggesting that it's coming from his right nostril. When the camera zooms out, 1-Up is now facing the opposite direction, and the green glob transfers to the other side of his face.
*When the camera is shifting from 1-Up to Stinkoman after the booger scene, the booger is on 1-Up's shirt for a single frame.
*It would look like Stinkoman said the sharp chime after saying "Twenty exty-six!"

===Fixed Goofs===
*When first released, viewers couldn't see Sticklyman during parts of the fight scene as well as after it, due to layer order. This was fixed the same day.

=== Inside References ===
*The "Spam Free Living!!" ad contains the word "horpfully," a reference to [[Coach Z|Coach Z's]] thick accent.
**The same ad also mentions "No [[Thorax Corporation#The Delabor Family|delabors]]," a line also used in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[flag day]].
*When Stinkoman says "I Twenty exty-six'd you good.", it is a reference to the Teen Girl Squad deaths [Ex. Arrow'd!]

=== Real-World References ===
*Stinkoman saying "WHAAAAAAAT are you doing?" references the Streamline dub of [[Wikipedia:Akira (film)|Akira]], where the character Yamagata asks Tetsuo in a similar manner: "WHAAAAAAAT the hell are you talking about?"
*Sticklyman is almost certainly a reference to the popular Flash cartoon series [[Wikipedia:Xiao Xiao|Xiao Xiao]], where stick figures battle in elaborately-choreographed fight scenes.
*Sticklyman's shovel suggests a shortened [[Wikipedia:Zanbato|Zanbato]], a giant sword wielded by Sanosuke in the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Rurouni Kenshin|Rurouni Kenshin]]''.
*The entire fight scene is taken from the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Ninja Gaiden|Ninja Gaiden]]'', whose introduction sequence shows two ninjas having a duel. The freeze-frame during the jump and the "..." at the end are included in the sequence.
*The first listing in the credits reads "Executive Producer H. Yamauchi." [[Wikipedia:Hiroshi Yamauchi|Hiroshi Yamauchi]] was the former president of [[Wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] and appeared in the credits as executive producer in many of Nintendo's older games.
**Also included in the credits are the names of two other famous Nintendo employees: S. Miyahon (mistranslation of [[Wikipedia:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]]) and Ten Ten (Takashi Tezuka), both of whom worked on the original ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda|Legend of Zelda]]'' game.
**These credits also appeared at the end of [[japanese cartoon]].
*The credit "[[Wikipedia:Elevator Action|Elevator Action]]" is a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Taito Corporation|Taito]] game of the same name.
*Maru Maru is a misspelling of Maru Mari, the Japanese name for the [[Wikipedia:Morph Ball|Morph Ball]] powerup in the game ''[[Wikipedia:Metroid|Metroid]]''.

=== Fast Forward ===
*The short tune at the end of this tune would later be reused at the end of [[Happy Trogday]], while [[Trogador]] is chasing Stinkoman.
*The Afterdinner Mints are mentioned in [[do over]] and later [[retirement]].

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

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

'''MATT:''' Oh, this was a real gag, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Well, a lot of people didn't wait the—whatever this is—eight seconds to find out that this is, uh... you know, it wasn't really... that we didn't really lose the the domain. This is of course an April Fool's cartoon.

'''MATT:''' We got a lot of concerned e-mails...

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh.

'''MATT:''' ...that the site had been shut down. The Thorax Corp. got a lot of traffic that day, I remember.

'''MIKE:''' Ha!

'''MATT:''' I'm surprised Thorax Corp. didn't get shut down.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' So, we didn't really even think of it like this, but uh, this is a double thing being Stinkoman fighting the "under construction" guy, that was a very popular "under construction" animated GIF that is used. And also kind of a parody on the stick figure fighting thing—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —so I really didn't think about that until after the fact.

'''MIKE:''' Did we do any bullet time in this?

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

'''MIKE:''' The bullet times are always the favorites in the stick figure animations.

'''MATT:''' Kung Fu Stick Figure Theaters.

'''MIKE:''' Look at that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{Skinkoman and Sticklyman land on the ground and the lens focuses on Sticklyman.}'' Focus.

'''MATT:''' That's some nice rack focusing. ''{Stinkoman says, "..."}'' That's a Ninja Gaiden reference there, the Ninja Gaiden, for regular Nintendo, there were cut scenes with a lot of dot dot dots in the dialogue. ...Affordable hostings, Mike! New house? New domain? Who has time?!

'''MIKE:''' Those little logos you drew, the pill bottle, the house, and the letter are very similar to the ones you used to have to really do for your job at EarthLink.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I call them my old skills! ''{laughs}'' ...Brought 'em out of retirement. ''{Stinkoman exclaims, "It's pudding!"} The mushroom styles...

''{The snot bubble oozes from 1-Up's nose.}''

'''MATT AND MIKE:''' ''{laugh}''

'''MATT:''' This introduced the, uh, new T mouth... Stinkoman, the mouth where like it's gritted teeth and so there's a bunch of T's. ''{whispers}'' The T mouth, I call it the T mouth.

'''MIKE:''' ''{quickly}'' T mouth!

== External Links ==
*[[HR:underconstruction.html|watch "Under Construction"]]
*[[HR:underconstruction.swf|view the Flash file for "Under Construction"]]

{{subtitlesLinks|underconstruction}}

[[Category:April Fools]][[Category:20X6]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

Under Construction

Dangeresque3 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:25:39 GMT

Dangeresque3: /* Fast Forward */

{{toonnav|Holiday Toon|underconstruction|3 Times Halloween Funjob|Decemberween In July}}
[[Image:underconstruction02.png|thumb|"WHAAAAAAAT are you doing?"]]

H*R.com is down? Not registered? Coming Soon? What? Is today April Fool's Day? ... Then things get [[20X6]]'d...

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Sticklyman]], {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|1-Up}}, {{Film|Pan Pan}}

''' Date:''' April 1, 2004

'''Page Title:''' Coming Soon! The biggest name is Web Advertising!!

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}
__FORCETOC__
== Transcript ==
''{The setting: "www.homestarrunner.com is coming soon! This domain is reserved through thoraxcorp.com". An animated stick figure in a yellow "Under Construction" diamond shovels diligently. After about ten seconds, a pair of shiny boxing gloves appear at the bottom of the screen...}

'''STINKOMAN:''' Habila-HUP!

''{...and Stinkoman leaps into the air, executing a dramatic pose before landing.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' ''{to stick figure}'' Hey, Sticklyman, ''{waves his arms quickly}'' ''whaaaaat'' are you doing?

''{"Sticklyman" stands up, tosses his shovel into the air, leaps out of his diamond, performs a mid-air flip, lands, deftly catches his shovel and assumes a fighting stance.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Correct me if I'm wrong but are you asking for a ''challeeeeeeenge?!'' ''{assumes fighting stance}''

''{Camera zooms in on Sticklyman, who spins his shovel. The shot freezes in a sketchy style with a high-pitched chime sound. Pan quickly to a close-up of Stinkoman, who executes another fighting pose, then the shot sketch-freezes again. Cut back to Sticklyman's feet, showing him running toward Stinkoman. Cut to Stinkoman's feet, running toward Sticklyman. Cut to a close-up of Sticklyman, who now appears to be getting ready to strike. Cut to Stinkoman continuing to run, then jumping up. Cut to a wider shot showing both characters jumping into each other. They hover in mid-air for a moment, then strike each other. Sketch-freeze as they collide, then the shot unfreezes and the two characters fall back to the ground. Cut to another shot. Sticklyman lands in the background, followed quickly by Stinkoman landing in a kneeling position in the foreground. The camera rack-focuses to Stickly-Man, who wobbles for a moment and then falls over. Cut to a close-up of Stinkoman.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Dot dot dot! ''{accompanied by a subtitle reading ". . ."}''

''{Zoom out to whole page.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Twenty exty-six! ''{poses with chime sound}'' I twenty-exty-six'd you ''good''.

''{1-Up and Pan Pan enter from the left.}''

'''1-UP:''' Diiid we miss a challenge?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Where ya been, ladies? I had to take care of Sticklyman myself!

'''1-UP:''' Well, so how was it?

'''STINKOMAN:''' Ahh, it was okay. The fighting was decent, but it wasn't much of a challenge. ''{lies down}''

'''PAN PAN''': ''{Badalang, badalang, badalang}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Who-hah? ''{jumps back up}'' Good question, Pan Pan. I don't know what he was digging for. Habila-HUP!

''{Stinkoman leaps into the yellow diamond. Cut to a close-up of Stinkoman, who takes a bite from the mound that Sticklyman was shoveling.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' Hey, this isn't dirt, it's puddiiiing!

''{Cut to a close-up of 1-Up.}''

'''1-UP:''' I want pudding! ''{A green glob descends from his nose}''

''{Camera zooms out to include Stinkoman in the foreground. 1-Up faces the opposite direction from the previous shot.}''

'''STINKOMAN:''' We deserve a break. Eating pudding with a spoon! ''{produces a spoon from nowhere}''

''{Pan Pan falls onto 1-Up.}''

''{Sketch-freeze on a shot showing all three characters holding bowls and spoons. Credits roll while a short tune plays:}''

<blockquote>executive producer 
h. yamauchi 
 
producer 
s. miyahon 
 
director 
s. miyahon 
ten ten 
 
designer 
ten ten 
 
programmer 
t. nakazoo 
maru maru 
 
sound composer 
konchan 
paul pan 
storm storm 
 
quality 
wibe snodgrass 
 
actual items 
foss tony 
 
scare tactics 
poncho 
 
elevator action 
tesoro dub 
 
crotchety gnomes 
perl bess 
 
cover ups 
kevin </blockquote>

''{"back" and "again" buttons appear at the bottom of the screen.}''

== Fun Facts ==
=== Explanations ===
*This toon was put up instead of the regular intro page on April 1st, 2004.
*thoraxcorp.com is the web site of [[Thorax Corporation]], a fake company created by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*[[Wikipedia:Ellipsis#Ellipsis in Japanese|"..."]] is a common tool used in Japanese anime and manga. It literally means the character is "saying" nothing at all. For example, it would be used for dramatic effect in serious scenes where the character is in deep contemplation about something, or for comedic effect in slapstick anime when the character is stunned and at a loss for words. However, Stinkoman actively pronounces the ellipsis as if it were a witty one-liner, ruining the silence after his dramatic battle with Sticklyman.

=== Trivia ===
*The toon originally took up the entire page and there were no grey buttons at the bottom.
* "paul pan" and "storm storm" refer to Paul Sabourin and Storm DiCostanzo, the singers who performed [[Ballad of The Sneak]]. They are erstwhile members of the a cappella singing group [[DaVinci's Notebook]]
*At the end, if you click on the back button it will always go back to the [[Main Page 17|20X6 Main Page]].
*The three boxes at the bottom of the site read:
**'''Spam Free Living!!''' Tired of spam-getting ventures gone horpfully wrong!! Get with the program for as low as $9.95 a month. $4.95 each additional minute. No delabors.
**'''Affordable Hostings!''' New house? New domain? WHO HAS TIME??!? With all new Greg Hosting you can get the website you need at the lowest interest rate in 40 years! 6.2% APR
**'''Guaranteed Results!''' Use twice daily with exorbitant food intake. After dinner mints highly recommended. Will you please quit making that horribly annoying noise!? No Prescriptions! No Credit Check! $12,000

=== Goofs ===
*When the green glob descends from 1-Up's nose, it appears to emerge closer to one side of his face, suggesting that it's coming from his right nostril. When the camera zooms out, 1-Up is now facing the opposite direction, and the green glob transfers to the other side of his face.
*When the camera is shifting from 1-Up to Stinkoman after the booger scene, the booger is on 1-Up's shirt for a single frame.
*It would look like Stinkoman said the sharp chime after saying "Twenty exty-six!"

===Fixed Goofs===
*When first released, viewers couldn't see Sticklyman during parts of the fight scene as well as after it, due to layer order. This was fixed the same day.

=== Inside References ===
*The "Spam Free Living!!" ad contains the word "horpfully," a reference to [[Coach Z|Coach Z's]] thick accent.
**The same ad also mentions "No [[Thorax Corporation#The Delabor Family|delabors]]," a line also used in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[flag day]].
*When Stinkoman says "I Twenty exty-six'd you good.", it is a reference to the Teen Girl Squad deaths [Ex. Arrow'd!]

=== Real-World References ===
*Stinkoman saying "WHAAAAAAAT are you doing?" references the Streamline dub of [[Wikipedia:Akira (film)|Akira]], where the character Yamagata asks Tetsuo in a similar manner: "WHAAAAAAAT the hell are you talking about?"
*Sticklyman is almost certainly a reference to the popular Flash cartoon series [[Wikipedia:Xiao Xiao|Xiao Xiao]], where stick figures battle in elaborately-choreographed fight scenes.
*Sticklyman's shovel suggests a shortened [[Wikipedia:Zanbato|Zanbato]], a giant sword wielded by Sanosuke in the anime ''[[Wikipedia:Rurouni Kenshin|Rurouni Kenshin]]''.
*The entire fight scene is taken from the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] game ''[[Wikipedia:Ninja Gaiden|Ninja Gaiden]]'', whose introduction sequence shows two ninjas having a duel. The freeze-frame during the jump and the "..." at the end are included in the sequence.
*The first listing in the credits reads "Executive Producer H. Yamauchi." [[Wikipedia:Hiroshi Yamauchi|Hiroshi Yamauchi]] was the former president of [[Wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] and appeared in the credits as executive producer in many of Nintendo's older games.
**Also included in the credits are the names of two other famous Nintendo employees: S. Miyahon (mistranslation of [[Wikipedia:Shigeru Miyamoto|Shigeru Miyamoto]]) and Ten Ten (Takashi Tezuka), both of whom worked on the original ''[[Wikipedia:The Legend of Zelda|Legend of Zelda]]'' game.
**These credits also appeared at the end of [[japanese cartoon]].
*The credit "[[Wikipedia:Elevator Action|Elevator Action]]" is a reference to a [[Wikipedia:Taito Corporation|Taito]] game of the same name.
*Maru Maru is a misspelling of Maru Mari, the Japanese name for the [[Wikipedia:Morph Ball|Morph Ball]] powerup in the game ''[[Wikipedia:Metroid|Metroid]]''.

=== Fast Forward ===
*The short tune at the end of this tune would later be reused at the end of [[Happy Trogday]], while [[Trogador]] is chasing Stinkoman.
*The [[afterdinner mints]] are mentioned in [[do over]] and later [[retirement]].

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

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

'''MATT:''' Oh, this was a real gag, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Well, a lot of people didn't wait the—whatever this is—eight seconds to find out that this is, uh... you know, it wasn't really... that we didn't really lose the the domain. This is of course an April Fool's cartoon.

'''MATT:''' We got a lot of concerned e-mails...

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh.

'''MATT:''' ...that the site had been shut down. The Thorax Corp. got a lot of traffic that day, I remember.

'''MIKE:''' Ha!

'''MATT:''' I'm surprised Thorax Corp. didn't get shut down.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' So, we didn't really even think of it like this, but uh, this is a double thing being Stinkoman fighting the "under construction" guy, that was a very popular "under construction" animated GIF that is used. And also kind of a parody on the stick figure fighting thing—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' —so I really didn't think about that until after the fact.

'''MIKE:''' Did we do any bullet time in this?

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

'''MIKE:''' The bullet times are always the favorites in the stick figure animations.

'''MATT:''' Kung Fu Stick Figure Theaters.

'''MIKE:''' Look at that.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{Skinkoman and Sticklyman land on the ground and the lens focuses on Sticklyman.}'' Focus.

'''MATT:''' That's some nice rack focusing. ''{Stinkoman says, "..."}'' That's a Ninja Gaiden reference there, the Ninja Gaiden, for regular Nintendo, there were cut scenes with a lot of dot dot dots in the dialogue. ...Affordable hostings, Mike! New house? New domain? Who has time?!

'''MIKE:''' Those little logos you drew, the pill bottle, the house, and the letter are very similar to the ones you used to have to really do for your job at EarthLink.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I call them my old skills! ''{laughs}'' ...Brought 'em out of retirement. ''{Stinkoman exclaims, "It's pudding!"} The mushroom styles...

''{The snot bubble oozes from 1-Up's nose.}''

'''MATT AND MIKE:''' ''{laugh}''

'''MATT:''' This introduced the, uh, new T mouth... Stinkoman, the mouth where like it's gritted teeth and so there's a bunch of T's. ''{whispers}'' The T mouth, I call it the T mouth.

'''MIKE:''' ''{quickly}'' T mouth!

== External Links ==
*[[HR:underconstruction.html|watch "Under Construction"]]
*[[HR:underconstruction.swf|view the Flash file for "Under Construction"]]

{{subtitlesLinks|underconstruction}}

[[Category:April Fools]][[Category:20X6]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

high school

Dangeresque3 — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 18:19:29 GMT

Dangeresque3: /* Inside References */

{{sbenav|140|portrait|death metal}}
[[Image:highschool.png|thumb|"Ahh, there's no such thing as mysterious."]]

Patrick asks Strong Bad about his younger years.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}} (Easter Egg, Photo), {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}} (as [[Middle School Variation#The Diapersmith|The Diapersmith]]), {{Film|Pom Pom}}, [[Free Petry Dish, USA Variation#Homestarmecium|Homestarmecium]], {{Film|Bubs}} (as [[Free Petry Dish, USA Variation#Bubsamecium|Bubsamecium]]), [[Free Petry Dish, USA Variation#Strongbadiophage|Strongbadiophage]], {{Film|The Homestar Runner}} (Easter Egg), {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}} (Easter Egg), [[Don Knotts]] (Easter Egg), {{Film|Sickly Sam}} (Easter Egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], Abandoned [[Pie Factory]], High [[School]], Middle School, [[Free Country, USA#Free Petry Dish USA|Free Petry Dish USA]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand|Bub5amecium's Protozoa Stand]], [[Wikipedia:Rome|Rome]] (Easter Egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' January 8, 2006

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

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' It's the email, baby, lunch juice!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>Subject: high school</div>
Hey Strong bad! 
What were you like during highschool? 
Sincerely, 
Patrick Cowiche WA
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad stretches out "Hey Strong Bad!", says "high-shool... er, highs- high school. highschool (as one word)" instead of just "high school", and reads "Cowiche WA" as one word.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, cowichewa to you too, Patrique. Now, I have an extremely unphotographic memory. So, I guess that'd be more like a drawing, or a doodle. Like a doodle memory. ''{clears screen}'' But I would hazard a guess that we were probably just like other cartoons were in high school, i.e. we were a team of super sleuths.

''{Cuts to a splash screen titled "The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries" with "story by Youdbetterbelieveit Chimendez" in the lower right. Crudely drawn teenage versions of Homestar Runner, Marzipan, Strong Mad, and Strong Bad stand abreast in the center. Dissolve to teenage Marzipan in an old building.}''

'''TEENAGE MARZIPAN:''' Stampers! My long lost uncle's abandoned pie factory sure is mysterious.

''{Cut to a wider shot showing the entire gang.}''

'''TEENAGE STRONG BAD:''' Ah, there's no such thing as "mysterious".

'''TEENAGE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I don't want to take any chances. ''{close up shot}'' We should play in a band, just to be safe.

''{Cut to teenage Strong Bad, Strong Mad, Marzipan, and Homestar Runner playing the keyboard, the drums, the tambourine, and the bass guitar, respectively, on a blue backdrop.}''

'''TEENAGE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing without his usual speech impediment}'' Havin' fun with my friends. Words about a mystery. Shakin' hands with my man...

''{Cut back to the Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And when we weren't debating the existence of mysterious, Strong Mad and I were all the time trying to liberate Homestar from those ridiculous striped ''{pronounced stripe-ed}'' pants.

''{Cut to teenage Strong Mad, Homestar, and Strong Bad near some lockers. Strong Mad and Strong Bad hold ropes attached to hooks in the ceiling and floor, which then run through hooks on Homestar's waistline. A magnet lies next to Homestar's feet.}''

'''TEENAGE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now you guys are sure this won't emancipate me from my ridiculous striped ''{pronounced stripe-ed again}'' pants?

''{Cut back to the Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So that's what high school ''{pronounced "high-shool", as before}'' was like. In, um, middle school we were a bunch of melon-headed babies with gigantic eyes and enormous...

''{A baby-sized Coach Z tosses with a box marked "NOT A BALL!" up and down, with a plush football beside him. Strong Bad continues, voicing over.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...imaginations.

'''BABY COACH Z:''' ''{high-pitched, childish voice}'' I'm pretending I'm the craptain of the foortball torm!

''{As Coach Z says this, the nursery-school style background is replaced with a black and white image of a football field.}''

''{Push pan to a baby Strong Bad in a diaper with a small blue cap on his head. He sits holding an [[Nintendo|NES]] controller.}''

'''BABY STRONG BAD:''' ''{high-pitched, childish voice}'' I'm pretending I'm playing better video games! ''{[[Atari 2600]] sound effects play in the background.}'' Aw, man! That freakin' duck swallowed both my pixels!

''{Push pan to a baby Strong Sad and a baby The Poopsmith. Baby Strong Sad has a pink bow in his hair, long eyelashes, and a frilly divide between his torso and trunk. The baby Poopsmith wears a blue baby bonnet and holds a stained rattle, with a large pile of dirty diapers behind him.}''

'''BABY STRONG SAD:''' I'm pretending I'm not sitting next to The Diapersmith.

''{As Strong Sad says this, the background, including The Diapersmith's diapers, is replaced by a black and white image of the Wright brothers' airplane.}''

''{The Diapersmith turns to baby Strong Sad and blows a raspberry.}''

''{Black and white image vanishes. Pan to the legs of Homestar Runner, who is wearing puffy red and white pants and holding a broom.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now you children skedaddle. ''{pushes sweeping end of broom at The Diapersmith and Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voicing over, in normal voice}'' And going even unnecessarily further back, ''{as Strong Bad says this, baby Pom Pom bounds by the screen, with a Bumble Ball body form and no distinguishable head.}'' we were all a bunch of plucky parameciums  living in Free Petry  Dish USA.

''{Cut to a petri dish with a liquid inside resembling the shape of the United States of America.}''

''{Cut to a paramecium Bubs floating in a box marked "BUB5AMECIUM'S PROTOZOA STAND". A paramecium Homestar floats up.}''

'''HOMESTARMECIUM:''' Hey there, Bubsamecium. I need to buy some embarrassing items for my embarrassing body parts.

'''BUBSAMECIUM:''' Certainly! Six tubes of rear-end cream coming right up! ''{He brings out a bag with said tubes of cream, and gives it to Homestarmecium.}''

''{Cut to a close-up of a viral Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONGBADIOPHAGE:''' Oh ho ho! Whatcha buying there, Homestarmecium?

''{Cut to a wide shot. Strongbadiophage "walks" in from the left.}''

'''HOMESTARMECIUM:''' Uh-oh, it's Strongbadiophage. Um, uh, these are for my twin brother! ''{Homestarmecium divides into two of himself, and both speak in unison}'' These are for my twin brother! ''{the two Homestarmecia divide into four}'' These are for my twin brother! ''{the four divide into eight}'' These are for my twin brother!

'''STRONGBADIOPHAGE:''' Aaaahh!! ''{he runs off}''

''{Cut back to the Lappy 486.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And then, of course, before that we were ''{pause}'' Romans...living in Roman times. And Don Knotts was always showing up. So there you go, Patrice. Just the facts. ''{types the score on different lines}'' Strong Bad Emails: 1, Not Strong Bad Emails: 0. ''{stops typing}'' You guys keep score at home. I'll see you next time. ''{runs off singing}'' Oh, havin' fun with my friends...

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Unphotographic.png|thumb|right|200px|Unphotographic]]
*Click on the word "unphotographic" to reveal a photographic memory of the [[caper|jumble caper]].
**Click on the resulting image to reveal the doodle memory version of the same event. Strong Bad is carrying a large gemstone out of a vault, [[The Cheat]] is drawn as a rattlesnake-like creature carrying a turkey on a platter, and a sign points to the right reading "Subwoofers."
*Click on the word "Roman" after the paper comes down to see what those times were like.
:''{Cut to The Homestar Runner and Old-Timey Strong Bad in a black and white Roman land. The Homestar Runner is dressed as [[Wikipedia:Julius Caesar|Julius Caesar]] and Old-Timey Strong Bad is dressed as a [[Wikipedia:Legionary|Roman legionary]].}''

:'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh... aqueduct.

:'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Hm... yes! Vomitorium!

:'''DON KNOTTS:''' ''{pokes head in}'' Andy?

:''{Pan to Sickly Sam wearing a sack reading "OLIVES". He vanishes, and an [[Wikipedia:Ionic order|Ionic column]] takes his place.}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===

*"Cowichewa to you too" is an aural allusion to "[[Wikipedia:List of common phrases in various languages#Japanese|konnichi wa]]", a basic Japanese greeting.
*Homestarmecium, despite his name, is drawn without a nucleus. This suggests that he could actually be construed as a [[Wikipedia:Bacteria|bacterium]] (a [[Wikipedia:Prokaryote|prokaryote]]), rather than a [[Wikipedia:Paramecium|paramecium]] (a [[Wikipedia:Eukaryote|eukaryote]]), and that he replicates himself using [[Wikipedia:Binary fission|binary fission]] (eukaryotes replicate via [[Wikipedia:Mitosis|mitosis]]).
**On the other hand, the "hairs" on his head area may suggest he's a [[Wikipedia:Ciliate|ciliate]], not a bacterium. However, since some bacteria have cilia as well, this is not conclusive. While Bubs also has "cilia" patches, his outline suggests the stereotypical image of an amoeba rather than the typical "footprint" shape of a paramecium.
*Strongbadiophage, which has a hexagonal head upon a column ending in 6 legs, appears to be a T4 Phage [[Wikipedia:Bacteriophage|bacteriophage]]. This type of [[Wikipedia:Virus|virus]] attacks bacteria, not paramecia, and forces the host cell to create copies of the virus by modifying the cell's DNA.
**The [[Wikipedia:Enterobacteria phage T4|Enterobacteria phage T4]] was likely chosen to represent Strong Bad because it is by far the most easily recognised virus, not necessarily because of its nature.
**Just as "bacteriophage" means "one who devours bacteria," "Strongbadiophage" may be taken to mean "one who devours [[Strong Badia]]" or simply "one who devours Strong Bad".
*The Homestar Runner mentions [[Wikipedia:Aqueducts|aqueducts]]. The Roman Aqueduct system is perhaps the most famous ever built, running over 250 miles across their empire and supplying over a million gallons of water a day to ancient Rome alone.
*A Roman [[Wikipedia:Roman eating and drinking#Vomitorium|vomitorium]] was a passage situated below or behind a tier of seats in an amphitheatre, through which the crowds could "spew out" of the building at the end of a show. Contrary to popular belief, it does not refer to a place where people would go to vomit.
*In the Roman Easter egg, Sickly Sam is wearing a sack that says OLIVES, which were quite valuable in that era, both as a foodstuff and a source of oil which could be used for fuel, cleaning, etc.
*Patrique is a French spelling of Patrick.

===Trivia===

*When this email was released, the [[Main Page Messages|main page button]] read "new strong bad email" and "nothing else!". The site had just experienced an unusually long hiatus, 35 days, since the last major update.
*"[[The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries]]" is written by Youdbetterbelieveit [[A. Chimendez|Chimendez]].

===Remarks===
[[Image:Homestarmecium-cutaway.jpg|thumb|right|Homestarmecia, before and after cutaway]]
*Strong Bad [[Fourth Wall Breaks|breaks the fourth wall]] by acknowledging the fact that he is a cartoon character.
*This email appears to support the idea that Strong Bad and Homestar were once friends, as was first suggested by Homestar in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]].
*Teenage Homestar plays a [[Left Handedness|left-handed]] bass guitar.
*Baby Coach Z wearing green pajamas supports the theory that he wears a green body suit, as Strong Bad questioned in [[labor day]].
*Strong Bad seems to be a little confused on Coach Z's age: In his "middle school" flashback, Coach Z appears about the same age as him, but in [[stand-up]], Strong Sad's video tape reveals that Coach Z was already an adult when Strong Bad was a little kid. Their conflicting ages were also seen in [[record book]].
*Middle schoolers are typically between the ages of twelve and fourteen.
*[[Wikipedia:Petri dish|Petri dish]] is misspelled in "Free Petry Dish USA" as a reference to [[Free Country, USA]].
*When Homestarmecium replicates himself, he does so horizontally, each time. However, every time the screen pulls out, the Homestarmecia are lined up vertically prior to the next replication, despite having never moved from their horizontal alignment.

===Fixed Goofs===
[[Image:20060108_highschool_masking_goof.png|thumb|Masking goof]]
[[Image:Mysfit-steries.PNG|thumb|An unsettling mistake]]
*When the email was released, Strong Bad's reflection went outside of the Lappy's screen as he got up. This occurred due to lack of using a masking effect. This was corrected shortly after it was released.
*Originally, on the Mysfit-steries title screen, Strong Mad's fist was visibly protruding from between Marzipan's thighs. This too was fixed promptly.

===Inside References===

*The photo from the "[[Wikipedia:Eidetic memory|photographic memory]]" Easter Egg is a screen shot from [[caper]].
*There is another reference to [[Homestar's Pants]].
*The "[[Pie]] factory" was originally mentioned in [[stunt double]], though the location bears a resemblance to [[The Old Pietimer Place|Eustice Pietimer's estate]] in [[That A Ghost]].
*The horizontal lines on the wall of the middle school may be a reference to the lines on the wall of [[Strong Bad's Basement]].
*During his song, Homestar mentions "shaking hands with my man," possibly supporting the notion that he has [[Lack of Visible Arms|invisible hands]].
*The "stripéd" pronunciation was used previously in [[New Boots]] to descripe the [[Striped Green Rabbit]].
*The "freakin' [[Ducks|duck]]" is a reference to one of the deleted scenes in [[In Search of the Yello Dello Deleted Scenes|In Search of the Yello Dello]], and also to [[Main Page 13]]. In this context it most likely refers to the [[Atari Dragon]].
*Baby Strong Bad's left eye has a star-shaped reflection, which is also seen in the [[Strong Bad 404 Error Page|Old 404 page]] and [[Main Page 11]].
*The multiple Homestarmecia are an instance of [[Twin Characters|twin characters]].

===Real-World References===

*"The Homestar Runner Mysfit-steries" parodies ''[[Wikipedia:Scooby-Doo|Scooby-Doo]]'', as well as numerous other [[Wikipedia:Cartoon Network Studios|Hanna-Barbera]] cartoons such as ''Jabberjaw'', ''Josie and the Pussycats'', and ''Speed Buggy''. These cartoons featured common themes of teenagers and young adults solving mysteries and occasionally playing together in bands.
*"Stampers" is a parody of the ubiquitous nonsensical Scooby-Doo exclamations, such as "Jinkies!", "Jeepers!", and "Zoinks!"
*The "middle school" portion of the email parodies ''[[Wikipedia:Muppet Babies|Jim Henson's Muppet Babies]]'' and other American cartoons that followed the trend of [[Wikipedia:Younger versions of cartoon characters|presenting established characters in a franchise as children or toddlers]] (such as, incidentally, ''Scooby-Doo'').
*Based on the "freakin' duck", Baby Strong Bad is most likely playing [[Wikipedia:Adventure (Atari 2600)|Adventure]].
**However, the sound effects come from [[Secret Collect]].
*The black and white picture behind Baby Strong Sad and The Diapersmith is from the historic [[Wikipedia:Image:Wrightflyer.jpg|first flight]] made by the [[Wikipedia:Wright brothers|Wright brothers]] in 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
**Live action backdrops such as this one and the football field behind Baby Coach Z were used in Muppet Babies when the babies would use their imaginations.
*Homestar as the matronly nursery character saying "Now you children skedaddle" is a reference to and hybrid of both Nanny from Muppet Babies and the Mammy-Two-Shoes character from [[Wikipedia:Tom and Jerry (MGM)|Tom and Jerry]]. The costume and Southern colloquialisms are suggestive of the "Mammy" character, who often wallops the cat with a broom when he misbehaves. "Nanny", likewise, was only shown from the waist down.
*[[Wikipedia:Don Knotts|Don Knotts]], who passed away shortly after this email was released, was an actor best known for playing [[Wikipedia:Barney Fife|Barney Fife]] on [[Wikipedia:The Andy Griffith Show|''The Andy Griffith Show'']]. He also twice guest-starred in the ''New Scooby-Doo Movies'' cartoons.
*The "Roman times" Easter egg may be a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:The Roman Holidays|The Roman Holidays]]'', a Hanna Barbera animated sitcom from 1972. Like ''[[Wikipedia:The Flintstones|The Flintstones]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Jetsons|The Jetsons]]'' before it, the basic premise was plunking a typical sitcom family into another time period (in this case, 63 A.D.).
*"Just the facts" is a reference to the phrase "Just the facts, ma'am", which was made popular by the TV police procedural [[Wikipedia:Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]], despite the fact the phrase was [http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/dragnet.htm never used on the show].

===Fast Forward===

*Teenage Strong Bad reappears in the abandoned factory and is seen in the supergroup in [[alternate universe]].

==External Links==

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{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Old-Timey]]

Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship

Dangeresque3 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:47:46 GMT

Dangeresque3: /* Strong Sad's Revenge */

'''[[Strong Bad]]'s relationship with [[Strong Sad]]''' usually consists of Strong Bad hurting or making fun of Strong Sad, though not all the time.

==Strong Bad Hurting Strong Sad==

*Various places: [[Nicknames#Strong Sad|Insulting nicknames]].
*[[Theme Song Video]]: Tied him to a spinning wheel and throws a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]] at him.
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] & [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]: Locked him in the bathtub, like every [[Decemberween]].
*Email [[1 step ahead]]: Glued his hands to his face twice, then to his butt.
*Email [[your friends]]: Whacks him continuously with a wiffle bat.
*Email [[50 emails]]: Attempts to sell his [[Soolnds|soolnds]] to poachers.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]]: Punched him in the knee, then had Strong Mad punch him in the knee.
*Email [[cheat talk]]: Hit him in the stomach with the keyboard.
*Email [[dragon]]: Burns his drawing of a dragon with the [[BMW Lighter]].
*Email [[fingers]]: [[Death#Strong Sad's Imagined Death|Imagines him dead]] several times.
*Email [[big white face]]: Threw the first cake at him.
*Email [[privileges]]: Encourages [[The Cheat]] to drill his face and hands.
*Email [[stunt double]]: Forced him to stunt double him on dangerous scenes.
*Email [[date]]: Gave [[Strong Mad]] a class ring with a camera to punch him in the face.
*Email [[impression]]: Forced him to say "Hello, my name is Strong Sad"; flicked his "ear".
*Email [[no loafing]]: Repeatedly jumps on him while saying "I hate you" over and over.
*Email [[caffeine]]: Slipped him some caffeine, eventually causing him to pass out.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2]]: Tells him he is a waste of fat space.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]: Stole his [[Strong Sad's iPod|iPod]].
*Email [[haircut]]: Drew on him with his "[[Permanent Marker|Light Pen]]".
*Email [[theme park]]: Made "The Strong Sad Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt Spook-tacular", a show in his [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace USA]].
*Email [[replacement]]: Trains people to attack him.
*Email [[dangeresque 3]]: Stole his sandwich; forced him to stunt double for Strong Mad on dangerous scenes.
*[[Experimental Film]]: Steals his spotlight from the commentary.
*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc One]] Menu: Kicks The Cheat into him.
*Email [[radio]]: Forces him to act like a disc jockey, [[The Deathly Pallor]].
*Email [[origins]]: Made him a bellybutton with an electric drill, then threatens him with a second bellybutton.
*Email [[best thing]]: Throws [[Remote Control|the remote]] at him.
*[[Bug In Mouth Disease]]: Convinces him that all his underwears somehow ended up individually priced and labeled in an online auction so he can watch ''[[Caleb Rentpayer]]''.
*Email [[record book]]: Awards him the record for "Biggest Waste of Dump".
*Email [[lady...ing]]: Drops him through a trapdoor.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]]: Funneled rain onto him while he was taking a nap.
*[[TrogdorCon '97]]: Stole 500 bucks from him to run a booth at the con.
*[[Fall Float Parade]]: Stuck him in a fake snowman and uses [[Strong Bad's Nunchucks|nunchucks]] to beat him.
*Email [[technology]]: Hits him in the head with a "hard disk".
*Email [[narrator]]: One part of Strong Bad's movie trailer includes an octopus thrown at Strong Sad, while another trailer has Strong Sad hit by a dead goose launched out of the dryer.
*Email [[pop-up]]: One page of the book allows the reader to pour gray cement, ram's [[Blood|blood]], Boston cream or Magic Eye on Strong Sad's head. The page also has a flab-tab.
*Email [[candy product]]: Stuck his head on [[The Basement]]'s ceiling.
*Email [[suntan]]: Threatens his stuffed lobster [[Gooblies]].
*Email [[keep cool]]: Hits him on the head to wake him up.
*Email [[what I want]]: Puts wildebeest pheremones into his laundry (again).
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]]: The Strong Bad Ornament "bedazzles" the Strong Sad Ornament off of the [[Decemberween]] tree, smashing him.

=== Photos of Strong Bad Hurting Strong Sad ===

<gallery>
Image:Throwing remote at strong sad.png|"Ow! What was that for?"
Image:sbemail28.PNG|"Grabbin' your butt? That's not very ladylike."
Image:themesong.PNG|"Look out, Homestar, it's Strong Bad!"
Image:sbemail70.PNG|This wasn't the first time that happened to him... today.
Image:ss drawn on.png|"Watch out Julian Sands!"
Image:ss getting hopped on.png|"I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!"
Image:ss camera punch.png|"Since when did you start wearing a class ring?"
Image:ss keyboard hit.png|"Douglas!"
Image:Strong Sad Bath.png|"One night in Bangkok and the rough got rougher..."
Image:ss whiffle bat.png|BAT! BAT! BAT! BAT! BAT! BAT! BAT!
Image:imagend dead ss.png|STUFF'D!
Image:ss burned drawing.png|"I'll improve on your methods!"
Image:KeepCool StrongBadStrongSad.PNG|"And then we just... ask him."
</gallery>

== Strong Sad's Revenge ==
These are times when Strong Sad has either proved Strong Bad wrong or made fun of him, much to Strong Bad's disdain.

*Email [[stand-up]]: [[Fourth Wall Breaks|Shows the viewer]] Strong Bad's failed comedic act.
*Email [[gimmicks]]: Tells him that a computer like his could be bought in a garage sale for 15 dollars.
*Email [[marzipan]]: Does not fall for his "vinegar toast" prank.
*Email [[2 emails]]: Fools him to believe that "About a million ladies called... and said they'd be a few minutes late".
*Email [[labor day]]: With Strong Bad's absence, Strong Sad jokes that maybe his invitation got "''[[DELETED|da-leet-ed]]''".
*Email [[army]]: Joined the [[Homestarmy]], which rallies against the "[[Wrestleman|two bit wrestle man]] and his [[The Cheat|yellow dog]]".
*Email [[different town]]: Confuses him and calls him a weirdo.
*Email [[extra plug]]: Shushes Strong Bad for disrupting him watching a picture of Andy Griffith's head taped to a TV.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]: While Strong Bad is in [[Jail|jail]], Strong Sad turned the e-mail room into his tai chi space; later, he ratted Strong Bad out to [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] and [[Pom Pom]].
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]: Catches Strong Bad trying to make out with a drawing of the made-over [[The Ugly One#New Hotness|Ugly One]].
*Email [[looking old]]: Thinks that Strong Bad is his great-grandmother after reciving a "lace lift" in an attempt to look young and eventually takes her back "the home".

==Strong Bad and Strong Sad Getting Along==
Rarely, Strong Bad and Strong Sad will be seen to get along in some way. This is usually one sided on Strong Sad's part.

*[[The Secrets That I Keep]]: Strong Bad and Strong Sad are seen getting along in a photo and a short movie.
*Email [[gimmicks]]: After Strong Bad was blown through a wall when his computer exploded, Strong Sad asks him if he is okay.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]]: Strong Sad tried to teach Strong Bad how to whistle.
*Email [[different town]]: Strong Sad doesn't mind getting Strong Bad a bust of Bubo from the [[wikipedia:Clash of the Titans|Clash of the Titans]] convention.
*Email [[extra plug]]: Strong Sad helps Strong Bad with his unplugged email
*[[Sbemail 150?!?]]: Strong Sad offers to help Strong Bad with his 150th email.
*Email [[alternate universe]]: Strong Sad helps Strong Bad with his email song. Afterwards, Strong Bad thanks him.

==Trivia==
*[[Matt Chapman]] has said that Strong Bad and Strong Sad's relationship is very loosely based on the relationship between himself and [[Mike Chapman|Mike]], apparently from when they were kids. [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59261,00.html]

==See Also==
*[[Strong Sad's Severed Head]]
*[[Death#Strong Sad's Imagined Death|Strong Sad's Imagined Death]]

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Research]]

Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship

Dangeresque3 — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:43:10 GMT

Dangeresque3: /* Strong Sad's Revenge */

'''[[Strong Bad]]'s relationship with [[Strong Sad]]''' usually consists of Strong Bad hurting or making fun of Strong Sad, though not all the time.

==Strong Bad Hurting Strong Sad==

*Various places: [[Nicknames#Strong Sad|Insulting nicknames]].
*[[Theme Song Video]]: Tied him to a spinning wheel and throws a [[Big Knives|Big Knife]] at him.
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] & [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]: Locked him in the bathtub, like every [[Decemberween]].
*Email [[1 step ahead]]: Glued his hands to his face twice, then to his butt.
*Email [[your friends]]: Whacks him continuously with a wiffle bat.
*Email [[50 emails]]: Attempts to sell his [[Soolnds|soolnds]] to poachers.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]]: Punched him in the knee, then had Strong Mad punch him in the knee.
*Email [[cheat talk]]: Hit him in the stomach with the keyboard.
*Email [[dragon]]: Burns his drawing of a dragon with the [[BMW Lighter]].
*Email [[fingers]]: [[Death#Strong Sad's Imagined Death|Imagines him dead]] several times.
*Email [[big white face]]: Threw the first cake at him.
*Email [[privileges]]: Encourages [[The Cheat]] to drill his face and hands.
*Email [[stunt double]]: Forced him to stunt double him on dangerous scenes.
*Email [[date]]: Gave [[Strong Mad]] a class ring with a camera to punch him in the face.
*Email [[impression]]: Forced him to say "Hello, my name is Strong Sad"; flicked his "ear".
*Email [[no loafing]]: Repeatedly jumps on him while saying "I hate you" over and over.
*Email [[caffeine]]: Slipped him some caffeine, eventually causing him to pass out.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2]]: Tells him he is a waste of fat space.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]: Stole his [[Strong Sad's iPod|iPod]].
*Email [[haircut]]: Drew on him with his "[[Permanent Marker|Light Pen]]".
*Email [[theme park]]: Made "The Strong Sad Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt Spook-tacular", a show in his [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace USA]].
*Email [[replacement]]: Trains people to attack him.
*Email [[dangeresque 3]]: Stole his sandwich; forced him to stunt double for Strong Mad on dangerous scenes.
*[[Experimental Film]]: Steals his spotlight from the commentary.
*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc One]] Menu: Kicks The Cheat into him.
*Email [[radio]]: Forces him to act like a disc jockey, [[The Deathly Pallor]].
*Email [[origins]]: Made him a bellybutton with an electric drill, then threatens him with a second bellybutton.
*Email [[best thing]]: Throws [[Remote Control|the remote]] at him.
*[[Bug In Mouth Disease]]: Convinces him that all his underwears somehow ended up individually priced and labeled in an online auction so he can watch ''[[Caleb Rentpayer]]''.
*Email [[record book]]: Awards him the record for "Biggest Waste of Dump".
*Email [[lady...ing]]: Drops him through a trapdoor.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]]: Funneled rain onto him while he was taking a nap.
*[[TrogdorCon '97]]: Stole 500 bucks from him to run a booth at the con.
*[[Fall Float Parade]]: Stuck him in a fake snowman and uses [[Strong Bad's Nunchucks|nunchucks]] to beat him.
*Email [[technology]]: Hits him in the head with a "hard disk".
*Email [[narrator]]: One part of Strong Bad's movie trailer includes an octopus thrown at Strong Sad, while another trailer has Strong Sad hit by a dead goose launched out of the dryer.
*Email [[pop-up]]: One page of the book allows the reader to pour gray cement, ram's [[Blood|blood]], Boston cream or Magic Eye on Strong Sad's head. The page also has a flab-tab.
*Email [[candy product]]: Stuck his head on [[The Basement]]'s ceiling.
*Email [[suntan]]: Threatens his stuffed lobster [[Gooblies]].
*Email [[keep cool]]: Hits him on the head to wake him up.
*Email [[what I want]]: Puts wildebeest pheremones into his laundry (again).
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]]: The Strong Bad Ornament "bedazzles" the Strong Sad Ornament off of the [[Decemberween]] tree, smashing him.

=== Photos of Strong Bad Hurting Strong Sad ===

<gallery>
Image:Throwing remote at strong sad.png|"Ow! What was that for?"
Image:sbemail28.PNG|"Grabbin' your butt? That's not very ladylike."
Image:themesong.PNG|"Look out, Homestar, it's Strong Bad!"
Image:sbemail70.PNG|This wasn't the first time that happened to him... today.
Image:ss drawn on.png|"Watch out Julian Sands!"
Image:ss getting hopped on.png|"I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!"
Image:ss camera punch.png|"Since when did you start wearing a class ring?"
Image:ss keyboard hit.png|"Douglas!"
Image:Strong Sad Bath.png|"One night in Bangkok and the rough got rougher..."
Image:ss whiffle bat.png|BAT! BAT! BAT! BAT! BAT! BAT! BAT!
Image:imagend dead ss.png|STUFF'D!
Image:ss burned drawing.png|"I'll improve on your methods!"
Image:KeepCool StrongBadStrongSad.PNG|"And then we just... ask him."
</gallery>

== Strong Sad's Revenge ==
These are times when Strong Sad has either proved Strong Bad wrong or made fun of him, much to Strong Bad's disdain.

*Email [[stand-up]]: [[Fourth Wall Breaks|Shows the viewer]] Strong Bad's failed comedic act.
*Email [[gimmicks]]: Tells him that a computer like his could be bought in a garage sale for 15 dollars.
*Email [[marzipan]]: Does not fall for his "vinegar toast" prank.
*Email [[2 emails]]: Fools him to believe that "About a million ladies called... and said they'd be a few minutes late".
*Email [[labor day]]: With Strong Bad's absence, Strong Sad jokes that maybe his invitation got "''[[DELETED|da-leet-ed]]''".
*Email [[army]]: Joined the [[Homestarmy]], which rallies against the "[[Wrestleman|two bit wrestle man]] and his [[The Cheat|yellow dog]]".
*Email [[different town]]: Confuses him and calls him a weirdo.
*Email [[extra plug]]: Shushes Strong Bad for disrupting him watching a picture of Andy Griffith's head taped to a TV.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]: While Strong Bad is in [[Jail|jail]], Strong Sad turned the e-mail room into his tai chi space; later, he ratted Strong Bad out to [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] and [[Pom Pom]].
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10]]: Catches Strong Bad trying to make out with a drawing of the made-over [[The Ugly One#New Hotness|Ugly One]].
*Email [[looking old]] Thinks that Strong Bad is his great-grandmother after reciving a "lace lift" in an attempt to look young and eventually takes her back "home".

==Strong Bad and Strong Sad Getting Along==
Rarely, Strong Bad and Strong Sad will be seen to get along in some way. This is usually one sided on Strong Sad's part.

*[[The Secrets That I Keep]]: Strong Bad and Strong Sad are seen getting along in a photo and a short movie.
*Email [[gimmicks]]: After Strong Bad was blown through a wall when his computer exploded, Strong Sad asks him if he is okay.
*[[Strong Sad's Lament]]: Strong Sad tried to teach Strong Bad how to whistle.
*Email [[different town]]: Strong Sad doesn't mind getting Strong Bad a bust of Bubo from the [[wikipedia:Clash of the Titans|Clash of the Titans]] convention.
*Email [[extra plug]]: Strong Sad helps Strong Bad with his unplugged email
*[[Sbemail 150?!?]]: Strong Sad offers to help Strong Bad with his 150th email.
*Email [[alternate universe]]: Strong Sad helps Strong Bad with his email song. Afterwards, Strong Bad thanks him.

==Trivia==
*[[Matt Chapman]] has said that Strong Bad and Strong Sad's relationship is very loosely based on the relationship between himself and [[Mike Chapman|Mike]], apparently from when they were kids. [http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,59261,00.html]

==See Also==
*[[Strong Sad's Severed Head]]
*[[Death#Strong Sad's Imagined Death|Strong Sad's Imagined Death]]

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Biz Cas Fri 3

Dangeresque3 — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:41:04 GMT

Dangeresque3: /* Trivia */

{{puppetnav|bizcasfri3.html|Biz Cas Fri 2|Homestar vs. Other Little Girl}}
[[Image:BisCasFri3.JPG|thumb|"I didn't ''do'' anything!"]]
Strong Bad and his computer have domestic problems, and naturally, Homestar is the cause.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' Puppet {{Film|Strong Bad}}, Puppet {{Film|The Cheat}}, Puppet {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[The Office]]

'''Date:''' August 5, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 2:10

'''Page Title:''' Biz Cas Fri 3

==Transcript==
''{Close-up of a water cooler. The title words, "Biz Cas Fri" appear. Air bubbles rise into the cooler. Cut to Puppet The Cheat and Puppet Strong Bad standing in front of his computer. Strong Bad is wearing his customary Friday shirt, and The Cheat has on a tie. Smoke is coming out of the computer.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' I didn't ''do'' anything! I just turned it on, tried to check my email, and then it started smokin' and shakin' it like it was Friday night!

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Back up my files?! Are you kidding? Is that a real thing you have to do? I always thought that that was just like... you know, a figure of speech.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{irate, incredulous The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I dunno, like "Wake up and smell the coffee," or "See ya later, alligator!"

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{makes angry The Cheat noises and leaves}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, great! So my computer's dead. This almost never happens to me!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{enters room}'' What's up, my ho-may? Ew, what's that smell? Did Mancuso at Accounting put his three-hole punch in the microwave again? That guy sucks!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, get outta here, man!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, not yet. So, did you get that email that I forwarded to everyone in the company and their families and their high school friends?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! Can't you see my computer and I are having domestic problems?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, you should check it out right now. It has a 3-gig hilarious file attachment attached to it. It's one of the funniest emails I've forwarded this week!

'''STRONG BAD:''' 3-gig attachment?! Oh, no wonder!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' When you get that mess fixed, check out that attachment. The file's called ''{filename appears on the screen as Homestar says it}'' "catonfire_fallingfromanairplane.exe". I'm not gonna tell you what it is, but trust me you ''got'' to check it out! I was ROTF all over the place when I saw that. Anyways, I'm gonna go see what Gunderson thought of it. That guy doesn't suck. See ya later, alligator! ''{leaves}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, back up your files.

''{He presses a key, and the computer explodes, leaving ashes and a demolished tape dispenser.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{coughs}'' Wah! That's the worst computer explosion I've ever seen! Is there anything I can salvage?! Oh, I think I can see some of the third-quarter analysis spreadsheet in there. Oh! Is that my buddy list?! I gotta back that up!

''{Strong Bad pulls out a manilla envelope and begins scooping the ashes into it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{muttering}'' Sweep some of this in here... my buddy list... The Cheat, Strong Mad... buddies...

''{"end."}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*At the end, click the 'd' or the period to view Homestar's attachment.
:''{Two men skydive from an airplane together and tumble a few times in midair.}''
:'''JUMPING MAN 1:''' Wooooo!
:'''JUMPING MAN 2:''' Dude, is that falling cat on fire?
:''{A flaming cat falls past the camera, meowing as it falls.}''

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
* ROTF is an [[Internet Slang]] abbreviation for "'''R'''olling '''O'''n '''T'''he '''F'''loor".
*[[Wikipedia:FYI|FYI]] is a common acronym for "'''F'''or '''Y'''our '''I'''nformation."

===Trivia===
* "FYI!" is written on the [[Sticky Notes|Post-it]] note stuck to Strong Bad's cubicle wall.
* [[Mike Chapman]] voices Jumping Man 2.
* Above the cubicle wall, there is the "whale in space" poster from [[no loafing]].

===Remarks===
*It's interesting that Strong Bad mentions having Strong Mad on his buddy list seeing as, in [[the facts]], we learn that Strong Mad doesn't have a computer (or at least not a working one).

===Inside References===
*The video player is called "Medi-a-lectrix Playa," a reference to the company [[Videlectrix]].
*Hanging on the wall is a real-life version of an Easter egg in [[dullard]] and a real-life version of a poster from [[no loafing]].
*The third-quarter projection analysis spreadsheets were mentioned in [[Biz Cas Fri 1]].
*Gunderson was the name of a city on Limozeen's "[[Limozeen#Zeenin.27_Across_the_Country_2001|Zeenin' Across the Country 2001]]" tour.
**Gunderson was also the name of one of the characters in [[Bubslegum Comics]]
*Mancuso is the name of a character in the Videlectrix video game [[Where's an Egg?]]
*This is another instance of [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning]].
*The [[Fonts|font]] that comes up when Homestar says the file of his e-mail is the [[Tandy 400]] font (which is Westminister).

===Real-World References===
*The "Medi-a-lectrix Playa" is also a reference to [[wikipedia:Windows_Media_Player|Windows Media Player]], a [[wikipedia:Microsoft|Microsoft]] computer application that renders audio and video content.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:bizcasfri3.html|watch "Biz Cas Fri 3"]]
*[[HR:bizcasfri3.swf|view the Flash file for "Biz Cas Fri 3"]]
*[[Forum:4428|forum thread re: "Biz Cas Fri 3"]]

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