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Bug In Mouth Disease

Keegster2 — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 03:26:21 GMT

Keegster2: Weird how the blue ones' article isn't linked anywhere on this page.

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[[Image:Bug in mouth.PNG|thumb|"Pom Pom! Santa! You gotta help me!"]]
Homestar swallows a bug and fears the end of the good times while Strong Bad is taped to the TV and Strong Sad searches for "[[the blue ones]]".

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, [[The Bug]]

'''Places:''' [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[The Field]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]

'''Date:''' Monday, May 9, 2005

'''Running Time:''' 5:10

'''Page Title:''' Don't...kill...bugs.

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 2}}

==Transcript==
''{The Telebision displays a test pattern, with the text "This cartoon is called:". A static blip replaces the text with "Bug in Mouth Disease".}''

''{In the basement, Strong Sad is watching TV.}''

'''VOICE:''' ''{from TV}'' And that's why come Shakespeare was so awesome.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh! I see now.

''{Strong Bad enters.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Dairy Queen.

'''STRONG SAD:''' I already told you, I don't want to be called that any more! I made a mistake!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh; sorry, Dairy Queen. Anyways, look. I just thought you should know that all your underwears somehow ended up individually priced and labeled in an online auction.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{gets up, runs out of the room}'' Nobody buy the blue ones!

'''STRONG BAD:''' That was too easy. Now to settle down for the 24-hour Caleb Rentpayer marathon! ''{changes channel}''

'''TUXWORTH:''' Caleb, were you making a little tent out of my jacket?

'''CALEB:''' I am now!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, you make that little tent, Caleb! He's not the boss of you!

''{Cut to the field. Homestar is running along. Cue music beat.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing approximately to the tune of the [[Homestar Runner Theme Song]]}'' Hooomestaaar is running. Along. ''{drifting out of time with the music}'' Hooomestaaa{{--}}

''{A record scratches as he suddenly stops and starts coughing/spitting profusely.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Agh! I swallowed a bug! Bug swallow! Bug swallow! What do I do? What do I do? ''{composes himself}'' Okay, okay, calm down. Calm... down. Remember health class. A-hem.

''{Homestar goes down on one knee.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{slowly and deliberately}'' Sir or madam, are you all right? Do you need medical resistance? ''{anguished}'' Oh, it's not working! The good times are over! ''{runs off}''

''{The music starts up again and cut to another part of the field, where the King of Town and Pom Pom are eating ice cream bars.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I keep telling him the sun don't rise and set on that pile of whatsit, but he don't want to listen!

''{Homestar runs in.}''

'''POM POM:''' ''{bubbling noises}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Pom Pom! Santa! I think I swallowed a bug!

''{He kneels down in front of the King of Town.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' The good times are over! You gotta help me out! I could die!

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Well, what do you want we should do?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Gimme them dang ice creams! ''{grabs the ice cream bars}'' We'll freeze 'im out! ''{quickly eats them}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' Doo! That stuff's prescription!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sobs}'' Oh-ho-ho, it deliciously didn't work!

''{While saying this, he pokes Pom Pom with the one of the leftover sticks. Pom Pom narrows his eyes at Homestar, annoyed.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Agh! ''{runs off}''

''{Cut to the basement, where Strong Bad is still watching TV.}''

'''CALEB:''' You throw like a girl, Tuxworth.

'''TUXWORTH:''' Caleb, that suitcase was heavy!

''{Strong Sad enters.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' What online auction? I can't find anything. I even did an image search for "the blue ones" and got nothing. Or... nothing pleasant, anyway.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, keep searching. Try putting stuff in quotes or something. Or use "and" and "or". Oh, yeah, "and" go away.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{smiles}'' Oh, Boolean operators! "Blue ''and'' ones"! Good idea! ''{walks off}''

''{Cut to Bubs' concession stand. Bubs is burning an envelope labeled "EXHIBIT A" with a lighter.}''

'''BUBS:''' This is just fine!

''{Homestar runs in. Bubs drops the lighter and throws away the envelope.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Bubs, you're a doctor, right? I think a bug flew into the side of my mouth. I'm afraid the good times are over!

'''BUBS:''' A doctor, eh? I think I might be one of those. Let me take a look. ''{examines a wad of his business cards}'' Whadda we got here? Bail bondsman, paranormal investigator, normal investigator... Oh, here we go! "Dr." Bubs! Let's take a look atcha.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aaaaah. ''{opens mouth}''

'''BUBS:''' Hmm… ''{peers inside}'' Okay...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{gurgles "Okay..."}''

'''BUBS:''' Yes, yes.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{gurgles "Yes, yes."}''

'''BUBS:''' Interesting.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{gurgles "Is it good?"}''

'''BUBS:''' I've got terrible, terrible news, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, no! Is it about the good times?

'''BUBS:''' I'm afraid you've got no pancreas.

''{Homestar looks annoyed}''

'''BUBS:''' But I do happen to have a fresh one for sale right here!

''{Bubs picks up a cooler (brand named 'coola') labeled "EXHIBIT B" and places it on the counter}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Bubs, are you an unethical quack?

'''BUBS:''' The most quackinest!

''{Homestar looks surprised.}''

''{Cut to the basement, where Strong Bad is watching TV with a fork in his hand and a skillet in his lap.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating Tuxworth}'' Strong Caleb, did you make the best omelette ever during the commercial break? ''{imitating Caleb}'' I sure did.

''{Homestar runs in.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad! I think I{{--}}

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{silencing him}'' Ah-ah-ah! Not today, McDorkle.

''{Homestar leaves and then jumps in from the other side.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad! I think a bug might have{{--}}

'''STRONG BAD:''' Can't you see Grandma's watching her stories?

''{Homestar leaves.}''

'''TUXWORTH:''' Why aren't you breathing, Caleb?

''{Homestar pops up from behind the couch.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad{{--}}

''{Without missing a beat, continuing to watch, Strong Bad hits him in the face with his skillet.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ugh. ''{falls down}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' And coming up next on ''Caleb Rentpayer'', find out ''who'' shot Caleb.

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Who shot Caleb?" Oh, there's ''no'' way I'm missing that one. ''No way.''

''{Fade to black. Some time later, Homestar emerges from behind the couch. The couch is empty.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{yawns and smacks his lips}'' That was a great skillet-nap! Thanks, Strong Bad. Strong Bad?

''{Cut to the TV, where Strong Bad has duct-taped himself to the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{somewhat muffled}'' Can't... miss... any of... the action!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, the good times are over! I swallowed your computer!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You ''what''?! ''{tears his head from the TV}''

''{TV music stops.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, I mean a small bug. I swallowed a small bug.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{dejected}'' Aw. Now my head's not taped to the TV.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, I really need your help.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And ''I'' really need to find out who shot Caleb Rentpayer!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, that's easy. I did.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You-ka{{--}} w-wha?

'''TUXWORTH:''' Homestar Runner... ''{Homestar smiles}'' ...did you shoot Caleb?

''{Homestar appears on the TV, wearing the sunglasses he wore in [[the bet]].}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I sure did.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You traitor! You shot my favorite TV show! ''{throws the remote at Homestar's face}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hiccup. ''{the bug flies out of his mouth}'' Hey, look at that! A little guy. A bug ''did'' fly in my mouth!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh... the good times are ''definitely'' over.

''{Strong Sad runs in, wearing a blue pair of boxer shorts. Strong Bad opens his mouth in surprise. Homestar looks over, but doesn't look a bit suprised.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' The world is saved! I found the blue ooooones!

''{The bug flies across the screen as the toon ends}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*{{w|Logical connective|Boolean operator}}s are a type of a conjunction {{--}} many search engines and functions will use "AND", "OR", and "NOT" (or similar operators) in a search input to refine the results shown, allowing a savvy searcher to better find results they are looking for.
*Enclosing a multi-word search term inside of "quotation marks" will, in most search engines, only return results for the exact wording of the quoted phrase rather than the individual words in any order.
*The {{wp|pancreas}} is an organ that makes up part of the digestive system. It functions to regulate blood sugar and helps break down and digest food.
*A {{wp|bail bondsman}} is a person who posts {{w|bail}} in exchange for a fee, usually 10 percent of the total bail.
*A "{{w|Quackery|quack}}" is a fraudulent or ignorant individual person who pretends to be a physician and dispenses medical advice and treatment.
*The title of the toon is based on {{wp|foot-and-mouth disease}}, a disease that affects cattle.
*The colors on the TV at the beginning of the toon are based on the {{wp|SMPTE color bars}}, a {{w|Test card|test pattern}} commonly used by television broadcast stations when nothing is on the air.

===Trivia===
*Bubs's [[business cards]] read:
Bubs
Bail Bondsman,
Extraordinaire

pager: 555-7896
beeper: 555-3421

BUBS
PARANORMAL
INVESTIGATOR

EEEEEMAIL: BUBS@BUBS.BUBS

Bubs
Normal
Investigator

"Not Associated with
Bubs: Paranaormal Investigator!!"

"Dr." Bubs

VCR Repair/Fashion Consultant

*Bubs's [[Contacts|email address]] here is bubs@bubs.bubs, but it was bubs@homestarrunner.com in [[unused emails]].
*"The good times are over!" has been [[Quote of the Week]] twice, though the second time was for only one day.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "The good times might be over as Homestar suffers from bug-swallow while Strong Bad catches up on his Caleb Rentpayer stories. Original publish date: May 9, 2005".

===Remarks===
*Strong Sad has underwear even though he said he "doesn't really wear clothes" in his [[Strong Sad's Lament|blog]].
*The telephone numbers on Bubs's business cards have the prefix {{w|555 (telephone number)|555}}, which is commonly used for fictional numbers in North American movies and television.
* Even if the cartoon is viewed frame-by-frame, no bug or fly can be seen entering Homestar's mouth.
* Strong Bad claims to have placed Strong Sad's underwear in an online auction despite the fact that most major online auction sites prohibit selling used underwear {{--}} for example, [http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/used-clothing.html eBay's used clothing policy].
* Part of the [[Caleb Rentpayer]] episode (where Caleb says that Tuxworth "throws like a girl") breaks the show's usual format. Whereas a standard episode would usually have Tuxworth asking Caleb if he did/ate/took something and Caleb defiantly stating "I sure am/did", this portion has Caleb speak first. Of course, he's still mean and insulting to Tuxworth.
*This is the first Big Toon since [[The Reddest Radish]] not to include [[opening credits]].
*When Homestar turns around remembering health class, the shadow of the bushes changes.

===Goofs===
*When Strong Bad sits on the couch in the first scene, his left eye is slightly mispositioned.
*When Strong Sad turns around in front of the couch after talking about Boolean operators, his leg appears behind [[Remote Control|the remote]] that is on the couch.
*Bubs's "Normal Investigator" card misspells "paranormal" as "paranaormal".
*When Strong Bad is duct taped to the TV, there are five pieces of tape. After he turns around, there are only four.
*In the frame in which Strong Bad's head is turned to the right while looking backwards at Homestar, the grey section is visible on both ends of the tape, but the silver, sticky side is the one which should be showing on the end between Strong Bad's head and the TV.

===Inside References===
*Strong Sad is watching a show about [[Shakespeare]].
*Bubs provided VCR repair in the email [[12:00]].
*The scene featuring Homestar running over darkened hills is similar to [[Old Intro 2]].
*''[[Caleb Rentpayer]]'' first appeared in [[secret recipes]]. This is the first time the show and Tuxworth have been named.
*Homestar uses the same sunglasses in the email [[the bet]].


*The phrase "[[why come]]" was first used in the [[Yearbook Character Page]], where the description for Bubs reads "That's why come he's so fat."
*Strong Bad comments that he made the [[Best/Worst X Ever|best omelette ever]].
* Strong Bad saying "can't you see Grandma's watching her stories?" is an example of [[Gender Confusion]].
* Homestar [[Spoken Sound Effects|speaks the sound effect]] "hiccup" instead of actually hiccuping.

===Real-World References===
[[Image:Labeled CRP Background.PNG|thumb|The screen for "Who Shot Caleb?", with video games labeled.]]
*The page title "Don't...kill...bugs." is a reference to the [[Bob & Doug McKenzie]] "Elron McKenzie" sketch, where Doug plays a preacher giving a sermon on the importance of not killing bugs.
*The "Who shot Caleb?" episode is a reference to the often-parodied {{w|Who shot J.R.?|shooting}} of {{wp|J.R. Ewing}} on ''{{w|Dallas (1978 TV series)|Dallas}}''.
*Homestar overreacting over swallowing a bug is similar to a ''[[Seinfeld]]'' episode, in which {{w|George Costanza|George}} did the same thing.
*"The most quackinest" is a reference to the [[Beastie Boys]] song "Shake Your Rump", which rhymes "I'm the most mackinest"/"the most packinest" in the third verse.
**"Shake Your Rump" was previously referenced in the [[page title]] of [[Pom Pom's character video]]: "The Most Mackinest".
*When Strong Bad removes his head from the TV, on the left side of the screen a [[Nintendo#Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)|Super Nintendo]] is visible, which was a popular video game system in the early and mid-1990s. If Strong Bad is removed via Flash decompiler, a black [[Nintendo#Nintendo GameCube|GameCube]] is also visible. Some [[Nintendo#Nintendo 64|Nintendo 64]] game cartridges can also be seen.
**An [[Atari 2600]] can be made out on the right side as well as an {{wp|NES 2}} above the Super Nintendo. In the shadow underneath (and slightly to the left of) the Nintendo 64 cartridges may be the system itself.
**The NES cartridge in the NES 2 is ''{{wp|Kirby's Adventure}}''.
*{{wp|Dairy Queen}} is a restaurant chain centered around soft-serve ice cream and fast food.

===Fast Forward===

*Bugs fly out of Homestar's mouth again in [[hygiene]].
*Strong Bad's line "No way." is used again in an error message on [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].

== DVD Version ==
{{commentary}}

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

'''MATT:''' I'm going to try extra hard to use good diction and proper grammar during this commentary, Mike Chapman.

'''MIKE:''' You're off to a very good start, brother Matt.

'''MATT:''' Thank you.

'''MIKE:''' That guy on the TV didn't have good grammar now, did he?

'''MATT:''' No. ''{word is obscured by his laughing}'' Hey, this sort of relates to later on when we referred to Strong Sad's soft-serve flip. Do you think that's why he wanted to be called "Dairy Queen" temporarily?

'''MIKE:''' Oh, yeah! ''{chuckling}'' Maybe, maybe! His head looks like a...

'''MATT:''' Dairy Queen ice cream cone, yeah!

'''MIKE:''' Umm...

'''MATT:''' ''{singing}'' In the land of Dairy Queen,

'''BOTH:''' ''{singing}'' we treat you right!

'''MATT:''' Remember those commercials that used to have the land of Dairy Queen in them? It was like a chocolate...

'''MIKE:''' ''{interrupting}'' Yeah, a chocolate river with, like, a fudge canyon? ''{pause}'' So Caleb Rentpayer is a very good show!

'''MATT:''' I think so! I would like to see a full episode of Caleb Rentpayer and Tuxworth, his butler. So, did{{--}} Caleb somehow come into a lot of money, and that's why he suddenly has this butler?

'''MIKE:''' Maybe. You know what I'm just now thinking; I recently saw the movie ''Arthur'' again for the first time in twenty years, and it's sort of similar. Arthur is just kind of this, you know...

'''MATT:''' Vagabond?

'''MIKE:''' Well he's got all this money, but he's not, you know, he's got a butler, but he's not very nice to him{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' And um... sort of, he's not quite as... disrespectful to his butler as{{--}} as Caleb{{--}} as Caleb is, ''{Matt laughs}'' but the but{{--}} the butler's always kind of trying to cover his tracks{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Oh, okay.

'''MIKE:''' ...and, anyway...

'''MATT:''' Poor Tuxworth.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. ''{laughs}''

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Is that the only time that Homestar refers to the King of Town as... Santa Claus? Doesn't he call him Father Christmas, maybe, another time?

'''MIKE:''' Uhhm...

'''MATT:''' Or did we just discuss doing one or the other of those when we made this cartoon?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I think{{--}} I don't know; I think that's the only time, Matt.

'''MATT:''' I think it was a toss-up between Father Christmas and Santa.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Aww. Yeah, Caleb, I'd like to see you throw that suitcase!

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' I remember taking a class on HTML in college and they{{--}} they talked all about Boolean operators and how to search for things on the Internet using Infoseek or AltaVista.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' AltaVista! HotBot?

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

'''MIKE:''' I remember{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Blue AND ones, NOT red AND ones! I think you could do "not", as well, couldn't you? ''{laughs}'' "This is just fine", Mike!

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

'''MATT:''' It's the{{--}} we all know that Bubs, you know, just wants to rip you off and take your money but this is the first sort of criminal, uh, element that we've seen, or criminal...

'''MIKE:''' I think we... I think there's a misspelling somewhere.

'''MATT:''' Is there? Consul-tant?

'''MIKE:''' Nah, I think we missed it. The wiki told me. ''{laughs}'' Maybe we corrected it already.

'''MATT:''' ''{imitating Homestar's line}'' You got it?

'''BOTH:''' ''{laugh}''

'''MATT:''' That's some good mumbles! I remem{{--}} I record{{--}} I usually try, if the character is doing something like that, like talking with his mouth open, then I try to do the lines with my mouth open, obviously, and there's other times where Strong Bad's like{{--}} Ooh! Later on in this cartoon! When he's got his face up against the TV...

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''MATT:''' He's duct-taped his head to the TV, where I, like, mashed my face into a book, I think, and then miked it so I'd be like, "woarh, woarh!", trying to make it as authentic as possible. Want to experience what the characters are experiencing.

'''MIKE:''' We call that, umm... character acting?

'''MATT:''' Method acting?

'''MIKE:''' Method acting!

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' ''{responding to Strong Bad's "Can't you see grandma's watching her stories?"}'' Uhh, she is.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' Things get serious in this episode of Caleb Rentpayer. Who shot Caleb, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' I think I know.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. ''{pause}'' Remember that{{--}} there was some game you played on your fingers about who shot J.R.? Like it was this thing that was like, "Who shot J.R.?" and then you, like, made your pinky go away. Then you said, "Who shot J.R.?" and then your ring finger went away. And then it ended up making a gun, and{{--}} and you said, "It was me!" ''{makes a sound of a shot}'' I remember, uh... Brandon, that lived in the cul-de-sac behind ours doing that. To me.

'''MIKE:''' Sounds hilarious!

'''MATT:''' It was great! And he had a dog named Dude.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' He did. And I thought it was "dood" as in, "doody".

'''MATT:''' I dooed. I just dooed in the toilet.

'''MIKE:''' I always thought the dog's name was a bad{{--}} kind of a bad word.

'''MATT:''' D-O-O-D.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' ''{seeing Homestar on the TV}'' Look, that's our office!

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

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' I like the little dotted line that trails from that little guy.

'''MIKE:''' Lemme guess, you made it.

'''MATT:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' You did that.

'''MATT:''' I thought you did.

'''MIKE:''' Nah, I think you did.

'''MATT:''' Oh. I'll quit complimenting the things that I made.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' I don't like the way the blue ones look and I know I made those very late in the game, and just wanted the cartoon to be done.

'''MATT:''' It's okay. Bye, everybody!

'''MIKE:''' Bye, Matt!

===Fun Facts===

*''{{w|Arthur (1981 film)|Arthur}}'' is a 1981 movie starring [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001545 Dudley Moore].
*Homestar Runner has never called the King of Town "Father Christmas"; however, in [[A Decemberween Pageant]], Homestar ''played'' the King of Town, and Bubs played [[Dr. Christmas]] (which the King of Town ''almost'' played).
*{{wp|Method acting}} is an acting technique developed by {{wp|Lee Strasberg}} in the 1940s.
*{{wp|Infoseek}}, {{wp|AltaVista}}, and {{wp|HotBot}} were {{wp|search engine}}s popular in the '90s.
*The Brothers Chaps' referring to Strong Sad's soft-serve flip is a reference to [[keep cool]].

==External Links==
{{nextlinks|toons/bug-in-mouth-disease|3174|old=buginmouth|youtube=ERfPA8HJ9jo}}

[[Category:Big Toons]][[Category:DVD Commentary]] [[Category:Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 1]] [[Category: Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 2]]

Teen Girl Squad Issue 15

Keegster2 — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 20:47:46 GMT

Keegster2: /* Fun Facts */ The "xx___xx" fun fact better fits explanations... and needs an apostrophe. A bunch of {{w}}'s, and minus a Wikipedia link that's just a redirect now.

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[[Image:tgs 15.png|thumb|"Conference Room C at the Sheraton!"]]
The girls head to the Priggidy Prizom: Thugchantment at the Cloughb.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Cheerleader}}, {{Film|So and So}}, {{Film|What's Her Face}}, {{Film|The Ugly One}}, {{Film|Sci-Fi Greg}}, {{Film|D n' D Greg}}, {{Film|Open Source Greg}}, {{Film|Japanese Culture Greg}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Chizuko|Chizuko]], [[Arrow'd Guy]], [[Fatty's Big Chance]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Intercom|Intercom]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Band Name Boys|Band Name Boys]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Color Guard Maiden|Color Guard Maiden]], {{Film|Tompkins}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Short Girl|Short Girl]], [[Tenerence Love]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Cheerleader Brian|Cheerleader Brian]], [[Manolios Ugly One]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Gutted Sheep|Gutted Sheep]], {{Film|Peacey P}} (Easter egg), [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Olympic Man and Coach|Olympic Man]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#Teen Girl Squad Field|The Field]], [[Teen Girl Squad Locations#Conference Room C|Conference Room C]]

'''Date:''' Monday, May 11, 2009

'''Running Time:''' 4:14

'''Page Title:''' Light Purple Cummerbund!

==Transcript==
'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Teen Girl Squad! Cheerleader! ''{strapless!}'' So and So! ''{puffy sleeves!}'' What's Her Face! ''{tie and t-shirt!}'' The Ugly One! ''{leftover brine?}''

''{Open to Cheerleader facing the other three girls.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Oh my grash, gals! Guess who just got a date for the priggidy prizom?!

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' ''{looking befuddled}'' I'm a little rusty on my white girl gangsta. Does that mean you're dating a pretty prism?

''{Close-up of So and So}''

'''SO AND SO:''' No no, that's the name of this year's prom. ''{suddenly looks deranged and her speech bubble appears to be melting}'' I was on every committee ever. ''{no longer deranged, her speech bubble is now rectangular}'' It's called Priggidy Prizom: ''{the following words are in a different font and a rose appears on each side of them}'' Thugchantment at the Cloughb.

''{Cut back to the four girls.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' So, again I ask, gresh who got a date for the prom?

'''SO AND SO:''' Me.

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Me.

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Me.

''{Cut to a close-up of Cheerleader looking angry.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Let me rephrase. ''{face changes to have a big smile and a pig snout; her shirt temporarily changes to read "lil' snout"}'' Guess who got a non-Greg date for the prom?

''{cut back to the four girls, Cheerleader has beams coming from her face}''

'''SO AND SO:''' Oh.

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Oh.

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Oh.

''{cut to a view of the Gregs, drawn on hexagonal-grid paper. The background music changes to the [[4 Gregs]] music.}''

'''SCI-FI GREG:''' So I figure we'll teleport into the prom to make a really grand entrance. ''{begins to flicker on the last three words}'' Anybody know where I can get some endurium? ''{flickers again on the last word}''

''{Cut to a view of Japanese Culture Greg standing at a distance from the other three Gregs with a shiny-looking girl.}''

'''JAPANESE CULTURE GREG:''' Come on Chizuko ''{his head appears animeish on the last word}'', we're too cool for the prom anyway.

'''CHIZUKO:''' ''{exaggeratedly moves her arms and legs whilst speaking in a fake Japanese accent, her speech bubble is rectangular}'' Welcome, American investor, to 2005 Consumer Robotics Show!

'''SCI-FI GREG:''' You'd think I'd be into life-size, realistic robots ''{cut to close-up of Sci-Fi Greg}'', but that thing makes me wanna barf up my earlier energy drink into the one I'm currently drinking. ''{holds up a can of energy drink labeled "Greg Fuel"}''

''{Cut to Japanese Culture Greg and Chizuko; Chizuko shoots ray out of her eyes at Japanese Culture Greg, whose limbs begin to detach from his body}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' UNCANNY VALLEY'D!

'''JAPANESE CULTURE GREG:''' THIS IS A DREAM COME TRUE!

''{Cut back to the four girls, again drawn on regular loose leaf. The Teen Girl Squad theme resumes.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' That's right, I just grot asked to the prom ''{shows a photograph}'' by Cheerleader Brian! ''{on the last two words, cut to closeup of a picture of Cheerleader Brian}''

''{Cut back to the girls; So and So and What's Her Face look skeptical.}''

'''SO AND SO:''' Cheerleader Cheerleader, you're going to the prom with Cheerleader Brian?

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Isn't that like going to the prom with your dad?

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' And we've all been there, right gals?

''{The other three look skeptically at The Ugly One. The music stops.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{weakly}'' enh?

''{Cut to a close-up of So-and-So, still looking skeptical.}''

'''SO AND SO:''' Uh... so... ''{face changes to a goblin-like one. The music starts up again.}'' How much did everybody's dress cost?

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{entering from the left and yelling and So and So, whose face has reverted to normal}'' MORE THAN YOURS!

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{entering from the right and yelling at So and So before Cheerleader is finished}'' LESS THAN YOURS!

''{Cut back to the four girls with What's Her Face facing the others; Cheerleader and The Ugly One are still angry; So and So is kneeling on the ground between them.}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' Um, what is this... "dress" you speak of? Is a... food?

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' KRAKOW! ''{the word explodes into existence above What's Her Face's head}''

''{Cut to the right, where Arrow'd Guy appears out of cloud with rays beaming onto What's Her Face.}''

'''ARROW'D GUY:''' You do not belong at the junior prom, What's Her Face!

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' I don't?

'''ARROW'D GUY:''' You will come into your own in college, and thrive!

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' ''{smiling}'' I will?

'''ARROW'D GUY:''' Heh. No. Sparrow'd. ''{Sparrows fly out of his mouth and into What's Her Face.}''

'''WHAT'S HER FACE:''' A new twist on an old classic!

''{Cut to a shot of a man's face, his mustache reads "AT THE PROM". Cut to a room with Cheerleader Brian, Cheerleader and So and So, the girls are dressed for the prom.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Conference room C at the Sheraton! It's even more magical than I ever dreamed!

'''SO-AND-SO:''' I can't believe we got a cardboard cutout of Tenerence Love to play our Junior Prom!

''{Cut to a scene of the prom which pans to the right as Tenerence Love sings. As the scene pans, Fatty's Big Chance, the Intercom, the Band Name Boys, the Color Guard Maiden embracing Tompkins, and the Short Girl scroll by, and the scene finally comes to rest on the cardboard cutout of Tenerence Love on a stage}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' ''{singing throughout the scene above}'' Light purple cummerbund, you know you're my only one! Don't need no date to the prom, 'cause I got a light purple cummerbund on. ''{the cardboard cutout of Tenerence Love falls over}''

''{Cut to Cheerleader and Cheerleader Brian}''

'''CHEERLEADER BRIAN:''' This place has SPIRIT!

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{slaps Cheerleader Brian}'' Oh, shut it off, will ya?

''{Cut to So and So standing to the right of Sci-Fi Greg, who is wearing a suit.}''

'''SCI-FI GREG:''' So, So and So, I'm so sorry Open Source Greg stood you up so. ''{in a separate, smaller speech bubble}'' Oh.

'''SO AND SO:''' ''{looking angry}'' Oh, he didn't. He just sent his avatar ''{cut to the right, where a feminine robot holding a pike and with the text "xxUBUNTUFAN91xx" above its head is standing}'' "in his stead".

'''OPEN SOURCE GREG:''' ''{voiceover}'' Here, let me help you with that corsage. ''{The text appears at the bottom of the screen, after "xxUBUNTUFAN91xx says:>", below So and So; the text lifts So and So slightly into the air}'' It doubles as a thumb drive. ''{this text appears, lifting So and So slightly higher}'' I make them myself! ''{this text appears and lifts So and So higher still}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' BETRAYAL! ''{the robot attacks So and So with the pike and splits her in two}''

'''OPEN SOURCE GREG:''' ''{voiceover}'' All her save data! Lost! ''{the text he speaks again appears below So and So after the text "xxUBUNTUFAN91xx says:>"}''

''{Cut to D n' D Greg with The Ugly One, both of whom are dressed for the prom.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' Thanks for dinner, D n' D Greg. So exotic. I mean, southwestern egg rolls? ''{Throughout her second sentence, a hand begins reaching in from the left.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' DADGRASP! ''{The hand grasps D n' D Greg and pulls him to the left.}''

''{Cut to Manolios Ugly One standing to the left of D n' D Greg}''

'''MANOLIOS UGLY ONE:''' So okay, Romeo ''{pronounced "roh-MAY-oh"}''. You think you're so great? Captain of the basketball force? You lay one finger on my daughter, I gut you like sheep.

''{Cut to a scene of a sheep with a hole in its torso and visible entrails}''

'''GUTTED SHEEP:''' It's not so bad!

'''MANOLIOS UGLY ONE:''' No, I'm a joke. Gonna marry my little girl? ''{hanging from above}'' I gut you like sheep. ''{from the right}'' How much you make? ''{back on the left, a little lower than before}'' I gut you like sheep. ''{hanging from above and to the right}'' Got good knees? ''{in his original spot}'' I gut you like sheep. ''{from the lower right, half a stereo appears to D n' D Greg's left}'' Half stereo, two seventy-five... ''{hanging from above}'' ...like sheep.

'''D N' D GREG:''' I can assure you, Mr. Gly-One, I have never played a single bounce of basketball in my life.

'''MANOLIOS UGLY ONE:''' ''{holding a knife, D n' D Greg has a hole in his torso and visible ribs and entrails}'' I gut you like sheep.

'''D N' D GREG:''' Owww! Sheep, you lied!

''{Cut to Cheerleader dancing with Cheerleader Brian.}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' Feel free to get slightly less appropriate with those hands, Cheerleader Brian.

'''CHEERLEADER BRIAN:''' ''{throwing his arms up in the air, Cheerleader falls back in surprise}'' Oh, you mean like awesome prom SPIRIT!! ''{cut to Cheerleader Brian holding Cheerleader above his head}'' And rip a cupie into a cradle catch!''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' ''{still in the air, near the spinning disco ball}'' PUT ME DOWN! I'M OFF DUTY!

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' PRETTY PRISM! ''{the disco ball shoots a ray of light at Cheerleader}''

''{Cut to Cheerleader Brian looking at Cheerleader's intact lower body and the charred remains of her upper body lying on the floor.}''

'''THE UGLY ONE:''' ''{jumping in from the right}'' Come on girls! Memories! Memories! ''{The previous two words appear in the speech bubble as she says them and move up and down, then disappear when she moves to the next sentence.}'' We gotta hurry up and get our pictures taken before...

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' IT'S OVER! ''{Cut to the "It's over" screen.}'' Chi-click!

''{The final scene fades in. The Ugly One is standing in the center of a room with balloons on either side and a banner reading "Priggidy Prizom 2009" across the room. Cheerleader's half-charred remains are to the left of The Ugly One, What's Her Face is sitting down with sparrows sticking into her on the right of The Ugly One. So and So's lower half is upside-down to the far left, her upper half is to the extreme right.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Clicking on the left balloons at the end plays a music video by Tenerence Love featuring Peacey P and Hiphop Man.
:'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' Light purple cummerbund, 
:: You know you're my only one! 
:: Don't need no date to the prom 
:: 'Cause I got a light purple cummerbund on
:'''PEACEY P:''' Thug chantment at the cloughb, 
:: Rhymin' 'bout a light purple cummerbund. 
:: It fits up on my abdomen like a glove, 
:: Peacey P rhymin' with a cardboard cutout of
:'''PEACEY P AND TENERENCE LOVE:''' Tenerererererence Looooooeerrrve.
:'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' Remainder three! Repeating.
:'''PEACEY P:''' And we out! ''{spoken}'' Dudes, don't forget to take your tux back tomorrow before noon or they charge you like two hundred dollars or some'n. It's ridankalus.

*At the end, click on the right-hand set of balloons to see Tompkins stewing.
:''{In the background, Manolios is gutting D N' D Greg, as seen earlier in the toon, while The Ugly One looks on in surprise. Tompkins is in the foreground, scowling.}''
:'''MANOLIOS UGLY ONE:''' I gut you like sheep.
:'''D N' D GREG:''' Owww! Sheep! You lied!!
:'''TOMPKINS:''' Stupid 4 Gregs. There was a time when ''I'' woulda been massacred as one of those girls' prom date.
:''{The Tenerence Love cutout suddenly appears from behind him, shooting arrows from his mouth at Tompkins, whose body is skewered with them. Tompkins, however, has a huge grin on his face.}''
:'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' TENERROW'D!!

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*{{w|Uncanny valley}} is a hypothesis that if a non human figure looks and acts almost like a human, it will cause much more revulsion than a more obviously inaccurate human figure. This is often applied to robots and other human analogs.
*A {{w|cummerbund}} is a sash worn around the waist as part of a tuxedo or other formal suit.
*The book-ending X's in Open Source Greg's avatar's name is a common technique to make a player's name stand out in video games or to allow the player to use a name which has already been reserved.
*A prism is a three dimensional object with rectangular faces and two congruent bases. When light is beamed directly into a prism, it creates a rainbow, not a laser as evidenced in this toon.

===Trivia===
*This is the first time that any of the Gregs are killed off, let alone two of them.
*This is the first time one of Arrow'd Guy's attacks has actually been in a speech bubble, rather than announced by Narrator Strong Bad.
*Thus far The Ugly One has been the sole survivor on three separate occasions, more than any other Teen Girl.
*This episode breaks the chain of clicking the "o" in "it's over!" to find an Easter egg. The last one not to have an Easter egg activated by the "O" was [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]], but it still had an Easter egg activated by ''a'' letter O (in "Now" instead of "Over".) The last one not to have an Easter egg attached to any letter "O" was [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]], which had no Easter eggs at all.
*This is the longest episode of Teen Girl Squad.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "The Teen Girl Squad go to the Priggidy Prizom."

===Remarks===
*Though What's Her Face doesn't seem to know what a dress is, she was seen wearing one as a much younger girl in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 7]].
*Cheerleader says she is "off duty" when Cheerleader Brian lifts her in the air, but in [[4 Gregs]], she comments that she is more of a cheerleader in the way she dresses and the way she treats other girls.
*There is no such thing as a remainder repeating, because the remainder is the value left over when dividing. For example: 5/2=2 remainder 1. Rather, Tenerence is referring to a repeating decimal (example: 10/3=3.3333...).
*What's Her Face was dead before the prom started, yet her body was in the picture. The only way this makes sense is if another girl dragged her corpse to the dance.
*Tompkins is "Tenerrow'd" with ten arrows, a possible play on words.
*When D n' D Greg is gutted by Manolios Ugly One, the background music is paused. However, in the Easter egg where Tompkins views the attack from afar, the music is playing.

===Goofs===
*The rounded, black border is not present during the "Loading" frames.
*In the Peacey P Easter egg, "cardboard" is misspelled as "carboard". However, as he has been known to omit letters in his speech, this may be intentional.
*After The Ugly One says "We've all been there, right gals?" the words 'lil' snot' disappear from Cheerleader's shirt until What's Her Face says "What is this 'dress' you speak of?"

===Fixed Goofs===
*On the toons menu, it initially said that this toon was made in 2008. It was fixed the next week, after [[79 Seconds Left]] was released.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad previously mentioned the "[[cloughb]]" in [[disconnected]] and [[nightlife]].
*The scene with The Gregs getting ready for the prom shifts to hexagonal paper, first seen in [[4 Gregs]], along with the music.
*There is a total of three instances of [['d]] in this toon.
**What's Her Face referring to the Arrow'd Guy's "sparrow'd" attack as "a new twist on an old classic" harkens back to his "arrow'd" attack from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]].
*Tenerence Love and Peacey P previously did a crossover record in [[Rap Song]].
**"Remainder three repeating" echoes Tenerence's line "Remainder three!" from that song.

===Real-World References===
*On his tuxedo, Sci-Fi Greg is wearing a Starfleet badge, which are worn by Starfleet officers in ''[[Star Trek]]''.
*"2005 Consumer Robotics Show" is likely a reference to the {{w|Consumer Electronics Show}}, an annual event where electronics makers, including robotics engineers, show off their latest models and research.
**The Chizuko robot is likely a specific reference to the [http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/japans-hrp-4c-fashion-model-robot-unveiled-already-harassed/ HRP-4C fashion model robot], demonstrated in a Japanese fashion show in March 2009.
*Open Source Greg's avatar's name, xxUBUNTUFAN91xx, refers to {{w|Ubuntu}}, an {{w|open source}} distribution of the [[Linux]] operating system.
*Endurium is a fictional material used as a fuel in the 1986 game ''[[Starflight]]''.
*The way that Strong Bad says "Betrayal" likely refers to the way team-kills are announced in the {{w|Halo (franchise)|''Halo''}} video game series.

==YouTube Version==
*The YouTube version lacks the Easter eggs.

==External Links==
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{{Teen Girl Squad}}

[[Category:Teen Girl Squad]] [[Category: Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 3]]

Overdescriptive Nouns

Keegster2 — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:36:15 GMT

Keegster2: /* Appearances */ Whose Mount WHATS-Place?!

[[Image:KOTpetshow.png|thumb|"As Seen on TV"]]

Many items within the [[Homestar Runner universe]] will be given '''unusually complex and descriptive names''' where a simpler title would be acceptable.

==Appearances==

*[[First Time Here?]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] mocks [[Homestar Runner]] by introducing [[homestarrunner.com|the site]] as "I'm a big moron who can't remember his lines dot com".
*[[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]] {{--}} The toon advertises "[[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights]]".
*Email [[theme park]] {{--}} Every hour at the main stage of [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA]], there'd be a performance of "The [[Strong Sad]] Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt Spook-tacular".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] describes her jump as a "double double whipless mochaccino half caf".
*Email [[old comics]] {{--}} At the end, Strong Bad goes off to start the "Who Put [[Pasta Salad]] in [[Strong Mad]]'s Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04".
*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad edits the email using his "[[X-Pensive White|electronic light-pen input high-tech expensive device]]".
*[[Commandos in the Classroom]] {{--}} [[Reynold]] makes an "inappropriate peer-to-teen choice behavior".
*[[Fall Float Parade]] {{--}} When Strong Sad thought that his and Strong Bad's [[The 4Tst Annual Fall Float Parade|float]] theme was going to be "Celebrating our nation's covered bridges", Strong Bad corrects him by saying that the theme is "Sticking-you-in-a-fake-snowman-and-beating-you-senseless-with-nunchucks... covered bridges".
*Email [[death metal]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions the [[Half-Hour Death Metal Dungeon Hour]].
*Email [[myths & legends]] {{--}} Strong Bad mentions the "Homes with Rollercoasters in Them Network".
*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} The email opens with an intro for "The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show!!". A [[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show|proper episode of the show]] was released at a later date under the same name.
*Email [[keep cool]] {{--}} While Strong Bad discusses what games to play, [[Bubs]], upon seeing Strong Mad on the diving board, exclaims, "Looks like we should be playin' 'Keep Strong Mad off the freakin' high dive for Pete's sake, man'!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] {{--}} [[The Ugly One]] exclaims, "[[Ow! My X!|Ow! My the fact that I was alive a second ago!]]"
*Email [[business trip]] {{--}} The Cheat gets promoted to "Junior Executive Of [[Not X|Not Having To Go On Pointless Business Trips]]".
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes a wrestling league with "the longest name in pro wrestling": [[AWMPSCE|All World Mid-Pro Shirtless Championship Entertainment]], or AWMPSCE (pronounced omp-ski).
*[[Toikey TV]] {{--}} Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and [[The Cheat]] are watching the 2007 Falling Asleep On The Couch Watching Football Bowl.
*Email [[environment]] {{--}} The [[Lappy 486]] has an "environmentally compliant sticker compliance sticker".
*Email [[winter pool]] {{--}} Strong Bad, Strong Sad, and Homestar fill the [[swimming pool]] with "[[Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance]]".
*Email [[pet show]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]]'s pet is an "As Seen on TV Low-Fat Cooking Device".
*[[Blubb-O's Commercial]] {{--}} One of the products sold at [[Blubb-O's]] is the Attempt-At-Competing-With-National-[[Coffee]]-Chains Premium Mocha-Chip Meltshake.
*Email [[shapeshifter]] {{--}} Strong Bad claims the rules of shapeshifting limit his "Turn-Into-A-Bulldozer-Whenever-I-Wantity".
*[[SBCG4AP]] {{--}} The game's full name is "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People".
*Email [[specially marked]] {{--}} One of the [[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked|cereals]] is named "Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] says, while looking at a picture of herself in the yearbook with a finch taped to her face, that "they scheduled school pictures for the same day as tape-a-dead-thing-to-your-face day."
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] - [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#21 May 2008|May 21, 2008]] {{--}} Strong Bad thinks that concept art should be called "[[Pile]] on the Floor Under the Smelly Guy with the Glasses' Desk Amidst Several Months' Worth of Empty Cans of [[Bull Honkey]] Art".
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad must compete in the "[[Free Country USA]] Triannual Race to the End of the Race" (FCUTRER) to win the "Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race Silver Trophy of Ultimate Destiny" (FCUTRERSTUD).
*Email [[being mean]] {{--}} The greeting Strong Bad uses for one of Nice Dad's "other gems" emails is "Hey 42-year-old online game playing man-child that still lives with his ex-wife's parents..."
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} The King of Town tells [[The Poopsmith]], after placing Strong Bad under house arrest, that he needs to "go collect on [his] new Pour-a-Bag-of-Jellybeans-Down-My-Gullet tax".
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} When Strong Bad types out the email at the beginning that he has finished the movie, he types the greeting as "Dear all the annoying morons who have been bugging me about it for four and a half years..."
*Email [[hremail 3184]] {{--}} Strong Bad consistently refers to "those blast-wavy Saturn rings that've become so popular lately".
** Additionally, one of Strong Bad's suggestions is "The coolest looking explosion [he] ever rigged in Strong Sad's org-ethnic breakfast pouch on a Tuesday".
*Email [[imaginary]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]]'s [[imaginary friend]] is "[[Allegedly Real Things|Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door]]".
*Email [[dictionary]] {{--}} Strong Bad's dictionary is entitled "[[Count Longardeaux's Jerktionary|Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian Jerktionary Fo' My Own Words!]]". The alternate name is equally overdescriptive: "Count Longardeaux's Strong Badian talkwords for saying from your mouth" for short.
*[[A Decemberween Mackerel]] {{--}} One of the activities Homestar and [[Marzipan]] use to cram [[Senor Cardgage]] full of [[Decemberween]] cheer is "The Annual Lighting of the Lights Attached to [[Telephone Pole|a Pole]] in a Tree-Shaped Fashion".
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] {{--}} The name of Strong Bad's hypothetical haunted house attraction is called "[[St. Cadaverstump's Morgue-tuary|St. Cadaverstump's totally not just an old furniture warehouse Morge-Tuary]]".
*{{postref|1160736280365457408|11|Aug|2019}} {{--}} In response to a Tweet showing the [[Shopify Store Other Items#Toys|Homestar Runner meeples]] being used in a ''{{wp|Die Hard}}'' board game, Strong Bad expresses hope that his meeple represented "''{{wp|Family Matters}}'' [[wikipedia:Reginald VelJohnson|Dad]] Who Sits In The Car and Has A Dead Guy Fall On Said Car".

==See Also==
*[[Nondescript Nouns]]

[[Category:Word running gags]]

Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA

Keegster2 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:34:01 GMT

Keegster2: "Mount Rid-esp-la-ce"? What kinda name is that?

[[Image:themepark.png|thumb|"More rides than you or your grandmother can handle."]]
'''Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA''' is an [[Made-Up Places|imaginary theme park]] that [[Strong Bad]] fabricated in the email [[theme park]]. Although the park's motto is "More Rides Than You Or Your Grandmother Can Handle", the fine print requests that grandmothers not actually be brought to the park. Mount RidesPlace! appears to be located [[behind the fence]] in [[Strong Badia]] and features many rides as well as the antics of the [[#Mascots|Mount RidesPlace! USA mascots]]. Because this theme-park-to-be is very expensive, Strong Bad needs to "start robbing WAY more hot actresses" than he is currently stealing from in order to make his dream a reality. Until then, he is able to make ends meet by running Strong Bad's [[Riverquest Safariventure]].

==Attractions==

The following are all the known attractions in Mount RidesPlace.

*'''Bowels of Trogdor''' {{--}} The flagship roller coaster. It keeps spinning around in circles until participants either [[Puking|throw up]] or catch [[fire]] somehow. [[The King of Town]] was shown riding this, and caught on fire. Unfortunately for those such as [[The Cheat]], anyone riding has to be "as tall as [[Trogdor]]'s [[beefy arm]]".
*'''The Strong Sad Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt SPOOK-tacular''' {{--}} In this show, [[Strong Sad]] stands on a stage dressed as a witch while [[Strong Mad]] tackles him repeatedly without mercy.
*'''Throw Game''' {{--}} In [[Bubs]]' throw game, players have to get the blue rings ''in'' the bottles, not looped around them, as is the normal and accomplishable way of playing ring-throwing games. If someone wins, they get a [[Shark-Tooth Bubs|Bubs doll with a horn]]. [[Pom Pom]] has had the displeasure of playing this game, only to find out the impossible rules.
*'''[[Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]] Land''' {{--}} [[The Cheat]] is directed here because he's not tall enough to ride the "Bowels of Trogdor". Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land may or may not be a separate theme park. According to the commentary for the email, Sweet Cuppin' Cakes Land was going to have spinning [[Eh! Steve]]s as a ride.
<gallery>
Image:Bowels of Trogdor.PNG|<center>Bowels of Trogdor</center>
Image:Strong Sad Gets Decked.PNG|<center>The Strong Sad Gets Decked Repeatedly Stunt SPOOK-tacular</center>
Image:Throw Game.PNG|<center>Throw Game
</gallery>

==Mascots==
The costumed mascots that run around "antic-ing" or "antique-ing" in Mount RidesPlace! USA. All of them represent the [[pseudocharacters]] of [[Strong Badia]]. They all have mouths and eyes, which their non-mascot versions lacked.
<gallery>
Image:stoppy_sign.PNG|<center>Stoppy</center>
Image:poppy_tire.PNG|<center>Poppy</center>
Image:ryans.png|<center>General Tso's Chicken</center>
</gallery>

*'''Stoppy the Sign''', played by [[Coach Z]], is the [[Stop Sign]] mascot. He doesn't mind a good chafe. The costume also provides air conditioning and a mini-bar.
*'''Poppy the Tire''' is a mascot representing the [[Tire]]. The suit chafes [[Homestar Runner]] like crazy.
*'''[[General Tso's Chicken]]''' appears in mascot form. The costume has "[[Ryan Sterritt|Ryan S.]]" written on it. This character is portrayed by [[Homsar]], who claims that "it's time for tasteball."

==Appearances==

*'''Debut:''' Email [[theme park]]
*[[On Break]]
*{{Decemberweenvent Calendar|15}}

[[Category:Strong Badia|Mount RidesPlace USA]]
[[Category:Mascots]]

Shark-Tooth Bubs

Keegster2 — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:31:54 GMT

Keegster2: To whom does this mysterious Mount RidesPlace belong to?

[[Image:Shark-Tooth Bubs.png|thumb|"I'm going to go throw up at your house!"]]

''From [[NYU Talk - 1 Mar 2005|"A Date with Homestar Runner" at New York University, 2005]]:''
<blockquote>'''[[MATT CHAPMAN]]:''' We were getting these stuffed animals of The Cheat made. To show us that they were the right people for the job, this company in Hong Kong made some little six-inch plush dolls of our characters. Most of them they got pretty good! And then... Bubs they just completely misinterpreted.</blockquote>

'''Shark-Tooth Bubs''' is a plush doll prototype of [[Bubs]] that sharply deviates from his character design. Rather than two [[mismatched eyes]], one black and one blue with a white ring, he has two black eyes and a large protruding white-ringed horn; his teeth are pointed and shark-like rather than rectangular.

The plush toy was created by a company in {{w|Hong Kong}}, during the pre-production of the [[Kick The Cheat]] dolls. To demonstrate their ability to adapt [[The Cheat]] to three dimensions, the toy company produced sample plush dolls of [[Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]], [[Marzipan]], and Bubs (the first two of which [[Puppet Character Variations#Not Quite Puppets|have also been shown]]). Though the first three were created largely on-model, the manufacturer "[[theme park#Commentary Transcript|misinterpreted pretty much everything]]" about Bubs's [[dumb animal characters|odd design]], resulting in the inclusion of [[fangs]] and a horn.

[[File:sharktooth.png|thumb|128px|Shark-Tooth Bubs in [[Flash]]]]
Similar to other characters that originated as distortions of existing cast members (like [[Homsar]] or [[Senor Cardgage]]), Shark-Tooth Bubs is characterized with a particularly bizarre manner of speaking and often acts in a parody of typical Bubs roles. His voice is provided by [[Mike Chapman]] (rather than [[Matt Chapman]], who provides Bubs's regular voice), in a similar fashion to his voice for Bubs in [[Powered by The Cheat]] cartoons.

Shark-Tooth Bubs almost exclusively appears in [[Puppet Stuff]]. He features in the bonus video [[Puppets on the Road]] on [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|Disc Four]] of the [[strongbad_email.exe]] [[DVD]]. His first speaking appearance on the site was in [[Main Page 25]]. In [[Dangeresque: Puppet Squad]], Shark-Tooth Bubs played a brief role as an [[Unnamed Characters|unnamed]] bad guy; also in the ''[[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]]'' series, he portrays [[Baron Darin Diamonocle]] in the [[Steam Trading Cards]] for [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]] (though neither he nor Diamonocle appear in the game proper). A [[Thnikkaman]] version of Shark-Tooth Bubs {{prs|644533434241712128|17|Sep|2015|alt=claimed he used to sell TVs}}.

Plush toys of Shark-Tooth Bubs were offered by Bubs as prizes at a ring toss game at [[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA]].

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[theme park]]
*[[:Category:Shark-Tooth Bubs Filmography|Complete Filmography]]

{{Puppet Stuff}}
{{Bubs variations}}
[[Category:Puppet Stuff Characters]]
[[Category:Inside Jokes]]

The King of Town's Food

Keegster2 — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 03:54:53 GMT

Keegster2: Adding all the different foods(?) I could find. I swear there was something I was trying to find but missed, though.

'''The King of Town's food''' is the collection of products that are chosen by [[the King of Town]] for primary consumption. His diet is odd even by [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] standards, containing a number of [[Eating Non-Food Items|items that aren't normally considered edible]].
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=====Animal [[Phat]]=====
A brand of lard (the container says "It's lard, yo!") that the King of Town takes from [[Strong Bad]] in [[suntan]]. It later appears on the top shelf of the King's food cabinet in [[the bet]].
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=====Anything with "[[butter]]" in the name=====
In [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], all of the items the viewer can give the King of Town involve butter in some way. If given a fun-sized {{w|Butterfinger}}, he admits that he'll accept the treat just because it has "butter" in its name.
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| [[Image:Armystyle.png|150px|Mayo Commmandos!]] || Email [[the bet]] ||
=====Army-Style Mayo=====
Army-[[Style]] Mayo is a military-worthy brand of [[mayonnaise]]. [[Strong Bad]] leaves an open can of it in the King of Town's ventilation ducts as a practical joke.
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| [[Image:awpotatoes.PNG|150px|POTATO DEUCE!]] || Email [[the bet]] ||
=====Awwww Gratin [[Potatoes|Potates]]=====
A 200-pound bag of Awwww Gratin Potates is stocked by the King of Town in his pantry. He is particularly proud of the fact that his bag is of the [[1983]] "vintage." This foodstuff is a spin on the thinly sliced potatoes and cheese dish known as "au gratin."
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| [[File:Gumball Surprise.png|150px|"Got any five of everything?"]] || [[The Baloneyman]] ||
=====Baloney sandwiches=====
The King of Town orders several of "everything" from [[Bubs]]' [[Baloney Sammich Truck]].
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=====[[Fruit#Bananas|Bananas]]=====
[[Strong Bad]] is surprised that the King of Town would eat anything as healthy as a banana. He later uses the peel to great effect getting the uninvited party guests out of his house.
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=====Black pepper gravy=====
Comparing the snow in ''{{w|World Games (video game)|World Games}}'''s slalom skiing event to black pepper gravy, [[Strong Bad]] adds that "Black Pepper Gravy Mountain" sounds like what the King of Town eats for brunch.
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=====Bleached buttered bats=====
After [[Strong Bad]] pours a tureen filled with butter into a fog machine during his concert, the fog becomes buttery and covers [[Strong Sad]]'s previously bleached bats in butter. This makes them irresistible to the King of Town, who greedily eats them onstage and causes the audience to cheer him on in a frenzy.
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| [[Image:butterda.png|150px|It's Butter-da!]] || Email [[the bet]], [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====Butter-da=====
[[Butter]]-da is apparently some form of automotive fluid, but the King of Town enjoys it and advertises it as if it's a soda. Its tagline is "They tell me not to, but I still drinks it!"

Butter-da's disclaimer: "Butter-da is noh hush a bush push leopold."
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=====Cake=====
In [[Haunted Photo Booth]], the King of Town [[Haunted Photo Booth Costumes|dresses up as]] {{w|Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice}} from the {{w|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers}}' "{{w|Don't Come Around Here No More}}" music video, wherein Alice is transformed into a cake, sliced, and served. The King similarly carries a cake slice that appears to have been taken from his body.
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====={{w|Candy corn}}-shaped [[Halloween]] lights=====
[[Marzipan]] hangs a string of holiday lights shaped like candy corn for Halloween. When she leaves the house to check on what might be causing electrical disturbances, she is incensed to find that the King has eaten her candy corn lights.
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=====[[Cardboard boxes]] covered in syrup=====
One of the events for Awexome Cross '98 is for The Cheat to roll inside the [[tire]] and jump over the King of Town eating a cardboard box covered in syrup. The King remarks that the box is a good cake. "The Mrs. Syrup" is a reference to {{w|Mrs. Butterworth's}}.
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=====[[Chicken]] (both baked and {{w|Kentucky Fried Chicken|Kentucky Fried}})=====
The King of Town dresses up as {{w|Colonel Sanders}}, the mascot of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain, and brings a bucket of chicken with his costume. He also claims to have a secret recipe with 11 herbs and spices, but the one that [[Homestar Runner]] steals is a decoy with only 10 herbs and spices.
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=====Chocolate-covered [[organic]] {{w|foam peanut|packing peanuts}}=====
[[Strong Bad]] receives coupons for "ChocoOPPs" from Bubs, which he uses in his plan to get [[Marzipan]] to make up with [[Homestar Runner]]. However, the King of Town keeps eating the candy whenever Strong Bad places it on Marzipan's doorstep, forcing him to trick the King into falling into a pitfall.
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|[[Image:cocoabutter.PNG|150px|"Hey, you stole my cocoa butter!"]] || Email [[suntan]], email [[the bet]], [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
====={{w|Cocoa butter}}=====
[[Strong Bad]] had planned to use cocoa butter in order to help him with his suntan, but the King of Town steals it from him while he's busy tanning.
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| [[Image:CorndogBatter.png‎|150px|"And furthermore, now I am going to eat this bowl of corn dog batter."]] || [[The King of Town's Character Video|His character video]] ||
====={{w|Corn dog}} batter=====
Throughout his character video, the King of Town is anticipating finishing his speech and consuming the contents of a bowl he's holding, which he says at the end is filled with corn dog batter.
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| [[Image:Sbemail184.PNG‎|150px|"To be fair, I did eat all the cotton balls."]] || Email [[diorama]] ||
=====Cotton balls=====
[[Strong Bad]] suggests using cotton balls in a diorama, adding that chunks of the King of Town's beard can be used as a substitute. The King admits that it's fair, as he had eaten all the cotton balls.
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=====Cupcakes=====
The winner of the game receives cupcakes; if the King beats [[Strong Bad]], he is shown eating them whilst Strong Bad is lowered into [[the Poopsmith]]'s [[whatsit]] pile.
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| [[Image:1ohnoyoudent.png‎|150px|"Them's my after-dinner mints!"]] || Email [[retirement]] ||
=====[[Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets|Denture tablets]]=====
He eats these as after-dinner mints.
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| [[Image:Kot deodorant.PNG|150px|"Don't you want to try any Forest Rush, or Tundra Mist?"]] || Email [[secret recipes]] ||
=====[[Deodorant]]=====
Various brands and styles of deodorant are snacked upon by the King of Town while he is watching the soap opera [[Caleb Rentpayer]]. The deodorant labels include: "X-treme Glacier", "Old Mountain Fog", "Arctic Pure", "De-odor Cake", "Forest Rush", and "Tundra Mist". It is interesting to note that nearly all of them are named after {{w|biome}}s. According to the King, they're "strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king". [[Strong Bad]] tried to gross out or make puke of  the King by eating a Speed Stick with white chocolate inside.
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=====[[Doughnuts]]=====
The King of Town claims he needs about 3 to 8 million donuts to maintain his caloric intake, and forces [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Bubs]] to compete for his patronage at their respective donut shops.
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=====Electrical cable=====
[[Strong Bad]] finds that the button that releases his amazing stage prop no longer functions, since the King of Town had chewed through the cable.
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====={{w|Fajita}}s=====
The King of Town sneaks these fajitas into [[the movie theater]] in [[the movies]], claiming that they, along with the {{w|mariachi}} band accompanying his dinner, were all in his box of {{w|Milk Duds}}.
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=====Giblet [[gravy]]=====
The King of Town is seen being fed giblet gravy directly through a respirator machine, making him too busy to speak with interested visitors directly.
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=====Giant Pile of {{w|Salt}}=====
The King of Town sucks up a giant pile of "Standard Nathan Brand" salt in [[record book]]. After eating this, he suffered multiple heart attacks (although he was not debilitated by them) which occurred in such close succession that they seemed like the hiccups. Next to the giant pile, there is the salt shaker from [[Meet Marshie]].
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=====[[Decemberween Food#Gravied Yams|Gravied Yams]]=====
One of the two foods at the "Left Out Characters Support Group & Buffet" the King of Town hosts for [[Decemberween]]. [[Coach Z]] lies to his [[parents]] saying he has gravied yams for his Decemberween feast.
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=====[[Ham]]=====
The King of Town loves ham. He finds it heavenly. When going trick-or-treating, he requested that the house that gave him butterscotch candies melt them down and pour them over a ham which he carried with him. Ham and mashed potatoes are foods which slow the King down while he goes on a cannoning rampage. An X-ray of his heart shows that it is the same exact shape as a ham.
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=====Himself=====
As a cookie-style ornament, [[Homestar Runner]] asks if it would be wrong to want to eat oneself. The King responds that he hopes it's not. In [[Haunted Photo Booth]], he also appears to have a slice of cake that was cut out from his own body.
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=====His mustache=====
The King dispels rumors that he has tried to eat his own mustache.
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=====Ice Style Cream=====
Ice [[Style]] Cream is an [[ice cream]] product favored by the King of Town, which he shares with [[Strong Bad]] during their sleepover. Three flavors are mentioned: "[[Chocolate|choco]]-[[gravy]]", "maybe mint?", and "casserole flavor".
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=====Lard Wipt=====
Lard Wipt is a brand name of canned whipped topping. In an Easter egg, the King of Town sneaks up behind [[Strong Sad]] with a cherry and a can of Lard Wipt, in response to [[Strong Bad]]'s comment earlier in the email about Strong Sad's "disturbing soft-serve flip".
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=====Last Three Items in the Pantry Special=====
In response to [[Ornaments#Character Ornaments from Decemberween Short Shorts|Ornament]] [[Strong Bad]]'s threat that he would stuff the ornament King of Town full of coal, the King replies that "that wouldn't be so bad" and that it wouldn't be the first time, followed by mentioning the other ingredients of the "$f.ood" [[concoction]], consisting of onion salt, hot sauce, and lumps of coal.
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=====Lifetime Supply of fish sticks=====
In [[flashback]], a lifetime supply of fish sticks pops out of the [[egg]] (and a [[The Cheat]]). In an Easter egg, it is implied that the then svelte, young [[The Prince of Town|Prince of Town]] ate the fish sticks, and this is why the King is so weighty today.
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=====Map=====
After putting [[Strong Bad]] under house arrest, the King of Town eats his map in order to prevent him from escaping [[House of the Brothers Strong|his house]].
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=====Marshmallows=====
The King of Town eats loudly and rhythmically from two piles of marshmallows.
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=====Mirror=====
As part of an [[April Fools' Day]] prank, [[Strong Bad]] gets the King to eagerly eat a hand mirror, claiming it's his long-lost twin brother.
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=====Motherboard (covered in 70% cacao)=====
Confused on what "[[Club Technochocolate]]" is, the King starts his own club where he dips electronics in chocolate.
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=====Pickled monkey fingers=====
[[Strong Bad]] carries pickled monkey fingers into [[the graveyard]] with him to use in a ritual to reanimate a dead body. When they go missing, the King denies knowledge of their whereabouts while fleeing the scene quickly.
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=====[[Pizza]]=====
[[That Little Chef Guy|The King of Town's chef]] delivers a pizza to the castle, which the King happily shares with everyone else. He orders a Thanksgiving lover's pizza from [[The Pizz]]. He also wolfs down and slobbers all over several vegetarian pizzas at [[Marzipan]]'s victory party.
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=====Cans of [[Pork]] [[b/w]] [[Beans]]=====
The King of Town, as the "foreign conglomerate" demands that [[Strong Bad]] and [[Homestar Runner]] provide him with units in exchange for a piece of [[lasagna]]. Homestar had packed several cans, but only managed to smuggle two of them past airport security. The King accepts them anyway.
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=====Pork Ramblins and Pork Snagglins=====
Pork Ramblins and Pork Snagglins are kept in a large supply in the King of Town's pantry. They are most likely two different kinds of {{w|pork rind}}s, but the difference between Ramblins and Snagglins is unclear.
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=====[[Potate]]=====
One of the items the King keeps in his pantry at the castle.
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=====Prescription ice cream=====
The King and [[Pom Pom]] are both eating chocolate-covered popsicles when [[Homestar Runner]] steals and eats them, claiming it will help him "freeze out" the bug that he accidentally swallowed. The King protests that his ice cream is prescription.
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=====[[Pumpkin]] [[Pie]]=====
Provided a pumpkin to carve for a contest, the King of Town finds that his pumpkin looked particularly luscious and baked it into pumpkin pie. He had eaten most of it before entering the remainder of the pie into the contest.
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| [[Image:CrispyPuppiesCrunch.png|150px|"Poopsmith, pack a-my bags!"]] || Email [[rated]] ||
=====Puppies=====
The King of Town asks that [[the Poopsmith]] pack his bags and plastic fangs after hearing [[Strong Bad]] claim that in {{w|Transylvania}}, it is required by law to eat puppies for breakfast.
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=====Raw [[eggs]]=====
[[Strong Bad]] offers the King a dozen eggs and a roll of [[toilet paper]] in exchange for the King leaving them alone. The King accepts the offer readily, and eats the eggs without bothering to cook them.
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=====[[Color Flavored|Red Flavored]] [[Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance]]=====
After [[Strong Bad]] and his gang filling up the empty municipal pool with gelatin and subsequently becoming trapped inside it, [[the Poopsmith]] signals to the King to eat the entire pool's worth of gelatin in order to free everyone.
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=====Roast bunnies=====
In the song sung at the end of [[The Best Decemberween Ever]], the King of Town is seen holding up a roast bunny, wishing it was supersized.
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=====Salisbury sundaes=====
While trying to invite [[Marzipan]] to his banquet after getting interrupted twice, the King gets so excited over hearing that his lifetime supple of Salisbury sundaes has arrived that he announces he's never calling Marzipan again.
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=====[[Schenectady Crispies]]=====
One of the items the King keeps in his pantry.
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=====[[Scorpion]] Food (as [[Munchox]])=====
When the boundary between reality and video games is broken, the King of Town is transformed into a scorpion beast called [[8-Bit is Enough Character Variations#Munchox|Munchox the Devourer]]. In order to lure Munchox into attacking [[Strong Sad]], Strong Bad gives [[Strong Sad]] a cube of scorpion food and claims it is actually the quest item Strong Sad wanted.
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=====[[The King of Town's Sheep|Sheep]] (lamb chops)=====
The King of Town is distressed that his sheep are missing, and believes that a dragon may have eaten them. [[Homestar Runner]] later discovers their actual fate, as the King had forgotten that he had eaten them himself.
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=====Steak=====
The King of Town brings a steak to prepare on [[The King of Town's Grill|his grill]], only to find that [[The Cheat]] is sleeping there, and that The Cheat also maintains a permanent residence there.
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| [[Image:SS_softserveflip.png|150px]] || Email [[keep cool]] ||
=====[[Strong Sad]]'s "disturbing soft-serve flip"=====
While Strong Sad is giving the weather forecast, the King of Town sneaks up behind him with a cherry and a can of Lard Wipt, in response to [[Strong Bad]]'s comment earlier in the email about Strong Sad's "disturbing soft-serve flip".
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| [[Image:Stuffinged Ham and Gravied Yams.png|150px]] || [[Homestar Presents: Presents]] ||
=====[[Decemberween Food#Stuffinged Ham|Stuffinged Ham]]=====
One of the two foods at the "Left Out Characters Support Group & Buffet" the King of Town hosts for [[Decemberween]]. [[Coach Z]] lies to his [[parents]] saying he has stuffinged ham at his Decemberween feast.
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=====[[Swiss Cake Rolls]] (Creamy Ding Snack Cakes)=====
The King of Town imposes a tax on emails in the form of one snack cake for each email sent or received. He then imprisons [[Strong Bad]] inside his own house for his failure to pay. Strong Bad later turns the tables by imposing a tax on the King's snack cakes.
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=====The KOT's Good Gravy=====
This foodstuff is found in an Easter egg by clicking on the words "Good gravy". It is sold in 104 oz. cans, and its slogan is "[[Deliberately Poor English|I don't lets]] [[the Poopsmith]] near it!"
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=====[[Toilet paper]]=====
[[Strong Bad]] offers the King a dozen [[eggs]] and a roll of toilet paper in exchange for the King leaving him, [[Strong Mad]], and [[The Cheat]] alone.
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| [[Image:Bobbin' for Turduckens.png|150px|"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Before I eat it all!"]] || [[Halloween Fairstival]] ||
====={{w|Turducken}}s=====
The King of Town sponsors an event at the annual [[Halloween]] fair. In a variation of the traditional "bobbing for apples", he creates "bobbing for Turduckens", which are submerged in mashed potatoes.
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=====Turkey legs=====
Strong Bad finds a pair of turkey legs in the King's refrigerated throne.
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=====TV remote control=====
The King of Town spits out a remote control after [[Homestar Runner]] announces that he is going to build a deck.
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=====[[Whatsit]]=====
[[Strong Bad]] writes in a story that the King of Town ate an entire pile of whatsit. The King sadly replies that he wishes it was fiction. Later, the King tells [[the Poopsmith]] that he didn't eat the pile of whatsit, and uses [[Homestar Runner]] as a convenient patsy to blame for eating the pile.
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====={{w|Wii Remote}}=====
While Strong Bad is searching for other musicians to recruit for his own band at the Battle of the Bands, the King of Town is seen eating a Wii Remote; [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] was playable on the Wii and heavily marketed with Wii Remotes.
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=====Wooden tables=====
While a giant [[Bubs]] is going on a rampage across town, the King is minding his own business at a wooden table with several bites taken out of it.
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=====[[Biscuit]] dough=====
The King of Town describes the perpetrator who stole his crown as having "hands shaped like biscuit dough". Later, after returning home, he remarks that he feels like eating biscuit dough.
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| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] ||
=====Buffalo wings=====
The King of Town phones [[Marzipan]] in distress over his missing napkin, "The Flamingo", which he uses when eating buffalo wings. He says he has "like, fifty frickin' wings" which he can't eat without it.
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| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Buttermilk=====
After falling into a pitfall, the King asks [[Strong Bad]] to throw him down a glass of buttermilk, as he's getting awfully hungry.
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| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2]] ||
====={{w|Camel}}s=====
While reporting to [[Marzipan]] about their plot against [[Strong Sad]], the King mentions that the camel used for step 2 of the plan had died and was "decidedly undelicious".
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| [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====Chili mac=====
After being tricked into taking the title of King back, the King of Town complains, "What's a king gotta do to get some chili mac up in here?"
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| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine version 16.2]] ||
=====[[Chocolate]]-dipped {{w|Eucestoda|tapeworms}}=====
While calling [[Marzipan]], the King is so preoccupied with eating a chocolate-dipped tapeworm that he doesn't hear that the outgoing message on [[PhoneTime XL800|her answering machine]] is from [[Strong Sad]], causing him to inadvertently reveal that they are plotting together against him.
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=====[[Cold cuts]]=====
While explaining why he is too mad to want to talk to [[Strong Bad]], the King mentions having been lured away from a cart full of cold cuts and mini-breads.
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=====Danishes=====
After [[Strong Bad]], as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]], says that he always gets the last laugh and the last danish, the King, as [[Perducci]] claims that "No one gets the last danish in [his] house".
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| [[Halloween Hide & Seek]] ||
=====[[Defibrillators]]=====
[[Homestar Runner]] is surprised that the King of Town's heart hasn't exploded from him bouncing on a trampoline. The King says that he's fine, as he had swallowed a defibrillator earlier.
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| [[Toikey TV]] ||
=====Fried turkey=====
The King of Town goes on television with an important public service announcement telling people that thousands of families suffer from [[Not X|not-fried]] turkeys, and encourages viewers to fry their Thanksgiving turkeys.
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| [[Jibblies 2]], [[Homestar Ruiner]], [[Strong Badia the Free]], [[Halloween Hide & Seek]] ||
=====[[Giblets]]=====
Confusing the word "[[jibblies]]", the King of Town decides he would like some of the "giblet flu" that's been going around because it sounds delicious. He then gets the jibblies shortly afterward. In Halloween Hide & Seek he again mentions the giblets and claims the giblets were a lie when shown the [[Jibblies Painting]].

In [[Strong Badia the Free]], [[Bubs]] complains that the King is buying up all his stolen organs, except he calls them "giblets". Similarly, Bubs guesses that [[Strong Sad]]'s pretendix is a batch of homemade meats.
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====={{w|Hello Kitty}} erasers=====
When asked why he had dressed up as Hello Kitty, the King of Town answers that he dressed up as his favorite candy, which [[Strong Bad]] says that he is pretty sure were actually erasers.
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=====His foot=====
Apparently, the King of Town has managed to accidentally swallow his foot at least twice.
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| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====His tongue=====
The King bites his tongue by accident while eating something, and finds that it tastes pretty good.
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====={{w|Hubba Bubba}}=====
After [[Strong Sad]] compliments the King for his costume of Charlie from ''{{w|The Mighty Boosh}}'', the King says his "costume" is merely the result of him falling asleep while chewing on eight packs of Hubba Bubba gum.
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=====Jelly beans=====
After slapping [[Strong Bad]] with a massive tax for e-mails and placing him under house arrest, the King leaves with [[the Poopsmith]] to begin collecting on his "pour an entire bag of jelly beans down [his] gullet" tax.
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| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0]] ||
=====Lamb=====
The King of Town keeps trying to invite [[Marzipan]] to a banquet at his castle, but is too ecstatic when his leg of lamb arrives to stay on the line.
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| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] ||
=====Macadamia nuts=====
The King asks to be given some macadamias in advance for his royalties of ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective'' merchandise sales, having already blown through his cashew salary for the movie.
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| Email [[original]] ||
=====Mayonnaise=====
[[Original Bubs]] quits the show when he finds that someone has eaten all the mayonnaise off his [[egg]] [[salad]], but left the salad. The King of Town claims that he can't reveal how he did it.
|-
| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Swedish meatballs=====
When [[Coach Z]] asks [[Pom Pom]] to help send the latter's performance in the Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race to the offical review committee in {{w|Stockholm}}, {{w|Sweden}}, the King mentions wanting to go for some meatballs, "or some inexpensive but stylish furniture".
|-
| Email [[the movies]] ||
====={{w|Milk Duds}}=====
The King likes to sneak all-you-can-eat fajitas into [[the movie theater]], but claims that everything was packed inside his box of Milk Duds.
|-
| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Mini-breads=====
While explaining why he is too mad to want to talk to [[Strong Bad]], the King mentions having been lured away from a cart full of [[cold cuts]] and mini-breads.
|-
| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====[[Nougat]]=====
The King decides that he will start calling Thursday "Nougatday", which will be filled with rich, creamy nougat.
|-
| [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Oatmeal=====
One of five options the King suggests for the center initial of the band DÖI.
|-
| [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Octopus=====
One of five options the King suggests for the center initial of the band DÖI.
|-
| [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Oliveloaf=====
One of five options the King suggests for the center initial of the band DÖI.
|-
| [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Omelette=====
One of five options the King suggests for the center initial of the band DÖI.
|-
| [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Oysters=====
One of five options the King suggests for the center initial of the band DÖI.
|-
| [[Halloween Hide & Seek]] ||
====={{w|Plasticine}}=====
After [[Homestar Runner]] mentions that he tried to eat plasticine as a kid, the King admits that he's guilty of doing so as well.
|-
| [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] ||
=====Regurgitated food (at least a ham sandwich that [[Homestar Runner]] ate)=====
After Homestar Runner relates a story where he discovers a ham sandwich that the King buried years ago and subsequently ate, Homestar ends the tale saying he almost felt like [[puking]] it back up onto his plate. The King replies that he wishes Homestar had.
|-
| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Royal bologna=====
In his castle, the King demands someone fetch him his royal bologna.
|-
| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Royal custard=====
The King of Town wonders where his royal custard is, refusing to take a [[bath]] without it.
|-
| [[Later That Night...]] ||
====={{w|Scrubbing Bubbles}}=====
The King confirms [[Strong Bad]]'s assumption that his costume (one of the brand's mascots) follows his usual pattern of dressing up as things he consumes, saying that he uses it to scour the mold off of expired food.
|-
| [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]] ||
=====Sea Monkey Po'boys=====
[[The Poopsmith]] dresses up as a sea monkey. The King claims that's not actually the Poopsmith, but rather he has managed to breed sea monkeys large enough to make po'boys out of them.
|-
| [[8-Bit is Enough]] ||
=====Strudel=====
When appearing in [[Trogdor]]'s lair as [[8-Bit is Enough Character Variations#Robo-King of Town|Robo-King of Town]], the King shouts "mein strudel!"
|-
| [[Kick-A-Ball]] ||
=====Sunflower seeds=====
After striking out in Kick-A-Ball, the King is loaded into a catapult and fired. He is dismayed that he didn't even receive any sunflower seeds before being ejected from the game.
|-
| [[Halloween Hide & Seek]] ||
====={{w|Reese's Take 5|Take 5}} bars=====
When asked by [[Homestar Runner]] why he is bouncing on a trampoline, the King explains that he had accidentally swallowed a whole wrapped Take 5 bar, and is trying to regurgitate it back out to eat it properly.
|-
| [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====Thin [[gravy]] film=====
After reading that [[Strong Bad]] has imposed a tax on Creamy Ding Snack Cakes, the King is appalled, and compares it to placing a tax on the laughter of a child, or the thin film that forms on gravy when left out too long.
|-
| {{postref|1297216684886024192|22|Aug|2020}} ||
=====[[Wigs]] and noodles=====
After Twitter user [[twitter:murderwizard|@murderwizard]] described a video of [[Limozeen]] practicing their song [[Brain Sister]] as "vintage wigs and noodles", Strong Bad replied that "Wigs and Noodles" is the King of Town's usual Thursday night meal.
|}

==See Also==

* [[The King of Town's Health Problems]]
* [[Items#Food/Drinks|Foods]]
* [[Decemberween Food]]
* [[Minor Foods]]
* [[Eating Non-Food Items]]
* [[Strong Sad's Diet]]

[[Category:Food and drinks|King of Town's Food]]
[[Category:Vices|King of Town's Food]]
[[Category:Lists|King of Town's Food]]

trading cards

Keegster2 — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:05:00 GMT

Keegster2: /* Real-World References */ This is a pet peeve of mine: calling Pokémon the Series "*the* Pokémon anime" is real vague, since there's like, 8 other animated series in the franchise.

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[[Image:Sbemail157.PNG|thumb|"Those aren't even from the same lame game. Or 'SLG'."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{for|cards shown in various toons on the website|Trading Cards}}

Strong Bad shows us several examples of character trading cards.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}} (pictured), {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Cheatball}}, {{Film|Stinkoman}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (pictured)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Planet K]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, September 11, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:26

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' A-when you dribble down the court with an email, you leave your dreams at the top of the keeey. ''{brings up the email}''

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: Trading Stong-gum</div>
Hey Strongbad- 
You should have trading cards...With a stick of gum in them. 
Nerdly yours, 
Daniel, 
N.S. CANADA
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad says "Another freakin' guy named Daniel" instead of "Daniel" and "not safe in Canada" instead of "N.S. CANADA".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing and whispering}'' Oh! Thanks for the tip, Daniel. I'll lay low here in the states for a while until things cool off. ''{clears screen, talking normally}'' Daniel, trading cards are the biggest waste of not a video game on the planet! In fact, I thought trading cards were outlawed the day they invented good graphics. As for that "gum" that comes with them, I'm pretty sure they replaced that with a pink piece of balsa wood back in the early '80s and nobody ever noticed. So, no, I shouldn't have trading cards. But most of the other idiots round here have engaged in some form of trading cardery. Let's rag on them, shall we?

''{A small area of the top of Strong Bad's computer desk is shown. A trading card of Coach Z entitled "Coach-Like Figure" is placed onto it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' First up is Coach Z's line of vaguely sportsish managerial cards. ''{Another trading card entitled "Horrendous Spitter" is placed on the table.}'' What self-respecting twelve-year-old doesn't want to collect pictures of the smelly old men behind their favorite sports teams? ''{A third card entitled "Showering Expert" is placed.}'' And who could resist memorizing all these fabulous stats? ''{Card is flipped over showing vaguely sports related stats}'' Ooh, a record high 23 butt pats in '84!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad on his Lappy, with Homestar Runner next to him.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And, who do you think was the lucky recipient of all those ''{wiggles his rear end}'' butt pats 'cept a one?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Let me guess, it{{--}}

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{interrupting}'' No, it was me. ''{close up on Homestar}'' It was like I was made to hustle that season.

''{Cut back to wide view of Strong Bad and Homestar}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, who got that last butt pat?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. I think he gave himself that one. He's re-known for his ''{wiggles his rear end again}'' self-butt pats.

''{closeup of Strong Bad's head}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, ''known'' in seven states.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' What?

''{Cut back to Strong Bad typing on his Lappy. He clears the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Next up, we got the Cheat's trading card game, which is really more like a trading card activity or trading card goings-on, because the word 'game' implies fun and enjoyment.

''{Cut to the top of Strong Bad's computer desk. A trading card of "Cheatball" slides into view.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' And you won't find none of ''that'' here.

''{Wipe to 20X6 the field with Stinkoman and Cheatball.}''

'''STINKOMAN''': CHEATBALL POISON RAIN VORNADO!!!

''{He throws the Cheatball toward the screen. The animation stops briefly with a fart sound.}''

'''CHEATBALL''': Cheatball!

''{It explodes in a green cloud of gas. As it dissipates, numbers appear in the four corners of the screen and change rapidly. The words "PLAY GET!" flash on the screen and the 20X6 credit song from [[Under Construction]] plays}''

'''STINKOMAN''': Uhm, so, did I win? Does anyone know how this game works?

''{Wipe back to the top of Strong Bad's computer desk with trading cards titled "Cheatball" and "Stinkoman" lying on it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' I'll trade you your Cheatball card for my Deathly Pallor Lonely Lurker Attack card. ''{said trading card appears on the table}''

''{Cut back to wide shot of Strong Bad and Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, those aren't even from the same lame game. Or SLG. ''{zoom in on Strong Bad}'' ''Your'' game is for musky nerds to play in the basement of the freshman dorms. This cutesy Japanesey game is for little kids to play during recess, to make sure they don't get any real exercise.

''{Cut back to wide shot of Strong Bad and Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, how are them kids gonna earn any ''{wiggles his rear end}'' butt pats if they don't hustle it out?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I don't think butt pats are part of the approved curriculum in elementary schools these days.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks sad}'' Well, that's just sad.

''{Strong Bad turns back to his Lappy; cut back to him typing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' The only trading cards I really gave a toot about were...

''{Cut to the top of Strong Bad's computer desk, where a trading card entitled "Petey POOPsmith" appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' .. the Poopsmith's line of gross-out cards for kids.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' I'll trade you that Petey POOPsmith for this Marzi-PANCAKE. ''{said trading card appears on table}''

''{Cut back. Homestar is still there.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You just keep showing up, don't ya?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, okay, I'll throw in this rare STING of Town, too.

''{Cut to table, where said trading card is placed down. Cut back to Strong Bad on his Lappy, with Homestar Runner next to him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' How 'bout I trade ''you'' a "get outta my face" for this...

''{Cut to Strong Bad drawing on a sticky note, with the Lappy in front of him.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...uhhhh...

''{Cut to the top of Strong Bad's computer desk, where a post-it note entitled "148 more reps!" appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' ...one of a kind Strong Bad bench-pressing dinosaurs collector's card.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Hooo-ray!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad on his Lappy, with Homestar Runner next to him. Homestar is covered in sticky notes with Strong Bad and dinosaurs on them.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' My collection is complete! And ''here'', my good man, is your "get outta your face". ''{runs off}''

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. After some time has passed...}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' How many times have we had that conversation?

''{Homestar Runner quickly pops his head back into the screen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{quickly}'' Thirty-five!

''{disappears again quickly}''

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Fan with dimetrodon.PNG|thumb|i fan myself w/ dimetrodon]]
*Click on "good graphics" to reveal the title screen of the 1982 [[Videlectrix]] video game [[C.H.E.A.T.]]
*Click on the [[Strong Sad]] card when Strong Bad turns around to see another The Beleagured: Alliance card featuring Strong Sad dressed as a harlequin, labelled "Prancibald: Limerick Swirl".
*Click on the stack of cards at the end to see all of the trading cards (except the alternate Strong Sad Easter egg card) featured in this email up close.
*Click on the sticky notes on the floor at the end to see them up close.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*Coach Z's trading cards are references to sports cards which often feature an image of a player of a sport playing said sport. Statistics like the ones on the back of Coach Z's cards are similar to the statistics found on sports cards as well.
*"Fiery How to Play [[Deliberately Poor English|Convusion]]" is a reference to the "How to Play" card in some card games.
*The "N.S." in the email's closing refers to [[wikipedia:Nova Scotia|Nova Scotia]].

===Trivia===

*The back of the "Showering Expert" card reads:
<blockquote>Coach Z 
Crunk Warriors 
1984 Stat-at-at-ats 
Butt pats..................23 
Hat throws.................8 
Dirt kicks...................13 
Shorts.....................3 in. 
"Ol' Butt Patterson 
once made a castle 
out of toilet paper!"</blockquote>
*This is the first time that [[20X6]] The Cheat is referred to as [[Cheatball]]. It is also the first time his voice or appearance (other than his face) has been revealed.
*The floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#kyrandia series|kyrandia series]]".
*Homestar is "wearing" 23 [[sticky note]]s.
*The email [[Stong Bad|misspells "Strong" as "Stong"]] (in its [[Strong Bad Email Sender's Subject|subject line]]) and [[Poorly Written Emails#Emails that spell Strong Bad/Strong Badia as one word|writes "Strongbad" as one word]].


===Remarks===
[[Image:TradingCardNumberSequence.gif|frame|The number sequence followed by the counters.]]
*The [[Wikipedia:Dimetrodon|Dimetrodon]] Strong Bad fans himself with in an Easter egg was a real creature that is commonly mistaken for a [[dinosaur]]. In actuality, it was a [[Wikipedia:synapsid|synapsid]] (mammal-like reptile) that lived at least 30 million years before the first dinosaurs appeared.
*Strong Bad's dinosaur cards do not use the usual AhnbergHand [[font]] for his handwriting.
*The "Fiery How to Play Convusion" card's white shadow says "Fiery How to ''Score'' Convusion".
*Strong Bad says "Another freakin' guy named Daniel", but, at the time of this email, there had been only one other [[Strong Bad Email By Name of Sender#D|email sender]] by the name of Daniel. However, there had been nine senders with names that are variations of Daniel, e.g. [[Dan]] and Danny.
*If the Flash is viewed externally such that the parts outside the frame can be seen, it can be seen that, even though he is out of the frame at the time, Homestar jumps slightly and has mouth movement for his line "What?"
*The four number counters all count the same numbers; they just start at different times.
*When Strong Bad draws himself bench-pressing dinosaurs on a sticky note, he uses his [[Left Handedness|left hand]], although he is usually right handed.
*The "Showering Expert" Coach Z trading card does not have a gray border on the outside.
*The sticky notes and trading card Easter eggs are clickable before the email is completely finished.
*Strong Bad uses the abbreviation "SLG" for "same lame game". This is a play on TCG, for "trading card game". SLG is also an abbreviation for "simulation game" in Japan, which is fitting because of the appearance of the Cheatball's trading card game in this email.

===Goofs===
[[Image:SB Dino 09.png|thumb|125px|Drawing outside the box]]
*For a single frame, Strong Bad's drawing (148 more reps!) remains after he holds up the sticky note.
*When Homestar leans forward and talks about Strong Bad's "get outta your face", part of the drawing on one of the sticky notes moves outside the border of the note.
*Strong Bad does not capitalize "The States" when he types it, even though he's referring to the United States of America.
*Also, Strong Bad types "the Cheat", even though the "the" should be capitalized, since it is [[Integral Article|a part of]] [[The Cheat]]'s name.
*When clicking on the sticky note on the right at the end, it comes from the left sticky note.
*The closeups of the sticky notes are not the same as the sticky notes on the floor.

===Fixed Goofs===
[[Image:Deathly Palor.PNG|thumb|125px|Deathly ''Palor'' Lonely Lurker Attack card (now fixed)]]
*When this email was first released, "Pallor" was spelled as "Palor" on Strong Sad's playing card. This has since been fixed.
*When this email was first released, the [[sticky notes]] at the end could be clicked on, but doing so did nothing. This was changed shortly thereafter.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's intro song for this email includes the phrase "top of the key", a phrase associated with [[Reg Having the Ball at the Top of the Key|Reg having the ball]].
*Strong Bad refers to the activity as "[[Noun-ery|trading cardery]]".
*Strong Sad's [[Grim Reaper]] costume originally appeared in [[Experimental Film]].
*Strong Sad was known as "The Deathly Pallor" in [[impression]]; this is also the name of his [[The Deathly Pallor|radio host alter-ego]] in [[radio]].
*Strong Sad's Easter egg card calls him [[Prancing|Prancibald]], which was first used in [[flashback]] by Strong Bad to describe Homestar.
*The name "Butt Patterson" is another appearance of [[butt-patting]] and a [[names ending in -erson|name ending in -erson]].
*Coach Z's feature fact says he built a castle out of [[toilet paper]].
*Strong Sad was described as a lurker in [[garage sale]] and [[Senorial Day]].
*"Crunk Warriors" refers to Coach Z's [[hip-hop]] tendencies.
*The Coach Z trading cards closely resemble the Pom Pom basketball card in the email [[different town]].
*The capsules on the top of the Stinkoman cards are the same as the capsule in [[time capsule]], as well as the powerups in [[Stinkoman 20X6]] and the Isle of Poms in [[Pom Pom, Too]].
*The song when "Play Get!" appears is also the same song at the end of [[Under Construction]].
*The "biggest [[Waste of X|waste]] of [[Not X|not a video game]]" is similar to other remarks in Strong Bad's emails.
*"Vornado" is another example of [[portmanteaus]], being a combination of "vortex" and "tornado".
*One of the cards says that Coach Z is a "[[Showering]] Expert".
*Strong Bad says that he thinks trading cards were outlawed the day [[good graphics]] were invented.

===Real-World References===

*"[[Whatsit]] Pile Tikes" are a parody of {{w|Garbage Pail Kids}}, which is in turn, a parody of {{w|Cabbage Patch Kids}}.
*The title screen for "C.H.E.A.T." is a reference to the notoriously unpopular [[Atari 2600]] game ''{{w|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (Atari 2600)|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial}}'', which is often cited as one of the main causes of the {{w|video game crash of 1983}}. The game featured an uncharacteristically detailed [[Wikipedia:Image:ET2600-TheBestPart.png|title screen]] commonly described as being the "best part of the game".
*"The Beleaguered: Alliance" cards with Strong Sad closely resemble "{{w|Magic: The Gathering}}" cards in both art and gameplay mechanics. The numbers in the lower right corner of Strong Sad's cards mimic the power and toughness ratings found on Magic's creature cards.
*The Stinkoman Cards are a parody of Japanese trading card games such as ''{{w|Pokémon Trading Card Game|Pokémon}}'' and ''{{w|Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game|Yu-Gi-Oh!}}''.
**The points that appear onscreen during the 20X6 sequence resemble the life counters from the {{w|Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime}}.
**The yellow cards with attack names resemble the cards from the Pokémon TCG.
**The name Cheatball, as well as the way Stinkoman throws him, is a reference to the [https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Poké_Ball Poké Balls] used in ''[[Pokémon]]''.
**Cheatball saying "Cheatball" is also a reference to ''[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_the_Series Pokémon the Series]'', where most Pokémon speak by saying their species' name.
*The Fiery How to Play Convusion could be a parody of the fact that many trading card games are very complicated, involving odd rules that few people follow.
*The Crunk Warriors is a reference to the former Atlanta CBA team called the {{w|Augusta Groove|Atlanta Krunk}} (originally the Charlotte Krunk, and formerly Atlanta Krunk Wolverines). {{w|Crunk}} is a genre of {{w|hip hop music}} based particularly on the eastern side of Atlanta, [[Georgia]] popularized by {{w|Lil Jon}} and more.
*The "Showering Expert" card not having a grey border around it might be a reference to many vintage sports cards, which were known for having many different versions of the same card with minor differences.
*Daniel's suggestion and Strong Bad's "pink piece of balsa wood" remark refer to the fact that most baseball card packages, up until the 1990s, came with a stick of [[gum]] inside. This is due to the fact that most baseball cards were made by chewing gum companies. The gum was often hard to the point of being unchewable and periodically ruined the card it was resting against in the package. Newer card series have chewing gum also, but now it comes in a plastic wrapper and is fresh and soft.

===Fast Forward===
*A revised version of the C.H.E.A.T. title screen became the title screen of the [[Where's The Cheat? (game)|Where's The Cheat?]] DVD game on [[Everything Else, Volume 3]].
*The Cheatball card would later make an appearance as one of [[Perducci]]'s playing cards in [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]], labelled as a "creature card".

== DVD Version ==
*The stack of trading cards Easter egg is now shown thus: instead of clicking on each of them to make the next one in the stack appear, they all appear automatically, one at a time, with the elevator music heard throughout the email (during the "Crunk Warriors" and "Whatsit Pile Tikes" sequences, respectively) playing in the background.
{{commentary|email=true}}

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

'''MATT:''' You guys, I'm totally bummed.

'''MIKE:''' Why?

'''MATT:''' My Dwight Gooden Rookie card...

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

'''MATT:''' It was worth like, 17 bucks in 1986, probably.

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

'''MATT:''' It's probably worth less than that now.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah...

'''MATT:''' That was a surefire... I mean, you know, it was gonna be worth hundreds by now.

'''RYAN:''' That{{--}} that guy...

'''MIKE:''' You gotta look at your Beckett's catalog.

'''MATT:''' I know.

'''MIKE:''' To find out how much it's worth.

'''RYAN:''' Do they still make Beckett?

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

'''MATT:''' Isn't that what it was? The first guy?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''RYAN:''' Mm-hmm.

'''MIKE:''' I think Robin Yount was the character; the player that I collected all his cards; I got all of Robin Yount.

'''MATT:''' I got a lot of baseball character cards.

''{Mike and Ryan laugh}''

'''RYAN:''' A lot of Tony Peña...

'''MIKE:''' Oh, he's a{{--}} he's a good character.

'''MATT:''' You met Tony Peña, right?

'''RYAN:''' I did.

'''MATT:''' Remember when he used to catch when there was nobody on base? And he would stick his leg straight out?

'''RYAN:''' And he could do... let's see... left-handed? There's something where he could whip it while at first base while there came the capture of condition...

'''MIKE:''' Oh, yeah. Look, here's a sports character, right here! The Crunk Warriors, that was originally gonna be a joke in a Teen Girl Squad that we were gonna make about the school Olympics. And{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that was the team The Ugly One{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, they agreed to let The Ugly One name the team, and that's what she came up with; it was the Crunk Warriors.

''{Pause as Homestar asks Strong Bad who received the butt pats}''

'''MIKE:''' What are they playing, the Kyrandia series of games... Legends of Kyrandia...

'''MATT:''' Yeah...

'''MIKE:''' Malcolm's Revenge{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Joker...

'''MIKE:''' The Hand of Jester or some kind. Is he a bad guy, or was he{{--}} Malcolm, I think. Malcolm was the jester guy. He was a bad guy, but in the third game, you played as him.

'''MATT:''' Malcolm doesn't sound like the name of a ''jester''.

'''MIKE:''' I think it was. Malcolm's Revenge{{--}} I don't know, maybe I'm making it up.

'''MATT:''' Malcolm Jamal Jester... man? There's a guy that used to walk around here that ha{{--}} wore a jester hat.

'''MIKE:''' Last summer.

'''RYAN:''' That's right.

'''MATT:''' And in the thick of summer, he had this{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Leather jacket.

'''MATT:''' And a jester hat.

'''MIKE:''' ''{as Cheatball explodes in a green gas cloud}'' Ohh! So this is something we had to do{{--}} get on YouTube and look for some of these cartoons that we're making fun of, 'cause you're like, "Well, you sure we're close with this, these trading card cartoons, but we've never seen one, so let's check 'em out."

'''RYAN:''' ''{softly}'' Beleaguered: Alliance...

'''MIKE:''' Dude, Beleaguered: Alliance... Beleaguered... uh, Beleaguered: Crossroads is my favorite of the Beleaguered card series; Beleaguered: Alliance was whether the attacks was only good. The stitch points...

'''MATT:''' I remember my friend Jason in college coached a soccer team of, you know, eight-year-olds, and we went to a practice one time and that was the first time I ever heard of Magic, the card game...

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

'''MATT:''' ...because the kids were asking us, "Do you play Magic?" Not that they were just asking us if we did magic tricks.

''{All laugh}''

'''MIKE:''' Stupid kids!

'''MATT:''' Yeah, why are you trying to ''play'' magic? It's like you ''do'' magic. And no, I don't do magic.

''{Strong Bad talks about the Whatsit Pile Tikes card series}''

'''MIKE:''' Um... so the Garbage Pail Kids are still around.

''{Matt and Ryan both speak at once, making this bit of dialog inaudible}''

'''MATT:''' Look at that. That is an angry bee that stung the King of Town's face.

''{Pause}''

'''MIKE:''' C'mon, just 148 more abs! Look at his disgusting arms!

'''MATT:''' Um... so wait, aren't they supposed to be{{--}} aren't they all supposed to be bench-pressing... dinosaurs?

'''MIKE:''' Oh, was it bench-pressing?

'''RYAN:''' I think so.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

''{Pause}''

'''MATT:''' He's clearly just lifting some of them.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah... Dimetrodon.

=== Fun Facts ===
*{{w|Dwight Gooden|Dwight "Doc" Gooden}} is a former [[Wikipedia:Major League Baseball|MLB]] player. He was one of the most dominant and feared pitchers in the [[Wikipedia:National League|National League]] during the mid-1980s, but his career declined due to injuries and drug abuse.
*"Beckett's catalog" refers to ''{{w|Beckett Media|Beckett Baseball Card Monthly}}'', a no-longer-in-print publication that provided monthly price guides for trading cards.
*{{w|Robin Yount}} is a former MLB player for the [[Wikipedia:Milwaukee Brewers|Milwaukee Brewers]].
*{{w|Tony Peña}} is a former MLB catcher known for his defensive skills and unorthodox squatting position.
*"Kyrandia" refers to ''{{w|The Legend of Kyrandia}}'', a fantasy point-and-click adventure game trilogy.
**''{{w|The Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge|Malcolm's Revenge}}'' is the third and final entry in the series.
**Coach Z would later dress up as Malcolm the jester in [[Halloween Hide & Seek]].
*"Malcolm Jamal Jester" refers to {{wp|Malcolm Jamal-Warner}}, best known for his role as Theo Huxtable on ''[[Bill Cosby|The Cosby Show]]''.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|157|9786}}
{{Strong Bad Email}}

The Geddup Noise

Keegster2 — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:10:52 GMT

Keegster2: I still pop up here and there to correct the odd, or sometimes VERY odd typo.

{{aboutpseudocharacter}} {{foremail|geddup noise}}

[[Image:qod 31 - geddup noise.png|left|Geddup!]][[Image:geddupnoise.PNG|thumb|In action.]]
'''The Geddup Noise''' was the sound [[Strong Bad]] made when he got up from his computer, supposedly by [[Stooly|the stool]] scraping against the carpet. It has also happened when he sat down to use his computer.

The Geddup Noise is very popular, and even inspired two cheap knockoffs: [[The King of Town]]'s "The Standing Up Noise!!" and Strong Bad's "The Git Outcha Seat Sound", which was accompanied by [[Strong Mad]] as [[The Teach]]. It was originally called "the get up noise" by Strong Bad in [[the bet]].

The Geddup Noise has made a guest appearance on [[Homestar Runner]]'s [[The Show]], but did not get the correct answer of "WAY-O, WAY-O" in a game. As a result, it won a year's supply of The Show's home edition game, which is made by [[Boardelectrix]]. It also inspired [[The Cheat|DJ Teh Cheat]] to create a Geddup Noise indietronic remix, which [[Pom Pom]], [[Coach Z]], [[Bubs]], and Strong Mad (again as The Teach) were seen dancing to at [[Club Technochocolate]]. Later on, Pom Pom uses this song as a ring tone for his [[cell phone]] in [[technology]].

According to Strong Bad, the Geddup Noise eventually bought a house in the [[Coches Mountains]] and now just snowboards all day, still occasionally popping up in very odd celebrity endorsements for products such as [[Hamburger Shampoo]], which is "Geddup Noise Approved!". [[Strong Sad]] did not approve of this selling out, and had previously remarked that "The Geddup Noise used to be cool" while listening to it on [[Radio Stations and Shows#The AM Morning "CRUDE" Crew|The AM Morning "CRUDE" Crew]].

Prior to its debut in [[studying]], Strong Bad didn't make a noise when he got up from his chair. An exception was in [[depressio]], where Strong Bad made some sort of noise when he got up, but it wasn't the Geddup Noise. In [[flag day]] and [[sibbie]], well after the noise's debut, Strong Bad rose from his stool without making the noise.

In the DVD commentary for [[army]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] acknowledge that some people have noticed that the then-untitled Geddup Noise sounds like a stool scraping across wood (this is how the sound was recorded) even though the [[computer room]]'s floor is carpeted. Also stated in the commentary was that the sound of the original geddup noise was that of an actual stool being slid across hardwood flooring in their old apartment.

== Instances of The Geddup Noise ==
<table width="75%">
<autocolumn cols="2" width="25%" valign="top">
*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc One]] menu animation
*Email [[depressio]] (Variation)
*'''Debut:''' Email [[studying]]
*Email [[stand-up]]
*Email [[super powers]]
*Email [[CGNU]]
*Email [[12:00]]
*Email [[sugarbob]]
*Email [[dullard]]
*Email [[helium]]
*Email [[vacation]] (Variation)
*Email [[invisibility]]
*Email [[lures & jigs]]
*Email [[your friends]]
*Email [[50 emails]]
*Email [[website]]
*Email [[comic]]
*Email [[cheat talk]]
*Email [[current status]]
*Email [[dragon]]
*Email [[marzipan]]
*Email [[english paper]]
*Email [[unused emails]]
*[[Arcade Game]]
*Email [[big white face]]
*Email [[crazy cartoon]]
*Email [[mascot]]
*Email [[funny]]
*Email [[anything]]
*Email [[the process]]
*Email [[date]]
*Email [[impression]]
*Email [[labor day]]
*Email [[geddup noise]]
</autocolumn>
</table>

== Chairscoot ==
In the email [[geddup noise]], it is said that Chairscoot has replaced the Geddup Noise. After the Geddup Noise made it big overseas, it was replaced by the current sound, its cousin Chairscoot, somewhere around email #84 ([[kids' book]]). The two sounds are indistinguishable. Strong Sad later acknowledges Chairscoot by name in [[fan club]].

Being identified as the Geddup Noise's cousin, Homestar has referred to Chairscoot as "my generation's Geddup Noise".

=== Instances of Chairscoot ===
<table width="75%">
<autocolumn cols="2" width="25%" valign="top">
* '''Debut:''' Email [[kids' book]]
*Email [[2 years]]
*Email [[no loafing]]
*Email [[couch patch]]
*Email [[kind of cool]]
*Email [[army]]
*Email [[the bet]] (identified as "the get up noise")
*Email [[monument]]
*Email [[stupid stuff]]
*Email [[different town]]
*Email [[lunch special]]
*Email [[haircut]]
*Email [[theme park]]
*Email [[cheatday]]
*Email [[pom pom]]
*Email [[crying]]
*Email [[other days]]
*Email [[old comics]]
*Email [[pizzaz]]
*Email [[animal]]
*Email [[rock opera]]
*Email [[best thing]]
*Email [[boring (really)]]
*[[Biz Cas Fri 2]]
*Email [[record book]]
*[[Trogdor Con '97]]
*'''Revealed:''' Email [[geddup noise]]
*Email [[portrait]]
*Email [[high school]]
*Email [[death metal]]
*Email [[secret identity]]
*Email [[technology]]
*Email [[narrator]]
*Email [[pop-up]]
*Email [[disconnected]]
*Email [[senior prom]]
*Email [[isp]]
*Email [[redesign]]
*[[No Hands On Deck!]]
*Email [[cliffhangers]]
*Email [[retirement]]
*Email [[4 branches]]
*Email [[the chair]]
*Email [[what i want]]
*Email [[more armies]]
*Email [[slumber party]]
*Email [[diorama]]
*Email [[environment]]
*Email [[fan club]]
*Email [[licensed]]
*[[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]
*[[Homestar Ruiner]]
*[[Place Ya Bets!]]
*[[Strong Badia the Free]]
*Email [[email thunder]]
*[[Baddest of the Bands]]
*Email [[hremail 3184]]
*Email [[independent]] ([[YouTube]] version)
*Email [[dictionary]]
*Email [[too cool]]
*[[Meeple Grove]]
*[[Social Media Crap Compilation 3]]
*[[Decemberweenvent Calendar (2022 Revisited)]]
</autocolumn>
</table>

==Quotes of the Week==

{{qotwstart|a=QW-2005-09-29}}
*{{qotw|The Geddup Noise Indie-tronic Remix by [[DJ Teh Cheat]]|[[geddup noise]]|Mirror:geddupnoise.mp3}}
|}

==See Also==
*{{Audio|Geddupnoise.ogg|Listen to the sound effect}}
*[[Sound Effects]]

[[Category:Pseudocharacters|Geddup Noise]]

The Jolly Dumple

Keegster2 — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:27:41 GMT

Keegster2: What part of "WE were really hungry and tired and sorta confused" don't you understand?!

[[Image:Jolly_Dumple.PNG|thumb|Homestar as The Jolly Dumple]]

'''The Jolly Dumple''' is the mascot for [[Crazy Go Nuts University]], and can be seen cheering on CGNU's Golf Club Team. He appears in the email [[mascot]], and on a (now discontinued) T-shirt. He could have been named The Jolly Dumpling, but [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Mad]], and [[The Cheat]] were really hungry and tired at the time they created the mascot and couldn't think straight. He resembles a giant ravioli.

He appears to be a dumpling with two large hands forming "{{w|Thumb signal|thumbs-up}}" signs, with a drop of saliva flying out of his mouth, and wearing a tricorn hat. The costume is made of a [[Explosions|highly combustible]] material called [[polymascotfoamalate]].

The costume is regularly worn by [[Homestar Runner]]. In [[Punkin Stencils]], Homestar refers to the Jolly Dumple as the "giant square blind colonist costume I dress up in some times for Strong Bad". He also thinks that the mascot's name is "Tongue-o Drippo".

In [[4 branches]], the Dumple appears in an example of Homestar doing stupid stuff in a college mascot costume, where Homestar makes the costume a tent, and tries to roast a juice box the way one would a marshmallow, making a point that he did not lock himself out of his own house. The Dumple costume was seen getting destroyed in a fiery explosion in [[4 branches]], but still continued making appearances further on in [[On Break]].

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[mascot]]
*Email [[4 branches]]
*Email [[rough copy]] (endzone image only)
*[[Punkin Stencils]]
*[[On Break]]
*[[WarioWare D.I.Y. Compilation]]
*[[Decemberweenvent Calendar]] (Day 6)

==Quotes of the Week==

{{qotwstart}}
*{{qotw|Special Fanstuff Quote of the Day!! High school band actually playing the [[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]] Fight Song!|Quote of the Week exclusive; references the emails [[mascot]] (song) and [[mile]] (beginning and end)|Mirror:cgnu fightsong.mp3}}
|}

[[Category:Mascots|Jolly Dumple, The]]

Ow! My X!

Keegster2 — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 01:37:15 GMT

Keegster2: /* Other */ In hindsight, the "mortarboard'd" line works better as just one line like in the Tweet. I missed a closing quote below, too.

[[Image:404'd.png|thumb|"Ow! My browser!"]]
After a [[Teen Girl Squad]] member gets attack[['d]], she usually says something following the format '''"Ow! My X!"''' to describe the affliction, even though the subject of the exclamation usually isn't a body part at all.

==Appearances==
===In Teen Girl Squad===
*Email [[comic]]/[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]] {{--}} [[The Ugly One]] exclaims "Ow! My skin!" after she gets [[Arrow'd Guy|Arrowed]].
**[[404'd]] {{--}} The Ugly One's word balloon from the scene is altered to read, "Ow! My browser!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]] {{--}} After The Ugly One gets "MSG'd", she exclaims, "Ow! My stomach lining!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 5]] {{--}} [[Cheerleader]] kicks [[So and So]] while they try to talk to older boys, causing So and So to scream, "Ow! My hopes of reaching [[Making Out|1st base]]!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]] {{--}} [[What's Her Face]] gets her torso, arms, and head eaten by a shark and exclaims, "Ow! My most of me!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] {{--}} Cheerleader's last words as the Learner Permit Girl runs her over are, "Ow! My entire life!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 11]] {{--}} Cheerleader screams "Ahh! My tan lines!" as a [[voip]] from shirtless [[Sci-Fi Greg]] blinds her.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 12]] {{--}} After the Arrow'd Guy kills The Ugly One with a voodoo doll, she exclaims, "Ow! My the fact that I was alive a second ago!"
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] {{--}} As Snack Mix hits What's Her Face, she says, "Ow! My [[style]]! Or, lack thereof."
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 14]] {{--}} As [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Scantron|Scantron]] explodes, So and So complains "Aah! My secret weakness!"
*[[Homestar Ruiner Teen Girl Squad]] {{--}} Cheerleader screams "Ow! My lack of familiarity with Greek mythology!" as she is turned to stone by Medusa.
*[[Strong Badia the Free Cave Girl Squad]] {{--}} When one of the girls gets attacked by two symbolic [[snake]]s, she says, "Ow! My iconic representation!" As one of the girls gets hit by a meteor, she exclaims, "Ow! My global climate change!"
*[[4 Gregs]] {{--}} After his escort website gets "[[Internet Slang|haxxored]]", [[Tompkins]] says "Ow! all my [[Singular Instead of Plural|client]]!"

===Other===
*[[20X6 vs. 1936]] {{--}} [[The Homestar Runner]] shoots a spitwad in [[Stinkoman]]'s eye and Stinkoman exclaims, "Ow! My eye! It's like my eye! It hurts so bad!"
*Email [[privileges]] {{--}} When [[The Cheat]] drills [[Strong Sad]] off-screen, Strong Sad can be heard saying "Ow! Both my face and hands!"
*Email [[rated]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] remarks, "Ow. My pension." while pretending to be old enough to watch a RRR-rated movie.
*Email [[your edge]] {{--}} Strong Bad pretends his eye fell out, shouting "Ow! My eye!"
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] exclaims, "Ow! My [[snot]]!" after everyone is launched out the window by the banana peel.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} Strong Bad exclaims, "Ow! My freedom!" while [[The Municipality]] fits an explosive collar around his neck.
*[[Trogdor!! The Board Game (video)]] {{--}} When [[Trogdor]] gets arrowed, he says "Ow! My beef!" voiced by Strong Bad in a Teen Girl Squad-style speech bubble.
*[[Post-Flash Update]] {{--}} The [[page title]] is "Ow! My entire website!!"
*{{postref|1525337099897036801|14|May|2022}} {{--}} In response to a Teen Girl Squad-themed mortarboard, Strong Bad says "MORTARBOARD’D!! (ow! my debate team sash!)".
*{{Decemberweenvent Calendar|13}} {{--}} After being "wholesome'd", each member of the Teen Girl Squad makes a different exclamation:
**Cheerleader {{--}} "Ow! My saddle shoes!"
**What's Her Face {{--}} "Ow! My 7pm curfew!"
**So and So {{--}} "Ow! My brushing my teeth after lunch at school!"
**The Ugly One {{--}} "Ow! My pet bag full of lawn trimmings!"

==See Also==
*[[Made-Up Body Parts]]

{{Teen Girl Squad}}
[[Category:Variable word running gags]]

looking old

Keegster2 — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:39:09 GMT

Keegster2: /* Transcript */ A Happy T and a little less "we" wording.

{{sbenav}}

[[Image:sbe164.png|thumb|"Are you telling me the nightly nacho cheese masks aren't working?"]]

Strong Bad is in need of an image overhaul.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, [[The Three Keepers of Trogdor]] (Easter egg), {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Homsar}}, {{film|Gavin}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bathroom of the Brothers Strong]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Garage]], [[Living Room of the Brothers Strong]], [[Strong Sad's Room]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 22, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 4:18

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}}

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{slowly, as clock ticks are heard}'' Boom, tick. Tick-a-tick-a-tick, email. Boom, tick. Tick-a-tick-a-tick, What? Didgeri{{--}}
<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: looking old?</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
You really do look old, how old are you anyways? 
 
Your faithful fan, 
Andy Hsiao, Taiwan
</blockquote>
''{Strong Bad reads the sender's name as "Andy, H-S-I-A-O and sometimes Y, from Taiwan."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Look Andyman, my age is a closely guarded secret, protected by a sect of closely guarded monks high atop the Coches Mountains. ''{clears screen}'' They would no sooner dance with a goat than divulge my age. But they ''will'' bake you some crustly guarded bread! Anyways, whattaya mean I look old? Are you telling me the nightly nacho cheese masks aren't working?

''{As he says this, cut to a shot of Strong Bad in the bathroom, looking in the mirror. His face is covered in nacho cheese, and he then covers his eyes with two corn chips, with jalapeño slices on them. Cut back to the computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I can't have the young peoples thinking I'm old! Am I really losing the youth vote? This calls for an EMERGENCY MARKETING MEETING!!!

''{Zoom out to a full view of Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitating a siren}'' Whaaa-donk. Click-click-click-click-click-click-click.

''{Cut to The Cheat watching TV.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{echoing voice-over}'' This is not a drill.

''{The Cheat gets off the couch and walks off. Cut to a silhouette view of Bubs' Concession Stand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{echoing voice-over}'' Whaaa-donk. Click-click-click-click-click-click-click. This is not a drill.

''{Bubs leaves the concession stand and walks off. Cut to Strong Bad with a paper cup of coffee at a desk. There is an easel in the background holding a piece of paper labeled "EMERGENCY MARKETING MEETING!"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thank you all for coming on short ''such'' notice. ''{during the following, the camera pans left to right along the table, showing The Cheat with another coffee cup, Strong Mad with a one-gallon jug of coffee, Bubs with a half-empty plastic cup of coffee{{--}}}'' You represent the best, the brightest, the people I hate the least. 'Cept you, Marzipan. ''{{{--}}and Marzipan with a box of l'CHAIm kosher tea.}'' You're here because of legal reasons.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Word booty!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now what I need is an image overhaul. Something to reconnect me with the youth of today. Something that says{{--}}

''{Zoom in on the easel, the front piece of paper is moved away, revealing a badly-drawn picture of Strong Bad on a skateboard and another person on roller skates, with the caption:}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Sup my young parsons, I too am so on the go that I drink my yogurt from a tube". Now what have ya got?

''{Cut to The Cheat with an overhead projector.}''

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

''{He puts on a transparency:}''
<blockquote style="width: 20em">
<div style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1em">'''YOUTH THROUGH''' ''EDITING''</div>
*''QUICK'' '''CUTS'''
*''INCESSANT'' '''MUSIC'''
*''DISORIENTING'' '''CLOSE-UPS'''
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Youth through editing, huh? I'm on board, I'm not bored. So, how would it work?

''{The Cheat hits a button on a remote control, and plays a remixed version of the email. Behind everything is techno music consisting of a drum track and occasional The Cheat noises. Several quick repetitions of Strong Bad bringing up the email play, with the tilt angle changing and zooming in on the screen further on each one. Cut to a shot of Strong Bad's head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Didgeri{{-}}dear{{--}}

''{Cut to an extreme close-up of Strong Bad's eyes, moving across the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Didgeri{{-}}dear{{--}}

''{Cut to an extreme close-up of Strong Bad's mouth, upside-down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Didgeri{{-}}dear Strong Bad.

''{Cut to a side-on shot of Strong Bad at the computer desk, with the left side of the screen mirrored onto the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You really do look old.

''{The last two lines of the email on the computer screen slide into the top third of the screen, Strong Bad's hands on the keyboard slide into the bottom third, and a closeup of Strong Bad's eyes slides into the center third.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Your faithful fan{{--}}

''{The top and bottom thirds slide away, revealing the rest of Strong Bad's face.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' {{--}}from Taiwan.

''{Pan across Strong Bad's hands on the computer. As he types, "<tt>]Look Andyman,</tt>" appears in large letters along the top of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look Andyman,

''{Slowly zoom in on the computer screen, tilted at an angle, as Strong Bad types.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' My age is a closely guarded secret,

''{Tracking lines appear and the shot rewinds to just after "Look Andyman," was typed, as the preceding line plays in reverse. Then a split-screen shot, in all four corners is the same shot of Strong Bad, each with a different color tint {{-}} red in the top left, yellow in the top right, green in the lower left and blue in the lower right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Anyways{{--}}

''{A normal shot of Strong Bad typing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' {{--}}whattaya{{--}}

''{A close-up of Strong Bad's mouth.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' {{--}}mean I{{--}}

''{A close-up of Strong Bad's typing hands.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' {{--}}look{{--}}

''{A side view of Strong Bad's head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' {{--}}old?

''{A close-up of the electrical outlet under the desk. Then static, and then back to Strong Bad at the emergency marketing meeting. The disorienting sound effects from [[car]] play in the background, and Strong Bad is having trouble looking straight.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh... The Cheat... I don't know whether to puke or have a seizure...

''{A piece of paper is put on the easel, with silhouettes of Strong Bad throwing up and seizing, labeled "STYLE 1" and "STYLE 2". Cut to Bubs, who has a folder labeled "'''GOO'''<del>BA</del>D IDEAS"}''

'''BUBS:''' Well, I've been noticing how kids love anything with a lowercase "i" in front of it. It's working great for me down at the Concession Stand!

''{Cut to the concession stand; on the desk, there is a sign reading "<del>1</del>0% OFF ALL iTems!". Pull back to see Homestar Runner and Homsar standing in line. The bottom line of the marquee reads "STAND [IN LINE]"}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{to Homsar}'' Hey, Homestar. What color iTem are you gonna get?

''{Cut back to the meeting}''

'''BUBS:''' We could try iStrong, or iBad...

'''STRONG BAD:''' We already tried that with lowercase "e"s back in the late '90s. We all know where that got us.

''{Cut to a large number of boxes, all labeled "eStrong Vague Online Investments". The wind can be heard blowing through, and Gavin crawls in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Next.

''{Cut to Marzipan.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' I came up with a few ways to spruce up your look, and add hundreds to your resale value.

''{Marzipan pulls out a piece of paper with a diagram of Strong Bad's head on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{monotone}'' I am legally obligated to ask you to proceed.

'''MARZIPAN:''' Thanks.

''{Zoom in on the diagram of Strong Bad's head. As Marzipan suggests changes, they appear on the diagram.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' First, we're gonna start with a flagstone path leading up to your chin, right here. Then we'll fill the negative space around your head with Forsythia and maybe some Alberta spruce. And last, we install a water feature right here, ''{Strong Bad's forehead}'' which I think will create a great focal point for entertaining summer guests. ''{some outdoor tables and a deck chair appear}''

''{Cut back to the meeting.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, this'll work great, Marzipan. ''{dashes up to Marzipan, startling her}'' If I was a ''BACKYARD!!!''

''{As he shouts this, a strong wind blows out of his mouth, blowing Marzipan's hair around and rippling her cheeks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Next.

''{Strong Mad pulls out a card, labeled "were a diper", a diaper decorated with pictures of Nebulon, hanging from the middle from what is labeled "dupp tape", and pictures on the right of "grass", "rocks" and "mounds".}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' WEAR A DIAPER!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, nice try, bo-hwee-moth, but that's a little younger than I was looking to go.

''{Cut back to face Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' These are all terrible ideas! What am I not paying you people for, anyway? It's time to resort to extreme measures, with Gene Hackman. It's time for a lace lift!

''{A new piece of paper lands on the easel, with a diagram of the back of Strong Bad's head, an arrow pointing away from the shoelace knot at the bottom of the laces, and the caption "PULL THOSE SUCKAS TIGHT".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Cheat! Strong Mad! Prep for surgery!

''{Cut to the lounge room, Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat enter from above wearing surgical gowns and masks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, on three.

''{Cut to behind Strong Bad, Strong Mad is holding the shoelace knot.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' One... Two... Aah!!

''{Strong Mad pulls the strings, deforming Strong Bad's head, and stretching out all of his facial features. His mouth is severely stretched, and his speech is mumbled and subtitled. Strong Mad's facial expression becomes surprised, followed by confused.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yeah. I feel at least 10 years younger. Time to go relate to some 18{{-}}24 year olds!

''{Strong Bad walks to the dining room, making Homsar's walking noise, where Strong Sad is sitting staring at a plate of food with some peas and corn which he has lined up neatly.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What's up, my fellow young parson?

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hey, Great Grandma. When did you get here?

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm not Great Grandma. I'm a young person, like you. I eat my yogurt from a tube.

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{smiling, amused}'' That's right! You eat ''everything'' through a tube! Well, let's get you back to the home.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait! I'm a hip young person!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Yes, I saw your new hip! It looks great!

''{Strong Sad leads the protesting Strong Bad out of the room.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{slowly fading away}'' Why don't you tell me again about the time the Depression fought Abraham Lincoln naked in your front yard?

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Strong Bad's Age.png|thumb|A closely guarded secret]]
*When Strong Bad is talking about the sect of closely guarded monks, click on the words "closely guarded monks" to see the The Three Keepers of Trogdor from [[Peasant's Quest]] standing around a chest in brown robes atop a mountain with lightning in the sky.
* Click on "crustly guarded bread" to see a sample of [[Crustly Guarded Bread|the bread]].
* Click on the diaper to see a plane fly across the top of the screen with "WEAR A DIAPER!" towed behind it.
* At the end, click on the fork to see Homestar in the eStrong warehouse:
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{echoing voice}'' I'll take it! I'll take ''twelve''!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*A {{w|Rhytidectomy|facelift}} is a {{wp|cosmetic surgery}} procedure where excess skin is removed from the face, to remove wrinkles.
*"H, s, i, a, o, and sometimes y" refers to the Latin {{w|Vowel#Written vowels|vowels}}, which are commonly listed as "a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y".
*''"Chai"'' means "{{w|Chai|tea}}" in {{wp|Hindi}}, {{w|Arabic language|Arabic}}, {{w|Macedonian language|Macedonian}}, {{w|Bulgarian Language|Bulgarian}}, and {{w|Russian language|Russian}} and "{{w|Chai (symbol)|living}}" in {{w|Hebrew language|Hebrew}}. "{{wp|L'Chaim|L'Chaim}}" is a Hebrew toast meaning "to life." Chai tea is a type of strong black tea from the Middle East, primarily India, that is boiled in milk and water. A blend of spices and a large amount of sweetener (usually honey or plain white sugar) is added. [[L'Chaim Kosher Tea|The tea Marzipan drinks]] is also certified {{wp|kosher}}, meaning that it meets Jewish dietary laws.
*The "nightly nacho cheese mask" appears to be a type of {{wp|facial}}. Usually, {{wp|avocado}} is used. Avocados are the main ingredient in {{wp|guacamole}}, another popular chip dip.
*Strong Bad not knowing whether to "puke" or "have a seizure" after seeing the Cheat's editing is a reference to {{wp|motion sickness}} caused by the rapidly changing viewpoint, or an {{w|Photosensitive epilepsy|epileptic}} {{wp|seizure}} caused by the flashing colors.
*The word "{{wp|behemoth}}", as it is used in this email, refers to any very large person, animal or object. It derives from the name of a creature mentioned in the biblical Book of Job.

===Trivia===
*The floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#drakkhen|drakkhen]]".
*This is the first time the Strongs' [[Parents|great-grandmother]] is mentioned.
*This is the first email explicitly sent from [[Strong Bad Email by Place|Asia]].
*There was a 43-day delay between this email and [[what i want]], probably caused by the holidays.
*This is the first email that was put in [[New Stuff]].
**This is also the oldest cartoon on New Stuff.
*This was the first [[Podstar Runner]] podcast after a nine-month hiatus. The summary reads, "Strong Bad tries to prove to the young people that he can still eat his yogurt through a tube."

===Remarks===
*During The Cheat's remixed version of the intro, clicking on the Lappy's screen will still produce the usual distortion effect.
**However, on some shots, the distortion effect is dimmer than usual.
**It doesn't work when there are closeups that point explicitly to Strong Bad's [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|typing]].
*This email contains another example of [[Strong Sad smiling]].
*Strong Bad's skull is bigger than the normal shape of his mask.
*Early in the email, Strong Bad's pants are drawn in an old style.
*The picture of Strong Bad skateboarding and drinking yogurt has him drawn without boxing gloves.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Looking Old Goof.PNG|thumb|Yes, my mouth ''does'' look like a tube.]]
*The text on the poster of Strong Bad talking to the "young parson" shows an apostrophe at the end, while the only apostrophe that could have needed a closing apostrophe was the apostrophe in front of "sup".
**Additionally, the boy's skates have four wheels on one foot and three on the other.
*When Strong Bad says "18-24 year olds", the side of his mouth floats off of his head.
*When Strong Sad says, "Oh, hey Great Grandma. When did you get here?" his mouth is not properly synched to the word "here".
*When Strong Sad is walking "to the home", his closed mouth is visible under his round mouth.

===Glitches===
*When Marzipan closes her eyes, a dot can be seen flashing near them, due to her trying to blink over her closed eyes. (Her usual closed eyes use a bigger area than that used in the email.) The effect can easily be observed if the email is paused while her eyes are closed.
**This also occurs in the email [[marzipan]].
*When the "Wear a Diaper" airplane flies by, the video pauses and lags for a split second. This is due to the sound file for the airplane being loaded.

===Inside References===
*The music that plays when Strong Bad summons his "marketing staff" was used in [[candy product]] when he described the [[SBLOUNSKCHED! Bar]].
*The background "nausea" sound effect heard after The Cheat's editing presentation is the same as the one used in [[car]], when Strong Bad punches Homestar, and in [[Biz Cas Fri 2]], when Homestar shows up to work, possibly hungover.
*[[Nebulon]] appears on the [[diaper]] and uses the same art from [[best thing]].
*The "WEAR A DIAPER!" Easter egg is a reference to [[Wear a Bikini!]], especially [[Main Page 3]].
*The music playing during Marzipan's backyard idea is an extended version of the music playing at the very end of [[redesign]].
*The music that plays when Strong Bad is mistaken for his great-grandmother was first used in [[portrait]].
*Homestar's line "[[I'll Take Twelve|I'll take it! I'll take twelve!]]" is lifted directly from [[garage sale]].
*Part of the suspenseful [[cliffhanger]] music is used when Strong Bad reveals his plan for a lace lift.
*The [[Coches Mountains]] were previously mentioned in [[geddup noise]].
*When Strong Bad walks after he's had his "lace lift" he makes Homsar's [[Sound Effects#homsar walking|walking noise]].
*The diaper display is the same as the displays used by Strong Bad and Homestar in the [[All-Wide Science Fair]] as seen in the email [[caffeine]].
*Strong Mad's scrubs and surgical mask were seen previously in [[bedtime story]].
*Strong Mad's "dupp tape" is another occurrence of [[duct tape]].
*Strong Bad's emphasis on "BACK YARD!!!" is the same as [[Blue Laser Commander]] in [[Cheat Commandos...O's]], when referring to their new hideout (his [[Blue Laser Commander's Nana's Backyard|nana's backyard]]). Strong Sad also mentions his great-grandma's new hip, and Blue Laser stated his nana acquired a new hip in [[Let us give TANKS!]]
*[[Feeding through a tube]] was last mentioned in [[No Hands On Deck!]] when [[Cardboard Marzipan]] said "...and they feed the [[ducks]] through a tube".
*This is another appearance of [[bread]].
*This email shows another reference to [[skateboarding]].
*A small portion of The Cheat's remix has Strong Bad's words [[Reversed Dialogue|reversed]].
*"Short such notice" is an example of [[jumbled words]].


===Real-World References===
[[Image:Strong Bad Andy Warhol.png|thumb|A {{wp|pop art}}ist's take on the wrestleman]]
*Eating [[yogurt]] from a tube is a reference to {{wp|Go-Gurt}}, a brand of "portable yogurt", or "Yo on the go".
*The "lowercase i" theme refers to the naming scheme {{w|Apple Inc.|Apple}} uses for their products, such as the {{wp|iPod}}, {{wp|iMac}}, {{wp|iBook}}, {{wp|iPhone}}, etc.
**Perhaps fittingly, this email was the first of the 2008 [[Podstar Runner]] podcasts for iPods.
*{{wp|Extreme Measures}} is a 1996 thriller starring {{wp|Gene Hackman}}.
*The split-screen shot with Strong Bad in four different color tints refers to {{wp|Andy Warhol}}'s art.
*Strong Bad's statement about using "lowercase 'e's back in the late '90s" refers to the common marketing technique in that era to attach "e" as in "electronic" to a product to ride the coattails of the burgeoning e-commerce industry, which took the "e" in its name from electronic mail, email.
**The "eStrong Vague Online Investments", and the apparent failure of eStrong are references to the {{wp|dot-com bubble}}.
**eStrong Vague Online Investments, especially the logo, is also a reference to {{wp|eMachines}}, now owned and produced by {{w|Acer Inc.|Acer}}.

===Fast Forward===
*The Strongs' great-grandmother is mentioned again in [[A Death Defying Decemberween]].

== DVD Version ==
{{commentary|email=true}}

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

'''MATT:''' My brother Mike and I finished and uploaded this email from the ''{somewhat whisperingly}'' Sundance Film Festival.

'''MIKE:''' ''{somewhat whisperingly}'' Ohhh, luxury!

'''MATT:''' Redford was there...uh...who did we see? Anthony Hopkins was walkin' around, and a{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Crispin Glover!

'''MATT:''' Oh yeah, he was{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' He's the person I saw...most{{--}}I forget what he was there for.

'''MATT:''' He was standin' next to us at that one party. ''{short pause}'' Um...we didn't really h{{--}}do any nobbing of hobs, though. Uhh...though our friend Sophia that was with us, she liked this email.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. ''{Mike snickers}'' I remember her laughin'. ''{Mike laughs}'' She watched it. ''{short pause}'' Uh, I made the...there's an Easter egg right there, with the Keepers of Trogdor?

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh?

'''MATT:''' Being, like, the keepers of the crustly guarded bread, I think? Or maybe it's from the one{{--}}the Coches Mountains, that's what it's from.

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

'''MATT:''' But I remember making that at like six in the morning.

'''MIKE:''' Well, I think ''you'' finished it by yourself, because you got there earlier{{--}}before I did.

'''MATT:''' Oh, that's right! ''{pause until Bubs leaves the concession stand}'' Strong Bad has a{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Look at those trees!

'''MATT:''' Yeah! Those little{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' {{--}}Where are those trees?!

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' There are some ''serious'' continuity errors here, Mike. ''{the camera pans down the table at the meeting}'' A gallon of coffee...''{laughing}'' a to-go iced coffee...Marzipan has ''{with a guttural "ch"}'' L'Chaim! ''{Mike laughs}'' ''{with a hard "ch"}'' L'Chaim! Kosher tea. ''{Mike laughs}'' Kosher chai.

'''MIKE:''' That's pretty good. Mar{{--}}the, uh, "Crisps, A-Soy!"?

'''MATT:''' Mmhmm?

'''MIKE:''' I always thought was good enough to be an actual product name.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Lookit that kid on his rollerblades! That{{--}}I bet you could go{{--}}if you go look at...some kind of tubed...kids' food...

'''MIKE:''' Mmhmm?

'''MATT:''' {{--}}...at your gro{{--}}in your grocer's refrigerated section, there's probably a kid like that. With helmet and pads...

'''MIKE:''' Like, ''in'' the actual grocery store?

'''MATT:''' Yeah! ''{both laugh}'' Skating by, having one of those tubes.

'''MIKE:''' ''{during The Cheat's music video}'' I forgot about this part of this email, though.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Ohhh! ''{both chuckle}'' The rewind style, that is...''Cribs'' loves to do that. ''{Mike laughs}'' Rewind and fast-forward? Oh, we're goin' upstairs. ''{makes a fast-forwarding sound effect; Mike laughs}'' We went upstairs real faaast!

''{Mike laughs at Bubs' folder}''

'''MATT:''' You like "Goo-d Ideas," Mike?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Goo-d ideas.

'''MATT:''' Make ya chuckle?

'''MIKE:''' It's pretty toasty in this...in this room.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it's getting a little hot in here. ''{Mike chuckles}'' Uh...Homestar just called Homsar "Homestar," Mike. That's not gonna{{--}}the people that think Homsar's name is "Homesar?" That's not gonna help them out at all!

'''MIKE:''' There's always some{{--}}there's been a few...we talked to somebody recently that was seemingly a pretty big fan, and they called...

'''MATT:''' Mmhm?

'''MIKE:''' Home{{--}}uh, Homsar "Homesar."

'''MATT:''' Mike, his name is ''written'' on his chest.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. ''Hom''. ''Sar''.

'''MATT:''' There is not an "e!" ''{laughs; Marzipan's plan comes up}'' Oh, yeah. We had to watch a lot of, uh...

'''MIKE:''' ''Landscape Challenge''?

'''MATT:''' ''{both laugh}'' ''Landscapers' Challenge''.

'''MIKE:''' I just started TiVo-ing that again, I missed it. It'd been a few years.

'''MATT:''' Yeah?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Did they...do they do a lot of water features, still?

'''MIKE:''' Still water features, yeah.

'''MATT:''' I'm amazed at how...people on those shows will be{{--}}they'll be like ''{in a mock announcer voice}'' "Their budget for this is $250,000." ''{Mike laughs}'' ''{regular voice}'' It's like, I could do...so much more fun with $250,000... ''{Mike laughs; Strong Mad presents his idea}'' Dupp tape. Look at that Nebulon dipe'! ''{Mike chuckles}'' If I could give ''{chuckles}'' my daughter Nebulon diapers...it would be the best day. ''{Mike laughs}'' Will you make me some custom Nebulon diapers for Christmas?

'''MIKE:''' I will! I will. What{{--}}do ''you'' want them or do you want me to make 'em for Ida?

'''MATT:''' I'd like...my own, ''{Mike laughs}'' please.

'''MIKE:''' You can get those upstairs.

'''MATT:''' ''{referring to the room in Strong Bad's house with the smoke detector}'' Oh, look at that! Helium! ''{sings}'' Welcome to the High-Voiced Crew...

'''MIKE:''' Is that the only other occur{{--}}oh, I think maybe the Ladies' Choice...Awards?

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Yeah, the Ladie{{--}}Ladies' Choice Awards are there...''{in reference to Strong Bad's recent lace-lift}'' That is terrifying.

'''MIKE:''' I just had to draw that guy for the cover of this very DVD.

'''MATT:''' That is gross. ''{laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{pause; both laugh}''  Strong Sad was doing?

'''MATT:''' I dunno! Alternating peas and corn.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. And staring at it.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. I like that this was what{{--}}that's what Strong Bad and Strong Sad's great-grandma looks like, ''{Mike laughs}'' is that.

''{Pause as they watch the email; both laugh as Strong Bad and Strong Sad begin to leave. Matt makes the Homsar/Lace-lifted Strong Bad walking noise. Mike laughs.}''

'''MATT:''' Makes you do the{{--}}whoa, there was some weirdness with Strong Sad's mouth just then. These cartoons are full of terrible things.

=== Fun Facts ===
*The {{wp|Sundance Film Festival}} is an annual independent film festival and competition held in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, Utah. It is named for the Sundance Resort, owned by {{wp|Robert Redford}}, which was itself named for Redford's character in ''{{wp|Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid}}''. Portions of the Festival are often held at the resort, which is approximately 30 miles south of Park City.
*{{wp|Anthony Hopkins}} and {{wp|Crispin Glover}} are both actors. It is not unlikely that the Brothers Chaps ran into them at Sundance.
*Matt's mention of "nobbing of hobs" is an alteration of "[[Wiktionary:hobnob|hobnob]]," a somewhat uncommon verb meaning to mingle or associate with.
*Mike's mention of [[Crisps, A-Soy!]] refers to a product from an Easter egg in the email [[do over]].
*Matt mentions ''{{w|MTV Cribs|Cribs}}'', an MTV show which tours the homes of celebrities.
*''[http://www.hgtv.com/landscapers-challenge/show/index.html Landscapers' Challenge]'' is a show on {{w|Home & Garden Television|HGTV}} which features landscapers competing to come up with the best design for a yard.
*Matt's comment that Mike can get Nebulon diapers upstairs is likely referring to the adult diaper store in the strip mall where their office is located, previously mentioned in the [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|Flashforward 2006 appearance]].
*The brothers mention the Living Room of the Brothers Strong and its previous appearances in the emails [[helium]] and [[2 emails]].

==External Links==
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{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Podstar Runner]][[Category:strongbad email.exe Disc Six]]

Mottos and Slogans

Keegster2 — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:33:16 GMT

Keegster2: Looking at Malloween Commercial shows that Fluffy Puff Malloweens have enough slogans to get their own section from Fluffy Puffs.

[[Image:CGNU Crest.png|thumb|right|230px|"The Future Is You... Probably"]]
In addition to normal [[catch phrases]] on the part of the individual characters, numerous products and shows throughout the [[Homestar Runner universe]] have '''slogans, mottos or jingles.'''

==Appearances==
===[[Ab-Abber 2000]]===
*"They'll be [[all up ons]]!" {{--}} [[suntan]]

===[[Air Cardgage]]===
*"This is not what I sagged on for." {{--}} [[diorama]]

===[[Always Be'sing & Do'sing]]===
*"Always [[Be's|be'sing]] and do'sing, and never cheesing or choosing!" {{--}} [[the next april fools thing]]
*"If you're choosin', you're losin'!" {{--}} [[the next april fools thing]]
*"Changin' attitudes with rhymin' platitudes!" {{--}} [[the next april fools thing]]
*"If you're not attendin', you're gonna be... lendin'... your neighbor... a... yard tool... like a shovel. Or a rake." (Always Be's Do'sing 3 Day Life Cleanse Seminar) {{--}} [[the next april fools thing]]

===[[other days#Easter Eggs|B. Ryan Holmes, Certified Arborist]]===
*"I think it has to do with trees!" {{--}} [[other days]]

===[[Blubb-O's]]===
*"You guessed it... We're called Blubb-O's." {{--}} [[nightlife]], [[Blubb-O's Commercial]]
*"Come the Heck Down!" {{--}} [[Blubb-O's Commercial]]

===[[Bubs' Concession Stand]]===
*"We 'got' the goods" {{--}} [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
*"All types of crazy [[crap]]" {{--}} [[The Best Decemberween Ever]]
*"We're always awesome!" {{--}} [[Bubs's Character Video]]
*"We've Got Everything! [[Twice]]!" {{--}} [[Homestar Ruiner]]
*"Make yourself Bubsmfortable!" (as Bubsmfort Inn & Suites) {{--}} [[Fan Costumes 2017]]

===[[Bubs' Old Pizza]]===
*"It's-A Really Old" {{--}} [[privileges]]

===[[Bull Honkey]]===
*"Thinnest Can Around!!" {{--}} [[road trip]]

===[[Cheat Commandos]]===
*"[[Buy all our playsets and toys!!]]"
*"Cheat Commandos, rock, rock on!"
*"Cheat Commandos, riggidy-roll!" (according to [[Gunhaver]]; not what they usually say, as [[Silent Rip]] noted) {{--}} [[An Important Rap Song]]

===[[Minor Foods#Cheat Commandos... O's|Cheat Commandos...O's]]===
*"Those aren't O's!" {{--}} [[Cheat Commandos...O's]]
*"Those still aren't O's!" {{--}} [[specially marked]]

===[[Breakfast Cereals from specially marked|Chocolate Breakfast Candy Bar Pops!]]===
*"Part of this new, tritious breakfast" {{--}} [[specially marked]]

===[[bottom 10|Chocozuma's Revenge]]===
*"14 Desserts in One!" {{--}} [[bottom 10]]

===[[city (comma) state]]===
*"In the dead of a small factory town, dealing with your quirky, dysfunctional family is the ''easiest'' part of the journey." {{--}} [[independent]]

===[[Minor Drinks#coach_z_ale|Coach Z Ale]]===
*"Differently Lame!" {{--}} [[time capsule]]

===[[Cold One]]===
*"A one that isn't cold, is scarcely a one at all." {{--}} [[property of ones]]
*"Straight from the oven!" (Wärm Önes) {{--}} [[property of ones]]
*"Holy Crap! This Tastes Good!" (Strong Beer Premium [[Alcohol]]ic Cold Ones) {{--}} [[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver|Strong Bad Screensaver]]

===[[Compé]]===
*"Because flat-panel sophistication demands made-up words." {{--}} [[Compy Catalog]]

===[[Crazy Go Nuts University]]===
*"The future is you... probably" {{--}} [[CGNU]]
*"Join the e-NIVERSITY e-VOLUTION <strike>e-DAY</strike> TODAY!!" (CGNU Online e-Niversity) {{--}} [[theme song]]

===[[independent#Easter Eggs|Cyber.Comma.Static]]===
*"In the dead of space, dealing with aliens is the ''easiest'' part of the voyage." {{--}} [[independent]]

===[[Products from modeling#Doctor Stankfoot's Watery Athlete's Foot Cream|Doctor Stankfoot's Watery Athlete's Foot Cream]]===
*"Got Stinkfoot? Get Stankfoot!" {{--}} [[modeling]]

===[[Minor Foods#File Folder Shaped Vitamins|File Folder Shaped Vitamins]]===
*"Great for the break room, or maybe a desk drawer!" {{--}} [[the next april fools thing]]

===[[anything#Easter Eggs|Fish Lake]]===
*"Home of This Fish" {{--}} [[anything]]

===[[Fluffy Puff Malloweens]]===
*"They Taste the Same, but Look Different!" {{--}} [[Malloween Commercial]]
*"They fit on top of each other!!" {{--}} [[Malloween Commercial]]
*"They're orange, doo-doo, they're black, dee-dee, look for the one with [[Marshie|me]] on the bag... dressed as a vampire!" {{--}} [[Malloween Commercial]]
*"Why ever drink again?" {{--}} [[Marshie vs. Little Girl]]

===[[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows]]===
*"Seriously, folks, they're the best." {{--}} [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]]
*"The first one to eat a million, wins." {{--}} [[the show]]
*"Made from the best stuff!" ([[Fluffy Puff Mayo|Fluffy Puff All-Marshmallow Mayonnaise]]) {{--}} [[Meet Marshie]], [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]], [[A Decemberween Pageant]]
*"They're fluffity! They're puffity! One, two, three, four, five!" {{--}} [[Meet Marshie]]
*"Yeah! Still!" {{--}} [[retirement]]

===[[Fluffy Puff Air-Puffed Sugar Delights]]===
*"Handpuffed at the factory in [[Neuconsin]]" {{--}} [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]
*"Look Lively!!" {{--}} [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]

===[[Genghis Khan]] [[lady...ing#Easter Eggs|for Women]]===
*"Smell like a Warlord!" {{--}} [[lady...ing]]

===[[Grampy Aught-Six]]===
*"Because {{w|Piccadilly Restaurants|Piccadilly}}'s not open 24 hours." {{--}} [[Compy Catalog]]

===[[Hamburger Shampoo]]===
*"[[The Geddup Noise|Geddup Noise]] approved!" {{--}} [[geddup noise]]
*"Like a backyard BBQ...on your hair!" {{--}} [[geddup noise]]

===[[your edge#Easter Eggs|Have Edge Times Magazine]]===
*"on the cutting edge of edge-having" {{--}} [[your edge]]

===[[Products from modeling#Homely Boy Brand Tube Socks|Homely Boy Brand]] [[Tube Socks]]===
*"You [[might could]] sleep in one!" {{--}} [[modeling]]

===[[Hollerin' Jimmy's]]===
*"We have no idea what's in this box!!" (Hollerin' Jimmy's Hobby Kit) {{--}} [[lackey]]
*"There is no way this thing really works!!" (Hollerin' Jimmy's Hovercraft Kit) {{--}} [[Happy Hallow-day]]

===[[Hot Jones|Hot Pooey]]===
*"Oh dear [[Religion|God]], what have we done??" {{--}} [[A Decemberween Mackerel]]

===[[Breakfast Cereals from specially marked|Hypothetic-O's]]===
*"Potentially Delicious Possible Cereal!" {{--}} [[specially marked]]

===[[Jobar's Big Ol' Headache Medicine]]===
*"Eat 'em like candy!" {{--}} [[time capsule]]

===[[Jurvy-Skat]]===
*"Goodtime Family Fun™" {{--}} [[Family Resemblence]]

===[[Lappy 486]]===
*"Finally, a computer for your lap!" {{--}} [[animal]]

===[[Minor Foods#Last Minit Peanut Brittle|Last Minit Peanut Brittle]]===
*"We really just made it!" {{--}} [[business trip]]

===[[Litigation Jackson]]===
*"The system really works, jerks!" {{--}} [[A Decemberween Pageant]]

===[[Minor Drinks#malinko drinko|Malinko Drinko]]===
*"Crystal clear like domestic beer!" {{--}} [[rough copy]]

===[[Piemonade]]===
*"Cool, Refreshing... Piemonade!!" {{--}} [[other days]]

===[[Polymascotfoamalate]]===
*"Ingenuitizing the Future!" {{--}} [[4 branches]]

===[[Portly Washboy Fancy Laundry Paste]]===
*"Don't eat it like the cartoon, man!" {{--}} [[radio]]

===[[Radio Stations and Shows#Public Radio Sounds|Public Radio Sounds]]===
*"Smooth 'n Smarmy" {{--}} [[radio]]

===[[Roomy-Vac]]===
*"The Roomy-Vac is a real powerHOUSE...get it? Oh, you don't? Well, because it's the size of a... Oh, you were kidding? You do get it? Pretty good, huh? No?" {{--}} [[Compy Catalog]]

===[[Rough Copy!]]===
*"Promblem-Packed  Action!" {{--}} [[rough copy]]

===[[Minor Drinks#sb20|SB2O]]===
*"Pure as a mountain [[goat]]!" {{--}} [[rough copy]]

===[[Sbemailiarized Entertainment]]===
*"Yeah Yeah, No, Yeah!" {{--}} [[Sbemailiarized!]]

===[[modeling#Easter Eggs|SB Finest Colognac]]===
*"Drink it. Or wear it. We don't really give a care." {{--}} [[modeling]]

===[[SBLOUNSKCHED!]]===
*"Who's got the money?!?" {{--}} [[candy product]]
*"You got SBLOUNSKCHED!" {{--}} [[candy product]]

===[[Scarfgirl]]===
*"fashion AND environmental stuff" {{--}} [[secret identity]]

===[[Schenectady Crispies]]===
*"I hope I don't get caught!" {{--}} [[labor day]], [[the bet]]

===[[Senor Cardgage Mortgage]]===
*"Get a Leg Up on the Pile and Refinance Your Dreams!" {{--}} [[Senor Mortgage]]
*"No Probalo!" {{--}} [[Senor Mortgage]]

===[[Minor_Foods#Sog dog|Sog Dog]]===
*"Mmmm... Drink in That Bun!" {{--}} [[environment]]

===[[Breakfast Cereals from specially marked|Soundy Puffs]]===
*"Real sounds in every puff!" {{--}} [[specially marked]]

===[[Trogdor!! The Board Game#Stack 'Em to the Heavens|Stack 'Em to the Heavens]]===
*"The first one to stack a million, is doin' it wrong!" {{--}} [[Stack 'Em to the Heavens!]]

===[[parenting#Easter Eggs|SteaKasTle]]===
*"We put two steaks in our name!" (One is the word "steak"! The other is the letter T.) {{--}} [[parenting]]

===[[Minor Foods#Strong Bad's Double Deuce-blemint Gum|Strong Bad's Double Deuce-blemint Gum]]===
*"It's Light Green!!!" {{--}} [[2 emails]]
*"Strong Bad's Double Deuce-blemint Gum is the product of choice." {{--}} [[2 emails]]

===[[Strong Bad's EGGS]]===
*"A Nutritious Part of Your Morning Routine!" {{--}} [[morning routine]]

===[[Strong Bad's Mount RidesPlace! USA]]===
*"More Rides Than You Or  Your Grandmother Can Handle!* ([[Mock Disclaimers|*please do not bring your grandmother]])" {{--}} [[theme park]]

===[[Strong Badia]] [[Action Cool 5|Action Cool News 5]]===
*"We're investiga-awesome!" {{--}} [[local news]], [[Action Cool News-oween Report]]

===[[Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum]]===
*"GET TO THA POINT!" {{--}} [[pizzaz]]

===[[Minor Drinks#armpit latte|Strong Mad Oyster Smoothie Breath Caked Armpit Latte]]===
*"Oh my sweet Jennifer, there's no coming back from this one." {{--}} [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]]

===[[Styles Upon Styles]]===
*"Steep prices and trees!" {{--}} [[animal]]

===[[Suudsu]]===
*"Pure Genius!" {{--}} [[bedtime story]]
*"Oh my, Suudsu!!" {{--}} [[bedtime story]]

===[[Suge Brown]]===
*"Don't borrow from thy neighbor!" {{--}} [[best thing]]

===[[Minor Foods#Temporarios|Temporarios]]===
*"Cuz I'm Don't Get Paid!" {{--}} [[strong badathlon]]

===[[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|That Clock]]===
*"Look at it go" {{--}} [[vacation]]

===[[The Cheatcakes]]===
*"Those people go to prison!" {{--}} [[stupid stuff]], [[time capsule]]
*"With Real The Cheat Spots!" {{--}} [[stupid stuff]]

===[[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|The Great Mound]]===
*"Bigger than that one in {{w|Ohio}}!" {{--}} [[vacation]]

===[[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]]===
*"Let the King have some!" {{--}} [[senior prom]]
*"For reals this time!" {{--}} [[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]]

===[[for kids#Easter Eggs|The KOT's Good Gravy]]===
*"I don't lets [[the Poopsmith]] near it!" {{--}} [[for kids]]

===[[The Show]]===
*"Chant! Words! Together!" {{--}} [[Non-Sequitur Champion]], [[Punkin Show]]

===[[nightlife#Easter Eggs|The Stab Yourself!]]===
*"Try NOT to stab yourself!" {{--}} [[nightlife]]

===[[films from narrator#Things That Go Dump in the Night|Things That Go Dump in the Night]]===
*"Your goose is cooked." {{--}} [[narrator]]

===[[bottom 10|This Brownie Might Kill You]]===
*"Beware... of Yumminess!" {{--}} [[bottom 10]]

===[[Thorax Corporation|Thorax]] [[cheat talk#Easter Eggs|Language Courses]]===
*"Learn to speak in another man's tongue!" {{--}} [[cheat talk]]

===[[Minor Foods#Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders|Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders]]===
*"Whisk Away the Worries!" {{--}} [[2 emails]]

===[[Videlectrix]]===
*"We use computers... to make video games!"

===[[Films from narrator#Whined & Dined|Whined & Dined]]===
*"May the best man whine." {{--}} [[narrator]]

===[[Radio Stations and Shows#WSBD|WSBD]]===
*"Several Dozen Listeners" {{--}} [[radio]]

==See also==
*[[Catch Phrases]]

[[Category:Lists]]

the movies

Keegster2 — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 21:19:02 GMT

Keegster2: /* Fun Facts */ The formatting of the italics was incorrect here.

{{about|email describing movie theater experiences}} {{for-nothe|a list of movies within the [[Homestar Runner universe]]|Electronic Media and Film#Movies}} {{for|email describing movie genres|rated}} {{for|email about Strong Bad narrating movies|narrator}}
{{sbenav}}
[[Image:The movies.png|thumb|"Good eef-ening, Bontilda. Forty-twone will be on your lest."]]
Strong Bad's annoyance with fellow moviegoers builds to an explosive climax.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Senor Cardgage}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|The Knight}}, {{Film|The Hornblower}}, {{Film|The Blacksmith}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Movie Theater]], [[The Field]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Tuesday, February 20, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:51

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Coach Z is not that cool; here comes an email.

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: movie</div>
Dear Strong Bad, 
 I was at the movies last night and this little girl behind me 
wouldn't shut up! has that ever happened to you? 
Cooper 
Franklin TN.
</blockquote>
''{Strong Bad reads the name and address as "A person called Cooper, from the city of Franklin, in the state of Tennessee."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Told you I could do it.

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Oh, I feel ya, Coopreme. It's a good thing they make you turn off your bazookas before movies man, or every one of my theater-going experiences would end in smoldering crater fashion.

''{Cut to a cinema entrance lobby. Posters for Dangeresque 3 and King Bubsgonzola Supreme hang in the background. Senor Cardgage is an usher; Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Pom Pom walk in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The experience starts out promising enough...

'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Good eef-ening, Bontilda. ''{takes Strong Bad's ticket and tears it}'' Forty-twone will be on your lest.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Just you watch, The Cheat. Some day ''I'm'' gonna be the one tearing tickets and telling folks that forty-twone will be on their lest.

''{Cut inside the cinema. Coach Z is watching the movie screen, fidgeting and thinking hard.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' It begins with the genius who can't resist answering the oh-so-challenging film trivia slides they show before the movie.

'''COACH Z:''' Oh, I know this one! The Brat Pack! Pan-and-scan! Spencer Tracy!

''{Cut to Strong Bad. The Cheat is visible on the right.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Real impressive, Ebert. We've only seen this slide ten times since we all sat down.

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover}'' If you answered "B", you're ready for film school.

''{Cut back to Coach Z}''

'''COACH Z:''' Awr, it was ''{hits himself}'' ice cold refreshment.

''{Cut to the screen, which reads:}''

<blockquote>
<big>MOVIE & REFRESHMENT TRIVIA*</big>
The correct answer was : 
B: Ice Cold Refreshment
*ACTUALLY JUST REFRESHMENT TRIVIA
</blockquote>

'''COACH Z: ''' I should've known.

''{Another slide is shown on the screen, with a picture of a bazooka with six tally marks on it, labeled "Please Be Considerate. Because no one wants to watch a smoldering crater."}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Be considerate of others. Please turn off your bazookas before the progrum.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Then, once the movie starts, don't forget the guy who insists on rattling off the complete filmographies of each of the actors.

''{Cut back to the audience, and pan from Pom Pom to Strong Sad.}''

'''MOVIE:''' ''{voiceover}'' {{--}}but when I returned, the DNA evidence was gone!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ooh, ''{points at screen}'' and he had a cameo as Stevedore #2 in the prequel, and he was in that car commercial with the wisecracking transmission, and he has a Bacon number of 4! ''{holds up four fingers}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{gets up and turns back to face Strong Sad}'' And this is my FIST! ''{raises said fist}'' You might remember it from ''Bloodied Pulp'', the amazingly true story of your face in five seconds! ''{sits back down}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{pointing at Strong Bad}'' He was in ''Dangeresque 1'' and ''2''!

''{Cut to The Cheat, who is sitting next to Strong Bad and eating popcorn.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And if you think the guy sitting next to you munching popcorn is bad, ''{Strong Bad's head turns slowly in The Cheat's direction}'' try going to a theater where people regularly sneak in their own all-you-can-eat fajitas!

''{Cut to the King of Town, who is holding a frying pan covered in sizzling food, with a stack of similar pans in the seat beside him.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{Looks at the camera, popping his crown}'' What?! This was all in my box of Milk Duds.

''{Pan back, behind the King of Town, there are the Knight (with a guitar), the Hornblower (with a horn) and the Blacksmith (with maracas). The three of them play a brief Mariachi melody. Cut back to Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And that brings me to the little girl behind me who wouldn't shut up.

''{Pan behind Strong Bad, Homestar Runner is standing there, wearing a Viking helmet.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' Ever and more! Ever and more! Ever and more!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' This is the kind of person that likes to talk to the movie. But not in the usual ''{Homestar mouths Strong Bad's words}'' "Don't go in there!" or ''{Homestar mouths Strong Bad's words again}'' "Oh no he di'n't!" type of way. He just... makes small talk with the characters, and chit-chat.

''{Cut through white to some time in the movie. Homestar is sitting on his seat, with the Viking helmet on the seat next to him.}''

'''MOVIE:''' ''{voiceover}'' Well, I figured out their plan.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, I figured I'd just cut up some iceberg lettuce, throw some tomatoes on there, maybe a little catalina. Nothing fancy, nothing fancy.

''{Cut through white to later in the movie. Homestar is lying on his seat, with his head resting on the helmet.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, man, have you ever been to a ground-breaking? I mean, what is the point of those things?

''{Cut through white again, Homestar is lying upside down on his seat, with his legs in the air.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You know where the real money is? ''{shakes his legs}'' Phone books.

''{Cut through white yet again, Homestar is sitting up normally.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I wonder how you spell tabasco. ''{stands up}'' TABASCOooo!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Gets up from his seat again and turns around.}'' What is wrong with you people?! Do you not notice the giant movie over here? Were all the local sit-around-and-suck-out-loud places closed?!

''{Strong Bad picks up a bazooka, holds it beside his head like a cell phone, and imitates a ringtone.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, di-a-lo-do, da-a-lo-do, di-a-lo-do, ''die''!!

''{Strong Bad lowers the bazooka to point at the camera and fires it. Fade back to the computer room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So, that's why I'm not allowed at the movies anymore. But I don't care. I brought my movie viewing into the digital age. And I dig-it-all!!! Check it out!

''{Strong Bad runs "karatecar.exe". An ASCII art movie starts. A stick figure man walks along a street, with buildings in the background, and a car drives across. The stick figure jumps and does a somersault over the car just before he gets hit.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quietly}'' Oh, look out, Mister Slashy-Man!

''{The movie cuts to a closeup of the car.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quietly}'' Ooh, something exciting!

''{The movie cuts to a closeup of the stick figure man, who says "Now THAT was a ''sports'' car!". He then does some karate moves and says "Hi-YA!".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{quietly}'' Aah, I guess I'm talking during the movie! Kind of a hypocrite! Gonna shut up now!

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Crater Theater.png|thumb|No one wants to watch a smoldering crater. With the apparent exception of Homestar.]]
*Click on the "Hi-YA" at the end to see Homestar in a smoldering crater sitting in a theater seat with a frame of a movie poster protruding from the side of the crater:
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Oh man. This movie has it all. Cinema has never Luked so Wilson.
*Click on the "@" at the end to see a film trivia screen.
<blockquote>
<big>MOVIE & REFRESHMENT TRIVIA*</big>
What can you get at the concession 
stand for $10, $10 or $13?
A. Luke Wilson 
B. 16:9 Anamorphic 
C. Hot, Hot Buttery Popcorn 
D. <nowiki>'</nowiki>''Battleship Potemkin''<nowiki>'</nowiki>
*ACTUALLY JUST REFRESHMENT TRIVIA
</blockquote>

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*{{wp|Pan and scan}} refers to a technique by which film originally shot in widescreen format is transferred into a format compatible with the shape of common TV screens. In contrast, DVDs made using an {{wp|anamorphic widescreen}} technique automatically fill {{wp|high-definition television}} screens that have a 16:9 aspect ratio and make full use of the available resolution.
*The slashes on the bazooka in the "Be Considerate" ad are a common mark on guns, tanks, and war ships to show how many kills they've made.
*A {{wp|stevedore}} is a person who works at or is responsible for loading and unloading ships in port.
*The Knight, The Hornblower, and The Blacksmith are playing instruments as if they were in a {{wp|mariachi}} band.
*{{w|French dressing|Catalina}} is a type of [[salad]] dressing made from tomato ketchup and sugar.
*A {{wp|groundbreaking}} is a photo-op ceremony in which executives or other noteworthy people dig the first shovel of dirt from a lot in which a new construction will be built.
*[[ASCII art]] is an artistic medium that makes pictures entirely out of typed characters.

===Trivia===
*The release date on the Dangeresque 3 poster is:<blockquote>COMING <del>JUNE 2004</del> <del>APRIL 2005</del> <del>MEMORIALS DAY 2005</del> <del>AUGUST 2006</del> WE'LL SEE...</blockquote>
*[[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]'s [[Cool Shades]] in the poster have three lenses, relating to it being the third film. The number "3" is also visible, reflected in the center lens.
*The summary for the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed reads, "Strong Bad rants about why he hates fellow moviegoers."
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad describes how annoying moviegoers can be."

===Remarks===
*Despite the lack of a specific release date, the frame around the poster for Dangeresque 3 still labels the film as "Now Playing".
*The ASCII art used in [[Karate Car]] is not actually true ASCII art; some of the characters are of different font sizes.
**This includes italicized fonts, including backward-italicized 1's and I's.
*The bazooka in the "Please be considerate" ad has its trigger near the back of the barrel, though it belongs near the center or the front.


===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's "Told you I could do it," refers to his habit of mangling the [[Strong Bad Email By Name of Sender|emailer's name]] and/or [[Strong Bad Email By Place|address]], which he doesn't do this time.
*Two of the movie posters are for ''[[King Bubsgonzola Supreme]]'' (based on [[unnatural]]) and ''[[dangeresque 3|Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]'' (with no predetermined release date).
**The King Bubsgonzola Supreme poster was an Easter egg in [[unnatural]].
*Strong Bad originally said in [[stunt double]] that Dangeresque 3 would come out in June 2004, hence the first crossed out date. The other three dates are of major releases: [[Stinkoman 20X6]], [[Senorial Day]], and [[Strongest Man in the World]], respectively.
*"Film school" was first mentioned in [[Puppets on the Road]].
*This email features another pronunciation of the word "program" as [[progrum]].
*This is the third email in a row that mentions [[DNA Evidence (running gag)|DNA evidence]].
*Strong Sad mentions Strong Bad being in the [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] films.

===Real-World References===
*The {{wp|Brat Pack}} refers to a group of actors that rose to fame in the 1980s by starring in several teen-oriented movies, such as ''{{wp|The Breakfast Club}}'' and ''{{w|St. Elmo's Fire (film)|St. Elmo's Fire}}''.
*{{wp|Spencer Tracy}} was a two-time {{wp|Academy Award}}-winning film actor.
*Strong Bad's "Ebert" comment refers to {{wp|Roger Ebert}}, the long time film critic for the ''Chicago Sun-Times'' who gained fame as co-host of a film review series with {{wp|Gene Siskel}}.
*The "Ice Cold Refreshment" trivia and red background refer to [[Coca-Cola]]-themed games formerly shown before films to entertain the moviegoers.
*{{wp|Luke Wilson}} is an American film actor.
*''{{wp|Battleship Potemkin}}'' was an influential silent film about the {{w|Russian battleship Potemkin|Battleship ''Potemkin'' uprising}}.
*"{{wp|Bacon number}}" refers to the number of degrees of separation an actor has from actor {{wp|Kevin Bacon}}. This, in turn, stems from the {{wp|Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon}} game that was popular in the early 1990s.
*{{wp|Milk Duds}} are a brand of chocolate-covered caramel candy produced by {{wp|The Hershey Company}}.
*Tabasco is both {{w|Tabasco|a state in Mexico}} as well as the trademark name for a brand of {{w|Tabasco sauce|hot pepper sauce}} that has since become a {{wp|genericized trademark}} for hot sauce.
*The song Strong Bad "sings" before firing the bazooka uses the rhythm of the "{{wp|Nokia tune}}", based on a guitar work called "Gran Vals". The song has been used as the default ringtone on mobile phones produced by the Finnish electronics company {{wp|Nokia}} since the 1990s.

===Fast Forward===
*The DNA scene would be revisited in the big toon [[DNA Evidence]]. In another scene of the toon, Strong Sad comments that the evidence [[Marzipan]] found looks "just like in the movies".
*Homestar Runner's "Ever and More" song would later be revealed to be the official chant of the [[Broternal Order of Different Helmets]] in the short [[Ever and More]], in which he once again wears the [[horned helmet]].
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective|Dangeresque 3]] would finally be released as a part of [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]].

== DVD Version ==
{{commentary|email=true}}

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

'''HOMESTAR:''' Welcome to the King of Town's... DVD... extras bonus!

'''MIKE:''' Nah, this is, uh, Strong Bad Email, Homestar!

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah! The King of Town's...

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Hey! Hey! Take me to the movies.

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah!

'''MIKE:''' You ever{{--}}you ever say that?

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{laughing}'' Yeah, I do! All the time.

'''MIKE:''' All right.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Ahhh...

'''MIKE:''' ''{underneath}'' Have you{{--}}

'''HOMESTAR:''' What?

'''MIKE:''' Have you ever been... to the movies before?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeaaah!

'''MIKE:''' You...

'''HOMESTAR:''' Sometimes I go... and I s{{--}}I wear... my Viking helmet.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, that's right. An{{--}}

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{interrupting}'' And I sing my favorite anthem of anthems!

'''MIKE:''' "Ever and More?"

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{playing up his impediment}'' Eva and moow, ev' and moow, evew an' mooooow!

'''MIKE:''' I think you're getting worse with your Rs.

'''HOMESTAR:''' When is Strong Bad gonna make that ''{with a hard 'g' throughout}'' Dangersqueal Three? Dangersqueal Three: ''{Mike laughs}'' The...Squealiest Danger. ''{pause}'' Who's that guy? Who's that skinny Strong Bad?

'''MIKE:''' Uh, that's...Cardgage.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Ohhhh, yeaah.

'''MIKE:''' Cardage. Is Cardage real? Homestar? 

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{confused}'' Is Cardage real?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{Coach Z shouts out trivia answers}'' I don't like the trivia before movies, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' It's usually pretty easy, and Tom Hanks is usually the answer.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah! I don't wanna look at no silhouettes of Tom Hanks' head no more! ''{Mike stifles a laugh}'' ...and guess which curly-headed man this is! ''{Mike laughs aloud}'' That's what it always asks me.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' That's a... very poor trivia question.

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{laughing}'' I know! "Guess which curly-headed Tom Hanks this is." And I always{{--}}it's always ''Bachelor Party''.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs, regains his composure}'' It's not, uh... ahh, I was gonna say ''Johnny Dangerously'', but that's Keaton, right?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeaah.

'''MIKE:''' ''Gung Ho''?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yap. 

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing} Mr. Mom''?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Him and Tom Hanks are kinda the same.

'''MIKE:''' ''{snickers}'' Until Tom Hanks got all legit and... winning all those Oscars in the '90s.

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''Bantam.''

'''MIKE:''' ''Multiplicity'' never got...

'''HOMESTAR:''' Tom Hanks{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{underneath}'' never got...

'''HOMESTAR:''' Tom Hanks was Bantam, though.

'''MIKE:''' Well... no.

'''HOMESTAR:''' And Kiefer was Keaton. ''{Mike snickers}'' Ummm....

'''MIKE:''' So what movie were you guys watching here?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Uh, this... must've been... ''Soo''{{--}}''Soos''!

'''MIKE:''' ''Seuss''? Like{{--}}

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''Soos-sayer''!

'''MIKE:''' ''Soothsayer''.

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{struggles to get out the 'th'}'' ''Soothsayer''.

'''MIKE:''' Ohhkay.

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{the King of Town appears}'' Oooh! Look at those fajitas! That is a sizzling plate! ''{Mike laughs}'' You better watch out. ''{at the pan to the mariachi band}'' Wooo!

'''MIKE:''' The guys.

'''HOMESTAR:''' It's the Kingsm'n. The Kingsm'n trio! ''{short pause}'' Umm... ''{Strong Bad mentions the "little girl"}'' Here's my big scene!

'''MIKE:''' Ohhh, you're{{--}}you were{{--}}

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{overlapping}'' We're{{--}}we were probably seeing the Vikings on... the Seas! ...movie. And so I was just singin' along.

'''MIKE:''' ''Erik the Viking''?

'''HOMESTAR:''' He tries to pick me as if I was some kind of an annoy-ance. But I'm really{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' You were just part of the movie?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah, it's like that movie where you throw... toast.

'''MIKE:''' Ohh, yeah. ''Rocky Horror''? Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR:''' No, ''Rocky IV''.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing} Rocky IV''?

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''The Rocky IV Picture Show''!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' When you throw toast at Drago?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah! And you throw syringes at... Nikita Jamson. ''{Mike laughs aloud, Homestar stifles laughter}'' What's her name? She's tall and blonde.

'''MIKE:''' Brigitte Nielsen?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Jaquitte! ''{both laughing}'' Jaquitte Ribston! Throw some syringes!

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Y'know, she and... Rocky got married.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Rocky?

'''MIKE:''' Maybe. I can't{{--}}I can't remember{{--}} ''{quietly}'' {{--}}S{{--}}y'know, Stallone.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Oh.

'''MIKE:''' I dunno if it was after or before... ''Rocky IV''.

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{overlapping}'' I think he got married{{--}}I heard he got married to that robot... that's in... ''Rocky IV''.

'''MIKE:''' The robot?

'''HOMESTAR:''' His son has a cool robot.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Oh, he does!

'''HOMESTAR:''' Um, Strong Bad...does Strong Bad really have a bazooka, Mike? I think this is him imagining things, 'cause I feel like if he really had a bazooka, we'd all be in some biiig troubles.

'''MIKE:''' Uhhh... is that{{--}}that was a rocket launcher, though. Wasn't it?

'''HOMESTAR:''' What'd I call it?

'''MIKE:''' A bazooka.

'''HOMESTAR:''' What's the diff?

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I don't really know, but{{--}}''{Strong Bad is watching Karate Car}'' Ooh, look at that movie. That's a good movie.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeaaah! I remember one time some guy made that movie ''{entirely unintelligible through his impediment} Stuwws''. All with... little letters.

'''MIKE:''' ''Star Wars''? ...was made...?

'''HOMESTAR:''' ''{overlapping} Stuwws''. ''{Mike chuckles; Mr. Slashy-man takes his final pose} {as a greeting rather than an exclamation}'' Hiya!

=== Fun Facts ===
*Homestar's line about Dangeresque seems to indicate that this commentary was recorded sometime before the release of [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]]. The DVD was released about a month later.
*Homestar and Mike mention a number of {{wp|Tom Hanks}} and {{wp|Michael Keaton}} films from the late '80s and early '90s, including ''{{w|Bachelor Party (1984 film)|Bachelor Party}}'', starring Tom Hanks, and ''{{wp|Johnny Dangerously}}'', ''{{wp|Mr. Mom}}'', ''{{w|Gung Ho (film)|Gung Ho}}'', ''{{w|Multiplicity (film)|Multiplicity}}'', and ''{{w|Batman (1989 film)|Batman}}'', all of which starred Michael Keaton.
*Homestar's mention of Tom Hanks playing "Bantam" is probably typical Homestar confusion; Michael Keaton played [[Batman]] in the 1989 ''Batman'' and its sequel ''{{wp|Batman Returns}}'', but Tom Hanks never played any character named Bantam.
*''{{wp|Erik the Viking}}'' is a 1989 British comedy-fantasy film written and directed by [[Monty Python]]'s Terry Jones.
*Homestar confuses ''{{wp|Rocky IV}}'' with ''{{wp|The Rocky Horror Picture Show}}'', a movie which is well-known for having audience participation, including throwing toast at the screen during one scene.
*Despite Matt and Homestar's confusion, there is no real distinction between a bazooka and a rocket launcher, as "bazooka" has not been a technical term since World War II and "rocket launcher" has never been a technical term for man-portable weaponry. The truly correct term is "{{wp|shoulder-launched missile weapon}}".
*Homestar is correct; the original ''[[Star Wars]]'' has been entirely made in ASCII. It can be viewed [http://www.asciimation.co.nz/asciimation/index.html here].

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|167|10860|youtube=_gXjQT3w020}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Podstar Runner]]
[[Category:strongbad email.exe Disc Six]]

Nationality Confusion

Keegster2 — Thu, 21 May 2026 23:39:15 GMT

Keegster2: /* Appearances */ This "we" wording and needless emphasizing of this entry has been bothering me for too long.

[[File:longjumpchamp.png|thumb|150px|A French long jump champion, apparently.]]

The [[characters]] of the [[Homestar Runner universe]] sometimes get '''nationalities confused''', most often [[Strong Bad]].

==Appearances==
*Email [[action figure]] {{--}} Strong Bad says his action figure would come with Chinese throwing [[croissants]] despite them being a [[French]] pastry. He may also be referring to "Chinese throwing stars", when {{w|shuriken}} are Japanese in origin.
*Email [[anything]] {{--}} Reading the abbreviation "FL", [[Homestar Runner]] wonders if the sender is either from [[Far Off Lands]] or Foreign Leadership Camp before supposing that the sender's from Fish Lake instead of Florida.
*[[The Theme from Dangeresque II]] {{--}} [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] is said to keep a bunch of Chinese stars under the bed with a length of pipe. Again, shuriken are Japanese.
*Email [[secret recipes]] {{--}} Strong Bad mistakes the abbreviation of New Jersey (NJ) for Nigeria.
*Email [[theme song]] {{--}} Strong Bad thinks On-ta-rio, [[Canada|Can-ada]] is "south of the border".
*[[Date Nite]] {{--}} Strong Bad pretends to be an [[Italy|Italian]] chef at a [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|French restaurant]], completely falling apart when trying to correct it.
*[[The Limozeen Advantage]] {{--}} [[Larry Palaroncini]] mistakenly believes [[Advantage]] are from the French Nebula when they're actually from New Jersey.
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad takes the sender of the email for French as he came from Frenchtown, California.
*[[Donut Unto Others]] {{--}} Homestar claims to have dreamt that "[he] was a French long jump champion with eight wooden legs", but from what is shown of the dream, he's a Mexican high-jump champion with only one leg.
*[[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] {{--}} After finding out his [[Dadgeresque|father]] is in Venice, Dangeresque declares to [[Renaldo]] that they're going to France, before a jump-cut corrects it to Italy.
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]] {{--}} Strong Bad calls [[Strong Sad]]'s {{w|Hercule Poirot}} costume "Frenchy Detective" when the character is Belgian.

==See Also==
*[[Identity Confusion]]
*[[Gender Confusion]]

[[Category:Activity running gags]]
[[Category:Countries]]

love poems

Keegster2 — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:43:05 GMT

Keegster2: /* DVD Version */ Added a link to an article with a more in-depth explanation on Scentstories. It's a neat read.

{{sbenav}}
[[Image:sbemail195.PNG|thumb|"Everybody knows I'm the only one around here with any real no-arms-on experience with the lady-makes!"]]

Strong Bad writes love poems for the <s>hopeless</s> ''homeless'' romantic.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Cheerleader}}, {{Film|So and So}}, [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Meredith|Meredith]], [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Kimberly|Kimberly]], {{Film|Arrow'd Guy}}, [[Tenerence Love]], {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Classroom]], [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, May 26, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 4:26

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}}

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Girl, where's my money that you owe me from all those emails that you wrote me?

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: love poem</div>
Dear Mr. Strong [Bad], 
I am in love. Unfortunately, I am absotively blunderous with 
my words which I speak. Will you help me write a love poem? 
Sincerely, 
Just Another Hopeless Romantic 
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pauses just before reading "[Bad]". He reads "Hopeless" as "homeless".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well, put on your patchy-stained jacket and gather 'round the fire in the trashcan, Homeless Romantic, 'cause the Rub [Doctor] ''{same pause duration as before}'' is here to help!

''{Cut to the classroom, where Strong Bad is standing in front of the blackboard, wearing a charcoal gray turtleneck and balding brown hair. The word "Rub" is written on the blackboard next to an arrow pointing downwards.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hi. I'm Doctor Marvin Rubdown. Did you know that writing love poems is as easy as telling a girl she's hot with the fance-pantsiest words you can think of? ''{cut to a view from Strong Bad's front-left}'' For poetic inspiration, I like to swipe the names of scented candle fragrances!

''{Fade out. Fade in to Strong Bad, still with the sweater and hair, in front of a gray background. Strong Bad's voice slightly echoes.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Your eyes, ''{holds up a lit orange and green candle with a label saying "Sandalwood Sage Sunset" in his left hand}'' they flicker like a Sandalwood Sage Sunset.

''{He puts his hand back down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Your hair flows like Fresh Cotton Linens ''{holds up a lit white candle with a label saying "Fresh Cotton Linens" in his right hand}'' hung to dry on the deck.

''{He puts his hand down, holds up a lit brown candle with a label saying "Grandma's Apple Cinnamon Spice" in his left hand.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Grandma's Apple Cinnamon Spice is the scented candle I would use to describe your mouth.

''{He puts his hand back down}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And your nose: like an unscented emergency candle ''{holds up a white, unlabeled candle in his left hand}'' for when the power goes out.

''{Cut back to the classroom. Echoes stop}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Another way of fancying up a love poem is to replace random letters in the middle of words with apostrophes.

''{Cut to a closeup of the blackboard; the "Rub" and the arrow have been erased but remain faintly visible.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{as he speaks, the words in quotes appear on the blackboard in chalk. Strong Bad's voice slightly echoes again}'' "It is never ever over, my lover of clover" becomes "'Tis ne'er e'er o'er m'lo'er o' clo'er".

''{Cut to a closeup of Strong Bad; Coach Z is leaning in from the right. Echoes stop}''

'''COACH Z:''' Now you're sporkin' my language!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Get out! ''{Coach Z leaves quickly}'' Women love it when you talk all Elizabethan. ''{"-Elizabethan" appears to the right of Strong Bad.}'' But you shouldn't be afraid to get Kimberlian ''{"-Kimberlian" appears under "-Elizabethan"}'' or Meredithian ''{"-Meredithian" appears under "-Kimberlian"}'' if the need arises.

''{Cut to a Teen Girl Squad scene with Cheerleader and So and So; Cheerleader has an annoyed look and is wearing a shirt that reads "poi fect".}''

'''CHEERLEADER:''' I can't stand the way Meredith talks!

''{Cut to a wider shot with Cheerleader, still looking annoyed, So and So, frowning, and Meredith, bending backward with a pleased look on her face and her tongue hanging out}''

'''MEREDITH:''' I'th hath a cruth on ethry boy'th!

''{Cut to a yet wider shot; Cheerleader and So and So still look irritated; Meredith now has a quizzical look; Kimberly runs in with her mouth wide open and her hair flying behind her}''

'''KIMBERLY:''' I herly berly on gerly werly!

''{Arrowed Guy appears dressed as [[William Shakespeare]] and spears Meredith and Kimberly; Cheerleader and So and So appear pleased.}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' Shakespeared!

''{Cut back to the classroom}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' But if that frilly collar stuff is too olde schoole ''{pronounces the E's in both words as "eh"}'' for you, then why not try a more contemporary approach with an overweight R&B make-out jam? ''{music begins to play}'' As long as your tone is well-dressed and sweaty enough, it doesn't matter what you say!

''{Cut to a black [[Powered by The Cheat]] background with yellow lights shining out of it. Tenerence Love, holding a microphone and visibly perspiring, is in the lower right, slowly drifting to the upper left.}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' ''{sings}'' This is Tenerence Love with a sweaty overweight jam!

''{Tenerence Love disappears and reappears in the lower left, drifting to the upper right}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' My name is Tenerence Love with a sweaty overweight ham!

''{Tenerence Love disappears and reappears in the upper center, drifting down}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' It may be five pounds...

''{The symbol for the [[Wikipedia:Pound sign|Pound sterling]] appears in Tenerence Love's right sunglasses lens, the number 5 in his left lens}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' ...ten pounds, ''{the 5 changes to a 10}'' twenty pounds,

''{The 10 changes to a 20. Tenerence Love disappears and two Tenerence Loves appear on both sides and drift toward the center}''

'''TENERENCE LOVE:''' Just a little bit overweight, now welcome, girl, to sweaty town!

''{Cut back to the classroom.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And when that gets you slapped and escorted from her building by security, you can always buy a fourteen-pound bag of extra-long{{--}}

''{Homestar Runner enters from the left wearing a charcoal gray turtleneck similar to Strong Bad's, but with a black star on it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{interrupting}'' Ah, ha ha, ha ha! Oh, Strong Bad. It's funny to me when you try to play grown-up!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{raising his fist}'' What are you talking about, Mary Ann?

''{Cut to a close-up of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Everybody knows I'm the only one around here with any real no-arms-on experience with the lady-makes! ''{cut back to wider view of the classroom}'' Just listen to this little make-out inducing number I threw together this mo'nin'! ''{starts dancing and speaking in rhythm}'' This mo'nin'! ''{Strong Bad begins to dance along}'' This mo, re-mo, re-mo-mo'nin'!

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, but only 'cause that little song was kind of cool!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahem!

''{Fade out. Fade in on Homestar Runner, still wearing his turtleneck and now with brown hair similar to Strong Bad's in front of a gray background. He is on the left; to the right of him a paper comes down with the word "MARZiPAN" written vertically. Homestar's voice slightly echoes.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' M is for milk. ''{"Milk" appears next to the "M" on the paper}'' The real stuff! ''{looking annoyed}'' Not soy. ''{no longer annoyed}'' 
A is for not-organic apples. ''{"APPLES" appears next to the "A" on the paper}'' Pesticides ahoy! 
R is for raisins, ''{"RAISINS" appears next to the "R" on the paper}'' they give me bad gas! 
Z is too hard, so at this one, I'll pass. ''{"(PASS)" appears next to the "Z" on the paper}'' 
I is for inchiladas! ''{"inchiladas" appears next to the "i" on the paper}'' And{{--}}

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{angry voiceover}'' Homestar!

''{Cut back to the classroom, Homestar no longer has brown hair and his hat is back on. Echoes stop}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yeah, what's up?

''{Cut to a closeup of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's not a love poem! That is a lavishly produced grocery list!

''{Cut to a closeup of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, ''{holds up a small piece of lined paper; writing on the other side saying "amazing thing" four times is faintly visible}'' ''here'' is my grocery list! Amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing, amazing thing.

''{Cut back to the wider view of the classroom}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, where you been shopping?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' SkyMall.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, are you and Marzipan even dating right now?

''{Cut to a closeup of Homestar Runner}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Are we even dating ''{chuckles and grins}'' right now? Are we even d{{--}} Are we even da{{--}}

''{Cut back to wider view of the classroom}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{quieter and lower, with a sad look}'' No, she broke up with me again this morning.

'''STRONG BAD:''' This morning?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, I mean-a ''{singing and dancing as before}'' This mo'nin'!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER AND STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing together}'' This mo'nin'! This mo, re-mo, re-mo{{--}}

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So there you ha' it 
My Homeless Roma'ic. 
Love Poems 101 
Oh the hearts you will win. ''{holds up a plug-in air freshener}'' 
Like this lavender scented plug-in ''{puts the air freshener back down}'' 
New paper, come on and get some!

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:HomelessRomantic.PNG|thumb|Verses from the weird shrub and more!]]
*Click on "Homeless Romantic" at the beginning to view a book written by [[Senor Cardgage]] entitled "The Homeless Romantic".
<blockquote>the 
HOMELESS
 ROMANTIC 
 
verses from the [[weird shrub]] 
and alarming recipes for 
brunswick stew 
 
by 
Senor Cardgage</blockquote>
*Click on the words "Love poems" at the end of the email to see a small clip with Strong Sad.
*:''{A very eager Strong Sad is jiggling up and down and holding a book of poems titled "Poem Tome by Strong Sad". A red phone with green marks that resemble Strong Bad's eyes is in the foreground, and the audio of the email can be heard faintly in the distance, along with the music from [[caffeine]]}''
*:'''STRONG SAD:''' Why isn't he calling me in on the Strong Badphone? This email was practically tailor-made for me!
*:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''(simultaneously, muffled in background)'' ...Well, put on your patchy-stained jacket and gather 'round the fire in the trashcan, Homeless Romantic, 'cause the Rub...

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] is late 16th century England, coinciding with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. It is considered the first great era of English poetry and literature, producing authors like [[Shakespeare]].
*The "removing of random letters" Strong Bad refers to is done in poems in order to maintain a strict [[Wikipedia:Meter (poetry)|poetic meter]].
**This has often reflected the dialect of particular poets, hence later poetry emulating the older language and styles.
*Homestar's "lavishly produced grocery list" actually resembles an [[Wikipedia:Acrostic|acrostic]] poem.

===Trivia===
*The song info for Tenerence Love's song reads:
<blockquote>Tenerence Love 
A Sweaty, Overweight Jam 
Simma Down Girl 
Director: The Cheat</blockquote>
*The summary of the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed reads, "Dr. Marvin Rubdown gives some advice on writing love poems."
**This is also the [[YouTube]] description for this email, except with "some advice" replaced with "lessons".

===Remarks===
*In Strong Bad's suggestion of replacing letters with apostrophes, he uses eight. Ironically, he rebuked overusing apostrophes in [[unnatural]].
*The shadows' offset on "-Elizabethan" and "-Kimberlian" slightly change when "-Meredithian" comes on screen.
**"-Elizabethan" also slightly moves as "-Kimberlian" is added.
*The title and subtext of ''Homeless Romantic'' reiterates a point made in [[kind of cool]], alongside many of the other [[Senor Cardgage]] appearances, that implied he was homeless.
*The sweat drops on Tenerence Love's head are smaller versions of the condensation drops shown in the [[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver|Strong Bad Screensaver]].
*Strong Bad uses an unscented candle for the one body part that is sensitive to scents.

===Goofs===
[[Image:StrongSad_lovepoems.png|thumb|right|Nevermind the email, Strong Sad, what's up with your arm (circled)?]]
*The back button appears at the bottom left of the viewing screen (making it nearly illegible), rather than the bottom left of the Lappy's screen, as is usual for emails ending on a computer closeup.
*In Strong Sad's Easter egg, Strong Sad's left arm doesn't go around his body, but is instead wrapped around the book he's holding.

===Inside References===
*Strong Bad's song about a girl that owes him money references [[bottom 10]] where he charges "[[Simone]]" the "girl" $7.50 for the email.
*The music during Homestar and Strong Bad's poems is the music in [[do over]], when Strong Bad placed a candle on the desk.
*Homestar mentions his [[lack of visible arms]].
*Homestar's poem has each letter of [[Marzipan]]'s name capitalized, except for one [[Lowercase i's|lowercase i]].
** Following suit, the word "inchiladas" is written in all lowercase letters, while all the others on Homestar's list are written in all caps.
*Homestar describes [[Not X|not]]-[[organic]] apples.
*Meredith's line echoes [[The Ugly One]]'s line, "I have a crush on every boy!", from [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]].
*Cheerleader's shirt reads "poifect", another instance of [["Er" pronounced as "Oi"]].
*The Easter egg references Brunswick [[stew]], first mentioned in [[New Boots]].
*Strong Bad mentions [[Parents|grandparents]].
*Homestar admits that [[Homestar Runner and Marzipan's Relationship#Homestar and Marzipan Breaking Up|Marzipan broke up with him]].
*Homestar's [[grocery list]] is made entirely up of [[nondescript nouns]].
*Tenerence Love's [[Green tongues|tongue is green]], and his song mentions [[ham]].
*Homestar previously tried to use a grocery list for an unrelated reason in [[The Interview]].

=== Real-World References ===
*"I herly berly on gerly werly" is a reference to a line spoken by the second witch in [[Shakespeare]]'s [[Wikipedia:Macbeth|Macbeth]]. The line is "When the hurlyburly's done, when the battle's lost and won."
**This reference could also be a combined reference to the song [[Wikipedia:Blinded By The Light|"Blinded By The Light"]] by [[Wikipedia:Bruce Springsteen|Bruce Springsteen]], whose lyrics consist of: "And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride."
*Tenerence Love's overweight "R&B make-out jam" is a reference to soul singers such as [[Wikipedia:Barry White|Barry White]] and [[Wikipedia:Luther Vandross|Luther Vandross]], who were overweight singers but still attractive to female audiences.
*Homestar's "This Mo'nin" jam (specifically the way he says "Mo'nin") sounds like [[Wikipedia:Newcleus|Newcleus]]' hip-hop classic, "Jam On It", and sounds nearly identical to the chorus of "Got" by [[Wikipedia:Mos Def|Mos Def]].
**"Jam On It" was previously referenced in "[[Happy Hallow-day]]".
*[[Wikipedia:Sky Mall|Sky Mall]] is an airline catalog from which passengers can order various items after leaving the plane, or by use of airplane telephones. Most of the items in the catalog are gadgets and things that would appeal to those with higher incomes. It filed for bankruptcy in 2015.
*The Strong Bad Phone is similar in concept to the Batphone, a device [[Wikipedia:James Gordon (comics)|Commissioner Gordon]] used to contact [[Batman]] in time of need in the live-action [[Wikipedia:Batman (TV series)|'60s television series]].
*The Rub Doctor is also a reference to [[Wikipedia:Super Ninja Boy|Super Ninja Boy]], an adventure/RPG game on the [[Nintendo#Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)|SNES]] in which Rub-A-Doc brings peace to the universe.

===Fast Forward===
*An instrumental version of "A Sweaty, Overweight Jam" appears on a [[cassette tape]] in [[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]], called "Sweaty, Overweight Slow Jamz" on [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate Soundtrack|the game's soundtrack]].
*Homestar attempts to add "amazing thing" to his digital shopping list in [[robots]].

==DVD Version==
{{commentary|email=true}}
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]], [[Ryan Sterritt]])

'''MATT:''' You guys, I think we should all write love poems for our wives.

'''MIKE:''' Right now, during this commentary?

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Okay, I'll start.

'''MATT:''' Alright.

'''MIKE:''' ''{in a soothing voice}'' You like to ride horses... and... ''{speaking normally}'' make pasta, but not stir it up so it's always very clumpy. ''{Ryan laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Wait, no, you're already going the wrong way with this.

'''MIKE:''' But, wait, clumpy, I{{--}} I was going to be able to rhyme it with dumpy.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Oh, "and you look really dumpy", that's great, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah!

'''RYAN:''' Two out of the three... are not good.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Um...

'''RYAN:''' What was the last love poem you actually wrote?

'''MIKE:''' Uh...

'''MATT:''' Have you ever written one?

'''MIKE:''' Not... maybe outside of, like, second or third grade, not seriously.

'''MATT:''' In high school, I'd write songs, but they weren't like{{--}} Y'know, they weren't overtly, like, romantic. ''{unintelligible}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Right, I would write songs about girls, yeah.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I wrote an instrumental song about a girl once called "Mold".

'''MATT:''' Oh yeah, that was you? That was about a girl?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Good job.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''RYAN:''' Did she like it?

'''MIKE:''' She did.

'''RYAN:''' Did she hear it?

'''MIKE:''' She did hear it.

'''MATT:''' We should hear from Ryan about this. Ryan is a bi{{--}} is way into scented candles. Ryan, you should talk about them.

'''RYAN:''' I enjoy scented candles.

'''MIKE:''' What's your latest favorite flavor?

'''RYAN:''' My still{{--}} I still think "Grass" is my favorite one.

'''MATT:''' Do they still make that? Does Yankee Candle still make it?

'''RYAN:''' ''{simultaneously}'' They don't. They have something else that's not as good, but it just made your house smell like you just cut the grass, which is a good thing.

'''MATT:''' Could you{{--}} did it have a little hint of gasoline? ''{Mike laughs}'' So it smelled like you'd mowed?

'''RYAN:''' ''{overlapping}'' That I just splashed on my face a little... get the smell. ''{pause}'' Dr. Rub? Is that his name?

'''MATT:''' The Rub Doctor. Dr. Marvin Rubdown.

'''MIKE:''' He's on the cover of this DVD. The back cover.

'''MATT:''' ''{pause until Teen Girl Squad segment}'' I like it when Strong Bad Emails cut away to Teen Girl Squad.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' It feels like it should happen more, since it seems...

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Not quite a Teen Girl Squad.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Is that what it would be categorized as?

'''MIKE:''' The wiki's, probably.

'''MATT:''' ''{pause until Strong Bad says "olde schoole"}'' How did you spell that, Mike, y'think?

'''MIKE:''' Uh...

'''MATT:''' O-L-D- ''{Mike joins in}'' -E S- ''{Mike stops}'' -K-U Umlaut-L-E?

'''MIKE:''' Probably. ''{pause}'' So, is he{{--}} is he supposed to be dressed up as Art Garfunkel?

'''RYAN:''' I was just gonna ask that.

'''MIKE:''' Or is it just a coincidence?

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah, basically, we ''{unintelligible}'' on that. Oh, it's a Tenerence Love jam.

'''MIKE:''' I like how{{--}}

'''RYAN:''' The sweat.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, his sweat, like, contours to his brow and stuff.

'''MATT:''' I spent a lot{{--}} I spent way too much time on that sweat.

'''MIKE:''' Everyone watch that sweat, it's ''{stressing the words}'' ''real good''. Lookit, that one curled around another bead of sweat. ''{pause}'' The Cheat's animations are really good now.

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Welcome to sweaty town. He kinda reminds me of Baby Cakes, that Tenerence Love.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Oh! I'm gonna have [[Jackie]] knit me a sweater like that with a, like, cable-knit star in the middle of it.

'''RYAN:''' You guys have any turtleneck sweaters?

'''MIKE:''' I've got my Teeg Dougland turtleneck, my blue turtleneck for Teeg Dougland appearances, that's the only one I've got these days.

'''MATT:''' You got one, Ry?

'''RYAN:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Let's do it this winter.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously, pointing out Homestar's dance}'' Oh look, I made some{{--}} look{{--}}

'''RYAN:''' Ooh.

'''MATT:''' I made a{{--}} I made a squished body and a new bent body for that, I forgot.

''{all laugh as Homestar comes in with his acrostic poem}''

'''MIKE:''' And now he's Art Garfunkel.

'''MATT:''' He looks even more like Art Garfunkel, I think, than Strong Bad.

'''MIKE:''' Look at the little bottom of his hair is tucked into the turtleneck.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' That is a goof, man! That is a goof, and a glitch, and a reference, and a real-world reference, and an inside reference.

'''MIKE:''' And a fun fact.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Don't forget about a fun fact.

'''MATT:''' Whadda ya call those poems?

'''MIKE:''' Uh... an... an...

'''MATT:''' Enten?

'''MIKE:''' Acrostic?

'''MATT:''' An E{{--}} Entenmann's?

'''MIKE:''' An acrostic, though?

'''RYAN:''' Yeah, I think it's an acrostic.

'''MATT:''' Agnostic?

'''MIKE:''' Anachronism...

'''RYAN:''' An acronym. ''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Ooh, the SkyMall! What, uh, what Lord of the Rings authentic creation{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' I was just gonna say, the weird Lord of the Rings ''{unintelligible}'' at the SkyMall.

'''RYAN:''' ''{interrupting}'' You guys had those see-through bathing suits that you can get tan while you wear it, towards the back of SkyMall. ''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' That's pretty good.

'''RYAN:''' Maybe if you're flying to Florida they want you to buy a real expensive bathing suit.

'''MATT:''' ''{pause}'' Um... Oh, look at that, we had{{--}} we had{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Glade PlugIns.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' We should put in the old Scentstories, the CD player disguised as a{{--}} er, the smell thing disguised as a CD player.

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Nah, that's too{{--}}

=== Fun Facts ===
*{{w|Yankee Candle}} is an American manufacturer and retailer of scented candles.
*{{w|Art Garfunkel}} was the second half of the {{w|Grammy Awards|Grammy}}-winning {{w|Folk music|folk}} duo {{w|Simon & Garfunkel}}.
*{{w|Glade (brand)|Glade}} is a brand of household air fresheners.
*Baby Cakes is a bald, overweight college student who regularly appears in the cartoons of {{w|Brad Neely}}.
*"A goof, and a glitch, and a reference, and a real-world reference, and an inside reference" are the categories of fun facts on the [[The Brothers Chaps' Fansite Acknowledgments#Homestar Runner Wiki Acknowledgments|Homestar Runner Wiki]] (except "references"). Similarly, "Not Quite a Teen Girl Squad" refers to the wiki appellation [[Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]].
*[https://dailydot.com/febreze-scentstories Scentstories] were a {{w|Febreze}} product that resembled CDs but "played" smells instead of music.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|195|14217|youtube=rfqjWvF2lhg}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Powered by The Cheat]]
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]
[[Category: Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 2]]

The King of Town's Food

Keegster2 — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 21:02:53 GMT

Keegster2: /* Cotton balls */ Redundant-sounding use of "suggest" aside, I just realized I misspelled "substitute" this whole time...

'''The King of Town's food''' is the collection of products that are chosen by [[the King of Town]] for primary consumption. His diet is odd even by [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] standards, containing a number of [[Eating Non-Food Items|items that aren't normally considered edible]].
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=====Animal [[Phat]]=====
A brand of lard (the container says "It's lard, yo!") that the King of Town takes from [[Strong Bad]] in [[suntan]]. It later appears on the top shelf of the King's food cabinet in [[the bet]].
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| [[Image:pot of butter.PNG|150px]] || [[Who Said What Now?]], [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], [[Revenge of the King]], email [[suntan]], email [[the bet]], [[Strong Badia the Free]], [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Anything with "[[butter]]" in the name=====
In [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], all of the items the viewer can give the King of Town involve butter in some way. If given a fun-sized {{w|Butterfinger}}, he admits that he'll accept the treat just because it has "butter" in its name.
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| [[Image:Armystyle.png|150px|Mayo Commmandos!]] || Email [[the bet]] ||
=====Army-Style Mayo=====
Army-[[Style]] Mayo is a military-worthy brand of [[mayonnaise]]. [[Strong Bad]] leaves an open can of it in the King of Town's ventilation ducts as a practical joke.
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| [[Image:awpotatoes.PNG|150px|POTATO DEUCE!]] || Email [[the bet]] ||
=====Awwww Gratin [[Potatoes|Potates]]=====
A 200-pound bag of Awwww Gratin Potates is stocked by the King of Town in his pantry. He is particularly proud of the fact that his bag is of the [[1983]] "vintage." This foodstuff is a spin on the thinly sliced potatoes and cheese dish known as "au gratin."
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| [[File:Gumball Surprise.png|150px|"Got any five of everything?"]] || [[The Baloneyman]] ||
=====Baloney sandwiches=====
The King of Town orders several of "everything" from [[Bubs]]' [[Baloney Sammich Truck]].
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| {{nophoto}} || [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====[[Fruit#Bananas|Bananas]]=====
[[Strong Bad]] is surprised that the King of Town would eat anything as healthy as a banana. He later uses the peel to great effect getting the uninvited party guests out of his house.
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| [[File:BleachedButteredBats.jpg|150px]] || [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Bleached buttered bats=====
After [[Strong Bad]] pours a tureen filled with butter into a fog machine during his concert, the fog becomes buttery and covers [[Strong Sad]]'s previously bleached bats in butter. This makes them irresistible to the King of Town, who greedily eats them onstage and causes the audience to cheer him on in a frenzy.
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| [[Image:butterda.png|150px|It's Butter-da!]] || Email [[the bet]], [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====Butter-da=====
[[Butter]]-da is apparently some form of automotive fluid, but the King of Town enjoys it and advertises it as if it's a soda. Its tagline is "They tell me not to, but I still drinks it!"

Butter-da's disclaimer: "Butter-da is noh hush a bush push leopold."
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| [[File:KingOfTownAlice.png|150px]] || [[Homestar Ruiner]], [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]], [[Haunted Photo Booth]] ||
=====Cake=====
In [[Haunted Photo Booth]], the King of Town [[Haunted Photo Booth Costumes|dresses up as]] {{w|Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice}} from the {{w|Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers}}' "{{w|Don't Come Around Here No More}}" music video, wherein Alice is transformed into a cake, sliced, and served. The King similarly carries a cake slice that appears to have been taken from his body.
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| [[Image:Candy_corn_lights.png|150px|]] || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] ||
====={{w|Candy corn}}-shaped [[Halloween]] lights=====
[[Marzipan]] hangs a string of holiday lights shaped like candy corn for Halloween. When she leaves the house to check on what might be causing electrical disturbances, she is incensed to find that the King has eaten her candy corn lights.
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| [[Image:Syrup.png|75px|center]] || Email [[monster truck]] ||
=====[[Cardboard boxes]] covered in syrup=====
One of the events for Awexome Cross '98 is for The Cheat to roll inside the [[tire]] and jump over the King of Town eating a cardboard box covered in syrup. The King remarks that the box is a good cake. "The Mrs. Syrup" is a reference to {{w|Mrs. Butterworth's}}.
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| [[Image:fried_chicken.png|100px|center]] || [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] ||
=====[[Chicken]] (both baked and {{w|Kentucky Fried Chicken|Kentucky Fried}})=====
The King of Town dresses up as {{w|Colonel Sanders}}, the mascot of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant chain, and brings a bucket of chicken with his costume. He also claims to have a secret recipe with 11 herbs and spices, but the one that [[Homestar Runner]] steals is a decoy with only 10 herbs and spices.
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| [[File:chocolatepackingpeanuts.png|100px|center]] || [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Chocolate-covered [[organic]] {{w|foam peanut|packing peanuts}}=====
[[Strong Bad]] receives coupons for "ChocoOPPs" from Bubs, which he uses in his plan to get [[Marzipan]] to make up with [[Homestar Runner]]. However, the King of Town keeps eating the candy whenever Strong Bad places it on Marzipan's doorstep, forcing him to trick the King into falling into a pitfall.
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|[[Image:cocoabutter.PNG|150px|"Hey, you stole my cocoa butter!"]] || Email [[suntan]], email [[the bet]], [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
====={{w|Cocoa butter}}=====
[[Strong Bad]] had planned to use cocoa butter in order to help him with his suntan, but the King of Town steals it from him while he's busy tanning.
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| [[Image:CorndogBatter.png‎|150px|"And furthermore, now I am going to eat this bowl of corn dog batter."]] || [[The King of Town's Character Video|His character video]] ||
====={{w|Corn dog}} batter=====
Throughout his character video, the King of Town is anticipating finishing his speech and consuming the contents of a bowl he's holding, which he says at the end is filled with corn dog batter.
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| [[Image:Sbemail184.PNG‎|150px|"To be fair, I did eat all the cotton balls."]] || Email [[diorama]] ||
=====Cotton balls=====
[[Strong Bad]] suggests using cotton balls in a diorama, adding that chunks of the King of Town's beard can be used as a substitute. The King admits that it's fair, as he had eaten all the cotton balls.
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| [[Image:1ohnoyoudent.png‎|150px|"Them's my after-dinner mints!"]] || Email [[retirement]] ||

=====[[Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets|Denture tablets]]=====
He eats these as after-dinner mints.
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| [[Image:Kot deodorant.PNG|150px|"Don't you want to try any Forest Rush, or Tundra Mist?"]] || Email [[secret recipes]] ||
=====[[Deodorant]]=====
Various brands and styles of deodorant are snacked upon by the King of Town while he is watching the soap opera [[Caleb Rentpayer]]. The deodorant labels include: "X-treme Glacier", "Old Mountain Fog", "Arctic Pure", "De-odor Cake", "Forest Rush", and "Tundra Mist". It is interesting to note that nearly all of them are named after {{w|biome}}s. According to the King, they're "strong enough for a man but tasty enough for a king". [[Strong Bad]] tried to gross out or make puke of  the King by eating a Speed Stick with white chocolate inside.
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| [[Image:Homemáde Donuts.png|150px]] || [[Donut Unto Others]] ||
=====[[Doughnuts]]=====
The King of Town claims he needs about 3 to 8 million donuts to maintain his caloric intake, and forces [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Bubs]] to compete for his patronage at their respective donut shops.
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| {{nophoto}} || [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Electrical cable=====
[[Strong Bad]] finds that the button that releases his amazing stage prop no longer functions, since the King of Town had chewed through the cable.
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| [[Image:Fajitas.PNG|150px]] || Email [[the movies]] ||
====={{w|Fajita}}s=====
The King of Town sneaks these fajitas into [[the movie theater]] in [[the movies]], claiming that they, along with the {{w|mariachi}} band accompanying his dinner, were all in his box of {{w|Milk Duds}}.
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| [[Image:Tubefeed.PNG|150px]] || Email [[more armies]] ||
=====Giblet [[gravy]]=====
The King of Town is seen being fed giblet gravy directly through a respirator machine, making him too busy to speak with interested visitors directly.
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| [[Image:giantpileofsalt.PNG|150px]] || Email [[record book]] ||
=====Giant Pile of {{w|Salt}}=====
The King of Town sucks up a giant pile of "Standard Nathan Brand" salt in [[record book]]. After eating this, he suffered multiple heart attacks (although he was not debilitated by them) which occurred in such close succession that they seemed like the hiccups. Next to the giant pile, there is the salt shaker from [[Meet Marshie]].
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| [[Image:Stuffinged Ham and Gravied Yams.png|150px]] || [[Homestar Presents: Presents]] ||
=====[[Decemberween Food#Gravied Yams|Gravied Yams]]=====
One of the two foods at the "Left Out Characters Support Group & Buffet" the King of Town hosts for [[Decemberween]]. [[Coach Z]] lies to his [[parents]] saying he has gravied yams for his Decemberween feast.
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| [[Image:Ham.png|150px]] || [[Homestarloween Party]], [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], [[Revenge of the King]], email [[the bet]], [[Halloween Fairstival]], [[Homestar Presents: Presents]], [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]], [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]], [[2022 Costume Pack Now Available]] ||
=====[[Ham]]=====
The King of Town loves ham. He finds it heavenly. When going trick-or-treating, he requested that the house that gave him butterscotch candies melt them down and pour them over a ham which he carried with him. Ham and mashed potatoes are foods which slow the King down while he goes on a cannoning rampage. An X-ray of his heart shows that it is the same exact shape as a ham.
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| [[File:KingOfTownAlice.png|150px]] || [[Decemberween Short Shorts]], [[Haunted Photo Booth]] ||
=====Himself=====
As a cookie-style ornament, [[Homestar Runner]] asks if it would be wrong to want to eat oneself. The King responds that he hopes it's not. In [[Haunted Photo Booth]], he also appears to have a slice of cake that was cut out from his own body.
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| [[File:KOT mustache.png|150px]] || [[The King of Town's Character Video|His character video]] ||
=====His mustache=====
The King dispels rumors that he has tried to eat his own mustache.
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|[[Image:Ice style cream.PNG|150px|Now with more Ice and Cream!]] || Email [[the bet]] ||
=====Ice Style Cream=====
Ice [[Style]] Cream is an [[ice cream]] product favored by the King of Town, which he shares with [[Strong Bad]] during their sleepover. Three flavors are mentioned: "[[Chocolate|choco]]-[[gravy]]", "maybe mint?", and "casserole flavor".
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| [[Image:Lard wipt.png|75px|center]] || Email [[keep cool]] ||
=====Lard Wipt=====
Lard Wipt is a brand name of canned whipped topping. In an Easter egg, the King of Town sneaks up behind [[Strong Sad]] with a cherry and a can of Lard Wipt, in response to [[Strong Bad]]'s comment earlier in the email about Strong Sad's "disturbing soft-serve flip".
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| [[File:Last3itemsinpantry.PNG|150px]] || [[Decemberween Short Shorts]] ||
=====Last Three Items in the Pantry Special=====
In response to [[Ornaments#Character Ornaments from Decemberween Short Shorts|Ornament]] [[Strong Bad]]'s threat that he would stuff the ornament King of Town full of coal, the King replies that "that wouldn't be so bad" and that it wouldn't be the first time, followed by mentioning the other ingredients of the "$f.ood" [[concoction]], consisting of onion salt, hot sauce, and lumps of coal.
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|[[Image:Fishstick Lifetime.PNG|150px|Out popped a lifetime supply of fishsticks.]] || Email [[flashback]] ||
=====Lifetime Supply of fish sticks=====
In [[flashback]], a lifetime supply of fish sticks pops out of the [[egg]] (and a [[The Cheat]]). In an Easter egg, it is implied that the then svelte, young [[The Prince of Town|Prince of Town]] ate the fish sticks, and this is why the King is so weighty today.
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|[[File:Map.PNG|150px]] || [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====Map=====
After putting [[Strong Bad]] under house arrest, the King of Town eats his map in order to prevent him from escaping [[House of the Brothers Strong|his house]].
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| [[Image:Marshmallows 1212.png|130px|Marshmallows]] || [[One Two, One Two]] ||
=====Marshmallows=====
The King of Town eats loudly and rhythmically from two piles of marshmallows.
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| [[File:KOT in mirror.png|150px|"King of Town, I'd like you to eat...your long-lost twin brother."]] || Email [[sbemail 206]] ||
=====Mirror=====
As part of an [[April Fools' Day]] prank, [[Strong Bad]] gets the King to eagerly eat a hand mirror, claiming it's his long-lost twin brother.
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| [[File:chocolate dipped motherboard.png|150px]] || Email [[nightlife]] ||
=====Motherboard (covered in 70% cacao)=====
Confused on what "[[Club Technochocolate]]" is, the King starts his own club where he dips electronics in chocolate.
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| [[Image:monkey_fingers.png|150px|]] || [[Most in the Graveyard]] ||
=====Pickled monkey fingers=====
[[Strong Bad]] carries pickled monkey fingers into [[the graveyard]] with him to use in a ritual to reanimate a dead body. When they go missing, the King denies knowledge of their whereabouts while fleeing the scene quickly.
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| [[Image:chef_pizza.png|150px|]] || [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0]], [[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show]], email [[pizza joint]], [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====[[Pizza]]=====
[[That Little Chef Guy|The King of Town's chef]] delivers a pizza to the castle, which the King happily shares with everyone else. He orders a Thanksgiving lover's pizza from [[The Pizz]]. He also wolfs down and slobbers all over several vegetarian pizzas at [[Marzipan]]'s victory party.
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| [[Image:Pork bw Beans.PNG|150px]] || Email [[business trip]] ||
=====Cans of [[Pork]] [[b/w]] [[Beans]]=====
The King of Town, as the "foreign conglomerate" demands that [[Strong Bad]] and [[Homestar Runner]] provide him with units in exchange for a piece of [[lasagna]]. Homestar had packed several cans, but only managed to smuggle two of them past airport security. The King accepts them anyway.
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| [[Image:pork-ramblins-snagglins.png|150px|Pork pork pork!]] || Email [[the bet]], email [[boring (really)]] ||
=====Pork Ramblins and Pork Snagglins=====
Pork Ramblins and Pork Snagglins are kept in a large supply in the King of Town's pantry. They are most likely two different kinds of {{w|pork rind}}s, but the difference between Ramblins and Snagglins is unclear.
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| [[File:KOTate.png|150px]] || Email [[the bet]] ||
=====[[Potate]]=====
One of the items the King keeps in his pantry at the castle.
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| [[Image:prescription_icecream.png‎|75px|center]] || [[Bug In Mouth Disease]] ||
=====Prescription ice cream=====
The King and [[Pom Pom]] are both eating chocolate-covered popsicles when [[Homestar Runner]] steals and eats them, claiming it will help him "freeze out" the bug that he accidentally swallowed. The King protests that his ice cream is prescription.
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| [[File:Pumpakin pie.png|150px]] || [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] ||
=====[[Pumpkin]] [[Pie]]=====
Provided a pumpkin to carve for a contest, the King of Town finds that his pumpkin looked particularly luscious and baked it into pumpkin pie. He had eaten most of it before entering the remainder of the pie into the contest.
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| [[Image:CrispyPuppiesCrunch.png|150px|"Poopsmith, pack a-my bags!"]] || Email [[rated]] ||
=====Puppies=====
The King of Town asks that [[the Poopsmith]] pack his bags and plastic fangs after hearing [[Strong Bad]] claim that in {{w|Transylvania}}, it is required by law to eat puppies for breakfast.
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| [[Image:Eggs.png|150px|]] || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] ||
=====Raw [[eggs]]=====
[[Strong Bad]] offers the King a dozen eggs and a roll of [[toilet paper]] in exchange for the King leaving them alone. The King accepts the offer readily, and eats the eggs without bothering to cook them.
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| [[Image:Redflavoredfluffypuff.png|150px|]] || Email [[winter pool]] ||
=====[[Color Flavored|Red Flavored]] [[Fluffy Puff Translucent Dessert Related Substance]]=====
After [[Strong Bad]] and his gang filling up the empty municipal pool with gelatin and subsequently becoming trapped inside it, [[the Poopsmith]] signals to the King to eat the entire pool's worth of gelatin in order to free everyone.
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| [[Image:roast bunny.png|150px|]] || [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] ||
=====Roast bunnies=====
In the song sung at the end of [[The Best Decemberween Ever]], the King of Town is seen holding up a roast bunny, wishing it was supersized.
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| [[Image:Salisbury Sundae.png|100px|center]] || [[Homestarloween Party]], [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0]] (mentioned)||
=====Salisbury sundaes=====
While trying to invite [[Marzipan]] to his banquet after getting interrupted twice, the King gets so excited over hearing that his lifetime supple of Salisbury sundaes has arrived that he announces he's never calling Marzipan again.
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| [[Image:SchenectadyCrispies.PNG|150px]] || Email [[the bet]] ||
=====[[Schenectady Crispies]]=====
One of the items the King keeps in his pantry.
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| {{nophoto}} || [[8-Bit is Enough]] ||
=====[[Scorpion]] Food (as [[Munchox]])=====
When the boundary between reality and video games is broken, the King of Town is transformed into a scorpion beast called [[8-Bit is Enough Character Variations#Munchox|Munchox the Devourer]]. In order to lure Munchox into attacking [[Strong Sad]], Strong Bad gives [[Strong Sad]] a cube of scorpion food and claims it is actually the quest item Strong Sad wanted.
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| [[Image:KOT_sheep.png|150px]] || [[The King of Town DVD]] ||
=====[[The King of Town's Sheep|Sheep]] (lamb chops)=====
The King of Town is distressed that his sheep are missing, and believes that a dragon may have eaten them. [[Homestar Runner]] later discovers their actual fate, as the King had forgotten that he had eaten them himself.
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| [[Image:steak.png|150px]] || [[Where's The Cheat?]] ||
=====Steak=====
The King of Town brings a steak to prepare on [[The King of Town's Grill|his grill]], only to find that [[The Cheat]] is sleeping there, and that The Cheat also maintains a permanent residence there.
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| [[Image:SS_softserveflip.png|150px]] || Email [[keep cool]] ||
=====[[Strong Sad]]'s "disturbing soft-serve flip"=====
While Strong Sad is giving the weather forecast, the King of Town sneaks up behind him with a cherry and a can of Lard Wipt, in response to [[Strong Bad]]'s comment earlier in the email about Strong Sad's "disturbing soft-serve flip".
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| [[Image:Stuffinged Ham and Gravied Yams.png|150px]] || [[Homestar Presents: Presents]] ||
=====[[Decemberween Food#Stuffinged Ham|Stuffinged Ham]]=====
One of the two foods at the "Left Out Characters Support Group & Buffet" the King of Town hosts for [[Decemberween]]. [[Coach Z]] lies to his [[parents]] saying he has stuffinged ham at his Decemberween feast.
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| [[File:Swiss Cake Rolls.PNG|150px]] || [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====[[Swiss Cake Rolls]] (Creamy Ding Snack Cakes)=====
The King of Town imposes a tax on emails in the form of one snack cake for each email sent or received. He then imprisons [[Strong Bad]] inside his own house for his failure to pay. Strong Bad later turns the tables by imposing a tax on the King's snack cakes.
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| [[Image:kot-gravy.png|150px|Good Gravy!]] || Email [[for kids]], [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====The KOT's Good Gravy=====
This foodstuff is found in an Easter egg by clicking on the words "Good gravy". It is sold in 104 oz. cans, and its slogan is "[[Deliberately Poor English|I don't lets]] [[the Poopsmith]] near it!"
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| [[Image:Toilet_paper.png|150px|]] || [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] ||
=====[[Toilet paper]]=====
[[Strong Bad]] offers the King a dozen [[eggs]] and a roll of toilet paper in exchange for the King leaving him, [[Strong Mad]], and [[The Cheat]] alone.
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| [[Image:Bobbin' for Turduckens.png|150px|"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Before I eat it all!"]] || [[Halloween Fairstival]] ||
====={{w|Turducken}}s=====
The King of Town sponsors an event at the annual [[Halloween]] fair. In a variation of the traditional "bobbing for apples", he creates "bobbing for Turduckens", which are submerged in mashed potatoes.
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| {{nophoto}} || [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====Turkey legs=====
Strong Bad finds a pair of turkey legs in the King's refrigerated throne.
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| [[Image:remote_control_in_bowl.png|150px|]] || [[No Hands On Deck!]] ||
=====TV remote control=====
The King of Town spits out a remote control after [[Homestar Runner]] announces that he is going to build a deck.
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| [[File:EatenWhatsitPile.png|150px]] || Email [[fan club]], [[I Killed Pom Pom]] ||
=====[[Whatsit]]=====
[[Strong Bad]] writes in a story that the King of Town ate an entire pile of whatsit. The King sadly replies that he wishes it was fiction. Later, the King tells [[the Poopsmith]] that he didn't eat the pile of whatsit, and uses [[Homestar Runner]] as a convenient patsy to blame for eating the pile.
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| {{nophoto}} || [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
====={{w|Wii Remote}}=====
While Strong Bad is searching for other musicians to recruit for his own band at the Battle of the Bands, the King of Town is seen eating a Wii Remote; [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] was playable on the Wii and heavily marketed with Wii Remotes.
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| [[Image:woodentable_bite.png|150px|]] || Email [[unnatural]] ||
=====Wooden tables=====
While a giant [[Bubs]] is going on a rampage across town, the King is minding his own business at a wooden table with several bites taken out of it.
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==Unseen Foods==

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| [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] ||
=====[[Biscuit]] dough=====
The King of Town describes the perpetrator who stole his crown as having "hands shaped like biscuit dough". Later, after returning home, he remarks that he feels like eating biscuit dough.
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| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]] ||
=====Buffalo wings=====
The King of Town phones [[Marzipan]] in distress over his missing napkin, "The Flamingo", which he uses when eating buffalo wings. He says he has "like, fifty frickin' wings" which he can't eat without it.
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| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Buttermilk=====
After falling into a pitfall, the King asks [[Strong Bad]] to throw him down a glass of buttermilk, as he's getting awfully hungry.
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| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2]] ||
====={{w|Camel}}s=====
While reporting to [[Marzipan]] about their plot against [[Strong Sad]], the King mentions that the camel used for step 2 of the plan had died and was "decidedly undelicious".
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| [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====Chili mac=====
After being tricked into taking the title of King back, the King of Town complains, "What's a king gotta do to get some chili mac up in here?"
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| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine version 16.2]] ||
=====[[Chocolate]]-dipped {{w|Eucestoda|tapeworms}}=====
While calling [[Marzipan]], the King is so preoccupied with eating a chocolate-dipped tapeworm that he doesn't hear that the outgoing message on [[PhoneTime XL800|her answering machine]] is from [[Strong Sad]], causing him to inadvertently reveal that they are plotting together against him.
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| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====[[Cold cuts]]=====
While explaining why he is too mad to want to talk to [[Strong Bad]], the King mentions having been lured away from a cart full of cold cuts and mini-breads.
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| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] ||
=====Danishes=====
After [[Strong Bad]], as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]], says that he always gets the last laugh and the last danish, the King, as [[Perducci]] claims that "No one gets the last danish in [his] house".
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| [[Toikey TV]] ||
=====Fried turkey=====
The King of Town goes on television with an important public service announcement telling people that thousands of families suffer from [[Not X|not-fried]] turkeys, and encourages viewers to fry their Thanksgiving turkeys.
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| [[Jibblies 2]], [[Homestar Ruiner]], [[Strong Badia the Free]], [[Halloween Hide & Seek]] ||
=====[[Giblets]]=====
Confusing the word "[[jibblies]]", the King of Town decides he would like some of the "giblet flu" that's been going around because it sounds delicious. He then gets the jibblies shortly afterward. In Halloween Hide & Seek he again mentions the giblets and claims the giblets were a lie when shown the [[Jibblies Painting]].

In [[Strong Badia the Free]], [[Bubs]] complains that the King is buying up all his stolen organs, except he calls them "giblets". Similarly, Bubs guesses that [[Strong Sad]]'s pretendix is a batch of homemade meats.
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| [[Most in the Graveyard]] ||
====={{w|Hello Kitty}} erasers=====
When asked why he had dressed up as Hello Kitty, the King of Town answers that he dressed up as his favorite candy, which [[Strong Bad]] says that he is pretty sure were actually erasers.
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| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====His foot=====
Apparently, the King of Town has managed to accidentally swallow his foot at least twice.
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| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====His tongue=====
The King bites his tongue by accident while eating something, and finds that it tastes pretty good.
|-
| [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====Jelly beans=====
After slapping [[Strong Bad]] with a massive tax for e-mails and placing him under house arrest, the King leaves with [[the Poopsmith]] to begin collecting on his "pour an entire bag of jelly beans down [his] gullet" tax.
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| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0]] ||
=====Lamb=====
The King of Town keeps trying to invite [[Marzipan]] to a banquet at his castle, but is too ecstatic when his leg of lamb arrives to stay on the line.
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| [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]] ||
=====Macadamia nuts=====
The King asks to be given some macadamias in advance for his royalties of ''Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective'' merchandise sales, having already blown through his cashew salary for the movie.
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| Email [[original]] ||
=====Mayonnaise=====
[[Original Bubs]] quits the show when he finds that someone has eaten all the mayonnaise off his [[egg]] [[salad]], but left the salad. The King of Town claims that he can't reveal how he did it.
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| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Swedish meatballs=====
When [[Coach Z]] asks [[Pom Pom]] to help send the latter's performance in the Free Country USA Triannual Race to the End of the Race to the offical review committee in {{w|Stockholm}}, {{w|Sweden}}, the King mentions wanting to go for some meatballs, "or some inexpensive but stylish furniture".
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| Email [[the movies]] ||
====={{w|Milk Duds}}=====
The King likes to sneak all-you-can-eat fajitas into [[the movie theater]], but claims that everything was packed inside his box of Milk Duds.
|-
| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Mini-breads=====
While explaining why he is too mad to want to talk to [[Strong Bad]], the King mentions having been lured away from a cart full of [[cold cuts]] and mini-breads.
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| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====[[Nougat]]=====
The King decides that he will start calling Thursday "Nougatday", which will be filled with rich, creamy nougat.
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| [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Oatmeal=====
One of five options the King suggests for the center initial of the band DÖI.
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| [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Octopus=====
One of five options the King suggests for the center initial of the band DÖI.
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| [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Oliveloaf=====
One of five options the King suggests for the center initial of the band DÖI.
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| [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Omelette=====
One of five options the King suggests for the center initial of the band DÖI.
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| [[Baddest of the Bands]] ||
=====Oysters=====
One of five options the King suggests for the center initial of the band DÖI.
|-
| [[Halloween Hide & Seek]] ||
====={{w|Plasticine}}=====
After [[Homestar Runner]] mentions that he tried to eat plasticine as a kid, the King admits that he's guilty of doing so as well.
|-
| [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] ||
=====Regurgitated food (at least a ham sandwich that [[Homestar Runner]] ate)=====
After Homestar Runner relates a story where he discovers a ham sandwich that the King buried years ago and subsequently ate, Homestar ends the tale saying he almost felt like [[puking]] it back up onto his plate. The King replies that he wishes Homestar had.
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| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Royal bologna=====
In his castle, the King demands someone fetch him his royal bologna.
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| [[Homestar Ruiner]] ||
=====Royal custard=====
The King of Town wonders where his royal custard is, refusing to take a [[bath]] without it.
|-
| [[Mr. Poofers Must Die]] ||
=====Sea Monkey Po'boys=====
[[The Poopsmith]] dresses up as a sea monkey. The King claims that's not actually the Poopsmith, but rather he has managed to breed sea monkeys large enough to make po'boys out of them.
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| [[8-Bit is Enough]] ||
=====Strudel=====
When appearing in [[Trogdor]]'s lair as [[8-Bit is Enough Character Variations#Robo-King of Town|Robo-King of Town]], the King shouts "mein strudel!"
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| [[Kick-A-Ball]] ||
=====Sunflower seeds=====
After striking out in Kick-A-Ball, the King is loaded into a catapult and fired. He is dismayed that he didn't even receive any sunflower seeds before being ejected from the game.
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| [[Strong Badia the Free]] ||
=====Thin [[gravy]] film=====
After reading that [[Strong Bad]] has imposed a tax on Creamy Ding Snack Cakes, the King is appalled, and compares it to placing a tax on the laughter of a child, or the thin film that forms on gravy when left out too long.
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==See Also==

* [[The King of Town's Health Problems]]
* [[Items#Food/Drinks|Foods]]
* [[Decemberween Food]]
* [[Minor Foods]]
* [[Eating Non-Food Items]]
* [[Strong Sad's Diet]]

[[Category:Food and drinks|King of Town's Food]]
[[Category:Vices|King of Town's Food]]
[[Category:Lists|King of Town's Food]]

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Keegster2: /* Button Effects */ Sometimes I get this kind of tunnel vision when I'm typing, and I overlook obvious mistakes like this.

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[[File:Main Page 28.png|220px|thumb|"The time has come to bend at the knees..."]]

A [[Yonder Website]]-[[Yonder Website Character Variations|themed]] main page.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' [[Character 2]], {{film|Strong Bad}} (voice only), [[Character 1]], [[Character 8]], [[Character 3]], [[Character 4]], [[Character 6]], [[Character 7]], [[Character 9]], [[Character 10]], [[Character 5]]

'''Places:''' Yonder Website

'''Date:''' Monday, February 12, 2024

'''Icon:''' Character 1's head

'''Page Title:''' Brought to you by Smarty Juice

==Button Effects==
*'''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' {{--}} Each time the button is scrolled over, Character 1 appears with a different baked good, while Narrator Strong Bad describes the scene.
**"Here's Character 1 strolling home with braidèd loaf. Probably get a caraway seed stuck in his teeth later on, but that's the life he chose. That's right."
***Character 1 walks in from the left, holding a loaf of bread with seeds on it. During the second sentence, Character 1 stops and looks at the loaf, from which a seed falls off of, before slumping and walking away, dejected.
**"Character 1's juggling a trio of brioche buns. I would think he's got it right. He can paint my fence any time. That's right, it's starting to warp. Never had it sealed."
***Character 1 appears from the background, juggling the buns. When Narrator Strong Bad describes his fence, the fence in question appears in a thought bubble above Character 1, becoming warped as he mentions it. Once he finishes talking, Character 1 and the thought bubble disappear with an audible pop.
**"Now he's going for it with a Burmese-python-sized baguette. Seems a little excessive, but that's Character 1 for ya. Far out."
***Character 1 again walks in from the left, carrying an incredibly long baguette.
*'''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' {{--}} Character 8 rapidly drinks Smarty Juice, saying "mope mope mope" faster and faster, and higher- and higher-pitched, until his head explodes. A face appears on his torso, says "mope" in a slower and lower-pitched voice, and then sticks its tongue out. Narrator Strong Bad responds, "Say, that looks just like... the most disturbing thing I've ever seen. Far out?" The creature smiles while a banner bearing a question mark flies over its head.
*'''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' {{--}} Character 3 appears and shouts "Baseborg...!", which gradually fades as he melts into a puddle. Narrator Strong Bad comments, "Oh, seepin' it out." The words "seepin' it out" appear in cursive over the puddle.
*'''[[Downloads]]''' {{--}} Narrator Strong Bad sings "The time has come to bend at the knees." A group of three characters (4, 6, and 7; or 9, 10, and 5) appear and bend at the knees, with an accompanying banner.
*'''[[Store]]''' {{--}} Character 2 starts to speak, but Narrator Strong Bad says, "Ah ah! No talking!", and Character 2's mouth closes up.
**Character 2 begins speaking again, and Narrator Strong Bad interrupts with "I said absolutely... no talking." Character 2's mouth is covered with tape.
*'''[[Email|E-mail]]''' {{--}} The background becomes a colorful cloudscape with sparkle effects, and Character 2's eyes become spirals. Narrator Strong Bad declares, "Character 2 has gone and transcended time and space. Why don't we all transcend with him to a higher plane of consciousness? That is both right and far out."

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*{{w|Caraway|Caraway seeds}} are used as a spice in breads.
*{{w|Brioche|Brioche buns}} and {{w|baguette}}s are both kinds of bread with French origins.

===Trivia===
*{{w|Burmese python}}s can grow to about 16 feet.

===Remarks===
*Unlike other main pages, removing the mouse from the button immediately ends the animation.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When this main page was first added, no main page, including 28 itself, included a link to it. This was fixed the next day.

===Inside References===
*Character 1 walks by with several kinds of [[bread]].
*Narrator Strong Bad [[-èd|emphasizes the -ed]] in "braidèd loaf".
*Character 8 rapidly drinks several bottles of [[Smarty Juice]].
*Character 1's python baguette is similar to the sub sandwich constrictor from [[fan club]].

==External Links==
{{nextlinks|main28.html|swf=media/pages/main/28/ce7fe998cf-1707850253/main28new|action=go to}}

{{Main Page}}

[[Category:Main Pages]][[Category:Characters from Yonder Website]]

Random Toon

Keegster2 — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 06:09:28 GMT

Keegster2: /* Real-World References */ The real mystery is how no one noticed the Wikipedia link was wrong for so long!

{{redirects|Random}} {{for-nothe|a random Homestar Runner Wiki article|Special:Random}}
[[Image:The Randomiser.gif|frame|'Round and 'round it goes, where it stops nobody knows...]]

A '''Random Toon''' function has been used in various applications on [[homestarrunner.com]] to present a viewer with a randomly selected [[Toons|toon]] for their viewing pleasure. This behavior is governed by [[XML Sources#Random Toon XML File|an XML file]] containing a list of almost [[all toons]]. As of [[Post-Flash Site Update|December 31, 2020]], its presence on the site has been reduced.

==Appearances==
===Navigation Bar===
In August 2005, a "'''rando'''" menu option was added to the [[navigation bar]] visible at the bottom of each page. Selecting this text redirects immediately to a randomly selected toon.

The email [[virus]] and the corresponding [[Main Page 22]] do not include the regular navbar, instead including a re-creation of it as part of their [[Flash]] files. As a result, "rando" was never added to the navbar on these two pages.

The navbar was redesigned for the December 31, 2020 update and no longer includes a "random toon" option.

===Main Pages===
{{seealso|Weeklies}}
A '''Random Toon''' button, labeled "r", was added to the [[Main Pages]] (alongside similar buttons for [[Quote of the Week]], [[Weekly Fanstuff]], and [[Sketchbook]]) on September 12, 2005. Pressing this button would summon a pop-up widget, resembling a small LCD-screened device, that would rapidly cycle through toon names before landing on one; after a moment, the page would redirect to the selected toon. Options labeled "again" or "close" would restart or abort the selection process, respectively.

After the December 31, 2020 post-Flash site update, this button was not functional {{--}} that is, it was still present on all main pages and displayed "random toon" when moused over, but had no function when clicked. Limited functionality was restored on April 16, 2025: the random function works properly on Main Pages [[Main Page 24|24]], [[Main Page 25|25]], [[Main Page 27|27]], and [[Main Page 28|28]]; on all other main pages, when the button is clicked the widget stalls on the first frame of its entrance animation (at the bottom of the page) and the page reloads.

===Strong Bad Email===
[[File:Scroll_Button_Song.png|thumb|"Scroll buttons and random, you can't handle 'em!"]]
A similar button was also added to the top right of the [[Strong Bad Email menu]] on September 12, 2005, along with a [[Scroll Button Song]] referencing it. The text "'''random.bat'''" appeared in the top-right corner of the computer screen. Pressing it causes the menu to cycle through several random [[Strong Bad Email]]s in sequence, while [[Strong Bad]] imitates the sound of a spinning prize wheel:

:'''STRONG BAD:''' Brrrrrrakatakatakataka...ta..ka...tick...tick... Brring!
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{higher pitched and louder}'' Lakalakalakalaka... tuck... tuck... tuck... tuck... ''{low pitched}'' Bong.
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Broooodagadagadaga..da..ga..da...ga... [[Dooj]].
:{{short hr}}
:'''STRONG BAD:''' How 'bout this one? Donk. ''{a random email is then picked without a roulette of emails}''

The email that the roulette landed on would then load.

On June 30, 2009 (after the destruction of the [[Lappy 486]] in [[hremail 3184]]), the sbemail menu switched to a [[Corpy NT6]] menu which did not include "random.bat". On August 31, the [[Compé]] menu was introduced, which included a "'''go rando!'''" button with the same functionality as the prior "random" option.

The post-Flash update reworked the Strong Bad Email menu, adding descriptions and [[homestarrunnerdotcom|YouTube]] links (where applicable) to all emails. With this update, "rando" now only selects an email without autoplaying it, allowing the user to read the description and choose whether to view on the site, view on YouTube, or select a different email.

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===
*Some of the names of toons were too long for the Main Page random box, leaving the last few letters cut off. They were soon renamed to fit. Others would still fit, but are named differently regardless.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=6 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Old Title (Letters Left Out) !! Solution
|-
|[[Homestar Presents: Present]](s) || H*R Presents: Presents
|-
|[[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!|HomestarRunner.com: PAY PL]](US!) || HomestarRunner.com: PAY+
|-
|[[In Search of the Yello Dello|In Search of the Yello Dell]](o) || ''Unfixed''
|-
|[[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer|Peasant's Quest Movie Trail]](er) || Peasant's Quest Trailer
|-
|[[Puppet Jam: Bad Jokes]] ''(none)'' || Bad Jokes ''(renamed for consistency)''
|-
|[[Puppet Jam: Mission Control]] ''(none)'' || Mission Control ''(renamed for consistency)''
|-
|[[Puppet Jam: Tropical Lazor Beams|Puppet Jam: Tropical Lazor ]](Beams) || Tropical Lazor Beams
|-
|[[Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebrities|Puppet Jam: Vitamins/Celebr]](ities) || Vitamins/Celebrities
|-
|[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon|Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoo]](n) || Strong Bad is in Jail
|-
|[[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes|Sweet Cuppin Cakes December]](ween) || Sweet Cuppin Cakes Dween
|-
|[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 6|Teen Girl Squad Decemberwe]](en) || Teen Girl Squad Dween
|-
|[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|The House That Gave Sucky T]](reats) || House ... Sucky Treats
|-
|[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] ''(none)'' || D'ween Short Shorts
|-
|[[The King of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon Show|KOT's VOQPCS!]] ''(none)'' || KOTVOQPCS
|-
|[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] ''(none)'' || Sbemail 169 Lost Scene
|-
|[[Trogday 08]] ''(none)'' || Trogday 2008
|-
|[[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]] ''(none)'' || Big Outing
|-
|[[Twenty THANXty Six]] ''(none)'' || 20 THANXty 6
|-
|[[Hooked on Decemberween]] ''(none)'' || Hooken on D'ween
|-
|[[A Death Defying Decemberween|A Death-Defying Decemberwe]](en)|| Death Defying D'ween
|-
|[[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck in His Craw|The Homestar Runner Gets S]](omething Stuck in His Craw)|| Stuck in His Craw
|-
|[[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar|The Animated Adventures of P]](uppet Homestar) || Puppet Homestar Toon
|-
|[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] ''(none)'' || Tales of the Macabre
|-
|[[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 1|2 Part Episode: Part 1]] ''(none)'' || 2 Pt Episode Pt 1
|-
|[[Cheat Commandos: Two Part Episode: Part 2|2 Part Episode: Part 2]] ''(none)'' || 2 Pt Episode Pt 2
|-
|[[A Decemberween Mackerel]] ''(none)'' || Decemberween Mackerel
|-
|[[Which Ween Costumes?]] ''(none)'' || Decemberween Costumes
|-
|[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks|The House That Gave Sucky T]](ricks) || ''Unfixed''
|-
|[[Later That Night...]] ''(none)'' || Halloween 2016 Cartoon
|-
|[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] ''(none)'' || HR Goes4Gold
|-
|[[Squintmojis]] ''(none)'' || Homestar Squintmojis
|-
|[[Characters from Yonder Website|Characters from Yonder Web]](site) || ''Unfixed''
|-
|[[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack|Decemberween Dangeresque]] ''(none)'' || D'ween D'esque ''(Holiday)'' Decemberween Puppet Squad ''(Puppet Stuff)''
|}

*The Random Toon button also resulted in [[the Brothers Chaps]] formatting most of the [[Puppet Stuff]] to HTML format.

===Remarks===
* When the "rando" link in the navigation bar loads a Puppet Stuff, it is placed on a light blue background. This is because a Puppet Stuff is layered over another page, but the "rando" link doesn't work with this. The Random Toon button on the Main Pages does allow an external Flash link to be layered over them, so a Puppet Stuff is layered over them.
* ".bat" is the filename extension for [[Wikipedia:Batch file|batch files]], which are text files with a series of commands intended to be executed by the [[DOS|MS-DOS]] or [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] command interpreters.
* While "random.bat" is running, the names of the various Strong Bad Emails can still be clicked as they flash on the screen.
*Shortly after being released, a number of minor changes were made to the randomizer. '''The following issues were resolved:'''
**[[Homestar and the Nice Present]] and [[Homestar vs. Little Girl]] (the two [[Decemberween in July]] puppet toons) were not originally included in the random list. A comment in the XML file read "<tt><nowiki></nowiki></tt>", indicating that they had not been forgotten.
**[[Labor Dabor]] didn't originally work, as the URLs for the HTML and SWF files were reversed in the XML.
**If the '''R''' button on the Main Page was clicked more than once (either after closing the randomizer box or while it was up), and it picked a Strong Bad Email, the email number in the URL would be larger than the correct number by the number of Strong Bad Emails (it would redirect to something like [[HR:sbemail405.html|sbemail405.html]]). This was because it kept a counter of the emails as it read the email names from the XML file, and clicking the '''R''' again caused it to re-read the list without resetting the counter.
*** [[flashback]] was immune to this problem, as it has a different URL from the others (to distinguish it from [[Sbemail 100 Fakeout]], which itself is not in the XML list).
**The Random Toon machine didn't have the "&" or "_" symbols embedded, so [[lures & jigs]] was shown as "SBEMAIL: LURES  JIGS" and [[sb_email 22]] was displayed as "SBEMAIL: SBEMAIL 22".
*[[Limozeen Live (practice)|Limozeen Live!]] links to the notice for the [[Limozeen Live! - 27 Mar 2008|first concert]] instead of the toon.
*In the XML code, the newest email has the code: new="yup" after it.
*The XML document is not valid, as there is no root element in the document.

=== Goofs ===
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] links to [[An Important Rap Song]].
*[[Date Nite]] links to [[Strongest Man in the World]].
*Many cartoons are omitted from the XML list, and therefore will not be selected randomly. Currently, these are:
**[[Commandos in the Classroom]]
**[[Homestar vs. Other Little Girl]]
**[[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]]
**[[Marshie vs. Little Girl]]
**[[Dangeresque: Puppet Squad]]
**All [[Hremails]], with the exception of [[Hremail 3184]]
**[[Kick-A-Ball]]
**[[April Fool 09]]
**[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]]
**[[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods]]
**[[Halloween Hijinks]]
**Any of the previously [[New Stuff]]-exclusive toons
*[[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] is listed twice on the XML list under both Holiday and Puppet Stuff, with two different names.

===Fixed Goofs===
*On Monday, January 9, 2006, when the [[Scroll Button Song]] was first updated, the screen did not automatically scroll to the emails as they were selected by the roulette.
*[[Strongest Man in the World]] used to appear as "Strongest Man in the Worldk" in the randomizer.
*[[The Next Epi-Snowed]] was originally listed in the XML file as <code>ccd06.html</code> instead of <code>[[HR:ccdo6.html|ccdo6.html]]</code>.

=== Inside References ===
*One of the 'random.bat' raps ends with "[[Dooj]]".

===Real-World References===
*"Rando" is a possible reference to ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]: {{w|Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie|The Movie}}'', in which "The Amazing Rando" is a recurring joke throughout the end credits sequence.

== External Links ==
*Click on the R on the [[Flash]] version of any [[oldhr:{{randommainpage}}.html|Main Page]] to see the Random Toon button in action.
**On the current site, the Random Toon button only works on Main Pages [[Main Page 24|24]], [[Main Page 25|25]], [[Main Page 27|27]], and [[Main Page 28|28]].
*[[HR:rando.swf|view Flash file for "random toon"]]
*[[HR:rando.xml|view XML file for "random toon"]]
*[[HR:sbemail.html|view the Strong Bad Email menu with "go rando!"]]
*[[oldhr:main_nav.swf|view the navbar with the "rando" link]]
*[[Forum:4916|forum thread re: Random Toon]]
*[[Forum:4915|forum thread re: random.bat]]

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Strong Bad and The Cheat's Relationship

Keegster2 — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:13:34 GMT

Keegster2: Few fix-'em-ups. Few extra links.

[[Image:SBEmail 124.PNG|thumb|The dynamic duo in action, grossing out [[Coach Z]].]]
'''[[Strong Bad]] and [[The Cheat]]'s relationship''' is a mix of several feelings. Officially, The Cheat is Strong Bad's lackey, and while they often work together, they're not always kind. Sometimes, Strong Bad hurts The Cheat, both emotionally and physically. Sometimes, The Cheat betrays Strong Bad and works with someone else, at Strong Bad's expense. However, Strong Bad is generally nice to The Cheat.

== Strong Bad and The Cheat working together ==
*[[Original Book]] {{--}} The Cheat helps Strong Bad cheat at contests.
**This also occurs in [[The Reddest Radish]], [[A Jumping Jack Contest]], [[Strongest Man in the World]], [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]] and [[Halloween Awards Show]].
*[[Yearbook Character Page]] {{--}} On Strong Bad's page, it mentions him working together with Strong Mad and The Cheat to ruin Homestar's day, despite their tattoo plans.
*Email [[1 step ahead]] {{--}} The Cheat helps Strong Bad [[Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship|torture Strong Sad]].
*Email [[flag day]] {{--}} The Cheat helps Strong Bad with the [[Strong Badia National Anthem|Strong Badia national anthem]].
*Email [[weird dream]] {{--}} The Cheat lets Strong Bad use his computer to check an email.
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} Strong Bad (as Homestar Runner) and The Cheat judge the contest together.
*Email [[ghosts]] {{--}} The two search [[Strong Badia]] for ghosts.
*Email [[unused emails]] {{--}} The Cheat does filing for Strong Bad.
*Email [[caper]] {{--}} They work together to try to rob [[Homestar Runner|Homestar's]] house.
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} The two work together, along with [[Strong Mad]], to [[egg]] all the houses in the neighborhood.
*Email [[the process]] {{--}} The Cheat helps Strong Bad in inflicting pain on [[Bubs]].
*Email [[local news]] {{--}} The Cheat helps Strong Bad with the Strong Badian news.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] {{--}} They work together to commit crimes.
*Email [[other days]] {{--}} The Cheat helps Strong Bad clean up Strong Badia.
*Email [[origins]] {{--}} They work together, along with Strong Mad, to spray paint [[Marzipan]]. They also work together as the [[On Point Kings]].
*Email [[secret recipes]] {{--}} Strong Bad and The Cheat try to gross out the residents of [[Free Country, USA]].
*[[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]] {{--}} In the Strong Bad "Trap Door" sample, The Cheat helps Strong Bad with the trap door to get rid of Homestar.
*[[Bis Cas Fri 3]] {{--}} Puppet The Cheat helps Puppet Strong Bad with his computer problems.
*[[Happy Hallow-Day]] {{--}} They work together, along with Strong Mad, to find [[Halloween]] night.
*Email [[rough copy]] {{--}} They work together to sue Homestar, [[Strong Sad]], and Malinko.
*Email [[more armies]] {{--}} They work together, along with Strong Mad, again as the On Point Kings.
*[[Ever and More]] {{--}} Strong Bad and The Cheat are members of the [[Broternal Order of Different Helmets]] and practice the secret handshake together.
*Email [[extra plug]] {{--}} The Cheat helps Strong Bad finish his email in the power outage.
*Email [[pizza joint]] {{--}} Strong Bad and The Cheat make a pizza joint together.
*Email [[pet show]] {{--}} Strong Bad enters The Cheat (aka, Saberlord's Scritchascratch Cakemonger The Cheat) in the [[Cat Mess Inbredtational Pet Show]].
*Email [[licensed]] {{--}} Strong Bad and The Cheat close down [[Bubs]] for being an "unlicensed unlicensed seller."
*Email [[buried]] {{--}} Strong Bad and The Cheat try to locate ancient ruins underneath [[Strong Badia]].
*Email [[hiding]] {{--}} Strong Bad and The Cheat try to lure [[Homestar Runner]] into a cage with [[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows]] and [[melonade]], but then try to capture Strong Sad by putting a Parliament wig on the pile.
*Email [[your edge]] {{--}} Strong Bad and The Cheat work together to prove that Strong Bad hasn't lost his edge. They also "shenanigan" each other in the dark, which Strong Sad [[Innuendoes|takes the wrong way]].
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} The Cheat stirs the gelatin in the water pool for Strong Bad.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} Strong Bad calls on his "Secret The Cheat" to threaten Strong Sad into surrendering.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} The Cheat poses as a hot blonde in a bikini for Strong Bad's cover photo at the [[Gremlin]].
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] {{--}} Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad look for a potential "zombie slave" in the cemetery.
*[[Front Facing]] {{--}} The Cheat aids Strong Bad in his initial scheme to sell snowballs to the face.

== Strong Bad being mean to The Cheat ==
*Strong Bad frequently [[Powered by The Cheat#Responses|criticizes]] [[Powered by The Cheat|The Cheat's cartoons]].
*Strong Bad frequently [[Kicking the Cheat|kicks]] The Cheat.
*[[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]] {{--}} Even though The Cheat is the only one who celebrates Strong Bad's victory, Strong Bad kicks him.
*Email [[vacation]] {{--}} Strong Bad claims that he has been lashing out at The Cheat more often than usual (according to Strong Mad).
*[[Quote of the week]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that he going to throw a bunch of pies at The Cheat.
*Email [[techno]] {{--}} Strong Bad grounds The Cheat for throwing light switch raves.
*Email [[your friends]] {{--}} Strong Bad duct tapes The Cheat to the side of [[Pom Pom]].
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} [[Bubs]] makes a pumpkin that scares The Cheat away. Strong Bad (disguised as Homestar), being pleased with the result, gives Bubs a "not last place" ribbon.
*Email [[huttah!]] {{--}} All the fans write nice things about The Cheat and Strong Bad disagrees with all of them. Caught in the act, he tries to cover it up by saying that they're actually mean to him and replacing up his own name in the emails with The Cheat's to make it seem like they're writing mean things about him.
*Email [[english paper]] {{--}} The final sentence of the English paper Strong Bad writes reads: "Also, I think Strong Bad should decrease The Cheat's allowance."
*Email [[caper]] {{--}} Strong Bad gets mad at The Cheat for messing up their past caper.
*Email [[2 years]] {{--}} Strong Bad puts The Cheat in the dryer since breakfast.
*Email [[funny]] {{--}} Strong Bad makes a mess with ketchup, and tells The Cheat to clean it.
*Email [[stupid stuff]] {{--}} The Cheat offers Strong Bad some [[Cheatcakes]], but Strong Bad tells him to "get that mess outta here" and smacks the plate out of The Cheat's hands.
*[[The Cheatar]] {{--}} When Strong Bad discovers The Cheat can't turn into a giant guitar he says to him "What good are ya?"
*Email [[crying]] {{--}} Strong Bad makes The Cheat cry using his picture of [[Li'l Brudder]].
*Email [[animal]] {{--}} After Strong Bad creates [[Sterrance]], he claims him to be "way cuter than that stupid, ugly, old, washed-up The Cheat he used to have".
*Email [[secret recipes]] {{--}} Strong Bad says he has a secret recipe for cooking "the C H E _ T".
*Email [[bedtime story]] {{--}} Strong Bad throws 2 or 3 [[Roach Killa!|roach foggers]] into The Cheat's bed, causing a big explosion and nearly killing him.
*[[Trogdor Con '97]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells The Cheat that he doesn't pay him enough and The Cheat corrects Strong Bad that he doesn't pay him at all.
*Email [[portrait]] {{--}} Strong Bad calls The Cheat, along with Strong Mad, his no talent minion.
*Email [[lady fan]] {{--}} Strong Bad puts The Cheat in the dryer and makes him sick and puke.
*Email [[looking old]] {{--}} Strong Bad says to The Cheat, as well as Bubs, Strong Mad, and Marzipan, "These are all terrible ideas. What do you think I'm not payin' ya for?"
*[[Date Nite]] {{--}} Strong Bad isn't happy that The Cheat is dating Marzipan and he suggests to Homestar that they [[Death|drown]] both of them. Homestar and Strong Bad later attempt to ruin The Cheat and Marzipan's date.
*Email [[licensed]] {{--}} Strong Bad buys two cases of ferret ointment and uses it on The Cheat, upon hearing that they'll make him "swell up like a balloon."
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] {{--}} Strong Bad scolds The Cheat for going near the [[FunMachine]] with [[Gel-Arshie's Pro Fruitboarder]] without his permission.
*Email [[fan club]] (DVD commentary) {{--}} Strong Bad says the [[Cinder Block]] is the only member of [[The Deleteheads]] that he respects, including The Cheat.
*Email [[sbemail 206]] {{--}} Strong Bad appears to have had something to do with an ambiguously gluten-free The-Cheat-shaped lump in Marzipan’s throat.

== The Cheat betraying Strong Bad ==

*[[The Luau]] {{--}} The Cheat, along with everyone else at Strong Bad's "party", hastily leaves for the source of the fire so that he can roast his marshmallow.
*[[A Mother's Day Message]] {{--}} The Cheat, along with [[Strong Mad]], [[Homestar Runner]], and [[Pom Pom]], ridicules Strong Bad's sailor costume.
*Email [[extra plug]] {{--}} The Cheat leaves Strong Bad to watch TV with Strong Mad and Strong Sad; however, he, Strong Mad, Strong Sad, and Homestar later come back to help him with his unplugged email.
*Email [[sibbie]] {{--}} The Cheat plays a beat that causes Strong Bad to make up a song he didn't want to write.
*Email [[impression]] {{--}} The Cheat beats Strong Bad in a Strong Sad look-alike contest.
*Email [[labor day]] {{--}} The Cheat, along with Strong Mad, goes to the labor day BBQ without Strong Bad.
*Email [[secret recipes]] {{--}} The Cheat throws a floppy disk at Strong Bad. Later in an Easter egg, The Cheat reads a book entitled "So You Want to Cook a [[Wrestleman]]?"
*Email [[rock opera]] {{--}} The Cheat throws another rose toward Strong Bad after he told him to "cut it out".
*[[Puppet Time]] {{--}} The Cheat steals stuff from Strong Bad.
*Email [[disconnected]] {{--}} The Cheat reacts with disappointment when Strong Bad decides not to chop his head off.
*Email [[business trip]] {{--}} Homestar mentions that The Cheat got promoted to "Junior Executive of Not Having to Go on Pointless Business Trips". Strong Bad exclaims that "[he's] been trying to get that job for years."
*Email [[your edge]] {{--}} When Strong Bad attempts to kick The Cheat as a "classic shenani-move", The Cheat hits him in retaliation.
*[[Summer Short Shorts]] {{--}} In a PbTC segment, The Cheatsaurus burns Caveman Strong Bad into a lobster.
*[[Date Nite]] {{--}} The Cheat goes on a date with Marzipan, with Strong Bad's disapproval.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}} The Cheat (and [[Tire]]) secede from [[Strong Badia]] to form "The Cheat and Tirerea", complaining that Strong Bad kicks him too much and takes him for granted. Later, during the war against [[the King of Town]], The Cheat betrays the [[Homestarmy]] by defecting to [[the Municipality]] along with Coach Z and [[Homsar]].
*[[A Death Defying Decemberween]] {{--}} The Cheat goes to a "previous engagement", much to Strong Bad's chagrin.
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] {{--}} The Cheat disobeys Strong Bad by switching games in the [[FunMachine]] while [[Spirits of '76]] was still loading.

== The Cheat working or hanging out with someone else ==
*[[Where's The Cheat?]] {{--}} It is revealed that The Cheat played board games with Strong Sad.
*[[Cool Things]] {{--}} The Cheat, along with Strong Mad, joins [[Cool Tapes|Marzipan's band]].
*[[Experimental Film]] {{--}} The Cheat helped Strong Sad make the video.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} The Cheat is again with Cool Tapes, much to Strong Bad's dismay.
*[[Where U Goin 2]] {{--}} The Cheat "sing[s] baritone in Marzipan's choir (but please don't let Strong Bad know)".
*[[A Death Defying Decemberween]] {{--}} The Cheat helps Homestar bury a mattress filled with many dangerous objects.

== Strong Bad being nice to The Cheat ==
*[[Where's The Cheat?]] {{--}} Strong Bad wants to find The Cheat when he is missing.
*[[Everybody to the Limit]] {{--}} Strong Bad likes The Cheat's music video and offers him a [[pizza]].
*Email [[new hands]] {{--}} Strong Bad imagines using his bucket-hand to wash The Cheat, though the latter is discomforted.
*Email [[privileges]] {{--}} Strong Bad gives The Cheat some privileges as a reward.
*[[Strumstar Hammer]] {{--}} Strong Bad edits out The Cheat's [[cheating]], as well as Homestar's abuse of The Cheat.
*Email [[different town]] {{--}} In Strong Bad's imagination, he imagines [[The Stick]] as a Big Ol' Tree that would eat everybody except The Cheat and himself.
*Email [[caper]] {{--}} Strong Bad apologizes to The Cheat for being mean to him.
*Email [[cheatday]] {{--}} Strong Bad celebrates The Cheat's birthday ("Cheatday").
*Email [[pizzaz]] {{--}} Strong Bad calls The Cheat "too cool" to dress like a ship's captain.
*[[Halloween Fairstival]] {{--}} Strong Bad spends the entire toon trying to get rid of The Cheat's hiccups.
*Email [[do over]] {{--}} Strong Bad felt bad about kicking The Cheat, and wanted to redo [[little animal]] by being nice to the Cheat instead of kicking him.
*Email [[lady...ing]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes The Cheat as his "holy-crap-adorable pet".
*Email [[bedtime story]] {{--}} Strong Bad puts The Cheat to bed.
*[[Trogdor Con '97]] {{--}} Strong Bad compliments The Cheat on his plans.
*Email [[looking old]] {{--}} The Cheat is one of the people Strong Bad calls to his emergency marketing meeting, referring to him as one of "the best, the brightest, the people [he] hate[s] the least".
*[[Drive-Thru]] {{--}} Strong Bad tries to get a blue toy for The Cheat.
*Email [[rough copy]] {{--}} Strong Bad awards The Cheat soft [[taco]]s.
*Email [[business trip]] {{--}} Strong Bad buys The Cheat a wind-up [[Spirit of St. Louis]] plane, but The Cheat does not appreciate it.
*[[Jibblies 2]] {{--}} Strong Bad views The Cheat as one of the "good characters" and seems genuinely concerned for him and Strong Mad.
*[[Kick-A-Ball]] {{--}} Strong Bad picks The Cheat first.
*Email [[dictionary]] {{--}} Strong Bad attempts to potty train The Cheat.
*[[Fish Eye Lens]] {{--}} In an Easter egg after the cartoon, Strong Bad is thoroughly impressed by The Cheat's music video to the point where he can only stutter. The Cheat takes this stutter and does a short remix of it, which ends with Strong Bad loudly declaring he will buy The Cheat a pizza. A ceiling pizza then falls on the two of them, which pleases The Cheat and bewilders Strong Bad.
*[[Haunted Photo Booth]] {{--}} Strong Bad takes pictures with The Cheat and Strong Mad in the [[Photo Boooth]].
*[[Front Facing]] {{--}} Strong Bad tries to reassure The Cheat as he sobs over being stuck in back-facing mode and helps him face forwards with Homestar's "spell".
{{incomplete list}}

[[Category:Strong Bad Relationships]]
[[Category:The Cheat]]

McDonald's

Keegster2 — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 04:21:05 GMT

Keegster2: The 'Kipedia article on Changeables was deleted at some point, so I found a replacement article that explains the toys.

[[Image:KingofTown Hamburglar.PNG|thumb|"I'm dressed to Hamburgle... Robble! Robble!"]]
The fast-food chain '''{{wp|McDonald's}}''' has been referenced multiple times in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work. The {{w|McDonaldland}} characters in particular have been repeatedly mentioned.

==Appearances==
*Email [[current status]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]]'s "clown feet" are compared to {{w|Ronald McDonald}}.
*[[TROGDOR!]] {{--}} One line that can play when [[Trogdor]] gets "Arrowed" is [[Strong Bad]] declaring "Stupid {{w|Arch Deluxe}}."
*[[3 Times Halloween Funjob]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]] [[3 Times Halloween Funjob Costumes|dresses as]] the Hamburglar, quoting his "robble robble" catchphrase.
*[[TMBG Concert - 25 Sep 2004]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] sings that he likes to hang out with the Fry Guys.
[[File:evil-grimace.jpg|thumb|The original four-armed "Evil Grimace" design.]]
*Email [[best thing]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] claims that if not for his "[[The Cheat]]-like reflexes", the failed pilot episode of ''[[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]]'' would be "as lost as four-armed Grimace", referencing the initial iteration of the character before he was redesigned as a two-armed friendly figure.
*Email [[secret identity]] ([[secret identity#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]]) {{--}} Homestar suggests that the hamburger he made for [[the Poopsmith]] may have been a {{wp|McRib}}.
*[[Quote of the Week]] ([[Quote of the Week#QW-2007-09-13|13 Sep 2007]]) {{--}} [[The Sad Kids]] allude to {{w|McFlurry|McFlurries}}, contrasting them with {{w|Frosty (frozen dairy dessert)|Frosties}} from {{w|Wendy's}}.
*[[Where's The Cheat? (game)]] {{--}} Strong Mad's M resembles the McDonald's arch.
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] ([[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#Abbreviation Ovrld!|24 Apr 2009]]) {{--}} One of Strong Bad's made-up backronyms for "SBCG4AP on DVD for PC DVD-ROM!" describes [[Bubs]] capturing "Grimace IV".
*[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] {{--}}
**The King of Town mistakes the toon's name for "Tales of the McArby", combining McDonald's and [[Arby's]].
**[[I really like your costume|Homestar mistakes]] [[Marzipan]]'s {{w|Run Lola Run|Lola}} [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre Costumes|costume]] for an "off-duty Ronald McDonald".
*[[I Killed Pom Pom]] {{--}} Strong Bad dresses as {{wp|Mac Tonight}}, singing a parody of the related commercials' jingle.
*[[@StrongBadActual]] {{--}}
**{{prs|1379979437752651776|7|Apr|2021}} {{--}} Strong Bad mentions a "6-piece nugget box that transforms into a robot for no reason", referring to one of the robots from the [https://eathealthy365.com/mcdonald-s-changeables-the-ultimate-guide-to-mcrobots/ Changeables] toyline.
**{{prs|1668722623667109888|13|Jun|2023}} {{--}} In response to the newly-released ''{{w|Grimace's Birthday}}'' game, Strong Bad hopes that the game has an unlockable four-armed Grimace mode.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Sbdev dvdrom3.jpg|"So Bubs captured Grimace 4 allocating pizzas..."
Image:arby's.png|A mythical fast-food crossover franchise of legend?
File:StrongBadMacTonight.png|"Hey! Strong Bad tonight!"
</gallery>

==See Also==
*[[Arby's]]
*[[Blubb-O's]]

[[Category:Food running gags]]

Strong Bad's Technology

Keegster2 — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 04:06:24 GMT

Keegster2: /* Software */ )

{{about|running gag}} {{foremail|technology}}
[[Image:Strong Bad lamenting The Paper.png|thumb|"Why do all my thirty-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?!"]]
[[Strong Bad]] shows a strong preference for '''out-of-date technology'''. Sometimes his feelings are so strong they lead to a state of denial, in which he describes such outmoded technologies as cutting-edge. Similarly, the company [[Videlectrix]], which Strong Bad endorses, seems to embrace a mission plan of releasing 8-bit and 16-bit "[[Peasant's Quest Preview#Easter Eggs|video computer games on TV]]" which they consider to have "[[good graphics]]". Strong Bad continually remains adamant that his computers are high tech. In [[animal]] and [[redesign]], however, Strong Bad mocks [[The Cheat]]'s use of "new computers".

== General ==
*The only telephone that Strong Bad ever seems to answer is a seventies telephone, with the only buttons to press being those used for dialing. Since the eighties, speed dial and redial have been standard on all phones.
**Although the headpiece (usually called a receiver) should be attached to the base, Strong Bad's appears to be [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected]] from the base.
*Strong Bad uses outdated [[Items#Strong Bad's Computers|computers]], and praised the [[Compy 386]] and [[Lappy 486]] as state-of-the-art computers with awesome features. [[The Paper]], as well, appears to come from a tractor-fed dot matrix printer. In home use, such printers are now nearly non-existent.
*The operating system that Strong Bad uses on the Tandy 400 resembles that of {{w|ProDOS}}, while the Compy 386 and Lappy 486 resemble that of [[DOS]], both of which have been replaced with {{w|Graphical user interface|GUI operating systems}} in most modern home computers.
*Strong Bad's computer desk appears to have a case of either [[Floppy Disk Container|floppies or diskettes]]. Floppies were discontinued entirely when diskettes came out, and diskettes are almost extinct.

== Appearances ==
*[[Strong Bad Sings]] {{--}} Strong Bad appears to think that a record holds more than a CD, as the announcer states that the collection is available on 3 records or 7 CDs. The collection is also available on [[8-tracks]], which have not been seen in stores since the eighties.
**An 8-track tape could also have more songs than a record, depending how long the songs are and if the record is 33, 45, or 78 rpm.
*Email [[duck pond]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that the [[Atari 2600]] version of [[Duck Pond]] has state-of-the-art graphics.
*Email [[gimmicks]] {{--}} Despite Strong Sad's claim that he could replace the [[Tandy 400]] with a comparable computer "at a yard sale for, like, fifteen dollars," Strong Bad asserts that he "liked that computer". He evidently disregards Strong Sad's encouragement to get a modern computer when he chooses the [[Compy 386]].
**Despite the accurate price description by Strong Sad, he still asks to borrow 900 dollars, most of which was presumably not spent on a new computer.
*Email [[weird dream]] {{--}} Strong Bad is unaware of how to use The Cheat's [[Tangerine Dreams|iMac]]'s {{w|Mac OS}}.
*Email [[lures & jigs]] {{--}} Strong Bad refers to [[Fishing Challenge '91]] as "the pinnacle of graphics".
*Email [[50 emails]] (Easter egg) {{--}} [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] used a "telegramophone" (more commonly a {{w|telegraph}}), although by the 1930s they had been almost completely replaced by the telephone.
*Email [[website]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad's Website]] is similar to many other outdated ones created during the '90s.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] (Easter egg) {{--}} Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] constructed a working telephone from the canister marked "eww" in the cardboard box prison.
**However, the tin can phone is still able to call [[Marzipan]]'s answering machine, when it should only be able to talk to another can.
*Email [[video games]] {{--}} Strong Bad considers the {{w|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}-style [[RhinoFeeder]] to be on a brand new and super-photorealistic system.
**He also thinks that the individual red pixel that represents the player in [[Secret Collect.]] looks "kinda like [him]".
*Email [[haircut]] {{--}} Strong Bad edits a Polaroid picture of [[Strong Mad]] with a marker, claiming that he's using a light pen to edit a scanned picture.
**Here, he also refers to the tech as "Cutting art, state-of-the-edge".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] {{--}} Strong Bad is irate that {{w|GameStop|Babbage's}} does not sell any games for the {{w|TurboGrafx-16}}, a console that had been discontinued over a decade prior.
*[[Real-Live E-Mails]] {{--}} Strong Bad is unaware of the term "burning DVDs" and sets fire to a spindle of them using the [[BMW Lighter]].
*[[Biz Cas Fri 3]] {{--}} Strong Bad fails to back up his files, and then seems to think he can do so by keeping some of the ashes of his exploded computer.
**Strong Bad's computer is unable to open the 3-gigabyte attachment entitled "catonfire_fallingfromanairplane.exe" and thus explodes.
*Email [[time capsule]] {{--}} Strong Bad decides that "cassette tape is definitely the way to go" for recording his [[number one jam]] to be played in the future, because "what could ever replace the durability of magnetic tape?"
*Email [[extra plug]] {{--}} Not only are the [['Lectric Boots]] low tech, taking up all the house's electricity, but the [[Telebision|TV]] that [[Strong Sad]], [[Homestar Runner]], and [[Strong Mad]] are watching is very old and outdated.
*Email [[lunch special]] {{--}} The walkie talkies that Strong Bad and The Cheat use are highly outdated.
*Email [[lady...ing]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses a [[Laserdisc]] and sings a brief, nostalgic tribute to the medium, saying that "everything is better on Laserdisc".
*Email [[animal]] {{--}} Strong Bad scoffs at The Cheat for using ''new'' computers.
*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad deems the email "too long" and proceeds to edit it with a white-out pen, which he calls a "light pen" with "expensive electrons". When the plan backfires on him, though, he refers to it as "stupid made-up technology that I made up".
*Email [[high school]] {{--}} Baby Strong Bad wishes the video games of his earlier era were "better".
*Email [[portrait]] {{--}} Strong Bad is shown holding a "re-eally o-o-ld ce-e-ll phone".
*Email [[technology]] {{--}} A whole email on the subject; Strong Bad makes numerous references to older technologies being state-of-the-art. He also claims that he prefers early {{w|floppy disk}}s over {{w|diskette}}s, erroneously stating that "they have more memory". He uses a screensaver for the Lappy, whose LCD screen does not require one.
*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} The {{w|Game Boy}} that Strong Bad uses to make his high tech "alternate universe [[Blender#Game Boy in a Blender|portal]]" is an original monochrome model, which is highly outdated and no longer produced.
*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} Strong Bad pretends to get a message on his "answering machine" from "[[Strong Bad's Ladies|Delilelia]]", when it's actually a clock radio with a paper reading "an answering machine (trust me)" taped to it. Strong Bad himself provides "Delilelia's" voice.
*Email [[isp]] {{--}} Strong Bad's computer, besides having a ridiculously slow Internet connection, uses an icon of a 5-1/4-inch floppy disk on its download-progress screen.
**Strong Bad claims his internet connection potentially runs at "1200 {{w|baud}}" {{-}} while it is impossible to say how fast this really is without knowing the standard the {{w|modem}} uses to connect, describing the speed in baud typically was only used with older modems (1980s and earlier), so the modem is probably encoding around 2 or 3 bits per symbol, thus achieving transfer rate of either 2.4{{w|Kilobits per second|kbps}} or 3.6kbps. Note however that no {{w|ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector|ITU-T}} standard transferred at 1200 baud, jumping from 600 baud in {{w|V.22|V.22}} to 2400 baud in its successor, {{w|V.32|V.32}}. It is possible, however, for a 2400 baud or higher modem to run at only 1200 baud if it is on a low-quality phone line. 
*Email [[redesign]] {{--}} Strong Bad thinks that the LCD monitor on [[Monosodium Dreams|The Cheat's new computer]] had the backside sliced off, and he refers to the wireless mouse as a "plastic bar of soap". He also believes that the scroll ticker replacement for the [[No Loafing sign]] has "advanced animation".
*Email [[road trip]] {{--}} Strong Bad believes [[the Gremlin]]'s 8-track cassette player to be "forwards-compatible" with CDs.
*Email [[trading cards]] {{--}} Strong Bad considers the title screen of the [[1982]] Videlectrix video game [[C.H.E.A.T.]] "the day they invented [[good graphics]]".
*Email [[what i want]] and [[web comics]] {{--}} Strong Bad acts as if ''{{w|EGM2}}'' is still running.
*Email [[the movies]] {{--}} Strong Bad watches the movie [[Karate Car]], which is entirely [[ASCII art]].
*Email [[the paper]] {{--}} As the printer and The Paper malfunction, Strong Bad cries, "Why do all my 30-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?"
*[[Everything Else, Volume 3]] {{--}} Strong Bad does not understand why his "used copy of a 20-year-old video game" malfunctions.
*Email [[rated]] {{--}} Strong Bad watches scrambled cable with the picture distorted. He also claims his email is a {{w|car phone}} instead of a [[cell phone]].
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#The Endinning of the End|SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] {{--}} Strong Bad comments that in the 1995 PC game ''{{w|Lost Eden}}'', "the dinosaurs look REAL!"
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] {{--}} Strong Bad keeps a "7-Track" player in his bedroom, which seems to be a precursor to an 8-track player, and [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)#7 Track Player|comments]] that its lack of a play button was its downfall. He [[8-Bit is Enough Responses (House of Strong)#Seven Track|also remarks]] on how it has "the best sound", despite its lack of an on button, speakers, or a place to insert recorded media.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses a film camera to take pictures, and he admits when looking at the [[Cool Tapes]] banner that "[he's] supposed to be the one that's into outdated media and electronics."
*[[Hremail 7]] {{--}} In this 2009 toon, set in 2001, Strong Bad apparently has never heard of emails or the Internet until Homestar Runner and Strong Sad explain them to him. He then takes Homestar's old computer, the Tandy 400, from his trash can, believing it to be "top of the line", and uses it to start answering emails (with some initial difficulties).
*Email [[independent]] {{--}} When Strong Bad sees the [[Compé]]'s full-color graphics, he mistakes them for a full-color photo taped to his computer screen.
*[[Poker Night at the Inventory]] {{--}} Strong Bad asks Tycho if he ever plays Videlectrix games. Tycho responds, "I am a proponent of the classics, yes." Upon hearing them called "classics," Strong Bad becomes very agitated, and insists that they are "the latest games."
*Email [[sbemail 206]] {{--}} Strong Bad considers the [[Lappier]] to be better than the modern [[Compé]].
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] {{--}} Strong Bad's prank set-up heavily relies on a landline phone with a very long cord. Landline phones have dramatically declined in popularity in the past several years, and landlines with extended cords have long been replaced by cordless phones.
*[[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2022 Oct]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] names ''Hunt the Wumpus'', a text-based adventure, among "modern horror survival games" and "triple-A titles".

==Inconsistencies==
*Though the Compy appears to mostly use {{w|Enhanced Graphics Adapter|EGA}} graphics, it is capable of {{w|SVGA}} graphics, as indicated by [[Extra Real Dating Sim XR|Homestar Runner and Marzipan Extra Real Dating Sim XR]] in [[date]].
*Though Strong Bad appears to be incapable of comprehension of today's technology, he does make note of such modern technologies as {{w|HDTV|HD}} and {{w|wide screen}}, implying he may actually just like the old technology better.
*Strong Bad is able to operate [[Pom Pom]]'s [[Pom Pilot]] in [[the bird]].
*Even though Strong Bad's computers use [[DOS]] and don't appear to have {{w|computer mouse|mice}}, there have been [[credit card|a couple]] of [[lunch special|occasions]] where a {{w|cursor}} has appeared.
*Strong Bad is connected to the Internet via a modem, as shown in [[isp]]. Thus, he should not be able to use the phone to speak with tech support while downloading from the Internet, unless he has multiple phone lines.
*Though Strong Bad usually prefers video game systems such as the [[Atari 2600]] and [[Intellivision]], he knows how to [[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer|operate]] a [[Nintendo#Wii|Wii]].
*He is aware of cell phones, as seen in [[rated]] and [[virus]].
**In [[rated]], he claims his email is not a cell phone but a car phone.
**In virus, he mumbles "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|How do you text with boxing gloves on?]]" at the end of the email.
*It may appear he is enticed into old computers due to [[Compy, inc.]] sending him catalogs from twenty years ago, with a sticker over it of the current year, as seen in [[Compy Catalog]]. The "latest" catalog advertises the recent looking Compé.
*Although Strong Bad seemingly prefers old computers, the [[Compé]] appears to be a recent model.

==Strong Bad's Electronics==
Besides his outdated computers, Strong Bad uses several other low-tech implements. He so often uses these, it is almost impossible to find an implement of technology that Strong Bad has that is not outdated.

===Computers===
*[[Tandy 400]] {{--}} Strong Bad's first computer. He used it to check emails 1-40, excluding [[the bird]]. It exploded due to random malfunction.
*[[Compy 386]] {{--}} Strong Bad's second computer. He used it to check emails 41-118. He was so distraught when [[Bubs]] shot it in [[virus]], he was unable to compose himself enough to yell and argue with Bubs.
**In [[April Fool 2014]], the Compy 386 inexplicably returned without its branding, having gained voice commands and an extendable microphone.
*[[Lappy 486]] {{--}} Strong Bad's third computer. He used it to check emails 119-201, excluding [[from work]]. He claimed that it is portable, weighing in at 42 pounds. Also used to appear in [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|female]] form. Strong Bad destroyed it using a USB self-destruct button.
*[[Block]] {{--}} Its only appearance is in [[other days]]. Strong Bad uses it to check his Polish emails. Although it appears to be in the same room as his other computer, it is never visible on his desk.
*[[Corpy NT6]] {{--}} This is Strong Bad's computer at [[the office]]. It is obviously outdated as it runs on [[DOS]] like Strong Bad's home computers, and is unable to open a 3GB attachment.
*[[Zappy XT6]] {{--}} Strong Bad's computer in the future, which apparently runs on DOS like his other computers. Its only appearance is in the [[strongbad_email.exe|DVD]] exclusive email "[[Accent]]".
*[[Compé]] {{--}} Strong Bad's fourth computer, used to check emails 203-205. It has full-color graphics, which Strong Bad mistakes for a "full color photo taped to [his] computer screen". It resembles a modern Apple model and costs a semi-hefty $800. Strong Bad's email checking program still appears to be based on DOS. It was reduced into the Lappier after spending five years under dust.
*[[Lappier]] {{--}} Strong Bad's current home computer. He claims it to be "just like the previous model", but "[[crap]]pier" and "more expensive". It appears to be downgraded in technological advancement compared to the Compé, without a background and relying on the old console to access his email.

===Software===
*[[Edgar]] the Virus Hunter {{--}} Strong Bad's virus protection software was programmed by only one person, is apparently never maintained, and also seems to only have a scan function.
*[[Edgar#Edga Jr.|Edga Jr.]] {{--}} A simple piece of software that automatically deletes emails with more than one paragraph.
*[[Edgar#Edgar's Baby's Daddy|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]] {{--}} Another simple application that removes and archives all emails with the sender named "Homestar Runner".
*[[Edgar#Grandmaw Edgar|Grandmaw Edgar's Corporate Firewall Get-Arounder]] {{--}} A piece of "Cheatware" that allows programs such as strongbad_email.exe to connect to the internet despite being blocked by a firewall.
*[[Edgar#Edgar's Older Cousin's Pet Ferret|Edgar's Older Cousin's Pet Ferret: The Redundant Tweet Obliterator]] {{--}} A program that deletes any {{w|Tweet (social media)|tweets}} asking "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|how do you tweet with boxing gloves on?]]"
*[[Edgar#Edgar Jr's Cool Babysitter|Edgar Jr's Cool Babysitter's Twee-Mail Converter]] {{--}} Used by Strong Bad to turn tweets into readable emails.
*[[Edgar#Edgar's Luddite Paw-Paw|Edgar's Luddite Paw-Paw's Unfortunate Tweet Deleter]] {{--}} An application used to delete one's tweets, despite the fact that {{w|Twitter}} has such a feature as a built-in option.
*[[Edgar#Edgar, King of All Streams|Edgar, King of All Streams]] {{--}} A data-streaming software used to record livestreams of video games. Strong Bad has attempted to use it to broadcast a playthrough of ''{{w|Tass Times in Tonetown}}'', but the connection was lost only seconds into the stream.
*[[DOS|The Operating System]] {{--}} Although this is often overlooked, the operating system Strong Bad runs is DOS, which is almost never used in modern day life.
*[[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#System Errors|Computer Error Alerts]] {{--}} These include "Flagrant System Error", "Computer over", "Flamboyant System Error", and "Teal Screen of Near Death (TSoND)".

===Other===
*[[The Paper]] {{--}} The Paper is apparently a tractor-feed dot matrix printer that for some reason can never be seen on top of Strong Bad's computer, even though it always feeds from the top of the screen. It seemed to be malfunctioning in the email [[more armies]], and, as predicted in [[montage]], The Paper called it quits in email #173, [[the paper]], where it was replaced with [[New Paper|an inkjet printer]].
*The "[[Permanent Marker|light pen]]" {{--}} Used in [[haircut]] to edit the hairstyle of a "scanned" picture of [[Strong Mad]]. A different style of [[X-Pensive White|light pen]] later used in [[long pants]] to make the email shorter.
*[[Floppy Disk Container]] {{--}} Strong Bad still uses floppy disks to store information and games. It was revealed in [[technology]] that he preferred the older 5¼" floppy disks to the newer 3½" diskettes, claiming (incorrectly) that the 5¼" disks hold more memory.
*[[Telebision]] {{--}} An older TV, circa the '70s, complete with knobs and dials.
*[[Cakkalate]] {{--}} Strong Bad's simple solar calculator that is "the future of technology" since it is wireless (according to him).
*[[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]] {{--}} Strong Bad as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] insists that 50-year-old automobiles don't just break down.

==Fun Facts==
*Most of the graphics that Strong Bad refers to as "good" are from an [[Atari 2600]], NES, or Super NES, which is what made [[Super NES|the first H*R cartoon]].
*Strong Bad needed to call tech support in order to remove the "light pen" markings from the Lappy's screen. 
*The DOS command "dir/p", the command used on the Compy 386 Email Menu, would display the contents of the current directory and pause after displaying each info screen. 

==See Also==
*[[Atari 2600]]
*[[Items#Strong Bad's Computers|Computers]]
*[[Pseudocharacters]]
*[[Strong Bad's Computers Surpassing Their Assumed Capabilities]]
*[[Stylized Text on Strong Bad's Computers]]

[[Category:Electronics running gags]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]

Homestar Runner's Pants

Keegster2 — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 21:30:59 GMT

Keegster2: That "(no pants included)" bit has annoyed me for long enough! Links and replacing that weird apostrophe in the beginning while I'm here.

[[Image:homestarpants.PNG|thumb|"Well, I'll just, uh, put these pants on..."]]

'''[[Homestar Runner]]'s pants''' are a notable anomaly, as the stylized design of his character makes it unclear as to whether he's wearing skintight pants with matching shoes or has "blue soles glued to the bottoms of [his] feet", as [[Strong Bad]] has claimed. [[The Brothers Chaps]] keep this running gag going by keeping references to it ambiguous.

==References to Homestar's Pants==
*[[A Jumping Jack Contest]] {{--}} Homestar tells [[Pom Pom]] that he thinks he is going to [[pee]] his pants.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]] suggests that [[Marzipan]] put something in Homestar's pants to cheer him up.
*Email [[vacation]] {{--}} Strong Bad parodies this issue along with the question of [[Lack of Visible Arms|whether Homestar has arms]] when, while imagining an email that he might be missing, he says "How does Homestar pick stuff up if he's not wearing any Marzi-pants?"
*[[Pom Pom's Character Video]] {{--}} Homestar says that Pom Pom has helped him out of some tight jams and some tight pants, although that only happened once.
*Email [[monument]] (Easter egg) {{--}} Homestar is about to put on some pants, but is then distracted by [[the Thnikkaman]].
*[[Sbemail 100 Fakeout]] {{--}} Strong Bad tells Homestar to "keep his pants on". Homestar replies, "Pants? Hmm..."
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] {{--}} When Homestar runs out of [[Homestar Runner's House|his house]], he says he's become "naked somehow", but his legs look exactly the same as before.
*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} The entire email deals with Homestar and Strong Bad arguing about his pants, ending in Homestar experiencing an emotional breakdown.
*Email [[lady...ing]] (Easter egg) {{--}} Homestar tells Marzipan that he's wearing tight pants so as to "accentuate all [his] bubbleties".
*Email [[high school]] {{--}} According to Strong Bad's doodle memory, Homestar's [[Mysfit-steries Character Variations#Teenage Homestar Runner|high-school self]] wore ridiculous [[-èd|stripèd]] pants. Teenaged Strong Bad and Teenaged Strong Mad "were [[all the time]] trying to liberate Homestar from [them]".
*Email [[senior prom]] (Easter egg) {{--}} With Homestar present, Strong Bad threatens to "poof away" everyone's pants in a mass pantsing, then realizes that he is the only one in the room wearing pants. Strong Bad's pants then poof away, but nothing happens to Homestar. Later, Homestar insists to Pom Pom that he was wearing "all these types of long pants" and that they got poofed away. Pom Pom says that Homestar can "keep telling [himself] that".
*Email [[yes, wrestling]] {{--}} Homestar appears to be wearing some skintight pants as part of his [[Wrestling Character Variations#Jack 'Em Up Kid|Jack 'Em Up Kid]] costume.
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} Strong Bad steals Homestar's clothes, which are visible in his inventory as a shirt and some shoes with blue soles. When Strong Bad wears them, he appears to have white pants as well; in extended play, these pants can be worn separately from the shoes and shirt. However, attempting to wear the float head before stealing Homestar's clothes will have Strong Bad comment that his disguise won't fool anyone while he's still wearing any pants.
*[[Costume Commercial]] {{--}} Homestar wears grey pants to mimic [[Bubs]] as part of his costume.
*[[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] {{--}} The [[French]] Homestar transformation changes the color of Homestar's head, but not his legs, suggesting they may be pants and not skin.
*[[Most in the Graveyard]] {{--}} Homestar repeats his line from A Jumping Jack Contest.
*[[A Death Defying Decemberween]] {{--}} Homestar wears pants during his televised [[Decemberween]] special.
*[[Hremail 2000]] {{--}} A stylized close-up of Homestar's feet shows what might be leg hair where his pants would be.
*[[April Fools' 2014]] {{--}} Homestar wears blue pants during the shutdown song.
*[[Fish Eye Lens]] {{--}} Homestar wears black pants as part of his old-timey Dixieland jazz band outfit.
*[[I Killed Pom Pom]] {{--}} Strong Bad asks Homestar, who's wearing cut-off shorts as part of his [[Arrested Development|Tobias Fünke]] costume, if the sight of Pom Pom's ghost makes him want to pee his pants.
*[[Homestar Runner Goes for the Gold]] {{--}} Homestar reads the storybook cover as "The Homestar Runner and the Bathyscaphe", subtitling it "A Lurid Tale of Underwater Intrigue and Underwater Pants".
*[[Halloween Hijinks]] {{--}} Teenaged Homestar wears and is eventually "unshackled" from a pair of zig-zaggéd pants.

== References to Homestar's Shoes ==
*[[Everybody Knows It]] {{--}} The ending scene, where Homestar asks [[The Cheat]], "I guess you'll go on back to putting dog food in my shoes, huh?" appears to disprove that he has soles glued to his feet.
*[[New Boots]] {{--}} The Cheat's [[Powered by The Cheat Character Variations#Homestar Runner|interpretation of Homestar]] portrays him wearing socks and separate shoes.
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}} During the cutscene where Homestar Runner is trying to leave the locker room naked, he still has blue soles on the bottoms of his feet. However, Strong Bad steals Homestar's "shoes" that are clearly visible in the locker.
*[[8-Bit is Enough]] {{--}} When near the [[TROGDOR!]] machine, Homestar bends down, exclaiming "Whoops, my foot's untied."
*[[Hremail 2000]] {{--}} Homestar is able to take off and wear new "shoes", and the close-up of his feet and even the "sock-shoe layers" might be hints that he does in fact, wear shoes.
*[[The House That Gave Sucky Tricks]] {{--}} One of the "scary shoes" that falls down is one that looks exactly like Homestar's.

==See Also==
*[[Pants]]
*[[Homestar Runner's Daisy Dukes]]

[[Category:Homestar Runner running gags]]
[[Category:Clothing running gags]]

Wagon Fulla Pancakes

Keegster2 — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 19:00:15 GMT

Keegster2: {{w}}'s

[[Image:wagon_fulla_pancakes.PNG|thumb|215px|"You're a girl, or maybe a wagon, filled up with pancakes"]] [[Image:Live-Action Wagon.png|thumb|215px|Live-action wagon]]

'''Wagon Fulla Pancakes''' is a red wagon (resembling the {{w|Radio Flyer}} type) filled with pancakes, whose first appearance was in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[montage]]. During the "montage of montages", the wagon romances [[Strong Bad]], sells toner with [[The Cheat]], and defeats [[Homestar Runner]] for the [[Champeenship]]. It currently lives in {{w|Long Beach, California}}, with its spouse and two children (implying that the wagon and Strong Bad broke up somewhere along the road) and appears in television commercials for used car dealerships such as the one in [[Senorial Day]]. The wagon reads "4 wheels" on the sides, and [[Senor Cardgage]] once referred to it as a "little dog".

Other similar red wagons have appeared in [[The Reddest Radish]], [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], and [[Fall Float Parade]].

==Complete Filmography==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[montage]]
*[[Senorial Day]]
*[[Weekly Fanstuff 2005#WF-2005-08-04|Weekly Fanstuff]]
*[[Accent]] (mentioned)
*[[160 Seconds]]
*[[Talkin' Strong Bad Plush Doll Commercial]]
*[[Disk 4 of 12 - World Games]]
*[[Fanstume (singular) '24|Fanstume [singular] '24]] (Teen Girl Squad style)

[[Category:Pseudocharacters]]

different town

Keegster2 — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 02:28:49 GMT

Keegster2: /* Goofs */ Where'd you get the "of" from?

{{sbenav}}
[[Image:sbemail99.png|thumb|"WHOA! Can it be true?"]]

Strong Bad describes how he would make his town different, through song.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, [[Different Town Character Variations|ABA Basketball Pom Pom]], {{Film|Homsar}}, [[Different Town Character Variations|Modestly Hot Homsar]]

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[The Stick]]/Big Ol' Tree, [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Athletic Field]]

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, February 23, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 2:54

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Three}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Check your email and check your email. ''{His voice is looped with [[#Real-World References|another rhythm]]}'' Check your email and check your e-email.  ''{He stops singing and presses Enter.}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
I just wondering, if you had a chance 
to make your town different, what 
would you do? 
 
Sincerley 
Steven WV</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "WV" as "Wolksvagen", and deliberately mispronounces "sincerley" to reflect its misspelling.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Pour hot soup in Homestar's eyes, eh, Steven? That sounds like a pretty good- ''{He stops typing.}'' wait... what'd your email say again?

''{Strong Bad presses a key, and the email appears again}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{mumbling reading sounds}'' Oh. Oh-ho! Sorry.

''{Strong Bad presses a key, and starts the reply again.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Make the town different, eh, Steven? ''{He breaks into song.}'' Weeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhllllllll,{{--}}

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' {{--}}the Poopsmith, he could talk,

'''THE POOPSMITH:''' ''{in a surprisingly deep voice}'' Hello!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Marzipan would rock, and The Stick would be this big ol' tree that'd try to eat everyone except The Cheat and me.

'''STRONG MAD:''' AND ME!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{speaking}'' We'll see.

''{Strong Mad shows a confused expression}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And The King of Town would be underground in a box filled up with peas...

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' I hate peas!

'''STRONG BAD:''' I know!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Bubs would give away flamethrowers that shoot chocolate hundred-dollar bills...

'''BUBS:''' Imitation chocolate!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And my stupid baby brother would have been born with horns and a tail...

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{sadly}'' I'm evil.

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Coach Z would wear this cool jacket.

'''COACH Z:''' Check it out, yo!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Homestar just couldn't hack it.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I quit!

'''STRONG BAD:''' And Pom Pom wouldn't change at all, 'cept he'd look like an ABA basketball.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{softly}'' Two, three, four.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' And this little weirdo... would be a modestly hot girl to help me through the hard times. You know, the kind that are only sorta hot so they don't mess around with other guys.

'''MODESTLY HOT HOMSAR''': ''{in Homsar's voice}'' DaAaAa, I'm forever your girl!

''{A crowd cheers for a moment. Cut to the Computer Room where Strong Bad is standing on his stool. The cheering continues for a few seconds.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Thank you! Thank you! All right! This next one is the fourteenth song on my forty-second album. It's called—

''{Cut to Strong Sad standing to the right of the computer desk. He is dressed in a light blue tunic and is wearing horns and a tail.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Hey, Strong Bad—

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{off screen}'' WHOA! Can it be true?

''{Cut to a wide shot showing both Strong Bad and Strong Sad. Strong Bad is still standing on his stool.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar Runner called it quits? The King of Town, pea-buried alive?! The Poopsmith speaketh?!?

'''STRONG SAD:''' No... Calm down, spaz! I'm going to the ''Clash of the Titans'' con, dressed up as Calibos, remember? I was just gonna ask if you still wanted that bust of Bubo.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, um. Right. Of course. ''{clears throat, then speaks quietly and quickly}'' Yeah, I still want the bust of Bubo.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Okay, bye, weirdo. What are you standing on that stool for anyway?

'''STRONG BAD:''' For your information, I was ''{short pause}'' checking on the lights, Strong Sad. We got that recessed lighting, y'know. Yup, everything looks great.

''{Cut back to the Compy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yeah, things would be different alright. Though I'm a little disappointed in what I came up with for Homsar. Modestly hot my eye! I think my imagination's broke. ''{stops typing}'' Lemme try and think up the ''{starts typing again}'' Best Thing Ever. Umm... Beef... stew... ''{types this as just "Best thing ever: Beef stew."}'' Yup it's busted alright. I'm gonna go... place. ''{gets up and walks away}''

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

== Easter Eggs ==
[[Image:Marzipanmohawk.PNG|thumb|Marzipan's new 'do.]]
*The words "eh, Steven?" can be clicked (only the first time Strong Bad types them) to show a [[Lem Sportsinterviews|LEM]] drawing of "Eh. Steven." ([[Eh! Steve!]] in formal wear).
*Clicking on "place" at the end brings up a [[Made-up Places#Place|Place]] [[postcard]] featuring [[Monkey D]] and the skyline of Seattle, Washington. It reads: "Greetings from PLACE."
*Click to the right of "back" at the end to download the song. A credit below the download links reads "lyrics by TBC music by TMBG".
*Hidden behind Marzipan's yellow hair, if viewed in a [[Wikipedia:decompiler|decompiler]], there is another hairstyle {{--}} a bright pink spiked mohawk.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*The music for "Different Town" was performed by [[They Might Be Giants]] especially for [[homestarrunner.com]]. However, the lyrics were written by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*Although Strong Bad's imagination is by no means part of continuity, this is the first time that the Poopsmith is seen speaking (ignoring [[The King of Town DVD Storyboards]] and the hiss in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]).
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#BAAL|BAAL]]".
*This toon has a [[nondescript noun]] ("Place").
*This is the first time since [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] that Homestar is seen in his normal attire but without his star.
*[[Appearances By All 12 Main Characters|All of the main characters appear]] in this email.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad sings about how he would make his town different."

===Remarks===
*Though the Big Ol' Tree moves, its shadow does not.
*When Strong Bad is "checking the lights", he should be looking to his right because according to the shadows the light comes from his right.
*During the Homsar segment, Strong Bad pantomimes finger-snapping, which is something he should not be able to do while wearing [[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|boxing gloves]].
*Strong Bad's count-off tempo for the section about Homsar does not match the tempo of the following music.
*Strong Bad's voice [[Overlapping Voices|overlaps]] during the second line of his [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email song]].

===Goofs===
*The outlet disappears when Strong Sad appears.
*The link to the download comes up over top the Place postcard.

===Inside References===
*The [[postcard]] from PLACE in the Easter egg is a reference to Strong Bad's postcards from [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|destinations]] such as Historic Over There in the email [[vacation]].
*Strong Bad wishes for the King of Town to be [[buried alive]] in a [[Wooden Crates|box]] filled up with [[peas]].
*One of the [[Poms]] in [[Pom Pom, Too]] looks like an [[ABA Basketball]].
*The [[Trading Cards|trading card]] Pom Pom was pictured on has the same design as the one featuring [[The Deke]] in [[autobiography]].
*Wolksvagen is a [[spoonerism]].
*When describing Modestly Hot Homsar, Strong Bad says, "[[You know, the kind]]..."


===Real-World References===
*The rhythm of Strong Bad's email song is taken from the They Might Be Giants song "[[TMBW:Ana Ng|Ana Ng]]" {{-}} the first time is the same as the rhythm part under the verse, and the second time is this and the vocal rhythm mixed together.
*The "{{w|American Basketball Association|ABA}} Basketball" is indeed red, white, and blue instead of the {{w|National Basketball Association|NBA}} orange.
*"Bubo" was the name of the clockwork owl in the film ''{{w|Clash of the Titans (1981 film)|Clash of the Titans}}'', later featured as an avatar on [[Strong Sad's Lament]]. Strong Sad was dressed as Calibos, the villain of that movie. Both Bubo and Calibos were [[Stop Motion|animated]] by {{w|Ray Harryhausen}}, whose work was also referenced in [[redesign]].
*"Wolksvagen" is a play on words of the German automobile manufacturer: {{w|Volkswagen}}. The funny pronunciation comes from the fact that the two letters are reversed from the normal abbreviation, VW. In German, the name is pronounced "'''F'''olks'''v'''agen".
*The board behind Homestar says "[[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]]" and "DeBry", which is a parody of {{w|DeVry University}} and the word "debris".
*The guitar Marzipan is playing is {{w|George Lynch (musician)|George Lynch}}'s [https://web.archive.org/web/20051211013436/http://www.philbrodieband.com/muso_george_lynch03.jpg "Mom" guitar], the one he used during his years with the '80s metal band {{w|Dokken|Dokken}}.
*The "Marzipan" amps are a play on the ubiquitous {{w|Marshall Amplification|Marshall Amps}}, which feature similar styling and font.
*Strong Bad's outfit during the "And this little weirdo" sequence is similar to outfits worn by many glam-rock musicians, such as [[Led Zeppelin]]'s {{w|Robert Plant}} and {{w|Queen (band)|Queen}}'s {{w|Freddie Mercury}}.
*Homsar says, "I'm forever your girl," a quote from the 1989 {{w|Forever Your Girl (song)|song}} and {{w|Forever Your Girl|album}} entitled "[http://www.lyricsdepot.com/paula-abdul/forever-your-girl.html Forever Your Girl]" by {{w|Paula Abdul}}.

===Fast Forward===
*Homestar's eyes will again be threatened with hot soup in [[New Boots]], this time by The Cheat.
*Strong Bad's statement that the computer room has recessed lighting is confirmed in [[pop-up]] when Strong Bad jumps to the ceiling.
*Marzipan actually does end up playing rock music when she starts the band [[Cool Tapes]] and in the musical short [[One Two, One Two]]. The same background is even used in [[Cool Things]].
*A screenshot of Modestly Hot Homsar is shown again in the "[[Discount Flashback Warehouse]]" Easter egg in [[flashback]].
*Strong Bad would once again don the miner's helmet in [[Ever and More]].
*Nearly 30 emails later, Strong Bad would have no trouble thinking of the [[best thing]] ever: the [[Limozeen]] [[Limozeen: But They're in Space!|cartoon show]].
*The box of [[peas]] the King of Town was buried in is found underneath Strong Badia in [[buried]].
*The Poopsmith breaks his vow of silence in [[email thunder]] and [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]].
*[[Bubs's flamethrowers]] would later be used as a machine gun in [[Which Ween Costumes?]].

== DVD Version ==
*The Eh! Steven Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on the DVD remote.
*The download link for Different Town has been disabled for obvious reasons.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary, as well as the ''original'' version of the Different Town song, as sung by John Linnell. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MATT:''' Another commentary.

'''MIKE:''' This is a commentary... My name is Mike Chapman. This is my younger brother Matt, he's three years younger than me.

'''MATT:''' That's all true.

'''MIKE:''' Um, so, this commentary track{{--}} uh, we're going to allow John Linnell of They Might Be Giants{{--}} we're gonna put on his original track, they co-wrote the song for this email, umm...

'''MATT:''' Did all the music, I just sent an email with some{{--}} the words...

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' You gave them the lyrics...

'''MATT:''' ...and a couple of notes and{{--}} and that's it.

'''MIKE:''' ''{as Matt finishes talking}'' ...they... whipped this up. So yeah, this is what we're going to play the audio for is the, uh{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{interrupting, speaking quickly}'' Here it comes!

''{The "Different Town" music track is played, with [[They Might Be Giants|John Linnell]] singing Strong Bad's lines (no other character's lines are said). As Homsar says "girl", the original audio track fades back in.}''

'''MATT:''' I think I used a Miss Georgia, or Miss California, or... something picture, for reference for the hot Homsar.

'''MIKE:''' Probably Miss Georgia.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, you think so?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. She's pretty hot.

'''MATT:''' So, we like that movie ''Clash of the Titans'' a lot.

'''MIKE:''' It's true. It, uh, scared me when I was little...

'''MATT:''' And...

'''MIKE:''' And I like the special effects.

'''MATT:''' And it delights you in your old age.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' It does.

'''MATT:''' Bubo, of{{--}}of course, was the R2-D2 of ''Clash of the Titans''.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah, the robotic owl.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. It was made{{--}} it was ''clockwork'', Mike, it was mech{{--}} there was no robotics back then. The gods had a mastery of ''clockworks'', though.

'''MIKE:''' Gears.

'''MATT:''' Gears and...shimmies. Uh, ''Manhunter of New York'', I believe, is in the box{{--}} the disk box there.

'''MIKE:''' Good game.

'''MATT:''' It's a great game. Speaking of terribly awkward graphics. ''{Mike laughs}'' That's something else that scared me when I was younger and delights me in my old age, is ''Manhunter: New York''.

'''MIKE:''' Those eyeballs, flying eyeballs.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Orbs.

'''MIKE:''' Orbs. Yeah.

''{both pause until Strong Bad declares his imagination "busted"}''

'''MATT:''' Poor guy.

===Goofs===
*Matt incorrectly identifies the game in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] as ''{{w|Manhunter: New York}}''. It is actually ''{{w|Baal (video game)|BAAL}}''. The game ''Manhunter: New York'' appeared in the Floppy Disk container in [[Arcade Game]] and [[caper]].

== See Also ==
*The [[Different Town Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the song.
*The [[Different Town Chord Progression|chord progression]] for the song.
*[[tmbw:Different Town|Different Town]] on This Might Be A Wiki.
*[[Different Town Character Variations]]

==External Links==
{{preforumsbemailextlinks|99|youtube=j4-kP8Ps8ys}}
*download the song: [[OldHR:songs/differentown.zip|Win]] [[OldHR:songs/differentown.sit|Mac]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:Emails With DVD Commentary]]
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email Music Videos]]
[[Category:Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 1]]

Weekly Fanstuff 2004

Keegster2 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:32:25 GMT

Keegster2: Improved (probably) a majority of the descriptions, with more attention to details and links, less needless piping regarding Homestar's name, and actual descriptions for two of these.

{{Weekly Fanstuff}}

This is a list of all the [[Weekly Fanstuff]] appearances from 2004.
{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! style="width:200px;" | Image !! style="width:15%;" | Date !! Text !! Description

|- id="WF-2004-12-30"
| [[Image:MonstrousHomsar.PNG|200px|monstrous homsar]] || 30 Dec 2004 || monstrous homsar || A huge [[Homsar]] costume.

|- id="WF-2004-12-16"
| [[Image:fanstuff sb accordian.PNG|200px|ol' accordian limbs sb]] || 16 Dec 2004 || ol' accordian  limbs sb || Two stuffed [[Strong Bad]]s, with folded paper arms and legs. The second Strong Bad is a flipped image of the first.

|- id="WF-2004-12-09"
| [[Image:fanstuff fomestar.PNG|200px|funnable, fuzzy fomestar]] || 09 Dec 2004 || funnable, fuzzy fomestar || A quite fuzzy stuffed animal [[Homestar Runner]].

|- id="WF-2004-12-02"
| [[Image:fanstuff ss meringues.PNG|200px|strong sad meringues!]] || 02 Dec 2004 || strong sad meringues! || {{w|Meringue}}s made to look like [[Strong Sad]].

|- id="WF-2004-11-22"
| [[Image:fanstuff legogdor!.PNG|200px|legogdor!]] || 22 Nov 2004 || legogdor! || {{w|Lego}}-built [[Trogdor]], archer, knights, [[peasants]], and a [[thatched-roof cottage]]. More pictures can be found [http://www.suave.net/~dave/trogdor.cgi here].

|- id="WF-2004-11-11"
| [[Image:skullcap.png|200px|homestar skullcap]] || 11 Nov 2004 || homestar skullcap || [[Homestar Runner]] drawn on a {{w|kippah}}.

|- id="WF-2004-11-08"
| [[Image:fanstuff oneseriousequation.PNG|200px|one serious equation]] || 08 Nov 2004 || one serious equation || A smiling [[The Cheat]] done on a {{w|TI-83 series|TI-83 graphing calculator}}.

|- id="WF-2004-10-07"
| [[Image:fanstuff legomestar.PNG|200px|legomestar runner]] || 07 Oct 2004 || legomestar runner || A {{w|Lego}}-built [[Homestar Runner]] that is 21 inches (53.34 cm) tall.

|- id="WF-2004-09-30"
| [[Image:fanstuff meltymens.PNG|200px|homestar meltymens!]] || 30 Sept 2004 || homestar meltymens! || Clay models of [[Homestar Runner]], [[Marzipan]], and [[Strong Bad]] in front of a backdrop featuring the [[No Loafing sign]].

|- id="WF-2004-09-23"
| [[Image:fanstuff hsjr th.PNG|200px|homestar jr. feat. thnikkaman]] || 23 Sept 2004 || homestar jr. feat. thnikkaman || A real life [[Homestar Jr.]] and a clay [[The Thnikkaman|Thnikkaman]].

|- id="WF-2004-09-19"
| [[Image:ciacdc.png|200px|cheat in a crisper drawer cake]] || 19 Sept 2004 || cheat in a crisper drawer cake || A cake that is designed to look like [[The Cheat]] in the [[crisper drawer]] from [[privileges]].

|- id="WF-2004-09-07"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040907 homestarfeltbabies.png|200px|homestar felt-babies!]] || 07 Sept 2004 || homestar felt-babies! || Felt-made [[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Bad]], and [[The Cheat]].

|- id="WF-2004-08-31"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040831 somewhereintheUK.png|200px|somewhere in the UK]] || 31 Aug 2004 || somewhere in the UK || A "No [[Trogdor]]s" sign and [[graffiti]] that reads "Trogdor strikes again!" on a wall.

|- id="WF-2004-08-26"
| [[Image:fanstuff 0826 plehjallegiance.png|200px|pleh jallegiance]] || 26 Aug 2004 || pleh jallegiance || A fan-made [[Strong Badia]] flag.

|- id="WF-2004-08-19"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040819 sweetchucks.png|200px|sweetchucks.]] || 19 Aug 2004 || sweetchucks. || [[Chuck Taylor All-Stars]] with [[Homestar Runner]], [[Pom Pom]], [[Strong Bad]], and [[The Cheat]] on them.

|- id="WF-2004-08-12"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040812 thechetisfune.png|200px|seriously, the chet IS fune.]] || 12 Aug 2004 || seriously, the chet IS fune. || A preschooler's drawing and description of [[Strong Bad]] and [[The Cheat]]. It reads "ThiS iS Stog BAd He is red. ThiS iS the Chet. He iS fune." Strong Bad is drawn with blue hair similar to [[Stinkoman]]'s.

|- id="WF-2004-08-05"
| [[Image:cheese.PNG|200px|a cheese with legs?]] || 05 Aug 2004 || a cheese with legs? || A fan-made [[The Cheat]] costume.

|- id="WF-2004-07-29"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040729 reallifebubs.png|200px|real life bubs! AAAHH!]] || 29 Jul 2004 || real life bubs! AAAHH! || Realistic-looking [[Bubs]] costume.

|- id="WF-2004-07-19"
| [[Image:congrats1.png|200px|congrats the cheat!]] || 19 Jul 2004 || congrats the cheat! || A road sign reading "Friends of [[The Cheat]] - 2003 Watershed of the Year". See also a [http://www.cheat.org/about/awards/2003watershed%20of%20the%20year/view news article] on this topic at the [http://www.cheat.org/ official site] of ''Friends of The Cheat''.

|- id="WF-2004-07-12"
| [[Image:fanstufftrogdor2.png|200px|trogdor stand-up cabinet]] || 12 Jul 2004 || trogdor stand-up cabinet || Two versions of a 3D model of the [[TROGDOR!]] [[TROGDOR! Arcade Machine|arcade machine]], one fully textured and one without any textures. ([[:Image:trogdorarcade.jpg|full image]]) From [http://web.archive.org/web/20041030174025/http://obeythetube.com/pages/i_map-arcade.html obeythetube.com].

|- id="WF-2004-07-05"
| [[Image:hrwikifanstuff cheatbread1.png|200px|sweet cheat bread 1]] [[Image:hrwikifanstuff_cheatbread2.png|200px|sweet cheat bread 2]] || 05 Jul 2004 || sweet cheat bread ||A piece of bread in the shape of [[The Cheat]]. Hovering one's cursor over the image caused The Cheat's spots, eye, arm, and dimple to appear over the image.

|- id="WF-2004-06-29"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040629 hssockpuppet.jpg|200px|homestar sock puppet]] || 29 Jun 2004 || homestar sock puppet || A puppet of [[Homestar Runner]], made from a sock.

|- id="WF-2004-06-21"
| [[Image:fanstufftrogdor.png|200px|burninating the evergreens]] || 21 Jun 2004 || burninating the evergreens || A {{w|Washington (state)|Washington}} custom license plate that says "[[TROGDOR]]".

|- id="WF-2004-05-31"
| [[Image:fanstuffhelloyellodello.png|200px|hello yello-dello]] || 31 May 2004 || hello yello-dello || An action figure of [[the Yello Dello]].

|- id="WF-2004-05-24"
| [[Image:greeting cardgage.png|200px|greeting cardgage]] || 24 May 2004 || greeting cardgage || A greeting card with a picture of [[Senor Cardgage]] holding a sign with "combolations" written on it, referencing his Easter egg from [[flashback]].

|- id="WF-2004-05-10"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040510 pompomipod.png|200px|pom-pom ipod]] || 10 May 2004 || pom-pom ipod || A 3D render of a [[Pom Pom]]-shaped {{w|iPod}}.

|- id="WF-2004-05-03"
| [[Image:bubssignfanstuff.png|200px|coupla beverages with a side order of redemption]] || 03 May 2004 || coupla beverages with a side order of redemption || A sign pointing to an actual concession stand named Bub's.

|- id="WF-2004-04-26"
| [[Image:fanstuffbuttdance.png|200px|butt dance butt dance]] || 26 Apr 2004 || butt dance butt dance || A {{w|bobblehead|bobble-butt}} figurine of [[Homestar Runner]]. The caption references Homestar's [[buttdance]].

|- id="WF-2004-04-20"
| [[Image:claytrogdorfanstuff.png|200px|clay trogdor]] || 20 Apr 2004 || clay trogdor || A model of [[Trogdor]] made from clay.

|- id="WF-2004-04-01"
| [[Image:fanstuffstinkoman.png|200px|stinkoman underdrawers]] || 01 Apr 2004 || stinkoman underdrawers || Underwear with a picture of [[Stinkoman]] in one of his "cool poses" on it.

|- id="WF-2004-03-22"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040322 matchsticksb.png|200px|matchstick strong bad]] || 22 Mar 2004 || matchstick strong bad || Small [[Strong Bad]] atop a matchstick.

|- id="WF-2004-03-15"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040316 derby1.png|200px|pinewood derby homestar]] [[Image:fanstuff_040316_derby2.png|200px|pinewood derby strong bad]] || 15 Mar 2004 || pinewood derby homestar pinewood derby strong bad || {{w|Pinewood Derby}} cars with [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]] in the driver's seats. Pictures of Strong Bad, [[Strong Mad]], [[The Cheat]], [[Stinkoman]], and [[Trogdor]] are featured on the former car, as are the ''[[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]]'' logo and the URL "[[HomestarRunner.com]]".

|- id="WF-2004-03-08"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040308 tattoo.png|200px|modestly hot tattoo]] || 08 Mar 2004 || modestly hot tattoo || A tattoo of [[Modestly Hot Homsar]].

|- id="WF-2004-03-01"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040301 tinystinkoman.png|200px|tiny, tiny stinkoman]] || 01 Mar 2004 || tiny, tiny stinkoman || A small model of [[Stinkoman]].

|- id="WF-2004-02-23"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040223 ducttapetrogdor.png|200px|duct tape trogdor]] || 23 Feb 2004 || duct tape trogdor || A [[Trogdor]] sculpture with a burninated [[peasant]], made out of duct tape.

|- id="WF-2004-02-09"
| [[Image:fanstuff 040209 licenseplate.png|200px|custom plates, yo]] || 09 Feb 2004 || custom plates, yo || A {{w|Wisconsin}} custom license plate that reads "[[Witch's Brew|WCHS BRU]]".

|- id="WF-2004-02-02"
| [[Image:trogdorfanplushie.png|200px|trogdor fan plushie]] || 02 Feb 2004 || trogdor fan plushie || A plushie of [[Trogdor]].

|- id="WF-2004-01-27"
| [[Image:fanstuffcoldone.png|200px|A One that isn't Cold is scarcely a One at all]] || 27 Jan 2004 || A One that isn't Cold is scarcely a One at all || A cross-stitch picture of [[Cold One]]s, taken from [[property of ones]].
|}

[[Category:Past Updates]]

Mega Man

Keegster2 — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 04:10:30 GMT

Keegster2: }}

[[Image:8-bit Coach Z.PNG|thumb|Give him a chance to do a dance!]]

The video game franchise '''''{{w|Mega Man}}''''' has been referenced throughout the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work, particularly where [[20X6]] is concerned.

==References==
*[[20X6]] may be a reference to 20XX (200X in the earliest games), the non-specific time period in which the Mega Man games take place.
*[[Stinkoman]]'s "robot boots" are similar to the ones that {{w|Roll (Mega Man)|Roll}}, a female character from the ''Mega Man'' games, wears.
*Email [[japanese cartoon]] {{--}} One of the [[Nintendo#NES|NES]] endings in the Easter egg is of ''{{w|Mega Man 2}}''.
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]] (DVD commentary) {{--}} [[The Brothers Chaps]] compare the [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Giant Brain Mech|Giant Brain Mech]] to a Mega Man boss.
*[[Marshie's Malloween Mix-Up]] {{--}} [[Marshie]]'s death animation is taken directly from {{w|Mega Man (character)|Mega Man}}'s. Also, the health bar is similar to the one used in the Mega Man games.
*[[New Boots]] {{--}} In the Hip Hop Dance music video, the pixellated [[Coach Z]] is an edited sprite of Mega Man.
*[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]] {{--}} The "Ready!" text that appears when the menu loads is from the NES ''Mega Man'' games; that is, it uses a similar font and placement.
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]] {{--}} The game is a parody of the NES ''Mega Man'' games; as such, it contains numerous Mega Man references. See [[Stinkoman 20X6 Real-World References#Mega Man series|the complete list]].
*[[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]] {{--}} In the version featured in [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]], [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] imitates Mega Man's jumping pose when he "has to jump" from his office window.
{{incomplete list}}

==See Also==
*[[Nintendo]]

[[Category:Nintendo]]

Strong Bad's Technology

Keegster2 — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 02:19:11 GMT

Keegster2: Shoot, it looks like I messed up the {{w}}. Well, it's a good excuse to makes a few minor other improvements.

{{about|running gag}} {{foremail|technology}}
[[Image:Strong Bad lamenting The Paper.png|thumb|"Why do all my thirty-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?!"]]
[[Strong Bad]] shows a strong preference for '''out-of-date technology'''. Sometimes his feelings are so strong they lead to a state of denial, in which he describes such outmoded technologies as cutting-edge. Similarly, the company [[Videlectrix]], which Strong Bad endorses, seems to embrace a mission plan of releasing 8-bit and 16-bit "[[Peasant's Quest Preview#Easter Eggs|video computer games on TV]]" which they consider to have "[[good graphics]]". Strong Bad continually remains adamant that his computers are high tech. In [[animal]] and [[redesign]], however, Strong Bad mocks [[The Cheat]]'s use of "new computers".

== General ==
*The only telephone that Strong Bad ever seems to answer is a seventies telephone, with the only buttons to press being those used for dialing. Since the eighties, speed dial and redial have been standard on all phones.
**Although the headpiece (usually called a receiver) should be attached to the base, Strong Bad's appears to be [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected]] from the base.
*Strong Bad uses outdated [[Items#Strong Bad's Computers|computers]], and praised the [[Compy 386]] and [[Lappy 486]] as state-of-the-art computers with awesome features. [[The Paper]], as well, appears to come from a tractor-fed dot matrix printer. In home use, such printers are now nearly non-existent.
*The operating system that Strong Bad uses on the Tandy 400 resembles that of {{w|ProDOS}}, while the Compy 386 and Lappy 486 resemble that of [[DOS]], both of which have been replaced with {{w|Graphical user interface|GUI operating systems}} in most modern home computers.
*Strong Bad's computer desk appears to have a case of either [[Floppy Disk Container|floppies or diskettes]]. Floppies were discontinued entirely when diskettes came out, and diskettes are almost extinct.

== Appearances ==
*[[Strong Bad Sings]] {{--}} Strong Bad appears to think that a record holds more than a CD, as the announcer states that the collection is available on 3 records or 7 CDs. The collection is also available on [[8-tracks]], which have not been seen in stores since the eighties.
**An 8-track tape could also have more songs than a record, depending how long the songs are and if the record is 33, 45, or 78 rpm.
*Email [[duck pond]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that the [[Atari 2600]] version of [[Duck Pond]] has state-of-the-art graphics.
*Email [[gimmicks]] {{--}} Despite Strong Sad's claim that he could replace the [[Tandy 400]] with a comparable computer "at a yard sale for, like, fifteen dollars," Strong Bad asserts that he "liked that computer". He evidently disregards Strong Sad's encouragement to get a modern computer when he chooses the [[Compy 386]].
**Despite the accurate price description by Strong Sad, he still asks to borrow 900 dollars, most of which was presumably not spent on a new computer.
*Email [[weird dream]] {{--}} Strong Bad is unaware of how to use The Cheat's [[Tangerine Dreams|iMac]]'s {{w|Mac OS}}.
*Email [[lures & jigs]] {{--}} Strong Bad refers to [[Fishing Challenge '91]] as "the pinnacle of graphics".
*Email [[50 emails]] (Easter egg) {{--}} [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] used a "telegramophone" (more commonly a {{w|telegraph}}), although by the 1930s they had been almost completely replaced by the telephone.
*Email [[website]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad's Website]] is similar to many other outdated ones created during the '90s.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] (Easter egg) {{--}} Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] constructed a working telephone from the canister marked "eww" in the cardboard box prison.
**However, the tin can phone is still able to call [[Marzipan]]'s answering machine, when it should only be able to talk to another can.
*Email [[video games]] {{--}} Strong Bad considers the {{w|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}-style [[RhinoFeeder]] to be on a brand new and super-photorealistic system.
**He also thinks that the individual red pixel that represents the player in [[Secret Collect.]] looks "kinda like [him]".
*Email [[haircut]] {{--}} Strong Bad edits a Polaroid picture of [[Strong Mad]] with a marker, claiming that he's using a light pen to edit a scanned picture.
**Here, he also refers to the tech as "Cutting art, state-of-the-edge".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] {{--}} Strong Bad is irate that {{w|GameStop|Babbage's}} does not sell any games for the {{w|TurboGrafx-16}}, a console that had been discontinued over a decade prior.
*[[Real-Live E-Mails]] {{--}} Strong Bad is unaware of the term "burning DVDs" and sets fire to a spindle of them using the [[BMW Lighter]].
*[[Biz Cas Fri 3]] {{--}} Strong Bad fails to back up his files, and then seems to think he can do so by keeping some of the ashes of his exploded computer.
**Strong Bad's computer is unable to open the 3-gigabyte attachment entitled "catonfire_fallingfromanairplane.exe" and thus explodes.
*Email [[time capsule]] {{--}} Strong Bad decides that "cassette tape is definitely the way to go" for recording his [[number one jam]] to be played in the future, because "what could ever replace the durability of magnetic tape?"
*Email [[extra plug]] {{--}} Not only are the [['Lectric Boots]] low tech, taking up all the house's electricity, but the [[Telebision|TV]] that [[Strong Sad]], [[Homestar Runner]], and [[Strong Mad]] are watching is very old and outdated.
*Email [[lunch special]] {{--}} The walkie talkies that Strong Bad and The Cheat use are highly outdated.
*Email [[lady...ing]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses a [[Laserdisc]] and sings a brief, nostalgic tribute to the medium, saying that "everything is better on Laserdisc".
*Email [[animal]] {{--}} Strong Bad scoffs at The Cheat for using ''new'' computers.
*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad deems the email "too long" and proceeds to edit it with a white-out pen, which he calls a "light pen" with "expensive electrons". When the plan backfires on him, though, he refers to it as "stupid made-up technology that I made up".
*Email [[high school]] {{--}} Baby Strong Bad wishes the video games of his earlier era were "better".
*Email [[portrait]] {{--}} Strong Bad is shown holding a "re-eally o-o-ld ce-e-ll phone".
*Email [[technology]] {{--}} A whole email on the subject; Strong Bad makes numerous references to older technologies being state-of-the-art. He also claims that he prefers early {{w|floppy disk}}s over {{w|diskette}}s, erroneously stating that "they have more memory". He uses a screensaver for the Lappy, whose LCD screen does not require one.
*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} The {{w|Game Boy}} that Strong Bad uses to make his high tech "alternate universe [[Blender#Game Boy in a Blender|portal]]" is an original monochrome model, which is highly outdated and no longer produced.
*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} Strong Bad pretends to get a message on his "answering machine" from "[[Strong Bad's Ladies|Delilelia]]", when it's actually a clock radio with a paper reading "an answering machine (trust me)" taped to it. Strong Bad himself provides "Delilelia's" voice.
*Email [[isp]] {{--}} Strong Bad's computer, besides having a ridiculously slow Internet connection, uses an icon of a 5-1/4-inch floppy disk on its download-progress screen.
**Strong Bad claims his internet connection potentially runs at "1200 {{w|baud}}" {{-}} while it is impossible to say how fast this really is without knowing the standard the {{w|modem}} uses to connect, describing the speed in baud typically was only used with older modems (1980s and earlier), so the modem is probably encoding around 2 or 3 bits per symbol, thus achieving transfer rate of either 2.4{{w|Kilobits per second|kbps}} or 3.6kbps. Note however that no {{w|ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector|ITU-T}} standard transferred at 1200 baud, jumping from 600 baud in {{w|V.22|V.22}} to 2400 baud in its successor, {{w|V.32|V.32}}. It is possible, however, for a 2400 baud or higher modem to run at only 1200 baud if it is on a low-quality phone line. 
*Email [[redesign]] {{--}} Strong Bad thinks that the LCD monitor on [[Monosodium Dreams|The Cheat's new computer]] had the backside sliced off, and he refers to the wireless mouse as a "plastic bar of soap". He also believes that the scroll ticker replacement for the [[No Loafing sign]] has "advanced animation".
*Email [[road trip]] {{--}} Strong Bad believes [[the Gremlin]]'s 8-track cassette player to be "forwards-compatible" with CDs.
*Email [[trading cards]] {{--}} Strong Bad considers the title screen of the [[1982]] Videlectrix video game [[C.H.E.A.T.]] "the day they invented [[good graphics]]".
*Email [[what i want]] and [[web comics]] {{--}} Strong Bad acts as if ''{{w|EGM2}}'' is still running.
*Email [[the movies]] {{--}} Strong Bad watches the movie [[Karate Car]], which is entirely [[ASCII art]].
*Email [[the paper]] {{--}} As the printer and The Paper malfunction, Strong Bad cries, "Why do all my 30-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?"
*[[Everything Else, Volume 3]] {{--}} Strong Bad does not understand why his "used copy of a 20-year-old video game" malfunctions.
*Email [[rated]] {{--}} Strong Bad watches scrambled cable with the picture distorted. He also claims his email is a {{w|car phone}} instead of a [[cell phone]].
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#The Endinning of the End|SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] {{--}} Strong Bad comments that in the 1995 PC game ''{{w|Lost Eden}}'', "the dinosaurs look REAL!"
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] {{--}} Strong Bad keeps a "7-Track" player in his bedroom, which seems to be a precursor to an 8-track player, and [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)#7 Track Player|comments]] that its lack of a play button was its downfall. He [[8-Bit is Enough Responses (House of Strong)#Seven Track|also remarks]] on how it has "the best sound", despite its lack of an on button, speakers, or a place to insert recorded media.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses a film camera to take pictures, and he admits when looking at the [[Cool Tapes]] banner that "[he's] supposed to be the one that's into outdated media and electronics."
*[[Hremail 7]] {{--}} In this 2009 toon, set in 2001, Strong Bad apparently has never heard of emails or the Internet until Homestar Runner and Strong Sad explain them to him. He then takes Homestar's old computer, the Tandy 400, from his trash can, believing it to be "top of the line", and uses it to start answering emails (with some initial difficulties).
*Email [[independent]] {{--}} When Strong Bad sees the [[Compé]]'s full-color graphics, he mistakes them for a full-color photo taped to his computer screen.
*[[Poker Night at the Inventory]] {{--}} Strong Bad asks Tycho if he ever plays Videlectrix games. Tycho responds, "I am a proponent of the classics, yes." Upon hearing them called "classics," Strong Bad becomes very agitated, and insists that they are "the latest games."
*Email [[sbemail 206]] {{--}} Strong Bad considers the [[Lappier]] to be better than the modern [[Compé]].
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] {{--}} Strong Bad's prank set-up heavily relies on a landline phone with a very long cord. Landline phones have dramatically declined in popularity in the past several years, and landlines with extended cords have long been replaced by cordless phones.
*[[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2022 Oct]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] names ''Hunt the Wumpus'', a text-based adventure, among "modern horror survival games" and "triple-A titles".

==Inconsistencies==
*Though the Compy appears to mostly use {{w|Enhanced Graphics Adapter|EGA}} graphics, it is capable of {{w|SVGA}} graphics, as indicated by [[Extra Real Dating Sim XR|Homestar Runner and Marzipan Extra Real Dating Sim XR]] in [[date]].
*Though Strong Bad appears to be incapable of comprehension of today's technology, he does make note of such modern technologies as {{w|HDTV|HD}} and {{w|wide screen}}, implying he may actually just like the old technology better.
*Strong Bad is able to operate [[Pom Pom]]'s [[Pom Pilot]] in [[the bird]].
*Even though Strong Bad's computers use [[DOS]] and don't appear to have {{w|computer mouse|mice}}, there have been [[credit card|a couple]] of [[lunch special|occasions]] where a {{w|cursor}} has appeared.
*Strong Bad is connected to the Internet via a modem, as shown in [[isp]]. Thus, he should not be able to use the phone to speak with tech support while downloading from the Internet, unless he has multiple phone lines.
*Though Strong Bad usually prefers video game systems such as the [[Atari 2600]] and [[Intellivision]], he knows how to [[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer|operate]] a [[Nintendo#Wii|Wii]].
*He is aware of cell phones, as seen in [[rated]] and [[virus]].
**In [[rated]], he claims his email is not a cell phone but a car phone.
**In virus, he mumbles "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|How do you text with boxing gloves on?]]" at the end of the email.
*It may appear he is enticed into old computers due to [[Compy, inc.]] sending him catalogs from twenty years ago, with a sticker over it of the current year, as seen in [[Compy Catalog]]. The "latest" catalog advertises the recent looking Compé.
*Although Strong Bad seemingly prefers old computers, the [[Compé]] appears to be a recent model.

==Strong Bad's Electronics==
Besides his outdated computers, Strong Bad uses several other low-tech implements. He so often uses these, it is almost impossible to find an implement of technology that Strong Bad has that is not outdated.

===Computers===
*[[Tandy 400]] {{--}} Strong Bad's first computer. He used it to check emails 1-40, excluding [[the bird]]. It exploded due to random malfunction.
*[[Compy 386]] {{--}} Strong Bad's second computer. He used it to check emails 41-118. He was so distraught when [[Bubs]] shot it in [[virus]], he was unable to compose himself enough to yell and argue with Bubs.
**In [[April Fool 2014]], the Compy 386 inexplicably returned without its branding, having gained voice commands and an extendable microphone.
*[[Lappy 486]] {{--}} Strong Bad's third computer. He used it to check emails 119-201, excluding [[from work]]. He claimed that it is portable, weighing in at 42 pounds. Also used to appear in [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|female]] form. Strong Bad destroyed it using a USB self-destruct button.
*[[Block]] {{--}} Its only appearance is in [[other days]]. Strong Bad uses it to check his Polish emails. Although it appears to be in the same room as his other computer, it is never visible on his desk.
*[[Corpy NT6]] {{--}} This is Strong Bad's computer at [[the office]]. It is obviously outdated as it runs on [[DOS]] like Strong Bad's home computers, and is unable to open a 3GB attachment.
*[[Zappy XT6]] {{--}} Strong Bad's computer in the future, which apparently runs on DOS like his other computers. Its only appearance is in the [[strongbad_email.exe|DVD]] exclusive email "[[Accent]]".
*[[Compé]] {{--}} Strong Bad's fourth computer, used to check emails 203-205. It has full-color graphics, which Strong Bad mistakes for a "full color photo taped to [his] computer screen". It resembles a modern Apple model and costs a semi-hefty $800. Strong Bad's email checking program still appears to be based on DOS. It was reduced into the Lappier after spending five years under dust.
*[[Lappier]] {{--}} Strong Bad's current home computer. He claims it to be "just like the previous model", but "[[crap]]pier" and "more expensive". It appears to be downgraded in technological advancement compared to the Compé, without a background and relying on the old console to access his email.

===Software===
*[[Edgar]] the Virus Hunter {{--}} Strong Bad's virus protection software was programmed by only one person, is apparently never maintained, and also seems to only have a scan function.
*[[Edgar#Edga Jr.|Edga Jr.]] {{--}} A simple piece of software that automatically deletes emails with more than one paragraph.
*[[Edgar#Edgar's Baby's Daddy|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]] {{--}} Another simple application that removes and archives all emails with the sender named "Homestar Runner".
*[[Edgar#Grandmaw Edgar|Grandmaw Edgar's Corporate Firewall Get-Arounder]] {{--}} A piece of "Cheatware" that allows programs such as strongbad_email.exe to connect to the internet despite being blocked by a firewall.
*[[Edgar#Edgar's Older Cousin's Pet Ferret|Edgar's Older Cousin's Pet Ferret: The Redundant Tweet Obliterator]] {{--}} A program that deletes any {{w|Tweet (social media|tweets}} asking "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|how do you tweet with boxing gloves on?]]"
*[[Edgar#Edgar Jr's Cool Babysitter|Edgar Jr's Cool Babysitter's Twee-Mail Converter]] {{--}} Used by Strong Bad to turn tweets into readable emails.
*[[Edgar#Edgar's Luddite Paw-Paw|Edgar's Luddite Paw-Paw's Unfortunate Tweet Deleter]] {{--}} An application used to delete one's tweets, despite the fact that {{w|Twitter}} has such a feature as a built-in option.
*[[Edgar#Edgar, King of All Streams|Edgar, King of All Streams]] {{--}} A data-streaming software used to record livestreams of video games. Strong Bad has attempted to use it to broadcast a playthrough of ''{{w|Tass Times in Tonetown}}'', but the connection was lost only seconds into the stream.
*[[DOS|The Operating System]] {{--}} Although this is often overlooked, the operating system Strong Bad runs is DOS, which is almost never used in modern day life.
*[[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#System Errors|Computer Error Alerts]] {{--}} These include "Flagrant System Error", "Computer over", "Flamboyant System Error", and "Teal Screen of Near Death (TSoND)".

===Other===
*[[The Paper]] {{--}} The Paper is apparently a tractor-feed dot matrix printer that for some reason can never be seen on top of Strong Bad's computer, even though it always feeds from the top of the screen. It seemed to be malfunctioning in the email [[more armies]], and, as predicted in [[montage]], The Paper called it quits in email #173, [[the paper]], where it was replaced with [[New Paper|an inkjet printer]].
*The "[[Permanent Marker|light pen]]" {{--}} Used in [[haircut]] to edit the hairstyle of a "scanned" picture of [[Strong Mad]]. A different style of [[X-Pensive White|light pen]] later used in [[long pants]] to make the email shorter.
*[[Floppy Disk Container]] {{--}} Strong Bad still uses floppy disks to store information and games. It was revealed in [[technology]] that he preferred the older 5¼" floppy disks to the newer 3½" diskettes, claiming (incorrectly) that the 5¼" disks hold more memory.
*[[Telebision]] {{--}} An older TV, circa the '70s, complete with knobs and dials.
*[[Cakkalate]] {{--}} Strong Bad's simple solar calculator that is "the future of technology" since it is wireless (according to him).
*[[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]] {{--}} Strong Bad as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] insists that 50-year-old automobiles don't just break down.

==Fun Facts==
*Most of the graphics that Strong Bad refers to as "good" are from an [[Atari 2600]], NES, or Super NES, which is what made [[Super NES|the first H*R cartoon]].
*Strong Bad needed to call tech support in order to remove the "light pen" markings from the Lappy's screen. 
*The DOS command "dir/p", the command used on the Compy 386 Email Menu, would display the contents of the current directory and pause after displaying each info screen. 

==See Also==
*[[Atari 2600]]
*[[Items#Strong Bad's Computers|Computers]]
*[[Pseudocharacters]]
*[[Strong Bad's Computers Surpassing Their Assumed Capabilities]]
*[[Stylized Text on Strong Bad's Computers]]

[[Category:Electronics running gags]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]

Typing Tutor Turbo

Keegster2 — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 01:06:31 GMT

Keegster2: A big overhaul for the page, one that makes no assumptions, for once. Typing Tutor Jr. is a real game, so connecting it to TTT is a big stretch.

[[Image:KoT Typing.PNG|thumb|right|220px|"How many WPMs can ''you'' get up to?"]]
'''Typing Tutor Turbo''' is a [[stand-up arcade game]] owned by [[the King of Town]]. While its name suggests it is designed to teach one how to type, how it does so is unclear, as it does not have a keyboard. The King showed it to [[Strong Bad]] while the latter had to spend the night at [[The King of Town's Castle|the former's castle]]; though Strong Bad was initially unimpressed with the game, he later got some fun out of it by using the cabinet to crush the King.

It appears to be a shooting game, visually resembling ''{{w|Space Invaders}}'' or ''{{w|Galaga}}'', where the player controls a ship and fires at groups of letters; the game may also draw influence from the {{w|Game Genie}}, a cheating device for [[Nintendo|Nintendo Entertainment System]] games that features an identical [[font]] and a similar game-like format. According to the King of Town, the goal is to accumulate "WPMs" ("that's words per minute, you know").

It has no known relation to ''[[Floppy Disk Container#typing tutor jr|Typing Tutor Jr.]]'', a similarly-named game that Strong Bad sold at his [[garage sale]].

== See Also ==
*[[QWERTY]]
*[[Minor Video Games]]

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[the bet]]

[[Category:Games]]

Japanese Culture Greg

Keegster2 — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 07:36:28 GMT

Keegster2: /* Japanese Vocabulary */ Wrong year. He DID appear in that one, though.

[[File:Japanese_Greg.png|thumb|"How does football work again?"]]
'''Japanese Culture Greg''' loves {{w|Japanese popular culture}}, and as a stereotypical {{w|otaku}} this interest is mainly focused on entertainment media and consumer goods. Cultural elements he has expressed interest in include [[anime]], manga, {{w|Drifting (motorsport)|drift racing}}, {{w|mecha}}, and {{w|Art toys|vinyl figurines}}.

Japanese Culture Greg first appeared, unnamed and wearing a different shirt, in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] as a friend of [[Sci-Fi Greg]]. His next appearance, in [[4 Gregs]], established his name and characterization.

== Japanese Vocabulary ==
[[File:JapaneseCultureGreg.png|thumb|105px|"AKIHABARA!"]]
Greg will occasionally use a Japanese word when speaking, shouting it out with an [[Non-English Pronunciations|exaggerated enunciation]]. As he does this, he takes on {{w|Manga iconography|a stereotypical anime appearance}} with spiky hair, large shiny eyes, a sweat drop, and [[japanese cartoon|a ridiculously huge mouth]]; he instantly returns to his normal appearance after the single word.
*{{w|Otaku}} ([[4 Gregs]]) {{--}} Someone with an obsessive, consuming interest, often to their social detriment. As a loanword in English, it typically refers to obsessive fans of anime and manga (or Japanese culture in general).
*Okasan (4 Gregs) {{--}} Typically {{w|Romanization|written as}} "okaasan", this is a formal and respectful way to refer to someone else's mother. Greg's speech bubble initially reads "moms", with it switching to "okasan" as he says it.
*{{w|Akihabara}} (4 Gregs) {{--}} A shopping district in {{w|Tokyo}}, extremely popular with otaku due to its offerings of anime, manga, video games, and similar goods.
*Chizuko ([[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]]) {{--}} The name of a {{w|Japanese robotics|Japanese robot}} who is Greg's date for the Priggidy Prizom.

In [[Fan Costumes 2020]], he states that he has not learned the Japanese word for "accurate" yet.

==Hurt and/or Killed by==
*Being blasted by the "{{w|uncanny valley}}" robot [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Chizuko|Chizuko]] ([[Teen Girl Squad Issue 15]])

==Fun Facts==
*Japanese Culture Greg typically refers to generic tropes of Japanese media, rather than referring to a specific character, series, or product. The only anime Japanese Culture Greg has directly referred to is ''{{w|Star Blazers}}'', seen printed on his shirt in [[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare|a scene set in 1981]] showing era-appropriate versions of the Gregs' namesake interests. At the time ''Star Blazers'' (an adaptation of the Japanese series ''{{w|Space Battleship Yamato}}'') was one of the few, if not the only, English-translated anime series with an overarching plot and storyline.

==Filmography==
*'''Debut:''' [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]]
*[[:Category:Japanese Culture Greg Filmography|Complete Filmography]]

==See Also==
*[[20X6]]
*[[japanese cartoon]]
*[[Anime]]
*[[Akira]]
*[[Pokémon]]

{{Teen Girl Squad}}

[[Category:Teen Girl Squad Characters]]

Wrestling Character Variations

Keegster2 — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:19:10 GMT

Keegster2: "And that's why Strong Bad is able to breath in the facepainted fumes, Devon. Thanks for asking!" {{w}}'s.

{{merge|AWMPSCE}}

'''[[Professional wrestling]] [[alter egos]]''' of [[Strong Bad]] and others {{--}} particularly his tag-team partner [[Strong Mad]] {{--}} are revealed by Strong Bad in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[yes, wrestling]]. These [[wrestleman|wrestlemen]] make heavy use of {{w|Gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmicks}}, specialized attire and behavior to portray an exaggerated character while performing in the ring.

{| class="wikitable"
! Image !! Description !! Real-World Reference !! width="12%"|Appearances
|-id="Sir Boliver Turnbuckle"
|[[Image:Boliver Turnbuckle.png|175px|"Of course, they wanted me to be one of those lame masked wrestlers at first, but I had gimmickier plans."]]
| '''Sir Boliver Turnbuckle''' was Strong Bad's first wrestling gimmick. As Turnbuckle, Strong Bad wears a crown and a singlet with a crown on it to portray "a pompous Brit" {{--}} a ''premium'' gimmick at the time, [[History according to Strong Bad|according to Strong Bad]]. Billed as the "Master of the {{w|Nelson hold|1/8th Nelson}}" (simply grabbing his opponent), the Nelson was Turnbuckle's signature move. Sir Boliver Turnbuckle is only seen in black-and-white photographs.
Strong Bad abandoned this gimmick in favor of il Cartographer after he became more popular.
|The "Ruthless Ruler" is a common type of wrestling gimmick where a wrestler takes on an imperial or royal role. Prominent examples of wrestlers themed around British royalty include {{w|Darren Matthews|"Lord" Steven Regal}}, {{w|Dave Taylor (wrestler)|"Squire" Dave Taylor}} and {{w|Bobby Eaton|"Earl" Bobby Eaton}}. || [[yes, wrestling]]
|-id="Il Cartographer"
|[[Image:Cartographer.png|175px|"I claim-a this saggy ring in the name of il Cartographer!"]]||
'''Il Cartographer''' was Strong Bad's second wrestling incarnation. Italian for "the mapmaker", his name uses an [[integral article]] (he is occasionally referred to as "the Il Cartographer", meaning "[[Redundancy|the the]]"). Hailing from {{w|Age of Discovery|the Age of Exploration}} and billed as "The Namer of Nations", Il Cartographer is styled after a 15th-17th century Italian navigator: he wears a floppy orange [[beret]], a frilly white shirt, and a brown vest, and talks in an Italian accent. His gimmicks include throwing maps to the restrooms into the crowd (labelled "Ye Olde Restroom Trail") while approaching the ring, then raising a flag reading "the il-est" to {{w|Italy and the colonization of the Americas|claim the ring}} in his name. He also has his own wrestling theme, mostly consisting of his name repeated by high-pitched singers.

According to Strong Bad in [[Fan Costumes 2017]], he won the Continental [[Breakfast]] title belt in front of a depressing basement wall with some sheets taped to it, a venue he used to wrestle in. At this point, he was enemies with [[Homestar Runner]] (or his wrestling alter ego, the Jack 'Em Up Kid). Homestar calls him "el Photographer" and [[I really like your costume|mixes up his costume]] with Rudy from ''[[Bill Cosby|Fat Albert]]''.
|
| [[yes, wrestling]], [[Fan Costumes 2017]] (costume; mentioned)
|-id="Jack 'Em Up Kid"
|[[Image:Jack Em Up Kid.png|175px|"Hoo yeah!"]]||
The '''[[X 'em up|Jack 'Em Up]] Kid''' was Homestar Runner's wrestling alter ego. His red pants (reading "'EM UP!" on the back) are pulled up to his chest, which has [[cinnamon]] stubble on it, and [[Homestar Runner's Hat|his hat]] has no propeller. He has white kneepads and shoes. His tag team partner is '''Gary the Legend''', an imaginary figure.

When {{w|Glossary of professional wrestling terms#promo|cutting a promo}}, the Jack 'Em Up Kid talks extremely quickly, frequently leaning to the camera and exclaiming "Hoo yeah!", and constantly running out of breath and inhaling quickly in between words. He refers to his fans as "Jack 'Emites" and "Jack 'Emettes", offering much licensed merchandise.
|
*Many elements of this persona are similar to {{w|Hulk Hogan}}:
**He ends the promo with "What you gone did when you get jacked up by the Jack 'Em Up Kid?", a twist of Hogan's famous interview-ending [[catch phrase]], "Whatcha gonna do when Hulkamania runs wild on you?!"
**In addition, beginning "Well you know, announcer man..." is similar to Hogan's famous interview opening, "Well ya know something, {{w|Gene Okerlund|Mean Gene}}..."
**Fans are called Jack 'Emites and Jack 'Emettes similarly to Hogan's "Hulkamaniacs".
*His costume and name resemble that of veteran pro-wrestler Shawn Michaels, {{w|Shawn Michaels|the Heartbreak Kid}}.
*His frequent use of the phrase "Hoo yeah!" is a reference to {{w|Randy Savage|Macho Man Randy Savage}}, whose famous catchphrase was "Oooh yeah!"
*Gary the Legend's name is similar to wrestler and commentator {{w|Larry Zbyszko|Larry the Legend}}.
| [[yes, wrestling]], [[Sketchbook 2007#SK-2007-11-29|Sketchbook for November 29, 2007]], [[Homestar Ruiner]] (mentioned)
|-id="Wild Vacationers"
|[[Image:WildVacationers.png|175px|"Nothing can stop the Wild Vacationers!"]]
|The '''Wild Vacationers''' was Strong Bad and Strong Mad's first wrestling team. They are dressed like tourists with fishing hats and cameras. Strong Mad wears a purple Hawaiian shirt, while Strong Bad wears a pair of [[Cool Shades|sunglasses]] and sunscreen smeared over his [[Lack of Visible Body Parts#Strong Bad's Nose|seemingly nonexistent nose]].

Deemed a "misfire", the Brothers Strong moved on to several other gimmicks.
|The team is a reference to the {{w|Wild Samoans}} tag team who were managed by {{w|Lou Albano|Captain Lou Albano}}, who would often wear a Hawaiian shirt to the ring.
|rowspan=4| [[yes, wrestling]]
|-id="Foreign Object Bros."
|[[Image:ForeignObjectBros.png|175px|"You betta not mess with the Foreign Object Brothers!"]]
| The '''Foreign Object Bros.''' was Strong Bad and Strong Mad's second wrestling team. Strong Bad is wearing a black headband with a [[big knife]] tucked into it, and his pants have a wooden board, a wrench, and one other unidentifiable white object in them. Strong Mad has a razor blade lodged in his bleeding and apparently scarred forehead, a sledgehammer tucked into his black singlet, and the outline of a gun fully inside his singlet. A chainsaw blade can be seen behind him.
|Strong Mad's sledgehammer is a reference to {{w|Triple H}}, who used a sledgehammer as a trademark weapon.

The razor blade lodged in Strong Mad's forehead references {{w|Blading (professional wrestling)|blading}}, the method that professional wrestlers use to make themselves bleed mid-match. Blading involves using a razor blade like Strong Mad's to surreptitiously cut oneself mid-match so that nobody notices that the cut is self-inflicted. Many older wrestlers have noticeable scar tissue on their forehead (much like Strong Mad does in the clip) from blading hundreds of times in their careers.
|-id="The Sanctum of Spiky Shoulder Pads"
|[[Image:SpikyShoulderPads.png|175px|"Rax and Arby: The Sanctum of Spiky Shoulder Pads."]]||
{{redirects|Arby}} {{for|restaurant chain|Arby's}}
'''Rax''' and '''Arby''', the '''Sanctum of Spiky Shoulder Pads''', was Strong Bad and Strong Mad's third wrestling team. As the name implies, they wear spiky shoulder pads. Strong Mad's singlet is red and has "RAX" written on it, and Strong Bad wears a green mohawk.
|Their names refer to restaurants [[Arby's]] and {{w|Rax (restaurant)|Rax}}, both of which specialize in roast beef sandwiches. In an [[Easter egg]], Rax can be seen an interview with the Announcer, in which he adds "beef and cheddar, five for five", a reference to a combo offered at Arby's namesake restaurant.
Visually, the team references the {{w|Road Warriors}} tag team (also known as the Legion of Doom), who became famous for their shoulder pads covered in spikes.
|-id="Facepaint Connection"
|[[Image:FacepaintConnection.png|175px|"You better hope for your guts and your mercy can save you at this Sunday's PayPerViewver Series."]]|| The '''Facepaint Connection''' were Strong Bad and Strong Mad's fourth wrestling team, as well as the one that they finally settled on. They wear heavy, ornately patterned facepaint in white, blue, red, and gray; and Strong Mad's singlet reads "FACEPAINT CONNECTION". In a memorable promo, Strong Bad recounts climbing the mountains to breathe "the facepainted fumes" as a sign of his dedication to win the title.

The duo was managed by "the insidious" Mr. Cheatayama.
|The facepaint is a reference to {{w|Blade Runners (wrestling)|The Blade Runners}} tag team; the duo are better known individually as {{w|Sting (wrestler)|Sting}} and {{w|The Ultimate Warrior}}.
|-id="Mr. Cheatayama"
|[[Image:Cheatyama.png|175px|"Mr. Cheatayama with his trademark whisk!"]]|| The insidious '''Mr. Cheatayama''' {{w|Manager (professional wrestling)|manages}} the Facepaint Connection tag team. To portray Cheatayama, [[The Cheat]] dons a painted-on [[mustache]] and goatee, a black [[bowler hat]], and a "trademark whisk".
|He is based on famous wrestling manager {{w|Mr. Fuji}}. || [[yes, wrestling]], [[Fan Costumes 2017]] (costume; mentioned)
|-id="Gardenboy"
|[[Image:Gardenboy.png|175px|"All right, all you gophers out there, ha-bring-it-on!"]]||
'''Gardenboy''' is Strong Sad's wrestling identity. He has a red rake, straw hat, and a green watering can that can spout flames. He refers to all of his opponents as gophers. He has his own wrestling theme, based on Il Cartographer's. (The singers even accidentally say "Il Cartographer" at one point.) Later on, the Magnificent Marzipan steals his garden tools. Instead of gophers, he later asks to fight half woman-half man's champions instead.

He was named after the sender of the email [[yes, wrestling]], after Strong Bad suggests to the sender to "stop trying to perfect the Summer Squash Suplex" and get "a rake, a straw hat, maybe a watering can and start screaming about how your opponents are gophers".
|His flame-throwing watering can is a reference to TNA wrestler/booker/owner {{w|Jeff Jarrett}}, who often makes his entrance holding a pyro-spewing guitar over his head.
|| [[yes, wrestling]], [[hremail 3184]], [[Fan Costumes 2017]] (costume)
|-id="The Magnificent Marzipan" style="height:96px"
|
| The '''Magnificent Marzipan''' is mentioned by Gardenboy in a [[hremail 3184]] Easter egg. She stole all Gardenboy's garden tools, lending them to Strong Bad so he can beat up Homestar. Gardenboy implies she is a women's champion wrestler.

It is unknown if this is [[Marzipan]]'s real wrestling gimmick or just a nickname given to her by Gardenboy.
|
| [[hremail 3184]] (mentioned)
|}

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[[Category:Wrestling]]

Oops! You bwoke it.

Keegster2 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:14:20 GMT

Keegster2: And finally, adjusted this last link to fit the article's new punctuation. It's actually this exact page that inspired me to make the move.

[[File:sbemail50 system report.PNG|thumb|"Uh-oh. This does not look good for Homestar Runner."]]
'''"Oops! You bwoke it."''' is a phrase said by [[Homestar Runner]], with "broke" pronounced in his trademark speech impediment. Rather than appearing [[Homestar Runner universe|in-universe]], it is typically directed at users and viewers to indicate an error has taken place.

== Appearances ==
*[[Strong Bad 404 Error Page]] {{--}} The page's main header reads "OOPS! You bwoke it."
*[[Homestar Runner Desktop Theme]] {{--}} An audio clip of Homestar saying the phrase is used as an error sound.
*[[System Sounds]] {{--}} The error sound from the desktop theme is reused.
*[[404'd]] {{--}} "Oops! You bwoke it." is the [[page title]], no longer appearing on the 404 page itself.
*[[Dangeresque Roomisode X: Inspection Certificate on File in Building Office]] {{--}} "Oops! You bwoke it." is one of the messages that can display on a game over screen.
===Variations===
*[[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver]] {{--}} If the installation fails, a dialog box appears reading "Oops. You broke it."

== See Also ==
*[[Sewiously]]
*[[What happened my website?]]

[[Category:Word running gags]]
[[Category:Homestar Runner running gags]]

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Keegster2 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:13:00 GMT

Keegster2: /* Inside References */ Adjusted link to fit the article's new punctuation.

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[[Image:sbemail206.png|thumb|"Just like the previous model, only crappier. I mean, more expensive. I mean, lappier."]]
After years of checking his email on kitchen appliances, Strong Bad finally returns to checking on computers, as his [[Compé]] gets remodeled into the portable Lappier. Seeing that it's [[April Fools' Day]], he gives Internet pranks a piece of his mind.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Homestar Runner|Animatronic The Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad|Animatronic Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque}}, {{Film|Dangeresque Too}}, {{Film|Renaldo}}, {{Film|The Stunt Double}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Mike Chapman}}, {{Film|Rather Dashing}}, [[Other Character Variations|Mustachioed Homestar Runner]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House|Marzipan's Kitchen]], [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]], [[The King of Town's Castle]], [[Gremlin]]

'''Kitchen Appliance:''' [[Items#Strong Bad's Kitchen Appliances|Econowave 4761-V]]

{{Comp|Lappier}}

'''Date:''' Wednesday, April 1, 2015

'''Running Time:''' 4:47 (official), 5:12 (actual)

'''Page Title:''' Econowave 4761-V

==Transcript==
''{Strong Bad is in front of a microwave on a kitchen counter.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Emails are like Hot Pockets: they're full of garbage and cheese.

''{The microwave beeps and turns on, emitting a hum. Text scrolls from right to left on the small screen.}''


'''DEAR STRONG BAD, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA DUST OFF THE COMPÉ AND ANSWER AN EMAIL? -MATT MACRO PIKA'''


''{Strong Bad reads the words haltingly as they appear. Reads sender's name as "Matt Massapequa". The microwave beeps, and "DONE." scrolls down from above.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait a minute, have I not always checked my email on kitchen appliances?!

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a running blender making a whirring sound. "DEAR STRONG BAD" scrolls across a tiny screen from right to left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear Strong Bad..."

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a toaster. Toast pops up with "DEAR STRONG BAD" burned onto the side.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear Strong Bad..."

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a fridge. He pushes a glass into the ice dispenser.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear crushed ice..."

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of the Compé. The screen says:}''

{{compeemail}}
Dear Strong Bad, 
Do you enloy reasing? 
I do two! How 'bou? 
-The Tawdry Man
{{compeemailend}}

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear Strong Bad..."

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the counter. He turns away from the microwave.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yeah! ''{rubs chin in thought}'' ''Computers!'' ''{He hops down from his stool}'' Let's go see how that old Compé is doing!

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of his computer table. The Compé appears to be buried in a huge mound of dust, with only its top-right corner poking out.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh. That is... that is some dust. ''{Close up of the desk. Strong Bad steps closer}'' Well, I'd best get to blowin'! I said a-''{blows}''

''{A cloud of dust envelops the room. When it clears, there is a different computer, resembling the [[Lappy 486]] and labeled "Lappier", sitting where the Compé was. The top-right corner of the Compé's monitor is balanced on the top of the Lappier for a moment, then falls with a clatter onto the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! All that dust compressed my old computer into a newer, even ''better'' computer! Like coal to a diamond!

''{Rear view of the Lappier. Strong Bad picks up the Compé corner.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, Compé, we hardly knew yé. Whup! ''{He tosses the Compé corner off to the side.}''

''{Cut back to the front of the Lappier. It boots up with a jingle and a 3D model resembling the Lappy logo that zooms and in rotates twice. "Lapp''ier''" appears on-screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Lappier! Just like the previous model, only crappier. I mean, more expensive. I–I mean... Lappier.

''{The Lappier dings. A notice appears with the text "Today's date is April 1" and the Lappier logo.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! April First?! Aw, man, I can't check my email today!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{excited}'' Here it comes, ''{Cut to wide shot. Homestar is sitting on the computer table to the right of the Lappier, knees tucked in and feet drumming on the table.}'' here it comes! ''{He stops drumming his feet}'' Brace myself! ''{He holds his breath.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, what are you doing here?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Just waiting for you to drop that A-pro Foo' Day bomb, Strong Bad! ''{He hops off the table}'' Our website ''always'' has the best pranks!

''{Close up of Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, everybody knows the Internet already ruined April Fools' Day... On February 7, 2008, ironically enough.

''{Close up of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But it's the day the Internet gets on the Internet to make inside jokes about the Internet!

''{Wide shot of the two of them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Exactly. ''{sarcastic}'' And I can't wait to be ''soooo'' fooled when ''{Cut to the welcome screen. Strong Bad and Homestar continue talking as voiceovers.}'' my favorite website looks like it's from another ''time'' period!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. Man. ''{A cursor enters the screen and waggles back and forth.}'' This looks just like one of them Flash-y cartoon websites ''{The cursor stops over "watch intro" and a Flash Player Settings popup appears over Homestar's face.}'' from 2002!

''{The cursor moves to the update button and clicks a few times. It starts waggling again as Strong Bad speaks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! Shut up! I haven't done it yet! Boo-da-ling...

''{The welcome screen transforms into an Old-Timey version with a mechanical version of The Homestar Runner. Buttons labeled "WEB", "SITE", and "COM" appear on the bottom of the screen, while a coin slot appears on the left side of the screen. As Homestar speaks, the cursor moves to click on "WEB".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What happened my wedsize? It's gone Old Time Jones!

''{The cursor clicks on "SITE". A sign comes down from the top of the screen.}''

'''ANIMATRONIC THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' E'erybody, e'erybody.

''{Animatronic The Homestar Runner rotates counterclockwise out of the screen, and a mechanical Old Timey Strong Bad rotates into the screen in the same direction.}''

'''ANIMATRONIC OLD TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Insert one pence for tomfoolery!

''{Animatronic Old Timey Strong Bad rotates back out of the screen, replaced by The Homestar Runner.}''

'''ANIMATRONIC THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Insert a baby. ''{opens his mouth.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, no, I'm not falling for ''that'' prank again. ''{Animatronic The Homestar Runner bounces impatiently.}'' Strong Bad, let's move on to the next thing you're gonna make fun of.

''{Cut to a green rating card.}''

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MORONS WITHOUT CALENDARS 
BY THE FAKE TRAILER ASSOCIATION OF FREE COUNTRY USA
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' And don't forget all the great fake movie trailers we get to suffer through.

''{As the voiceover speaks, extreme closeups of Dangeresque's sunglasses.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Sometimes, a cruel, cruel world needs a man with cool, cool glasses.

''{Shot of Dangeresque's glasses in a spotlight. The theme from ''Dangeresque 2, This Time It's Not Dangeresque 1'' plays. Cut to two Dangeresques facing off on top of Bubs' Concession Stand, each holding a nunchuck-gun. One of them is holding his gun by the nunchuck.}''

'''BOTH DANGERESQUES:''' Two Dangeresques?!

''{Wider shot, now including two Dangeresque Toos. One has a mustached face drawn on his star.}''

'''BOTH DANGERESQUE TOOS:''' And two Dangeresque Toos?!

''{Renaldo pops up front and center.}''

'''RENALDO:''' But that equals...!

''{Cut to black screen. "Dangeresque" scrolls upwards in the background while a "4" scrolls approaches in the foreground.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Dangeresque Four... ''{The "4" is replaced with "÷ 2"...}'' Divided by Two... ''{...followed by "= 6".}'' Equals Six!

''{As the theme ends, the full title appears: "Dangeresque 4 ÷ 2 = 6". Cut to a closeup of Dangeresque.}''

'''DANGERESQUE:''' Or did I? ''{"Or did I?" appears below his face. Additional I's appear as he adds}'' ...I, I, I, I, I? ''{Musical sting with a cut to a six-lens'd pair of Dangeresque sunglasses.}'' ...Is that{{--}} is that six?

''{Cut to shot of Dangeresque and the Stunt Double as Dangeresque on top of Bubs' Concession Stand as the Stunt Double is hit by a microwave.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and Homestar in the computer room.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' When's it coming out?! ''When's it coming out?!'' I gotta forward this to all my peeps on Google Buzz!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, hang on, we don't want to forget about the fake ads for nerd culture products that don't really exist.

''{Cut to shot of Strong Sad with a Petri dish and a Q-Tip}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{inexplicably cheerful}'' Did someone say, "nerd cultures"? Ahh! ''{Strong Sad sticks the Q-Tip into his mouth and makes choking noises.}''

'''STRONG BAD AND HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No!

''{Cut to a commercial for "Nerd Cultch". A logo appears.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Burninate back-to-school ''{Logo fades, image of a man wearing an arm-shaped backpack enters from the right, and the words "TROGDOR BEEFY ARM BACK PACK" appear to the right of it.}'' with the Trogdor Beefy Arm Backpack. ''{Front view. Two arrows point to{{--}}}'' Two straps! ''{Another arrow points to{{--}}}'' One beefy arm! ''{Panning view of the arm, stopping on a pocket.}'' Secret com-pockt-ments for all your ''{Drawn consummate V's appear to the right of the pocket.}'' consummate V's. ''{V's are slurped up by the pocket.}'' And you'll look ''{Cut to a burning peasant sprite walking on-screen from the right.}'' "rather dashing" in this ''{Sprite is pushed off the bottom of the screen by a picture of a man wearing a zip-up hooded robe.}'' Burninated Peasant Zip-up Trench Hoodie.

''{Images of the two items both appear on-screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's only fake, unless enough of you say you'll buy one, in which case, ''{A logo for Kickcheater scrolls onto the bottom of the screen, and a flashing starburst reading "PLEDGE IT OUT!" appears between the two pictures.}'' support my crowdfunding campaign!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and Homestar in the computer room.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I want one! Imagine me with three arms! ''{Wiggles his body in excitement.}'' Oooooooh! I gotta send this to all my Google WaveBirds!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Forget all that mess! I'm yanking April Fools' off the Internet ''{Close-up of Strong Bad.}'' and back into the real world! Where it can physically hurt people!

''{Close-up of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nobody falls for that stuff no more, Strong Bad!

''{Wide shot, showing Strong Bad holding a mirror with a mustache applied to the top-center to resemble Mustached Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Homestar! I'd like you to meet your long-lost twin brother!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Chauncey! Give us a three-armed hug!

''{Homestar runs into the mirror as it shatters and he falls onto the floor with shards in his face.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ha! April Fools'!

''{Shot cuts to Strong Bad and Marzipan in the field with Marzipan having a very The Cheat-like shape in her throat}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{slightly garbled, choking}'' Are you sure this is gluten-free?

'''STRONG BAD:''' April Fools'!

''{Shot cuts to The King of Town's table with Strong Bad and the King of Town}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, King of Town, I'd like you to eat... ''{Holds up hand mirror in front of King of Town}'' your long lost twin brother.

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Okay! ''{King of Town takes a bite out of hand mirror}''

''{Cut to shot of Strong Mad and a turtle upside down in The Field}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' GET ME DOWN!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Peeks from the left side}'' A-tee hee.

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{bouncing around a little}'' I'M SCARED OF HEIGHTS!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Peeks from the right side}'' And a-tee hee hee.

''{Cut back to shot of Strong Bad as Dangeresque and Strong Sad in his stunt double outfit on top of Bubs' Concession Stand as Strong Sad is hit by a microwave.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh!

''{Cut to shot of Bubs' in the field at night, looking at the [[Gremlin]] wrapped in [[duct tape]].}''

'''BUBS:''' How am I supposed to get inside my car?

''{Shot zooms into the windshield as Coach Z sits up from the driver seat inside the car}''

'''COACH Z:''' How am ''I'' supposed to get outside my apratment? ''{Coach Z places a card with the printing "Apt. Z" onto the dashboard and dances for the last 3 notes of the background music}''

''{Cut to the behind of the Lappier as Strong Bad is sitting at the desk}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, ''that's'' how you April Fools' a body. Pain and suffering. Not... inconvenient web browsing. ''{The Lappier plays a notification sound}'' Hey!

''{Cut to front of the Lappier with Strong Bad's head as the Lappier displays "Time is 12:00 am. It is now April 2"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at that! Now I can check my email. All right, boxing gloves, get ready to work your inexplicable magic! ''{Types "strongbad_email.exe", singing}'' I check my email on computers, huh-HA! Uh, no toast!

''{Strong Bad hits enter as a "Flash Player Settings" pop-up appears with the message "April Fools'!}''

''{After a few seconds, a [[CGI Paper]] comes down from the top of the screen with the message ">tweet here to email strong bad @StrongBadActual".}''

'''NARRATOR STRONG BAD:''' C-G-eeow!

''{The CGI paper begins to move and twist itself around as Strong Bad beatboxes in the background.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on "Update?" at the end to access another [[Old-Timey]]-style [[Index Page]] scene.
*:''{Animatronic The Homestar Runner can be seen briefly, before an animatronic Old-Timey Strong Bad appears in his place.}''
*:'''ANIMATRONIC OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{his words appear in frames as he speaks them}'' Olde Time Jones! Drug Filled Tonic! It's for children, you!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*A {{w|Cell culture|culture}} as Strong Sad describes it is a process for growing cells under controlled conditions.
*"Olde Time Jones Drug Filled Tonic" being marketed towards children is a reference to how children's medicines of the past contained ingredients that today would be questionable at best, including opium and cocaine.

===Trivia===
[[Image:sbemail206_teaser.jpg|thumb|Someday, when you least expect it...]]
*Prior to the [[post-Flash site update]], this email was listed as "sbemail206" (with no space) on the [[Strong Bad Email Menu]].
*This email was previously teased by the now-closed Twitter account [[@ronginald]] on {{prs|174295231376785409|27|Feb|2012|site=ronginald|full=1}}, in a Tweet that read "Someday, when you least expect it...". Attached was part of a script which has since been changed heavily, though notably mentions that Strong Bad "starts blowing", as well as what appears to be the quotes "SB: Ah, Compay, we hardly knew ye" and "SM: GET ME DOWN!".
*This is the first Strong Bad Email to be uploaded since [[videography]] on October 5, 2009, ending its longest [[hiatus]] to date (approximately five-and-a-half years or 2,004 days); prior to the nearly-six-year gap between the shorts [[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]] and [[Flash is Dead!]] (counting [[Powered by The Cheat]] as its own category, as it was at the time), it was also the longest gap between any type of toon.
*The disk in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "level 10", very likely a reference to the long-awaited [[Development of Stinkoman 20X6 Level 10|tenth level]] of [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
*The fake merchandise shown is worn by [[Matt Chapman]].
*This is the first April Fools' toon:
**To not affect the [[Index Page]] or [[Intro]] the day it was released.
**In which April Fools' is mentioned by name.
*This is the second April Fools' toon in a row to have the index page in it (first one being [[April Fool 2014]]).
*The index page in this toon looks slightly different from the actual index page with Homestar being cut off at the bottom of his shirt, just like April Fool 2014's dilapidated index page.
*The melody heard in the background during the Trogdor Beefy Arm Back Pack segment is the same as that in the "skills of an artist" scene in [[dragon]], which would go on to become the theme of the [[Skills of an Artist]] feature.
*When viewed in a decompiler, and fonts are changed, the Econowave says "Dear STrong Bad, When are you gonna dust off the Compe and answer an email? -Matt Macro Pika".
**Also, in the Compé scene, under the grey cord plugged into the outlet is a beige one.
*The first Flash Player Settings popup reads:
<blockquote>Flash Player Settings 
Your Macromedia 
Shockwave Player 
is out-of-great. 
Update?</blockquote>

===Remarks===
*The official running time of 4:47 is exactly the same as April Fool 2014's running time.
*Before Strong Bad dusts off the Compé, its gray plug is clearly visible. However, after the Lappier is revealed, it becomes a beige plug.
*Strong Bad's pants have no reflection when Marzipan is seen with The Cheat in her throat.
*Strong Bad is able to activate the microwave without pressing the Start button.
*This is the fourth toon in a row that [[Toons Without Back Buttons|does not contain a back button]].
*Coach Z appears as Renaldo in the Dangeresque 4 promo, despite Strong Bad’s [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (The Sun)|previous claim]] that Renaldo dies in Dangeresque 3’s climax.
*According to the bonus email [[Accent]], Strong Bad would have had a futuristic computer called the [[Zappy XT6]] by the time this email was released.
*In the Flash file, between the end of the toon and the start of the Easter egg, there are 143 empty frames. Though the YouTube version has false thumbnails in this part of the toon, the blank frames occupy more time than the thumbnails and the reason for these blank frames is unknown.
*This email is also linked to on the Holiday section on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]], and thus has two URLs: [[HR:toons/sbemail-206-april-fools|toons/sbemail-206-april-fools]] and [[HR:sbemails/206-sbemail-206|sbemails/206-sbemail-206]].
*Strong Bad compares the Compé being compressed into the Lappier "like coal to a diamond". Although a common misconception, [https://geology.com/articles/diamonds-from-coal/ coal has no significant role in the formation of diamonds].

===Goofs===
*When Coach Z appears as Renaldo, his arms are a paler shade of green than his body.
*During the rear-view shot of the Lappier near the end, a section of the table is missing on the bottom-right corner.
*In the preview on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]], Bubs's arms are the same color throughout as his shadow.
*When Homestar runs into the mirror, there is a frame after the mirror has been broken where Homestar's reflection is still present.
*At the end where Strong Bad is typing his email client, his right eye is obscured by his head.

===Inside References===
*The [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email intro song]] appears to be a reference to that of [[other days]], with a similar melody and reference to pockets.
*Homestar asks "What happened my wedsize?" similarly to his "[[What happened my website?]]" in [[The System is Down]].
**"Wedsize" follows the running gag of substituting "[[wed]]" for "web".
*The fake merchandise shown is based on the characters [[Trogdor]] and [[Rather Dashing]].
*Homestar wants a Trogdor backpack (which includes a beefy arm) so he can have "[[Lack of Visible Arms|three arms]]".
*Homestar mistakes his reflection for his [[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's Relationship|twin brother]], [[Chauncey]].
*When Homestar breaks the mirror, he gets shards of broken glass in his face, which previously occurred in [[licensed]].
**The mirror shown has an appropriately placed [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner|mustache]] on it.
*Marzipan is standing behind a cinder block with a [[Marzipan's Chalkboard|chalkboard]] reading "gluten-free concert for birds", echoing the "free concert for birds" from her eponymous email, [[marzipan]].
*In this email, both [[Strong Bad Smiling|Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Sad Smiling|Strong Sad]] smile.
*The King of Town [[The King of Town's Food|takes a bite]] from a mirror.
*The upside-down turtle next to Strong Mad was previously seen getting [[oatmeal]] dumped on it in [[new hands]].
*There is another mention of [[Jones]].
*Strong Bad was previously asked if he happens to "enloy reasing" in an Easter egg email in [[unused emails]].
*The ''Dangeresque 4'' promo has [[duplicate characters]].
*"[[Cool Shades|Cool, cool glasses]]" was a lyric from [[The Theme From Dangeresque II]].
*The "Kickcheater" campaign includes a flashing starburst that says "[[X it out|PLEDGE IT OUT!]]".
*Com-pockt-ments is a [[portmanteau]] of "compartment" and "pocket".
*Strong Bad and Homestar Runner break the [[Fourth Wall Breaks|fourth wall]] by acknowledging that they are on a website. They also comment on its age based on the Index Page's appearance.

===Real-World References===
*Both {{w|Google}} products Homestar references had {{w|Discontinued Google services|been long-discontinued}} by the time this toon was released.
**{{w|Google Wave}} was a collaborative, real-time editing web service launched in 2009. Wave development was suspended in 2010 and the service was ended in 2012.
**{{w|Google Buzz}}, a successor to Wave, was a social networking tool integrated with {{w|Gmail|Google's email service}}. Launched in 2010, Buzz was discontinued in December 2011 and superseded by {{w|Google+}}.
*"[[Kickcheater]]" is a pun on the crowdfunding website {{w|Kickstarter}}, as well as a reference to [[Kicking The Cheat]].
*{{w|Massapequa, New York|Massapequa}} is a hamlet on Long Island in New York state.
*{{w|Hot Pockets}} are a brand of frozen food consisting of meat, cheese, and sauce inside a pastry crust. They were previously mentioned in [[dullard]].
*The {{w|WaveBird Wireless Controller|WaveBird}} is a wireless controller for the [[Nintendo]] {{w|GameCube}}.
*Fake April Fools' products becoming real based on consumer demand is a reference to {{w|ThinkGeek}}.
*The Lappier jingle is a reference to the 1997 Power Macintosh 6500.

===Fast Forward===
*Kickcheater gets used in place of Kickstarter in promotional materials for [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].

== YouTube Version ==
[[File:YouTube206.png|thumb]]
*The [[YouTube]] version is entitled "Strong Bad Email #206 - April 1st".
*The YouTube description for this email is "Strong Bad dusts off his old computer to checka some email."
*As with the YouTube versions of [[Fish Eye Lens]] and [[Halloween Safety]], [[YouTube Related Video Thumbnails#sbemail 206|a group of nine thumbnails]] appears at the end of the cartoon, parodying YouTube's related video thumbnails. Almost all of them have been reused from the previous toons; however, in the upper-left hand corner, the thumbnail of Marzipan and [[Pom Pom]] now displays Marzipan with The Cheat in her throat.
**Marzipan's eyes blink once.
**She has two mouths, one in the correct position and one where The Cheat's eyes should be. Both are frowning.
**Her hair is now misaligned from her head.
*The text in the Lappier logo is {{w|Image scaling|resampled}} and appears smooth, whereas it is resized and appears pixelated in the Flash version.
*After the thumbnails, the animatronic Easter egg plays automatically.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|206|37766|youtube=NhfHM3jlKnU}}
*[[HR:toons/sbemail-206-april-fools|watch "sbemail 206"]] as linked from the Holiday menu

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Wed

Keegster2 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:11:25 GMT

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[[Image:Worldwidewed.gif|thumb|[[Weclome]] to the World Wide Wed.]]
'''Wed''' is a common misspelling of "Web" in the [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] body of work, when referring to the Internet.

==Appearances==
*[[Thorax Corporation]] {{--}} Numerous misspellings of "Web" as "Wed".
*[[Strong Bad's Website]] {{--}} An animated GIF cycles through "World Wide Wed".
*[[Homestar Runner's Website]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] "[[helscome]]s" viewers to his "wedsite".
*Email [[sbemail 206]] {{--}} Homestar Runner, upon seeing [[homestarrunner.com|his site]] transformed, asks "[[What happened my website?|What happened my wedsize]]?"

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Kick the Can

Keegster2 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:10:28 GMT

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{{about|short}} {{for|[[running gag]]|Kicking a Can}}
[[Image:kickthecan.png|thumb|right|220px|Old-Timey "fun" for "kids"]]

'''Kick the Can''' is a series of [[Old-Timey]] toons in which The Homestar Runner kicks his [[Can of Water Soup|soup can]] along the ground, with bizarre results {{--}} each of the 15 variations of this cartoon has a different ending.

In addition to introducing the "Old-Timey" series, this is one of the earliest [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] toons, created shortly after [[homestarrunner.com|the website]] launched in [[2000]]. The shorts were created by [[Mike Chapman]] in two batches several months apart.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' [[The Old Movie Reel Room]], [[The Field]] (Old-Timey)

'''Date:''' 2000

'''Running Time:''' 0:22 (each) / 5:30 (total)

'''Page Title:''' old

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Transcript ==
The cartoon shows a projector screen, with a number of film reels stacked on the floor around it. For each stack of film reels, number 1 is the reel on top of the stack, 2 is the one below it, and so on. Clicking one will display a toon on the screen.

Each begins the same way (with the exception of [[#Kick that Can|Kick that Can]]):

''{A {{w|film leader}} [[TVTropes:Main/OldTimeyCinemaCountdown|counts down from 5]]. Film damage can be heard and seen. "{{w|The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer}}" begins to play, continuing through the rest of the toon, as the opening credits appear one line at a time:}''

{| class="wikitable" style="width:150px; height:96px;"
|-
|align=center|The Homestar Runner In A "Cartoon" for Kids
|}

''{The screen clears and the title is shown:}''

{| class="wikitable" style="width:150px; height:96px;"
|-
|align=center|
'Kick the Can'
 
copyright 1933 Free Country USA
|}

''{The cartoon begins. The Homestar Runner walks through the Old-Timey Field, kicking a soup can along. After six steps, he stops walking.}''

At this point, a different gag occurs depending on which film reel was clicked:

===Left stack===
#His head pops off, and he kicks the can up into his body. His head comes back down and squashes his body so that he's just his head and legs. He kicks his legs about frantically.
#His head pops off, and he kicks the can up into his body. His head comes back down and disappears into his body, and a big can pops up in where his head should be.
#His head pops off, and he kicks the can up into his body. His head lands on his body and then he shoots fire from his mouth.
#His head pops off, and he kicks the can up into his body. His head lands on his body, and then his legs bend backwards.
#He kicks the can into the chimney of a nearby factory. He runs into and through the factory, and then pops up outside with the can in his mouth.

===Stack of two===
#He gets hit in the back of the head with a cinder block, falling down with his head propped up on the can. He catches the block on his foot and then falls asleep.
#A huge can comes up from behind and kicks The Homestar Runner away, then slides up next to the small can The Homestar Runner was kicking.

===Tall stack (back right)===
#His head hinges backwards, and he kicks the can up into his body again. His body then swings upwards and reattaches to his head, and he flies offscreen.
#He kicks the can and it bounces all around the screen, landing in his mouth. The star on his shirt burns away and is replaced with "herbert hoover?"
#Old-Timey Strong Bad pops out of the can, and then his head disappears. The Homestar Runner jumps into the can, which Strong Bad puts in place of his head.
#He stands atop the can on one foot. Then, at the very end, his body starts spinning around like a pinwheel.
#This one is titled "'Kick that Can'" instead of "'Kick ''the'' Can'". The can spins around on the ground after Homestar stops. He looks down at it, and then a pile of bricks falls on him. The can pops out and continues spinning.

===Short stack (front right)===
#His head pops off and he kicks the can up into his body. When his head comes back down, the can pops out his rear end. He looks at it and runs away.
#His head pops off and he kicks the can up into his body. His head lands upside down on his body, and a face appears on his neck and says "gosh!"
#He kicks the can into his mouth. His body unhinges from his head and a bunch of cans fall out. His body reattaches, and then rockets away.

Each variation of the toon ends the same way:

''{The screen clears and the endcard is shown:}''

{| class="wikitable" style="width:150px; height:96px;"
|-
|align=center|THE END
|}

''{After a moment, the card 'drops' off the screen.}''

At this point, a new reel can be selected.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*In the [[oldHR:menuswfs/menu old.swf|preview]] for Kick the Can on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]], The Homestar Runner's body sinks into his legs and his head sinks into his body. Then his head and legs sprout out of the can.
*The [[Oldest Toons Menu]] linked directly to a page which showed only a single kick the can video. Its description was "an ancient homestar cartoon found in the ruins of Pompei". It is presumably a precursor to this collection.
*This is the earliest instance of [[unnecessary quotation marks]] on the site.
*The [[Sketchbook (museum)|Sketchbook]] included several sketches of The Homestar Runner from the development of this toon.

===Remarks===
*There are six reels in the tall stack, the very bottom of which is not clickable.

===Goofs===
*The Short Stack is partially underneath the last clickable reel in the Tall Stack.
*None of the cartoons in the tall stack have the Old-Timey visual scratch effect applied.
*Along the upper right edge of the white part of the screen is an area of black that makes it appear as if the cartoon has a shadow.
*In Tall Stack, Reel Three, a shadow remains on the ground where the soup can stood after Old-Timey Strong Bad takes it and puts it on his head.
*In Tall Stack, Reel Five, the first quotation mark in "Kick that Can" faces the wrong way.

===Fixed Glitches===
*Because of issues with [[Ruffle]] and embedded files, clicking on the reels in the initial [[Post-Flash Site Update|post-Flash version]] did nothing.

===Real-World References===
*Tall Stack, Reel Two ends with "[[Wikipedia:Herbert Hoover|herbert hoover]]?" on The Homestar Runner's shirt. Hoover's [[President|presidency]] ended in 1933, the "year" of this toon.
*Stack of Two, Reel One (falls asleep) shows Homestar getting hit in the head with a brick and then falling asleep. This is a reference to the old comic strip "[[Wikipedia:Krazy Kat|Krazy Kat]]", in which Ignatz the Mouse was always clobbering Krazy Kat upside the head with bricks.
*The music used is "{{w|The Entertainer (rag)|The Entertainer}}". Written by {{w|Scott Joplin}} in 1902, the song was popular in the early 20th century; its use in the score of ''{{w|The Sting}}'', a 1973 film set in the year 1936, cemented it as representative of the music of this era.

===Fast Forward===
*Bubs is later seen throwing around the [[can of water soup]] from this short on the [[Yearbook Character Page]].
*Homestar Runner would continue to [[Kicking a Can|kick a can]] in several later toons.
**Both the can of water soup and the Old-Timey music from the DVD version reappear in [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)|Where My Hat Is At?]], in the scene where Homestar is sad that he can't find his hat and kicks the can while walking.
*[[Fangamer#pin_kick_the_can|An enamel spinning pin featuring The Homestar Runner kicking his can of water soup]] was released by [[Fangamer]] on June 22, 2021.

== DVD Version ==
*The music is an edited version of the music heard in [[Parsnips A-Plenty]] instead of "The Entertainer", most likely due to copyright restrictions.
*All of the versions of the cartoon play one after another.
*In the cartoon where a huge can comes up from behind and kicks Homestar away, a Microsoft Windows XP "browse" sound can be heard when the title "Kick the can" is shown.
*The cartoons are shown in fullscreen, as opposed to being shown in The Old Movie Reel Room.
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===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[The Homestar Runner]], [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]], [[Sickly Sam]], [[Old-Timey Bubs]], and [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' Hey hey!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why hello.

'''MIKE:''' Old-Timey Homestar, my favorite!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' It is{{--}} Am I your flavorite, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Uh, so tell me about um, how old you were when you filmed these 72 years ago.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, I was getting on in years.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. So what about now?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' My{{--}} my friend of years, my friend of tears.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' So we're just going to watch all these "Kick the Can" shorts run back to back. We'll have to watch this little countdown every time and the title sequence.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's fantastic.

'''MIKE:''' That's gonna be fun. That's gonna be the majority of this... is just us watching the title and countdown.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay, Mike, whatever you say.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Let's see what happens here!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I lost my marbles.

'''MIKE:''' Oh! Can you still breathe fire there?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Makes a "froosh" sound, imitating fire}''

'''MIKE:''' Oh! Oh! It's hot in here!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, don't{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' You just burned the microphone!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Don't get me goin'! I'll rattle you down!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Um... so I don't really know what else to talk about with you, Old-Timey Homestar, so I'm just gonna start asking you questions about your family.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay then.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, tell me about your sister.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No...?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Uh, all right. We'll{{--}} ''{counting with the countdown}'' 5, 4, 3, 2. Okay.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All these am-in-ations was filmed in the factory/circus district.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' That's all there is there, huh? Factories and circus tents.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Back in those days that's all we had.

'''MIKE:''' What happens here? Oh! ''{barks}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I call that the Shamanga Shimmy.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' So these were{{--}}

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' From Spokane.

'''MIKE:''' These were done in two batches. I think, uh... there were maybe nine of 'em done and then probably{{--}} maybe a year later, I made another batch.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I once knew a hobo called Two Batches.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Yes.

'''MIKE:''' What hap{{--}} What ever became of him?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' He got run o'er by a train.

'''MIKE:''' Run o'er? That doesn't... ''{laughing}'' That seems like a little bit further back, uh, talking than, uh... than you would normally be.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Like maybe from the 1700s instead of the 1930s?

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sometimes I{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Oooh!

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, monster sup.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' I wonder how many more of these things we've got, Old-Timey Homestar.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I sure hope it ends soon, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' This{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' The idea was that uh, listening to this commentary might make this more fun to watch than, you know, just having to sit there and listen to this stupid song over and over again.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I think it's a horrible failure.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah, I don't think we're do{{--}} we're cuttin' it. You and I's chemistry isn't quite what I thought it{{--}}

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Maybe I can remedy the situation!

'''MIKE:''' Oh, great!

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Yes!

'''MIKE:''' Old-Timey Strong Bad.

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Yes, you storefellow!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' I'm a storefellow. All right. Well, I think you appear{{--}}

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Why am I not in one of these cra-toons?!

'''MIKE:''' I thought you did appear in one, but maybe... maybe not.

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' You lie! You are lying!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Is that{{--}} Uh, is that your factory?

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' That's my factory and my circus. My circus tent!

'''MIKE:''' What kind of acts did you perform in the circus?

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' We had nothing but freaks!

''{Mike laughs}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' All sort of two-legged ''{laughs, voice becomes more like Matt's for a moment}'' women!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Two-legged women. Those are{{--}}

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Yes!

'''MIKE:''' {{--}}quite an oddity.

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Yes! And a ''{laughing}'' bearded fellow!

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Wow, that's, uh... gosh!

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' He was in the freak show too!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he should be. I wonder how many more we got.

'''SICKLY SAM:''' ''{echoed}'' I hope you shoot me in the face.

'''MIKE:''' Sickly Sam. Matt! Please just come out of{{--}} come out of hiding! I need{{--}} I need help. I'm struggling. I'm drowning here doing these "Kick the Can" commentaries.

'''OLD-TIMEY BUBS:''' Maybe I can help! ''{Makes the sound when Sickly Sam disappears in a puff of smoke.}''

'''MIKE:''' Disappear.

'''MATT:''' Oh boy, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' How many{{--}} This could be it. Maybe it's over. ''{The countdown begins again.}'' Uh, no, we got{{--}}

'''MATT:''' It's not over.

'''MIKE:''' {{--}}at least one more. At least one more. Uh, maybe one of 'em{{--}} Yeah, this is the one that's called "Kick ''that'' Can".

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Instead of "Kick the Can".

'''MATT:''' This was{{--}} Uh, they did some test marketing and "Kick the Can" just wasn't going over well with kids... so they crushed Homestar Runner with bricks.

'''MIKE:''' Maybe it's over.

'''MATT:''' ''{lightly}'' Crunk.

'''MIKE:''' Maybe it's over.

''{both groan as countdown begins again}''

'''MATT:''' 5, 4, 3, 2, ''1'', Mike!

'''MIKE:''' There's one where he says something about Herbert Hoover. ''{laughs}'' I haven't been watching them, so I{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Yeah. I didn't watch a single one yet.

'''MIKE:''' I don't know if that's happened yet. Let's see. He stands on it.

'''MATT:''' Ooh!

'''MIKE:''' He spins!

'''MATT:''' That's a nice move!

'''MIKE:''' He spins!

'''MATT:''' No, he doesn't spin.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, he does. ''{as The Homestar Runner begins to spin on top of the can}'' Ah! He spins.

'''MATT:''' I forgot!

'''MIKE:''' Uh, maybe{{--}}

'''MATT:''' He had{{--}} He showed some serious poise in that one.

'''MIKE:''' All right, I think this is Herbert Hoover. And I think this is gonna be{{--}} See ya Willy.

'''MATT:''' Willy's takin' off you guys.

'''MIKE:''' Willy's leavin'. Um...

'''MATT:''' Come on, Herbert Hoover. Where are you at?

'''MIKE:''' So these were pretty early though. These were{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Yeah, we made these very early.

'''MIKE:''' {{--}}within the first{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{As Old-Timey Strong Bad appears}'' Oh! We were all wrong!

'''MIKE:''' What{{--}} Where is he now?

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' What happened my website?!

'''MIKE:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' Okay.

'''MIKE:''' I think{{--}}

'''MATT:''' I'm trying to wind down at the end of each one in case it's the last one. We have no idea how many we made.

'''MIKE:''' But I think these were done within the first... month or so of the website?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, we{{--}} we quickly latched on to making a fake, uh, mythology behind our cartoons.

'''MIKE:''' There's "herbert hoover".

'''MATT:''' Oh!

'''MIKE:''' This has got to be the last one. Bye guys!

'''MATT:''' Thanks! Taste? ''{makes Sickly Sam's "disappearing" noise}''

''{both groan as the countdown begins again}''

'''MATT:''' I was trying to end it with a "paf". ''{makes noise again}'' Um...

'''MIKE:''' So the "'cartoon' for kids" in quotes, you know{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' {{--}}misused quotes.

'''MATT:''' ''{hastily}'' Oh! There was a{{--}} Crap! There's a... some moving company or something and it says, like, "We're 'glad you called'" and "glad you called" is in quotes. ''{makes Sickly Sam's "disappearing" noise, gets cut off}''

===Fun Facts===
*Mike had previously mentioned that The Homestar Runner was his favorite character in [[Giant Magazine Interview|a 2005 interview with ''Giant'' magazine]].
*The [[portmanteau]] "flavorite" ([[Commonwealth English|alternatively spelled]] "flavourite") has also appeared in [[Fan Stuff]] and [[New Stuff]].
*The city of [[Spokane]] is mentioned.
*Old-Timey Strong Bad asks "[[What happened my website?]]", echoing a line from [[The System is Down]].

== External Links ==
{{nextlinks|{{HR|||}}|old=old}}
*view the Flash files for each individual version of "Kick the Can" cartoon reels:
{|
! Left Stack
! Stack of Two
! Tall Stack (Back Right)
! Short Stack (Front Right)
|- valign=top
|
# [[oldhr:oldmovie4.swf|frantic legs]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie3.swf|big can head]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie2.swf|shooting fire]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie.swf|legs bend back]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie8.swf|can in smokestack]]
|
# [[oldhr:oldmovie5.swf|falls asleep]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie6.swf|huge can]]
|
# [[oldhr:oldmovie15.swf|flies offscreen]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie14.swf|herbert hoover?]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie13.swf|Old-Timey Strong Bad]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie12.swf|on one foot]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie11.swf|bricks]] ('Kick '''that''' Can')
|
# [[oldhr:oldmovie7.swf|running away]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie9.swf|head upside down]]
# [[oldhr:oldmovie10.swf|rockets away]]
|}
*[[oldhr:oldmovie.html|View the Oldest Toons Menu version of "Kick the Can"]]
[[Category:Shorts]][[Category:Old-Timey]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

The System is Down

Keegster2 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:09:30 GMT

Keegster2: /* Fast Forward */ Adjusted link to fit the article's new punctuation.

{{abouttoon}} {{forsong|The System is Down (song)}}
{{ashortsnav}}
[[Image:systemisdown.png|200px|thumb|"The system is down, yo."]]

In January of 2003, [[homestarrunner.com]] suddenly and inexplicably went down. Patient viewers then saw this short toon, cleverly disguised as an error page.

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

'''Places:''' [[Error Page]]

'''Date:''' Wednesday, January 22, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 1:05

'''Page Title:''' 404 Doodoo Error

{{dvd|Everything Else, Volume 1}}

== Transcript ==
''{A typical Internet Explorer error page appears. The whistling of the wind is heard. Homestar Runner enters from the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{walks in and looks at the error message}'' Ummmm... what's going on here? What happened my website?

''{Strong Bad enters from the left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The system is down, yo.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ohh... the system... Right, right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I think too many people tried to log on. ''{scratches his head}'' Uh... sorry about that.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What are you sorry for? It's my website.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um... I don't think they're coming to see you, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What, you think everybody's logging on to watch "tape-leg"? Yeah, that's a good one.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, shut up! The tape-leg is cool. ''{Stretches his hand out and to the right}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, when do I get my website back?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, anytime now. We've got our top men working on it round-the-clock.

''{Bubs enters from the left holding a motherboard.}''

'''BUBS:''' Well, I found the problem. Looks like somebody tried to cram-a-lam a Swiss Cake Roll into the disk drive.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, really? ''{leaning toward Strong Bad, eyeing him suspiciously}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, what are you looking at me for? I did{{--}} hut{{--}} wut{{--}} nany{{--}} huit{{--}} ''{runs off quickly}

''{A handwritten sticky note, which is supposed to be a system alert message, is slapped onto the screen, that reads:}''

<div style="background:#E1E1E1; border:3px solid black; width:505px; margin-left: 2em; padding: 8px; font-weight: bolder">
<div style="background:#03C; color:white; border:3px solid black; padding:6px; font-size:125%">This is real.</div>
{| style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; background: none"
| style="padding-bottom:10px; width:17%" | [[Image:Warning-gray.png]]
| style="width:80%; font-size:140%; text-align:center; padding:10px; line-height:120%" | System report:
|}
<div style="font-size:140%; text-align:center; border-top:2px solid black; padding-left:18px; padding-top:18px; padding-right:18px; padding-bottom:6px; line-height:120%">Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined.</div>
<div style="border:3px solid black; margin: 0 auto; width: 135px; padding: 4px">
<div style="border:2px dashed black; text-align:center; font-size:135%; padding: 0px; width: 130px" class="noul blocklink"><div style="margin: -9px">ok</div></div>
</div>
</div>

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So, Bubs... What are you gonna do with that Swiss Cake Roll?

''(The page automatically redirects to the [[TV Time Toons Menu]].)''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
* This cartoon was made in response to actual server downtime on [[homestarrunner.com]]. As explained by [[The Brothers Chaps]] [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#A question about the Podcasts. - Red Toque|in 2006]] and [[The Jeff Rubin Jeff Rubin Show Interview - 7 July 2014|in 2014]], at the time their {{w|Yahoo}} web hosting had a 20-gigabyte bandwidth limit. Unbeknownst to the brothers, the site's popularity drove the bandwidth well into the ''{{w|terabyte}}s''; though Yahoo employees that were fans turned a blind eye to the overage, eventually an outage resulted (hence the origins of the toon). This situation led the brothers to shop around and switch web hosts.
** Note that the [[Yahoo Store|store]] was still run on a Yahoo storefront through 2015.

===Trivia===
* The [[TV Time Toons Menu]] [[HR:menuswfs/menu systemisdown.swf|preview]] has Homestar running past the 404 error. He does not do this in the toon.
*The [[YouTube]] description for this toon is "In the early days of homestarrunner.com, Strong Bad's popularity overloaded the server and brought the site down."

===Remarks===
[[Image:Mb-comparison.png|thumb|"Well, I found the problem."]]
* There are actually ''two'' Swiss Cake Rolls "cram-a-lammed" in the computer's innards.
* The error page is specifically for {{w|Internet Explorer 6}}.
* Bubs is actually holding a [[Wikipedia:Motherboard|motherboard]], not a [[Wikipedia:Disk storage|disk drive]]. The design was copied from [http://web.archive.org/web/20061127165655/http://www.learnthat.com/certification/files/aplus/img/motherboard-dt.jpg this image] (comparison shown at right).
**The motherboard appears to be of the ATX form factor, with six PCI slots and an ISA slot (all vacant), a single empty CPU socket, and three RAM slots.

===Inside References===
* The note that appears on the screen is from [[50 emails]].
* "The system is down" is from the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[techno]].
* [[tape-leg]] is a Strong Bad Email, and a [[Tape-leg|running gag]].
* [[Swiss Cake Rolls]] are another running gag.

===Real-World References===
* "We've got our top men working on it 'round the clock," said by Strong Bad, is a reference to what the government representative says to [[Indiana Jones]] about the status of the Ark of the Covenant at the end of ''[[Wikipedia:Raiders of the Lost Ark|Raiders of the Lost Ark]]''.
* The phrase "cram-a-lam a Swiss Cake Roll" is an approximate [[Wikipedia:paraprosdokian|paraprosdokian]] on the phrase "Rama Lama Ding Dong," which originated in a [[Wikipedia:Doo-Wop|Doo-Wop]] song of the same name by [[Wikipedia:The Edsels|The Edsels]] in 1958, the connection being that a [[Wikipedia:Ding Dong|Ding Dong]] (made by [[Wikipedia:Hostess (brand)|Hostess]]) is a similar type of snack cake to a Swiss Cake Roll (made by [[Wikipedia:McKee_Foods#Little_Debbie|Little Debbie]]); however, the Hostess analog of a Swiss Cake Roll is a [[Wikipedia:Ho Hos|HoHo]], not a Ding Dong.

===Fast Forward===
*The inquiry "[[What happened my website?]]" has reappeared in similar contexts.
*A similar setting would be used for the secret toon [[Sbemail 100 Fakeout]].
*The hidden page [[localhtmell]] [[hr:localhtmell|www.homestarrunner.com/localhtmell]] features a hidden Swiss Cake Roll hiding in a server.

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

'''MIKE:''' So, this is "The System is Down", and we made it when the system really was down.

'''MATT:''' It was down for two whole days.

'''MIKE:''' In January of 2003.

'''MATT:''' That's right.

'''MIKE:''' So we made this cartoon, and we were going to put it on a different website, ThoraxCorp.com... um, and email{{--}} uh, send out an email to everyone telling them that the system was down and to watch this cartoon.

'''MATT:''' To all fifteen people.

'''MIKE:''' To all fifteen people that were watching the site. But by the time we got done with it, the site was back up, so we just put it on there, and it ended up being a nice little, uh, cartoon.

'''MATT:''' A humor piece. A humor{{--}} A nice humor piece. We call these humor-toons, some of these.

'''MIKE:''' Homestar's got a little sass, and also{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Sass dackery.

'''MIKE:''' There's also a period where Homestar's dress/shirt was a slightly more magenta than red.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Like look at the bill of his hat versus his body.

'''MATT:''' I don't like it. I remember we found a{{--}} we did a Google Image Search for "motherboard" or something and that's what, uh...

'''MIKE:''' ''{mumbles}''

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Not a disk drive at all, is it?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs a little}''

'''MATT:''' It's a motherboard.

===Fun Facts===
*The website for [[side project]] [[Thorax Corporation]] is mentioned as where this toon was originally planned to be hosted.
*A [[Secret Pages#emailupdates|mailing list]] was used to notify fans of new toons prior to the site adopting a weekly update schedule in [[2002]].
*Matt suggests Homestar is [[sassing back]].
*As observed, the color of Homestar's shirt in [[Homestar Runner Evolution|his seventh design]] occasionally varied.

== External Links ==
{{nextlinks|{{HR|||}}|old=systemisdown|youtube=q1F4W8-DqjE}}

[[Category:Shorts|System is Down, The]][[Category:DVD Commentary]]

What happened my website

Keegster2 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:08:30 GMT

Keegster2: moved What happened my website to What happened my website?: Every instance of the phrase is in the form of a question, so having a question mark in the title feels more appropriate than no punctuation at all.

#REDIRECT [[What happened my website?]]

What happened my website?

Keegster2 — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 21:08:30 GMT

[[File:systemisdown.png|thumb|"I think too many people tried to log on."]]
'''"What happened my website?"''' is a question asked when [[homestarrunner.com]], particularly its [[Index Page]], looks different from what would be expected.

== Appearances ==
*'''Debut:''' [[The System is Down]] {{--}} Encountering an {{w|Internet Explorer 6}} error page, Homestar inquires "What happened my website?"
*{{dvdcom|Kick the Can}} {{--}} Earlier in the commentary, [[The Brothers Chaps]] have trouble recalling if [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] appears in any of the shorts. When Strong Bad eventually makes an appearance, [[Matt Chapman]] quickly slips into the character's voice and exclaims "What happened my website?!"
*[[sbemail 206]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] presents an [[April Fools']] gag: the [[Index Page]] [[Index Page#Other Variations|redesigned]] in [[Old-Timey]] fashion and featuring a coin-operated [[The Homestar Runner]]. An alarmed Homestar reacts with "What happened my [[wed]]size?"
*[[Post-Flash Site Update#Post-Flash Update Notice|Post-Flash Update!]] {{--}} An informative post about the site's redesign opens with the rhetorical question "What happened our website?"
**The accompanying [[Index Page Message]] was similarly headlined "What happened our website?!"

== See Also ==
* [[Fourth Wall Breaks]]
* [[Oops! You bwoke it.]]

[[Category:Word running gags]]

Main Page 19

Keegster2 — Tue, 20 May 2025 04:07:11 GMT

Keegster2: /* Real-World References */ more like the capitalization is wrong

{{amainnav|19}}
[[Image:main19.png|220px|thumb|"The correct answer... was 'E-mail'."]]

It's [[The Show]]! Homestar ad-libs to his usual sayings.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}

'''Places:''' [[The Show]] stage

'''Date:''' Friday, December 12, 2003

'''Icon:''' Microphone

'''Page Title:''' The Show!!

==Button Effects==
*'''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' {{--}}
*:''{The [[Ab-Abber 2000]] from the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[suntan]] appears behind Homestar.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Contestant number 1, your name again is{{--}} ''{he looks at the cue card and squints oddly}'' "Toons"?
*'''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' {{--}}
*:''{A poster saying "A Trip to Hawaii!" appears.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now, time for our lightning round. We call it... "Games".
*:''{A sign composed of flashing lights reading "GAMES" appears in the background and music is heard.}''
*'''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' {{--}}
*:''{A chair with a sign that says "$??" appears.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So, Characters, you were in a movie recently. ''{leans toward the "camera"}'' Tell us about that.
*'''[[Downloads]]''' {{--}}
*:''{A golden statue of [[The Cheat]] appears.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' My next guest is an extremely talented webpage. Please welcome... "Downloads"!
*:''{[[Pom Pom]] bounces past wearing a name tag that says "downloads" while music plays.}''
*'''[[Store]]''' {{--}}
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But if you guess correctly, you'll win... a new store!
*:''{The background lifts, revealing the [[Gremlin]] while music plays.}''
*'''[[Email|E-mail]]''' {{--}}
*:''{The [[Blender]] appears, and a buzzer is heard.}''
*:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, I'm sorry. The correct answer... was "E-mail".
*:''{A "wrong" sound effect is heard in the background and "E-mail" is displayed in a white font.}''

==Fun Facts==
===Remarks===
*Homestar holds a microphone and sorts through a stack of index cards at the same time, which is difficult with [[Lack of Visible Arms|only two hands]].
*Homestar never blinks except when rolling over the "Downloads" button.

===Inside References===
*The buzzer noise is the [[DELETED]] sound effect.
*Homestar's line when mousing over "Toons" resembles a line in [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]]. Homestar (or rather, [[Strong Bad]] in disguise), about to judge [[Strong Sad]]'s pumpkin, says, "Okay, contestant number one. Your name is... Strong Sad?"
*The Gremlin originally appeared in [[Homestarloween Party]] as a supercharged version of the real car, thought up by [[Bubs]].
*The whole menu is the set of [[The Show]], which originated in the email [[the show]].

===Real-World References===
*Many elements from the [[Game Show References|game show]] {{wp|The Price Is Right}} appear in this Main Page. Among them are Homestar's thin microphone, the "Trip to Hawaii" board, the unknown price tag on the chair, and the background lifting to reveal a car, including his way of announcing a new car.

===Fast Forward===
*In the email [[garage sale]], the chair seen on this Main Page has a "??" dollar amount.
*After navigating [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]], viewers are always directed to this page.
*The music is also played in [[geddup noise]], [[Non-Sequitur Champion]], [[Strong Badia the Free]], and [[Punkin Show]].

==External Links==
{{nextlinks|main/19|old=main19|action=go to}}

{{Main Page}}

[[Category:Main Pages]]

the chair

Keegster2 — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 05:46:36 GMT

Keegster2: /* Transcript */ using my abilities to procrastinate for good by making minor edits like uncapitalizing a needlessly-capitalized word

{{sbenav}}
[[Image:Sbemail162.png|thumb|"Whoa, it's been upgraded to Stank..."]]

Strong Bad decides to get a new chair. Bubs offers some suggestions.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, [[Stooly]], {{film|Bubs}}, [[Lil' Strong Bad]], [[Homestar Runner]] Chair, {{film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, December 4, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 3:58

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' A-just scrape some email off the top, and I'll help you out toniiiight!

<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>subject: the chair.</div>
D to the ear Strong Bad, That chair you're sitting on doesnt look very comfortable. When are you going to get a new, less hardwood, big, office manager-style comfy computer chair? Yours truely, Keith, PA</blockquote>

''{pronounces "D to the ear" as "Duh to the ear", "doesnt" as "dohs-n-t" (with extra emphasis at the end of the word), and "truely" as "treh-leh", and reads "Keith, PA" as "Keith and Pa"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh! It's a father-son email picnic! ''{typing}'' Y to the ou ''{pronounced "Yeah to the oo"}'' don't know ''what'' you're talkin' about, Pakeithpsy. Stooly here is a tush-cheek's dream. So cottony squish and pillowy fresh. ''{Zoom out to show Strong Bad leaping off of the stool.}'' Take a look-see!

''{Zoom in to the seat, which is filthy and has the word "STANK" seeping out of it at various spots.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, it's been upgraded to Stank...

''{A face fades onto the seat of the stool and coughs.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Eeew... Maybe it ''is'' time for a re-imagining of my email-checkin' chair...

'''STOOLY:''' ''{coughs again}'' I just need a lozenge...

''{Cut to Strong Bad standing outside Bubs' Concession Stand, with the camera centered behind Bubs.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Bubs!

'''BUBS:''' Hey, customer!

'''STRONG BAD:''' What do you got in the way of things I can sit on whilst I check emails?

''{cut to the front of the concession stand}''

'''BUBS:''' Ooh! Lucky for you! I just got ''{places a box on the counter}'' this pre-owned box of chicken beaks in just now! Like ''right'' just now!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. Okay. Okay... But, you got anything less anthrax-y?

'''BUBS:''' I got this old Winger album! ''{holds up the record case}''

''{cut to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, yeah... that ''is'' less Anthrax-y. But I was kinda hoping for a chair of some kind.

''{cut to Bubs}''

'''BUBS:''' Step right into my showroom!

''{Bubs slides away to his right. Cut to the side of Bubs' Concession Stand. As Strong Bad walks around, a portion of the wall falls outward, revealing a conveyor belt. Bubs rides on it standing on one foot.}''

'''BUBS:''' Zzzzziiiiiiiip! ''{jumps off conveyor belt}'' All right! We'll start at the tip, and work our way to the tup!

'''STRONG BAD:''' You make less sense every day, Bubsy.

'''BUBS:''' Crabadonk!

''{The wall flips back up, then falls down again, revealing a red, white and blue bicycle seat on the conveyor belt.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, that's no chair! ''{zoom in on the seat}'' That's Red, White, and Banana! My old bicycle seat!

''{Cut to a [[Projections|film-projected]] scene of Li'l Strong Bad riding the bicycle seat outside a porch.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I used to ride that thing on my paper route all the time!

''{Li'l Strong Bad lights a newspaper on fire with a [[BMW Lighter|Duplo lighter]] and throws it at the house. As it bounces off the door, the door begins to emit smoke, and Li'l Strong Bad laughs. Cut back to Strong Bad and Bubs.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, I'd better pass on that. I had a few too many wipeouts on that thing as a kid.

'''BUBS:''' Ugh! You nasty!

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?

''{The wall rises again, and falls down with a chair shaped like Homestar Runner on it}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What makes you think I want to check-a my email on a Homestar Runner-shaped chair?

'''BUBS:''' Aw, come on. Give it a try!

''{Strong Bad jumps onto the chair}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER CHAIR:''' Ow.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{jumping out of the chair}'' Wah!

'''BUBS:''' Whoops, seen enough of that one!

''{The wall rises and falls with a deformed gray lump vaguely resembling a chair.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, your snowman died.

'''BUBS:''' ''{cut to closeup of Bubs}'' You simpleton! This is a Denoob Largo original!

''{Cut to the chair. A Styleron Ecochair logo appears.}''

'''BUBS:''' The Styleron Ecochair!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{pan up to Strong Bad}'' Look, I don't care how Swedish your chair is. I have no need for a giant ''{pan back to the chair}'' albino doggie-doody.

'''BUBS:''' ''{cut to Bubs}'' Always a hit at parties...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{cut back to Strong Bad}'' Come on, Bubs! Don't you have anything more... ''executive''? A chair that will intimidate my underlings and eliminate my overlings!

'''BUBS:''' Ooh! ''{Cut back to the wide shot of Strong Bad and Bubs, the wall is already up.}'' Lucky for you! I just got this pre-owned{{--}}

''{The wall falls, displaying the same box of chicken beaks seen earlier.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{interrupting}'' ''NOT'' ''{The conveyor belt immediately rises.}'' a box of chicken beaks!

'''BUBS:''' Oh. Then behold!

''{The conveyor belt falls again, revealing a large leather chair, which obscures Strong Bad as it rolls out. The chair glows and a chorus sounds briefly, and a golden "Le Restige" plaque appears.}''

'''BUBS:''' Le Restige! ''{He pronounces "le" as "leh"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{appears from behind the chair}'' Style ''and'' class! Oh, tell me that leather's Corinthian! Just ''tell'' me it's Corinthian!

'''BUBS:''' ''{cut to closeup of Bubs}'' Craba''donk''!

''{Cut to a closeup of Strong Bad, who is now sitting on the chair.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So what kind of options are we looking at on this baby?

'''BUBS:''' Ooh! You're gonna love this!

''{Bubs opens a compartment in the arm rest to reveal a red button and presses it, making a buzzing sound. A pair of metallic arms appear from behind Strong Bad and quickly slip a pair of gray sweatpants on him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No way! A sweatpants button! And so begins my meteoric rise to the top of the corporate ladder... Now alls we gotta do is see how well it checks emails!

''{Cut back to the computer room, with Le Restige taking up nearly the entire screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Hey, hey, hey. It's email.

''{opens an email which is almost completely obscured by the chair}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{reading email}'' Dear Strong Bad, how come you never take your mask off? ''{typing}'' Like I've said before, ''this'' is not a mask. It's my face. But hey, I'll give it a shot!

''{Strong Bad tugs on his mask until it comes off, and ripping fabric is heard as he does this. He raises the mask above the chair and screams for a few seconds, then puts it back on again, making gurgling noises throughout.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh! I am NEVER gonna do that again! And, here's a picture of my parents. ''{holds up a photo; only the corner is visible above the chair.}''

''{Cut to a wide shot of the computer room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And now time to unwind with a pair of executive sweatpants!

''{Strong Bad opens the compartment in the same arm rest and pushes the sweatpants button, making the buzzing sound again. The robotic arms go haywire and begin piling sweatpants onto him}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, what's going on here?!! Uh!!! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!

''{Strong Bad is tossed into the air. He falls down with several layered sweatpants on his legs and another pair on his head.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{groaning}'' Ooooh... so... many... sweatpants... I can't feel my parts...

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Dodongo.png|right|150px|nice try dodongo!]]
*Click on the Styleron logo while Bubs displays the ecochair to see a poster of the designer.
*At the end, click on [[Le Restige]] to see a scene of Strong Sad trying to sit on the ecochair.
:''{Cut to Strong Sad's room. Strong Sad is balancing awkwardly atop the ecochair. The poster for it is on the wall behind him.}''
:'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{Tips back and forth}'' Whoa... whoa... whoa... whoa... ''{Falls backwards, appearing to break his back}'' Ooh! ... I can't feel my parts...
*The photo of Strong Bad's parents, when viewed in a decompiler, is blank except for the words "[[nice try]] dodongo!" written across it. 

{{clear}}

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*A {{w|Throat lozenge|lozenge}} is a small medicated candy intended to be dissolved slowly in order to soothe an irritated throat.
*"What does Strong Bad look like without his mask?" and "What do the [[parents]] of the characters look like?" are two commonly submitted questions that [[The Brothers Chaps]] have stated that they are [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|not likely ever to answer seriously]].

===Trivia===
[[Image:Sb mask.PNG|right|thumb|150px|...when viewed with a decompiler]]
*This is another instance of [[Strong Bad checking more than one email]].
*The Floppy Disk Container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#bio forge|bio forge]]".
*Strong Bad's face/mask is facing the viewers even though Strong Bad is presumably facing his computer. This can be partially viewed when using a Flash decompiler.
*This email marks the first appearance of a more realistic-looking sky over [[The Field]].
*The text of the obscured email reads:<blockquote class="short lappy email"><div>subject: your mask</div>Dear strong bad, How come you never take your mask off? </blockquote>
*When Strong Bad pulls [[Le Restige]] up to the Lappy, it makes [[the Geddup Noise]].

===Remarks===
*The second email that Strong Bad reads appears to have [[Strong Bad Email By Name of Sender#Unsigned|no sender]].
*There is [[Toons Without Back Buttons|no 'back' button at the end]] of this email.

===Goofs===
*When Lil' Strong Bad throws the burning newspaper at the house, the non-burning end of the newspaper hits the house and bounces off so that the burning part never touches the house, yet the house catches fire anyway.
*The conveyor belt is not seen or heard going back up again after the Styleron Ecochair is seen for the last time. Nevertheless, the conveyor belt is up when Bubs brings out the chicken beaks a second time.
*When the scene switches to a wide shot after Strong Bad holds up the picture of his parents, the text on the screen has immediately switched from the email he received to the text Strong Bad typed.

===Inside References===
*{{wp|Poughkeepsie}} was last mentioned in [[Sick Day]]. (see also Real-World References)
*The adjective "stank" was previously used in [[modeling]] and [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]].
*The face on Stooly looks a lot like [[Doreauxgard]].
*Humane treatment of poultry was also mentioned in the toon [[No Hands On Deck!]].
*The quote "seen enough of that one" was also said in [[retirement]] and [[huttah!]].
*"Restige" is a [[portmanteau]] of "rest" and "prestige".
*Le Restige is the same design of the chairs used in [[rock opera]], [[HomestarRunner.com: PAY PLUS!]], [[Everybody to the Limit]] and [[Store Thank You Messages#Strong Bad and The Cheat's Thank You|Strong Bad and The Cheat's Thank You message]].
*Strong Bad says (and supposedly demonstrates when obscured by Le Restige) that his "wrestling mask" is his real face. He mentioned this before in [[some kinda robot]].
*In the flashback of Strong Bad on "[[red, white, and banana]]", Strong Bad throws a flaming newspaper at a house that looks strangely like [[Marzipan]]'s [[Marzipan's House|house]] as seen in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
*This is another reference to [[parents]].
*This is another reference to [[pants]].


===Real-World References===
*Bubs saying "Start from the Tip and work our way to the Tup" could be a reference to the video game character {{wp|Tiptup}}, who appeared in games such as {{wp|Diddy Kong Racing}} and {{wp|Banjo-Kazooie}}.
*Pakeithpsy sounds almost identical to the city of {{wp|Poughkeepsie}}, in {{wp|New York}} state. (see also Inside References)
*[[Ethical Chick'n Beaks]] is probably a reference to the questionably unethical practice of {{w|Debeaking|cutting off baby chicken beaks}} employed by many chicken mega-farms.
*Anthrax is:
**{{w|Anthrax|An infectious, often fatal disease}} of cattle, sheep, and other mammals which can be transmitted to humans by contaminated wool, raw meat, or other animal products.
**{{w|Anthrax (band)|An influential '80s thrash metal band}}.
*{{w|Winger (band)|Winger}} is an American Hard Rock/Glam Metal band from New York City.
**The {{wp|Winger (album)|album pictured}} was Winger's self-titled debut album.
*Lil' Strong Bad's lighter has an [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Duplo_logo_old.png older version] of the {{wp|Lego Duplo}} logo on it.
*The [[Styleron Ecochair]] by Denoob Largo is a parody of furniture made by Swedish-founded {{wp|IKEA}}, known for advertising its products as modern and environmentally sound and giving each product line a Scandinavian name.
*Le Restige is in the style of {{w|Queen Anne#Other|Queen Anne}} furniture.
*Strong Bad's insistence about {{wp|Corinthian leather}} is a reference to a 1975 commercial narrated by {{wp|Ricardo Montalbán}} for the {{wp|Chrysler Cordoba}}, where he famously intones about the "soft Corinthian leather" of the seats.
*A {{w|Bosses in The Legend of Zelda series#Dodongo|Dodongo}} is an enemy from [[Nintendo]]'s ''[[Legend of Zelda]]'' series.

===Fast Forward===
*A [[Quote of the Week#QW-2006-12-07|Quote of the Week]] was released the Thursday following this email, containing an extended take of Strong Bad's reaction to Stooly's state.
*"[[Red, White, and Banana]]" appears again in [[bike thief]].
*[[Le Restige]] has made several reappearances.
*Bubs's pose when standing on one foot on the conveyor belt would later be used in [[Happy Dethemberween]], when, as [[The Thnikkaman]], he skates on the ice.
*The [[Styleron Ecochair]] appears again in an ad in [[The Next April Fools Thing]].
*[[The Homestar Runner (storybook)|The Homestar Runner]] uses the phrase "Nice try, Dodongo!" in [[The Homestar Runner Enters The Spooky Woods Teaser]].
*Denoob Largo is credited for designing the [[Teespring#eh_steve_pillow|Eh! Steve! Pillow]] for [[Cheap As Free]] Housewares.

== DVD Version ==
{{commentary|email=true}}
*The Dodongo Easter egg is not viewable.
===Commentary Transcript===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' "The chair," I call this one.

'''MATT:''' Whaaat should I scrape email off the top of, Strong Bad?

'''MIKE:''' Uhhh, like if you're making some tomato soup, maybe?

'''MATT:''' Ohhh!

'''MIKE:''' It cools a little bit.

'''MATT:''' I feel like it's, like, uh...the top of a cake.

'''MIKE:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' When it's kind of rounded and you want it to be a flat-top,{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' {{--}} so you have to scrape that off?

'''MIKE:''' I was thinkin' about the skin on some tomato soup.{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Oooh!

'''MIKE:''' {{--}}The skin that forms?

'''MATT:''' That Masala tea I get at Zyco,{{--}} 

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' {{--}}the taste, this Indian restaurant, has a nice skin on it.

'''MIKE:''' Mmhmm.

'''MATT:''' ''{pause until Strong Bad jumps off of the stool}'' Uhh...whoa. I am sitting on the stool that{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' It's true!

'''MATT:''' {{--}}well, I guess that's{{--}}this isn't based...this stool is not what that stool is based on, but this stool ''{Mike begins to say something, but stops}'' happened after the fact, but it looks pretty dang much like it.

'''MIKE:''' Yellow cushion.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Wooden stool.

'''MATT:''' A rare...''{cuts himself off}''

'''MIKE:''' So, uhm, let's try to give some ''actual'' insight into this email, and{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{interrupting}'' I just did, man!

'''MIKE:''' {{--}}the process of us making it.

'''MATT:''' I'm sitting on a stool with{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Oh, that's right!

'''MATT:''' {{--}}chicken beaks. Ethical chick'n beaks.

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Um...you made a nice uh, version, of the ''{both laughing}'' cover of Winger's first album there, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' ''{singing}'' She's only seventeen...

'''MATT:''' Uh-huh, Uh-huh.

'''MIKE:''' Name ''one'' more song from{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{covering him up, singing loudly}'' Madalaine, ahh-ah ahh ahh...

'''MIKE:''' ''{under the previous line, quietly}'' that album...Wow! Nice! I don't think I was{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{still singing}'' Is this love too tough to taaake?

'''MIKE:''' Impressive.

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' Remember I showed, uh, John Raydle's brother Jeff, uh, that video{{--}}I had recorded that video? 

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh?

'''MATT:''' ...and he came over to do somethin', I think we were all going to a Braves game? And I showed it to him and he kinda, he kinda laughed at it. ''{Mike laughs aloud}'' Thought that his{{--}} Kip Winger's spin moves were pretty hilarious. ''{Mike chuckles}'' Uh, just then I{{--}}I remember having a good time making the ''Welcome Back Kotter''-sounding little song that plays{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{underneath}'' Uh-huh.

'''MATT:''' {{--}} when Strong Bad has his old paper route. ''{short pause}'' ''{referring to the Homestar Runner chair}'' That looks like some kind of chair that they would sell at Ikea.

'''MIKE:''' I would like that chair.

''{Another short pause}''

'''MATT:''' You think Bubs dipped Homestar in hot sugar, maybe? ''{Mike laughs}'' That one?

'''MIKE:''' Hot sugar, yeah.

'''MATT:''' He looks kinda like [[pet show|The Cheat did]] when they glazed him with those donuts.

'''MIKE:''' Those...Schlembaugh's Donuts?

'''MATT:''' ''{referring to the Styleron Ecochair}'' ''That'' thing just looks like a lump of hot sugar. Or melted. Now it's cooled.

'''MIKE:''' So what are you getting at? Do you think Bubs has some sort of hot sugar operation, ''{Matt laughs}'' Matt?

'''MATT:''' Think that's what's in the secret ''{Mike stifles laughter}'' basement of Bubs' Concession Stand is a big vat of hot sugar...and simple syrup. He likes to dip things in it.

''{Pause until Strong Bad refuses the Chick'n Beaks for a second time. Mike laughs.}''

'''MIKE:''' Too the{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Awww.

'''MATT:''' Uhhh... Ooh. Style ''and'' class! Did we originally make that for those promos in recor{{--}} in independent record stores?

'''MIKE:''' I think so, although I think it was based on a chair that he's sitting on in the [[Everybody to the Limit|Fhqwhgads video]]?

'''MATT:''' Oh, that's right. A badly drawn chair.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' A badly drawn chair, and I think I...made a better version of just like a maroon...{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' {{--}}what do you call that kind of chair? Is that a wingback chair?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it looks like it might be. ''{short pause}'' The sweatpants button looks like, uh...some kind of Wallace & Gromit invention. ''{both laugh}'' Any...thing with robot hands that have Mickey Mouse gloves on them? ''{both laugh}'' It should be playing that music, ''{begins singing "Powerhouse" by Raymond Scott}'' Dun dun dun dun, dun dun dun dun...''{continues}''

'''MIKE:''' ''{begins melody}'' Dun da da, daladdle-un dun dun... ''{Matt laughs}'' dun da da...''{trails off}''

'''MATT:''' Mike, what happens if you broke apart the .swf ''{pronounces as "swiff"}'' here and looked at...

'''MIKE:''' Uh...

'''MATT:''' ...the picture of his family?

'''MIKE:''' Well, there's a{{--}}

'''MATT:''' ''{underneath}'' err, his parents?

'''MIKE:''' {{--}}Polaroid that says "Nice try dodongo!"

'''MATT:''' And who is Dodongo, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' ''{underneath}'' Dodongo is{{--}} Dodongo's an enemy from Zelda, and I can't{{--}} is he a lizard, some kinda lizard-lookin' thing?

'''MATT:''' He was like a dinosaur.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' A dinosaur thing?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. And you always have to throw bombs in his mouth.

'''MIKE:''' Dodongo...yeah, that's right.

'''MATT:''' ''{in reference the floppy disk container}'' BioForge. That's a good game.

'''MIKE:''' ''{chuckles slightly; pause until Strong Bad has been thrown out of Le Restige by the sweatpants button}'' Look at{{--}} ''{short pause}'' Hey, how's his arm  coming out of ''{Matt notices and laughs}'' the back of the sweatpants?

'''MATT:''' ''{amused}'' I dunno, maybe it's{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' He's just got holes cut in the back. ''{mumbling nonsense as the paper comes down}'' Agadagadaga!

===Fun Facts===
*''{{wp|Welcome Back, Kotter}}'' was an American television sitcom about Gabe Kotter, a wise-cracking teacher at James Buchanan High in Brooklyn to teach an often unruly group of remedial wiseguys known as the Sweathogs.
*[[Wallace & Gromit]] are the main characters in a series of films by {{wp|Nick Park}} of {{wp|Aardman Animations}}. Wallace is an eccentric inventor and Gromit is his companion and dog. Gromit appears to be a lot more intelligent than his master.
*The instrumental song that Matt and Mike sing is "{{wp|Powerhouse (instrumental)|Powerhouse}}" by {{wp|Raymond Scott}}, which was often heard as background music in cartoons, especially in scenes involving assembly lines.

==External Links==
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Minor Foods

Keegster2 — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:50:05 GMT

Keegster2: "Ocasionally" Keegster2 enjoys improving paragraphs about '''Pop-Tarts'''.

Just as people in the real world need to eat, so do the characters in the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. These '''food items''' are varied, from strange ethnic foods to common junk food. Some foods are just plainly ridiculous in their name, shape, or size, while others look normal. Some characters even have their own brand of food named after themselves (or as a pun on their name) or shaped like the character.

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== General Minor Foods ==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width="150"|Image !! Description !! width="150"|Appearances

|-id="Absolute Worst Creamular Corn"
| [[Image:Absolute Worst Creamular Corn.png|150px|Creamed corn for the absolute worst.]]
| On September 12, 2019, [[Strong Bad]] had planned to throw a can of '''The Absolute Worst Creamular [[Corn]]''' at [[Strong Sad]], but postponed doing so until tomorrow after recording the latter's tribute to {{w|Daniel Johnston}}.
| {{postref|1172671520516321280|13|Sep|2019}}

|-id="Ambrosia Salad"
| [[Image:AmbrosiaSalad.png|150px|He brought some ambrosia salad.]]
| {{seemain|Ambrosia salad}}
'''{{w|Ambrosia (fruit salad)|Ambrosia salad}}''' is a fruit [[salad]] variation that normally contains sour cream, whipped cream, mandarin oranges, pineapple, and coconut. Some variations also contain bananas, strawberries, or miniature marshmallows. [[Ripberger]] takes some to [[Blue Laser]]'s Thanksgiving Party in [[Let us give TANKS!]], and it was light blue with white and yellow chunks in it, served in a large yellow bowl.
| [[Let us give TANKS!]]

|-id="Andy Capp's Hot Fries"
| [[Image:Hot Fries.png|150px|"Thanks for the chippies, Strong Bad!"]]
| '''{{wp|Andy Capp's}} Hot Fries''' are given to [[Coach Z]] by [[Strong Bad]] with the seeming intention of harming him. This graphic was later reused for the [[#Cheat-Toes|Cheat-Toes]] in [[Kick-A-Ball]].
| Email [[your friends]]

|-id="Basmati Rice"
| [[Image:Basmati Rice.png|150px|"I've transcribed Paradise Lost onto this single grain of basmati rice!"]]
| [[Strong Sad]] transcribes ''{{w|Paradise Lost}}'' onto a piece of '''{{w|Basmati|basmati rice}}''' into four languages.
| Email [[record book]]

|-id="Baklava"
| [[Image:Baklavas.png|150px|Baklavas, anyone?]]
| '''{{w|Baklava}}''' is a food that [[Marzipan]] brings out at the end of [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
| [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]

|-id="Bakinged Soda"
| [[File:Spoonful of Bakinged Soda.png|150px|Could be mistaken for sugar!]]
| A spoonful of '''Bakinged Soda''' one could mistake for [[sugar]] is one of the Depression-Era treats offered by [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] for [[Halloween]], based on [[Fan Costumes|a fan's Halloween costume]].
| [[Fan Costumes 2017]]

|-id="Bean Sprouts"
| [[Image:Bean_Sprouts.png|150px|"I brought him a hot covered dish to brighten his dismal life."]]
| Marzipan brings [[Senor Cardgage]] some '''{{w|Mung bean#Bean sprouts|bean sprouts}}''' for [[Decemberween]] to "brighten his dismal life", claiming that they are "a hot covered dish". The dish doesn't have a cover. Strong Bad later tries to jump on the dish.
| [[A Decemberween Mackerel]]

|-id="Bequeathed Molasses"
| [[File:Bequeathed Molasses.png|150px|Obtained from a goat!]]
| A jug of Dead Goat "Premulum" '''Bequeathed Molasses''', apparently obtained from a [[goat]] upon its untimely [[Death|demise]], is one of the Depression-Era treats offered by Old-Timey Strong Bad for Halloween, based on a fan's Halloween costume.
| [[Fan Costumes 2017]]

|-id="Brown Mayo"
| [[Image:Brown Mayo.png|150px|"And a solid F- on smelling any good."]]
| '''Brown Mayo''' is a brand of [[mayonnaise]] that [[The Poopsmith]] brought to Labor Day. It is assumed that it is made out of [[whatsit]].
| Email [[labor day]]

|-id="Brunswick Stew"
| [[Image:Brunswick Stew.png|150px|"You know, Brunsy, the 50th anniversary is the dollop of sour cream year!"]]
| '''Brunswick [[Stew]]''' is a stew that Strong Bad gave [[The Cheat]] after he made [[New Boots]], although he mentioned that if The Cheat had done better, he could have gotten a trophy full of Steak-umms. [[The King of Town]] took a bowl of Brunswick Stew out on a date at [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's L'est Stand]].
| [[New Boots]], Email [[love poems]], [[Play Date]]

|- id="Cadbury Creme Egg omelet"
| [[Image:Cadbury Creme Egg omelette.png|150px|"Ooh! Cadbury Creme Egg omelette!"]]
| '''{{w|Cadbury Creme Egg}} omelet''' is what Strong Bad imagined getting at dinner in his dream email.
| Email [[dreamail]]

|- id="Can D"
| [[Image:CAN D.png|150px|"Would you care for a funtime treat?"]]
| '''CAN D''' is a small white container of candy that [[Homestar Runner]] tried to give to [[Marshie]], only to be pelted by marshmallows.
| [[Malloween Commercial]]

|- id="Canopy's"
| [[Image:Canopy's.png|150px|"I dan't know why. Exprecially since you have this can of peas to look forward to."]]
| '''Canopy's''' is a brand of [[peas]] that Senor Cardgage bought at a garage sale.
| Email [[garage sale]]

|- id="Cassssss"
| [[Image:Cassssss.PNG|150px|"We can't go wrong!"]]
| '''Cassssss''' is a batch of casserole that Strong Bad stepped in to "not lose his edge".
| Email [[your edge]]

|-id="chicken_in_a_pan"
| [[File:Chicken in a Pan.png|150px|Chicken... in a pan...]]
| Some '''chicken in a pan''', accompanied by '''[[salad]]''' and '''a glass of milk''', is described by Strong Bad as a bad sign for any slumber party you should happen to visit. He further states that one served such things should start running, as it implies the host family has serious health problems.
| Email [[slumber party]]

|-id="Chockle"
| [[Image:Chockle.png|150px|Chockle]]
| '''Chockle''' is box of chocolates that [[Sickly Sam]] brought to his date.
| [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

|-id="Choco-Lumps"
| [[Image:Choco-Lumps.png|150px|Choco-Lumps]]
| '''Choco-Lumps''' is a candy mentioned in [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]. Choco-Lumps is one of the four candies that [[Mr. Shmallow]] used to describe as an ordinary candy, and a reason to turn to [[Fluffy Puff Air Puffed Sugar Delights]] instead.
| [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]

|-id="Corn_Krunch"
| [[Image:Cornkrunch.PNG|150px|Corn Krunch]]
| '''Corn Krunch''' is a corn flake [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]]. [[Homestar Runner]] hot-glues the flakes to his face to make himself ugly for the "jazz ensemble" in [[death metal]]. It claims to come with a free full-size alto saxophone. In [[specially marked]], it is one of the {{wp|Iowa}}-grown cereals Strong Bad says to avoid since it is only likely to include fitness products as free toys.
| Email [[death metal]], Email [[specially marked]]

|-id="Crisps A-Soy!"
|[[Image:crisps-a-soy.png|150px|"Homestar, can you pass the soy crisps?"]]
| '''[[Crisps, A-Soy!]]''' is a soy-based snack food. Naturally, Marzipan enjoys them, and perhaps The Cheat does as well. It is unclear from the packaging whether they are made by the "Health!!" company or just that they're supposedly healthy.

The name is a reference to {{w|Chips Ahoy!}} cookies and to the many soy products whose names contain puns on the word "soy" (e.g. "Soy Good" soy milk).
| Email [[do over]]

|-id="Crispy Puffed Rice"
|[[Image:Crispyrice.png|150px|Actual bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal]]
| '''Crispy puffed rice''' is a type of [[cereal]] that has appeared a few times in the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. Although rarely seen, it is one of the many cereals available to eat in [[Free Country, USA]]. It is also the only cereal that has never been seen in a cereal box.
| Email [[candy product]], Email [[hygiene]]

|-id="Crispy Puppies Crunch"
|[[Image:CrispyPuppiesCrunch.png|150px|A Transylvanian delicacy!]]
| '''Crispy Puppies Crunch''' is a [[breakfast cereal]] that allegedly contains [[Killing Dogs|young dogs]] in it. It appears in an [[rated#Easter Eggs|Easter egg]] that can be activated after [[Strong Bad]] claims that citizens of {{wp|Transylvania}} are required by law to eat puppies for breakfast. The front of the box features a sad-faced {{wp|Basset Hound}}, which had previously appeared in [[space program]] and [[Why Come Only One Girl?]].
| Email [[rated]]

|-id="Crustly Guarded Bread"
|[[Image:Crustly Guarded Bread.png|150px|A loaf... for a peasant!]]
| '''Crustly Guarded [[Bread]]''' is the brand of bread baked by a sect of closely guarded monks high atop the [[Coches Mountains]]. According to Strong Bad, they would rather bake this bread than divulge the secret of Strong Bad's age.
| Email [[looking old]]

|-id="Cut Me Some Flax!"
|[[Image:Flaxseed.PNG|150px|"Gotta get those omega-3s!"]]
| '''Cut Me Some Flax! (seed oil)''' is a brand of vegetable oil made with the seeds of {{wp|flax}}. Marzipan pours it into a bowl of unknown contents in order to add {{w|Omega-3 fatty acids|omega-3s}}.
| [[Quality Time with Cardboard Homestar]]

|-id="Dandied Sugar"
| [[Image:Dandied Sugar.png|150px|Dandy indeed.]]
| '''Dandied Sugar''' is a candy mentioned in [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]. Dandied Sugar is one of the four candies that Mr. Shmallow used to describe as an ordinary candy, and a reason to turn to [[Fluffy Puff Air Puffed Sugar Delights]] instead.
| [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]

|-id="Delicious "Bag""
| [[File:deliciousbag.png|150px|This bag of delicious bag]]
| '''Delicious "Bag"''' is a candy mentioned in [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]. Delicious "Bag" is one of the four candies that Mr. Shmallow used to describe as an ordinary candy, and a reason to turn to [[Fluffy Puff Air Puffed Sugar Delights]] instead. [[Sickly Sam]] thinks an empty bag of it would make a fine sock for the colder of his two feet. Delicious "Bag" is also one of the candies that can be given to Coach Z and [[Bubs]] in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
| [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]], [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]

|-id="Dry Meal"
|[[Image:Would You Care For Some Dry Meal.PNG|150px|"Okay. If you say so. Would you care for some dry meal?"]]
| '''Dry Meal''' is a sack of a powdery substance, offered to [[Stinkoman]] by [[The Homestar Runner]]. It presumably contains some sort of ground {{wp|flour}}, although the specific cereal grain or starch from which it is derived is not known. Its appearance is accompanied by a [[Sound Effects|gasping noise]].
| [[20X6 vs. 1936]]

|-id="Favorite Food"
| [[Image:THANXty Favorite Food.png|150px|"Favorite foods, spiced buns, and all that, and all that."]]
| [[1-Up]]'s '''favorite food''' comes in a blue box that features nonsensical characters that resemble Japanese {{wp|kanji}} and {{wp|hiragana}}. 1-Up simply calls the box "favorite food", although it is unknown whether that is its true name. This is one of the three foods 1-Up suggests for Stinkoman to be thankful for.
| [[Twenty THANXty Six]]

|-id="File Folder Shaped Vitamins"
| [[Image:FileFolderShapedVitamins.png|150px|"Great for the break room or maybe a desk drawer!"]]
| Bubs gives Strong Bad the inspiration for '''[[Smarty Juice]] File Folder Shaped Vitamins'''. There are also File Folder Shaped Vitamin Thumb Drives. The vitamins come in orange, yellow, and purple colors, in a jar of 150 gummies.
| [[The Next April Fools Thing]]

|-id="Fishsticks"
| [[Image:Fishsticks.png|150px|"And out poured a lifetime supply of fishsticks. And a The Cheat!!!!"]]
| A lifetime supply of '''fishsticks''' came out of The Cheat's giant egg, and were supposedly eaten by [[The Prince of Town]], causing him to gain weight.
| Email [[flashback]]

|-id="Fried Fish"
| [[Image:Fried Fish.png|150px|Fried Fish with a lemon]]
| '''Fried Fish''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]]. The fried fish appears to actually not be fried, but be a regular cooked fish with lemon wedges to the side.
| [[Homestarloween Party]]

|-id="Frozen Bake"
| [[Image:frozen bake.png|150px|"Favorite foods, spiced buns, and all that, and all that."]]
| '''Frozen Bake''' is a Japanese food that 1-Up suggested to for [[Stinkoman]] to be thankful for. This follows Spiced Bun.
| [[Twenty THANXty Six]], [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)]]

|-id="Globs of Meringue"
| [[Image:Globs of Meringue.png|150px|Globs of Meringue]]
| '''Globs of Meringue''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]]. Globs of Meringue appears to be Jello, rather than meringue.
| [[Homestarloween Party]]

|-id="Grilled Cheese"
| [[Image:Grilled Cheese.png|150px|Grilled cheese!]]
| In the [[SBASAF]] slideshow, a '''grilled [[cheese]] sandwich''' is also seen.
| Email [[space program]]

|-id="Grape-Nuts"
| [[Image:gn robot.png|"Now spell: come back Ali. Come back Ali's sister."|150px]]
| '''{{wp|Grape-Nuts}}''' is also an existing cereal in the Homestar Runner world. Grape-Nuts is distributed through the company "Food", a spoof of {{w|Post Foods|Post}} with a similar logo.
| Email [[personal favorites]]

|-id="Gum"
| [[Image:Gum.png|150px|"I have to be going, Ethel. I've got some important lines to stand in."]]
| A "slice" of '''[[Gum]]''' is given to Strong Bad by Senor Cardgage in kind of cool.
| Email [[kind of cool]]

|-id="Heavenly Ham"
| [[Image:Ham.png|150px|"And heavenly ham"]]
| '''Heavenly Ham''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]].
| [[Homestarloween Party]], [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], Email [[the bet]], See [[Ham]] for all appearances

|-id="Hoisin Sauce"
| [[Image:Hoisin Sauce.PNG|150px|"We carefully place a spoonful of hoisin sauce on Strong Sad's disturbing soft-serve flip."]]
| '''{{wp|Hoisin sauce}}''' is a Chinese dipping sauce. In [[keep cool]], Strong Bad and [[Strong Mad]] put a spoonful of hoisin sauce on Strong Sad's head prior to asking him to determine the temperature.
| [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] (Easter egg) (mentioned), Email [[keep cool]]

|- id="Jelly Donut"
| [[Image:Jelly Donut.png|150px|A jelly donut]]
| In the last frame of Strong Sad's storyboard, a '''Jelly Donut''' is seen with Strong Bad's reflection in it.
| [[Sbemail 150?!?]]

|-id="Klondike Pudding"
| [[Image:Klondike Pudding.png|150px|Klondike Pudding]]
| '''Klondike [[Pudding]]''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]]. Klondike Pudding appears once before it is mentioned.
| [[Homestarloween Party]]

|- id="Last Minit Peanut Brittle"
| [[Image:Last Minit Peanut Brittle.png|150px|"We really just made it!"]]
| Buying '''Last Minit Peanut {{w|Brittle (food)|Brittle}}''' is evidently the ''real'' reason to go on business trips. According to Strong Bad, it could also likely swim better than [[The Spirit of St. Louis]].
| Email [[business trip]]

|- id="Loose Tooth Removers"
| [[Image:LooseToothRemovers.png|150px|"No Halloween Night could resist these orange and black flavored loose tooth remover candies."]]
| [[Color flavored|Orange-and-Black-Flavored]] '''Loose Tooth Remover''' Candies are what Homestar used to lure Halloween night into a cardboard box. After The Cheat eats them in [[Haunted Photo Booth]], his [[The Cheat's Gold Tooth|gold tooth]] falls out and gets caught on everyone else's Halloween costumes, causing a ghost-like glare in their [[Photo Boooth]] photos. Strong Sad describes them as "nasty", but they are enjoyed by The Cheat and The King of Town.
| [[Happy Hallow-Day]], [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]], [[Haunted Photo Booth]]

|-id="Meatball Subs"
| [[Image:Meatball Sub.png|150px|"I still hate you and later on, you're gonna get cut!"]]
| In [[Peasant's Quest]], a '''meatball sub''' is an optional item which may be used to appease the first [[The Three Keepers of Trogdor|Keeper of Trogdor]]. In [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]], [[Rather Dashing]] is seen eating the meatball sub by a tree. In [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]], [[The Homestar Runner (storybook)|The Homestar Runner]] somersaulted to Mars and brought everyone back meatball subs.
| [[Peasant's Quest]], [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]], [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]]

|-id="Meatloaf"
|[[File:Family Meatloaf.PNG|"Did somebody say 'Sepiatone'?"|150px]]
| '''Meatloaf''' is a common family dinner. Strong Bad suggests spicing up any videos of it by "taking it back to the Ol' West" and adding sepia tones.
| Email [[videography]]

|-id="The Mrs. Syrup"
| <center>[[Image:Syrup.png|100px|"THRILL! AS THE CHEAT ATTEMPTS TO JUMP THE TIRE OVER THE KOT EATING A CARDBOARD BOX COVERED IN SYRUP!"]]</center>
| '''The Mrs. Syrup''' is a brand of syrup, that the King of Town ate on top of a cardboard box, while The Cheat jumped over him in a tire. The Mrs. Syrup resembles the famous syrup brand, {{wp|Mrs. Butterworth's}}.
| Email [[monster truck]]

|-id="Mungo's Caviar"
| [[Image:Mungo's Caviar.png|150px|With finest cigars!]]
| '''Mungo's {{wp|Caviar}}''' is a part of a candle-lit dinner, with burritos and cigars.
| Email [[lady...ing]]

|- id="Not-So-Thin Mints"
| [[Image:Not-so-thin_mints.PNG|150px|They aren't very thin at all.]]
| '''Not-So-Thin Mints''' are apparently a type of {{wp|Girl Scout cookie}} sold by the "Pale Scouts", of which Strong Sad seems to be a member. Strong Bad once "sued" his younger brother for custody of these.
| Email [[rough copy]]

|- id="Nutmeg"
| <center>[[File:Nutmeg.png|150px|Firebert's choice]]</center>
| '''Nutmeg''' appears as [[Firebert]]'s secret escape plan, as he'll be able to eat anything it's sprinkled on, allowing him to eat his Christmas light restaints. A real whole nutmeg and grater come packaged with Limited Edition Holiday Firebert action figures.
| [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]]

|-id="Oatmeal"
| [[Image:Oatmeal.png|150px|"That way, I would always...have a bucket. You know, for like, dumping oatmeal on stuff..."]]
| Strong Bad insisted that he would want to replace one of his hands with a bucket, that he could fill with '''[[oatmeal]]''' and pour on things.
| Email [[new hands]]

|-id="Parsnips"
| [[File:Parsnips in a Pile.png|150px|Where have all the parsnips gone?]]
| [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] steals all the '''parsnips''' from the [[Parsnip Depot]], intending to make parsnip [[pie]] and for The Homestar Runner to go hungry.
| [[Parsnips A-Plenty]]

|-id="Parsnip Soup"
| [[File:Parsnip Soup.png|150px|Let's make soup.]]
| [[The Homestar Runner]], [[Fat Dudley]], and [[Old-Timey Marzipan]] make '''parsnip soup''' with the parsnips they rescued from Old-Timey Strong Bad. The Homestar Runner ends up spitting his all over Fat Dudley.
| [[Parsnips A-Plenty]]

|-id="Pasta Salad"
| [[Image:Pasta.png|150px|"IT TASTES SO GOOD!"]]
| '''[[Pasta salad]]''' was put into Strong Mad's [[underwear]] drawer starting the "Who Put Pasta Salad in Strong Mad's Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04". Strong Mad doesn't seem to mind, saying it tastes so good.
| Email [[old comics]] (Easter egg)

|-id="Paunch Berry Iced Cream"
| [[Image:Paunch Berry Ice Cream.png|150px|"Hey there, Bubs in the store. Paunchberry's was a new ice cream!"]]
| '''[[Paunch]] Berry Icéd Cream''' is a "new" brand of ice cream. Strong Bad mentions it, saying someone thought it sounded like a disgusting ice cream flavor. However, Strong Bad seems to enjoy it. It appears later in a [[Powered by The Cheat]] animation in which individual buckets were made into a tower, and it even has its own dance and "Paunch Berry Ice Cream Dancing Team" (consisting of Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat).
| [[Where U Goin' 2?]]

|-id="Pea Soup"
| [[Image:Pea Soup.png|150px|"This guy smells like pea soup."]]
| Homestar says Senor Cardgage smells like '''Pea Soup'''. At [[Trogdor Con '97]], The Cheat and Strong Bad filled up a horn with it and shot it at the "Godzilla guy" (The King of Town).
| [[Trogdor Con '97]]

|-id="Pop Tarts"
| [[Image:Poptart.PNG|150px|"Strawberry frosting!"]]
| Utilizing his privileges as a Medallion Plus Gold Club member, [[The Cheat]] orders a [[pizza]] topped with mushrooms and '''{{wp|Pop-Tarts}}''' from [[Bubs' Old Pizza]]. The [[Balding Man]] once wanted to buy a Pop-Tart, but couldn't do so because he was not approved. [[Strong Sad]] is known to eat [[Indian Food|saag paneer]] Pop-Tarts "with a vengeance" on Tuesdays, though [[Strong Bad]] has rigged an [[Explosions|explosive]] within them on at least one occasion.
| Email [[privileges]], [[Senor Mortgage]], Email [[hremail 3184]]

|-id="Prize-O's"
| [[Image:Prize-O's.PNG|150px|"I eat said cereal, play with the prize, and save the Box Top."]]
| In [[Pistols for Pandas]], [[Crack Stuntman]] uses the money donated to [[Pistols for Pandas (organization)|Pistols for Pandas]] to buy '''Prize-O's'''. Stuntman likes to eat the cereal and play with the prize inside of it. He saves the box tops to eventually take to a local school.
| [[Pistols for Pandas]]

|-id="Rogan Josh Pot Pie"
| [[Image:Rogan Josh Pot Pie.png|150px|"Meet Strong Sad."]]
| '''{{wp|Rogan josh}} pot [[pie]]''' is pot pie that Strong Sad eats in [[narrator]]. Strong Bad referred to it as "grody ethnic food".
| Email [[narrator]]

|-id="Salisbury Steak"
| [[File:CZ Salisbury Steak.png|150px|NOT gravied yams or stuffinged hams]]
| Coach Z has a plate he identifies as '''{{wp|Salisbury steak}}''', before he then answers the [[Disconnected Telephones|phone]] and lies to his parents about it being [[Decemberween Food|gravied yams and stuffinged hams]]. Unidentified servings of green and yellow substances, presumably vegetables, are also present on the tray.
| [[Homestar Presents: Presents]]

|-id="Salisbury Sundae"
| <center>[[Image:Salisbury Sundae.png|100px|Salisbury Sundae]]</center>
| '''Salisbury Sundae''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]]. The sundae has five different flavors and a cherry on top.
| [[Homestarloween Party]]

|-id="Sauce"
| [[Image:Sauce.png|150px|Sauce]]
| A bottle labeled '''Sauce''' is seen in a few toons. The bottle has two red peppers printed on the front, suggesting that it is hot sauce.
| Email [[your friends]], Email [[new hands]], Email [[fingers]]

|-id="Sog dog"
| [[Image:SogDog.png|150px|"Mmmm... Drink in that Bun!"]]
| '''Sog Dogs''' are [[hot dogs]] that Coach Z prepares using hydroelectric power (or, more accurately, by holding a hot dog in its bun under a hot shower). The slogan for this product is "Mmmm...Drink In That Bun!"
| Email [[environment]]

|-id="Sour apple blow-pops"
| <center> [[Image:Sour Apple Blow Pop.png|75px|"Yeah, there were big plans once. It was to be made of the finest materials. On a massive scale that would rival the Aztecs and their...techno-chocolate land."]]</center>
| Two '''sour apple blow-pops''' were placed at the top of Strong Bad's monument, stuck inside a novelty afro.
| Email [[monument]]

|-id="Soy sauce"
| [[Image:SoySauce.png|150px|"...to the MOOOOOOON!"]]
| Strong Bad claims that both he and The Cheat once got drunk off of '''{{wp|soy sauce}}''' (presumably in an unaired email), causing them both to do strange things with [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Strong Bad thought he could fly it to [[the moon]], and The Cheat tried to eat it). Based on the bottle design, the soy sauce appears to be {{wp|Kikkoman}} brand, as noted in the email's DVD commentary.
| Email [[personal favorites]]

|-id="Spiced Bun"
| [[Image:Spiced Bun.png|150px|"Favorite foods, spiced buns, and all that, and all that."]]
| '''Spiced Bun''' is a food that 1-Up suggested to for Stinkoman to be thankful for.
| [[Twenty THANXty Six]]

|- id="Spring Roll"
| [[Image:Spring Roll.png|150px|"MSG'd!"]]
| The [[Teen Girl Squad]] went to get Pan-Asian cuisine and ordered 3 '''spring rolls''', which were thrown at [[The Ugly One]] by the [[Arrow'd Guy]].
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]]

|-id="Staple Sauce"
| [[Image:staplesauce.png|150px|"...a heaping bowl of Staple Sauce..."]]
| '''Staple Sauce''' is a sauce eaten by [[What's Her Face]] as part of a musical montage. She eats a large bowl of the sauce, which results in her death. It appears to be a thick liquid with visible staples mixed into it.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]]

|-id="Strawberry Frosted Donuts"
| [[Image:Donut.png|150px|A Strawberry Frosted Donut]]
| '''Strawberry Frosted Donuts''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]].
| [[Homestarloween Party]]

|-id="Stuffed Grape Leaf"
| [[Image:Stuffed grape leaves.png|150px|"Ah, The Cheatbot! I would love a stuffed grape leaf!"]]
| '''Stuffed grape leaves''' are hors d'œuvres that [[The Cheatbot]] served to Strong Bad as an example of a [[robot]] serving hors d'œuvres.
| Email [[technology]]

|-id="Suge Brown"
| [[Image:sugebrown.png|150px|Don't Borrow From Thy Neighbor!]]
| '''Suge Brown''' is a brand of brown sugar for which Strong Sad apparently has a penchant for eating at 4 am on Saturday mornings. Its motto is "Don't Borrow From Thy Neighbor!". It is sold in boxes weighing one whole pound.
| Email [[best thing]], [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]

|-id="Swedish Fish"
| [[Image:Swedish Fish.png|150px|"Oh, the Swordish Forsh!"]]
| Strong Bad wanted Viklas from Sweden to send him some '''Swedish Fish''' as well as Swedish meatballs.
| Email [[little questions]], [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]

|-id="Swedish meatballs"
| [[Image:Swedish Meatballs.png|150px|"The Swedish Flag Does A Dance"]]
| Strong Bad wanted Viklas from Sweden to send him some '''Swedish meatballs''' as well as Swedish fish.
| Email [[little questions]]

|-id="Sweet Brand Meats"
| [[Image:Sweet Brand Meats.png|150px|Sweet Brand Meats]]
| '''Sweet Brand Meats''' is a candy mentioned in [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]. Sweet Brand Meats is one of the four candies that Mr. Shmallow used to describe as an ordinary candy, and a reason to turn to [[Fluffy Puff Air Puffed Sugar Delights]] instead.
| [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]

|- id="Teddy Grahams"
| [[Image:TeddyGraham.PNG|150px|Ptooie!]]
|One of Homestar's favorite pastimes is "spittin' '''[[Teddy Grahams]]'''", causing them to stick to various surfaces.
| Email [[couch patch]], [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two]]

|- id="Temporarios"
| [[Image:Temporarios fixed.png|150px|"Cuz I'm don't get paid!"]]
| '''Temporarios''' are a [[breakfast cereal]] endorsed by [[Strong Badathlon]] athlete Strong Bad that satirizes cereals endorsed by olympic athletes who rely on product endorsements for income due to {{w|Olympic Games#Amateurism and professionalism|Olympic amateurism regulations}}. To support this, the cereal's [[Mottos and Slogans|slogan]] is "Cuz I'm don't get paid!" The Temporarios box features the "2007 StrongBadathlon" logo and the text "side words" on its side panel. The cereal itself appears to be similar to {{wp|Froot Loops}}, although its name suggests a reference to {{wp|Cheerios}}.
| Email [[strong badathlon]], [[Homestar Ruiner]]

|- id="TendaRONi"
| [[Image:TendaRONi.png|150px|"Except that sounds pretty creepy and I'd probably go to jail."]]
| '''TendaRONi''' is a brand of macaroni that Strong Mad used to make a [[macaroni]] picture.
| Email [[portrait]]

|-id="Tomatocycle"
| [[Image:Tomatocycle.png|150px|"I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOTORCYCLES!"]]
| In [[Where U Goin' 2?]], Strong Mad pulled out a motorcycle, seemingly made out of tomato slices and hotdog weiners. The title bar for the cartoon indicates that it is called the "'''Tomatocycle'''", and the front cover of a sports magazine in A Decemberween Mackerel confirms this.
| [[Where U Goin' 2?]], [[A Decemberween Mackerel]]

|- id="Turduckens"
| [[Image:Bobbin' for Turduckens.png|150px|Bobbin' for Turduckens!]]
| In [[Halloween Fairstival]], the King of Town hosted a "bobbin' for '''{{wp|turducken}}s'''" contest. Strong Bad tried to take The Cheat there so he could lose his hiccups.
| [[Halloween Fairstival]]

|- id="Twinkies"
| [[Image:Twinkie.png|150px|"Here's a Twinkie!"]]
| '''{{wp|Twinkies}}''' are a food only seen in [[Where the Crap Are We?]]. Homestar [[Hammerspace|pulls the food out of nowhere]], suggesting to Strong Bad that they are in [[heaven]].
| [[Where the Crap Are We?]], [[Homestar Ruiner]] (mentioned)

|- id="Yogurt"
| <center>[[Image:Yogurt.png|100px|"Let's get yogurt!"]]</center>
| In [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]], the girls go to get '''[[yogurt]]''' at [[TCYBCBY]]. It appears that it is optional to put sprinkles on the yogurt as well.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]]

|- id="You're Not Potatoes"
| <center>[[Image:tgs you're not potatoes.png|100px|"Teehee." "We're cool"]]</center>
| A weight labelled "NO pounds" and a bag of '''YOU'RE NOT [[Potatoes]]''' were dropped on [[What's Her Face]] and [[The Ugly One]], respectively, for claiming that they were cool.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]
|}
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==Unnamed Foods==
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|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width="150"|Image !! Description !! width="150"|Appearances

|- id="Mayo Hamburger"
| [[Image:Burger.png|150px|"Here you go. Oh, and you're out of mayo."]]
| Homestar hands The Poopsmith a '''hamburger''' in secret identity and tells Strong Bad he's out of mayo. In the DVD commentary, Homestar refers to it as a "{{wp|McRib}}".
| Email [[secret identity]]

|- id "Prescription Popsicle"
| <center>[[File:Prescrip_Pop.png|86px|"It deliciously didn't work!"]]</center>
| Homestar grabs a '''popsicle''' out of the King of Town's "hands". The King claims it's prescription.
| [[Bug in Mouth Disease]]
|}

==Food Named After Characters==
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|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
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|-id="Blue Laser Blasts!"
| [[Image:Blue laser blasts.PNG|150px|Crush the Cheat Commandos... O's!]]
| '''Blue Laser Blasts!''' is a cereal based on the [[Cheat Commandos]] TV show.
| Email [[specially marked]]

|-id="Bubs' Doughnuts"
| [[Image:Homemáde Donuts.png|150px|From Homemáde!]]
| '''Bubs' Doughnuts from Homemáde!''' are doughnuts shipped from a third world country named Homemáde. Bubs only did this so he could legally print "Homemade" on the package.
| [[Donut Unto Others]]

|-id="Bubs' Old Pizza"
| [[Image:Bubs Old Pizza.png|150px|It sure is old!]]
| '''[[Bubs' Old Pizza]]''' is [[pizza]] that Bubs sells, presumably from his [[Bubs' Concession Stand|concession stand]]. Homestar is his delivery boy, bringing The Cheat's order to him. Judging from the name, and the slogan "It's-a really old", the product is not very fresh. The grease stains on the box further add to the questionable quality.
| Email [[privileges]], [[Homestar Presents: Presents]], Email [[bike thief]]

|-id="Bubs' Thirty Cent Lunch Special"
| [[Image:Bubs lunch special.PNG|150px|"I'ma head over to Bubs'"]]
| '''Bubs' Thirty Cent Lunch Special''' is a thirty-cent food with two hot buffalo wing bones, a cup of ice, and a half-eaten candy bar. It appears to only be available from 11 am to 3 pm.
| Email [[no loafing]]

|-id="Cheat Commandos... O's"
| [[Image:cheat commandos complete breakfast.png|150px|Not O's in the least]]
| '''Sugar Crunchy Cheat Commandos...O's Sugar Cereal''' is a [[breakfast cereal]] made by [[Cheap as Free]] foodstuffs. The product was introduced by a [[Cheat Commandos...O's|commercial]] in which several members of the [[Cheat Commandos]] were saved from exhaustion in [[the desert]] by a welcome delivery of the cereal. Ironically, they are not O's, but instead are a {{wp|Cap'n Crunch}}-type cereal, which is remarked by [[Fightgar]] on the box. The cereal is not part of a nutritious breakfast, but rather a delicious or "ridiculous" one. They come in two varieties: "regular", and with [[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows]]. The commercial shows it being eaten alongside a glass of caramel candies, a mug of marshmallows, a slice of chocolate fudge cake on a plate, and a gallon of [[ice cream]] (not pictured). The spokesperson suggests taking vitamins too. The box features several activities on the back, such as a [[Crack Stuntman]] mask, a maze and a word search.
| [[Cheat Commandos...O's]], [[specially marked]], [[Homestar Ruiner]]

|-id="Cheat-Toes"
| [[Image:CheatToes.png|150px|Always check your Cheaters' Almanac.]]
| '''Cheat-Toes''' is a bag of orange snacks, a reference to {{wp|Cheetos}}. The bag uses the same graphic as [[#Andy Capp's Hot Fries|Andy Capp's Hot Fries]] from [[your friends]].
| [[Kick-A-Ball]]

|-id="CHEETS"
|[[Image:cheets.PNG|150px|Who can resist these sugar-crusted The Cheats?]]
| '''CHEETS''' are a series of marshmallow The Cheats, a parody of {{wp|Peeps}}. CHEETS were one of the many unlicensed products that Strong Bad mentioned in the email [[licensed]].
| Email [[licensed]]

|-id="fauxducken"
|[[File:Marzipan's Faux-Ducken.png|150px|Cruelty free!]]
| [[Marzipan]] shows the viewers how to make her '''Famous Thanksgiving Faux-ducken'''. It consists of stuffing '''millet''' into '''bulgur''' into '''meatless veggie nuggets''' into '''tempeh''', injecting it into '''bean curd''', wrapping it in '''fakin bacon''', and baking it all inside a pair of '''hemp toddler pants'''.
| [[Toikey TV]]

|-id="Strong Badge: The Movie Lollipop"
| [[Image:Strong Badge Jelly Pop.PNG|150px|Featuring a human nose]]
| The '''Strong Badge: The Movie Lollipop''' is a licensed unlicensed gummi lollipop from "Strong Badge: The Movie", resembling a red-and-green Strong Bad with a pink human nose.
| Email [[licensed]]

|-id="Strong Bad's Double Deuce-blemint Gum"
| [[Image:Strong Bad gum.PNG|150px|"It's light green!!!"]]
| '''Strong Bad's [[Double Deuce]]-blemint Gum''' is a brand of chewing gum similar to {{wp|Doublemint}} gum. It costs 25 cents and advertises the fact that it has a light green color. The side of the package reads "Strong Bad's Double Deuce-blemint Gum is the product of choice."
| Email [[2 emails]]

|-id="Strong Bad's EGGS"
| [[Image:SB eggs brand type cereal.PNG|150px|A Nutritious Part of your Morning Routine!]]
| Little is known about '''Strong Bad's [[EGGS]]''' "brand [[type]] [[cereal]]" other than the fact that it originated in an [[Easter egg]] at the end of the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[morning routine]]. This breakfast cereal claims to be "''A nutritious part of your morning routine''" and essentially has the endorsement of Strong Bad. According to the front of the box, it has duck, goose, nut-hatch, and brown eggs. It is interesting to note that all the types of eggs featured on the box were originally found in the couch by Strong Sad during the aforementioned Strong Bad Email. In the nutrition facts listed on the box as "side words", "0 mg" is cited seven times. The ingredients list on the side of the box says "eggs, eggs, eggs, two more eggs".
| Email [[morning routine]]

|-id="The Cheatcakes"
| [[Image:TheCheatCakes.png|150px|With Real The Cheat Spots!]]
| '''[[The Cheatcakes]]''' are a specialty food [[The Cheat]] made for Strong Bad as a substitute for [[Grumblecakes]]. Even though The Cheat added even more steam and sugar than the Grumblecakes, Strong Bad still didn't accept the substitute for the Grumblecakes that he couldn't get. It advertises "real The Cheat spots". The Cheatcakes have their own "jingle" which encourages people not to eat Grumblecakes. The lyrics are as follows: "Only liars and thieves eat Grumblecakes, and those people go to prison. Just ask The Cheat."
| Email [[stupid stuff]], Email [[do over]], [[Grumblecakes (video)]]

|-id="The King of Town's Last Three Items in the Pantry Special!"
| [[File:Last3itemsinpantry.PNG|It wouldn't be the first time|150px]]
| '''The King of Town's Last Three Items in the Pantry Special!''' is food made from onion salt, hot sauce, and lumps of coal. It is priced at $f.ood.
| [[Decemberween Short Shorts]]

|-id="Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders"
| [[Image:Flavor taste chewing gum.png|150px|Whisk away the worries!]]
| '''Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste [[Style]] Chewing Powders''' is a brand of "chewing powders". This was introduced in an Easter egg in [[2 emails]]. It is endorsed by [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]], and its slogan is "''Whisk Away The Worries!''". It is produced in Strong Bad Powdertory in {{wp|St. Louis}}, {{wp|Missouri}}. It appears to have a "flavor" taste to it.
| Email [[2 emails]]
|}
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==Unseen Foods==
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|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width="1600"|Description !! width="150"|Mentions

|-id="Breakfast Burrito"
| Homestar told Strong Bad that he would sell his half-eaten '''breakfast burrito''' on an [[Some Type of Online Auction|online auction]]. The real burrito was actually put up for auction on the internet.
| Email [[english paper]]

|-id="Bubs' fundraiser candy bars"
| '''Bubs' fundraiser candy bars''' are candy bars that Strong Bad and The Cheat attempted to steal from Bubs' Concession Stand. Strong Bad described there to be crispy crackly ones and regular-ol'-chocolate ones, which Strong Bad thinks are "fool's gold". It is suggested that Marzipan helped to sell these with Bubs at one point.
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 3.0]], [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]

|-id="Cod Plank Platter"
| Coach Z orders a "'''cod plank platter'''" from Bubs. He becomes very impatient when neither Strong Bad or Bubs gets it for him.
| Email [[lunch special]]

|-id="Corn Dog"
| Strong Bad goes to Bubs' Consession Stand for a '''corn dog''' along with 90 rolls of toilet paper and 60 dozen eggs.
| [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]

|-id="Danish"
| [[Strong Badman]] asks for a '''danish''' from [[Strong Badman Characters#Stiny|Li'l Stiny]]. The word was used as part of Strong Bad's rock opera.
| Email [[superhero name]], Email [[rock opera]], Email [[Comic Book Movie]], [[Fan Costumes 2016]]

|-id="The Dijon Chicken"
| '''The Dijon Chicken''' is one of the three stout sub sandwiches that Strong Bad brought with him to [[Strong Badia]], in its [[History According to Strong Bad|claimed]] origins.
| Email [[colonization]]

|-id="Dinner Mints"
| '''Dinner mints''' were mentioned in an ad in [[Under Construction]]. The ad read "After dinner mints highly recommended." Unrelatedly, in [[do over]], Strong Bad suggests having dinner and after-dinner mints with Ali and Ali Jr.
| [[Under Construction]], Email [[do over]]

|-id="Double Hot Wings"
| Coach Z also orders a basket of "'''double hot wings''', pants down" from Bubs.
| Email [[lunch special]]

|-id="Duck A L'Orange"
| The Cheat writes "'''Duck A L'Orange'''" on a sign, in the hope of being able to get some. Strong Bad refuses.
| Email [[lunch special]]

|-id="Egg Rolls"
| '''Egg rolls''' are another food that Coach Z orders from Bubs.
| Email [[lunch special]]

|-id="Fritos"
| While in a bottomless pit, to avoid dying of starvation, So and So requests a single '''{{wp|Frito}}'''.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]

|-id="Gumbo"
| Strong Bad apparently invited Coach Z over for '''gumbo''', which he threw up into a ripped hole in Strong Bad's [[The Couch|couch]].
| Email [[couch patch]]

|-id="The Ham n' Swiss"
| '''The Ham n' Swiss''' is one of the three stout sub sandwiches that Strong Bad brought with him to Strong Badia, in its claimed origins.
| Email [[colonization]]

|-id="Hotcakes"
| Strong Bad thought that his action figure would sell like '''[[hotcakes]]''', and especially if it smelled like them.
| Email [[action figure]]

|-id="Lunchables"
| '''{{wp|Lunchables}}''' were briefly mentioned by So and So, begging for food.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]

|-id="Mustard-crackers"
| Strong Bad asked The Cheat to get him some '''[[mustard]]-crackers''' after he slapped the Cheatcakes out of his hand. Strong Bad suggests Homestar eats these.
| Email [[stupid stuff]]

|-id="Oreo Cheesecake"
| '''Oreo Cheesecake''' is a food that [[Gunhaver]] said would be a part of the "good" side of the brain.
| [[Commandos in the Classroom]]

|-id="Poached eggs"
| In Strong Bad's dreamail, he told Chester Eleganté to tell Adelaide that the '''poached eggs''' were tremendous.
| Email [[dreamail]]

|-id="Pork bellies"
| In the rich newspaper in portrait, the paper explained that '''pork bellies''' would be served around 8-ish.
| Email [[portrait]]

|-id="Rib-A-Q"
| So and So asks for a '''Rib-A-Q''' while falling down the Fighting Growlbacks Bottomless Spirit Pit.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]

|-id="Steak-umms"
| '''Steak-umms''' are a food that Strong Bad said that The Cheat could have had if he had made a little extra effort.
| [[New Boots]]

|-id="Sun Chips"
| '''{{wp|Sun Chips}}''' are a food that Strong Sad warns the viewer not to eat, as Strong Sad and [[the Deleteheads]] packed them special.
| [[Sbemail 200 Fakeout]]

|-id="Sugar Daddys"
| '''[[Wikipedia:Sugar Daddy (candy)|Sugar Daddys]]''' are a candy that [[Open Source Greg]], brought back to the other Gregs when he took advantage of the "concession stand mainframe".
| [[4 Gregs]]

|-id="Veggie Delux"
| '''Veggie Delux''' is one of the three stout sub sandwiches that Strong Bad brought with him to Strong Badia, in its claimed origins.
| Email [[colonization]]
|}
{{sectionstub}}

==See Also==
*[[Items#Food/Drinks|Foods]]
*[[The King of Town's Food]]
*[[Decemberween Food]]
*[[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked]]
*[[Minor Drinks]]

[[Category:Food and drinks]]
[[Category:Lists]]

Style

Keegster2 — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 11:04:42 GMT

Keegster2: /* Strong Bad Email */ I can't think of anything to describe these edits concisely, so I'll just be lame and simply say "improvement styles".

:{{for-nothe|other uses|Styles}}
[[Image:Totally style.PNG|thumb|"Check it out, yo!"]]
''From the [[modeling]] [[modeling#DVD Version|DVD commentary]]:''
<blockquote>
'''MATT:''' I sing that "Can you handle my style no you can't handle my style" song a lot. I think maybe I sang it ''before'' it was a Strong Bad Email song even.
 
'''MIKE:''' Probably. You tend to sing songs with lyrics that have "style" in them.
 
'''MATT:''' Styles upon styles, Mike.</blockquote>

The word '''"style"''' is frequently used in [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]], carrying a variety of meanings. Although regularly used with the standard definitions of "manner of doing something" or "design and fashion", "style" is just as often appended to adjectives (in a manner similar to -[[type]]) or used as a noun with a positive connotation but indeterminate meaning. Its consistent presence in the vernacular makes it one of the most common word [[running gag]]s.

==Appearances==
[[File:NebulonT-shirt close.png|thumb|[[Nebulon]]'s style is often poorly recieved.]]
===Strong Bad Email===
*[[caper]] (Easter egg) {{--}} The Jumble puzzle has a "hilarious cartoon style drawing" on it.
*[[2 emails]] (Easter egg) {{--}} [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] advertises "Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders".
*[[the bet]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] and [[the King of Town]] consume "ice style cream". Strong Bad puts a can of "army-style mayo" in the King of Town's air vent.
*[[different town]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]]'s "cool jacket" reads "Totally Style!"
*[[other days]] {{--}} The letter from [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] says that if Strong Bad does not remit payment of three dollars and sixty-two cents, he will be turned over to a "cut off your toes"-style collections agency.
*[[old comics]] {{--}} Strong Bad sings "Let's get it over with! With the email style, get it over with!"
*[[pizzaz]] {{--}} [[Duplicate Characters|Strong Bad visits Strong Bad]] on his "Buffalo Style Ranch" and provides "buffalo style journalism".
*[[animal]] {{--}} Strong Bad calls the girl in the "Deep-Sea Fangly Fish" scene "[[Baby Styles]]".
*[[radio]] {{--}} Strong Bad's [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email song]] goes "I've got miles and miles of the email style!"
*[[modeling]] {{--}} Strong Bad's email song is "Can you handle my style, no you can't handle my style."
*[[geddup noise]] {{--}} Strong Bad calls the Git Outcha Seat Sound "everybody's favorite style".
*[[technology]] {{--}} Strong Bad shows off an infinitely repeating screen saver similar to {{w|3D Maze}} on the [[Lappy 486]] with "Strong Bad gots the Style" written on some of the walls.
*[[narrator]] (Easter egg) {{--}} Alien [[Marzipan]] confesses that she has always admired [[Nebulon]]'s styles.
*[[myths & legends]] (Easter egg) {{--}} [[Bubs]] demands more money for a frozen treat that he says has "{{w|The Shawshank Redemption|Shawshank}} style".
*[[disconnected]] {{--}} Strong Bad's email song is "This week, I'm feeling my style... I've got confidence in my email!" An Easter egg shows a stick of "Sbemail [[Deodorant]]", using the song as its slogan.
*[[senior prom]] {{--}} The email intro goes, "Can you see that I've got email styles?" Afterwards, Strong Bad, [[Strong Mad]], and [[The Cheat]] plan to crash "the ever-loving style" out of the Entrapment [[All up ons|All Up On]] [[the Moon]] Dance.
*[[4 branches]] (Easter egg) {{--}} The title of [[Homestar Runner]]'s spreadsheet is "A GREAT IDEA FOR PERSONAL STYLE".
*[[looking old]] {{--}} After watching The Cheat's email remix, Strong Bad states that he doesn't know whether to [[Puking|puke]] or have a seizure. A piece of paper is then shown, with silhouettes of Strong Bad throwing up and seizing, labeled "STYLE 1" and "STYLE 2".
*[[your funeral]] {{--}} One of the boomboxes used to play Strong Bad's eulogy is named "[[Twicestyle]]".
*[[pizza joint]] {{--}} The sides of the pizza boxes read "Pizza Box" / "Neighborhood Style".
*[[slumber party]] {{--}} The sides of the pizza boxes read "Pizza Box" / "Slumber Party Style".
*[[business trip]] {{--}} Strong Bad remarks "Well, cramp my style," after he and Homestar seal the deal with the King of Town.

===[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]===
*[[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] {{--}} Strong Bad invites viewers to witness his "amazing videogame styles".
*[[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer]] {{--}} Strong Bad describes an "internet-style connection".
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] {{--}}
**In his entry for May 21, 2008, Strong Bad refers to Telltale Games' decision to ignore his concept art as "total and complete bullstyle!"
**In his entry for November 4, 2008, Strong Bad says to "click on a seven inch below to style yourself out!"
*[[Homestar Ruiner]] {{--}}
** Strong Bad opens the game by [[Handle My Style|singing a song]] telling that no one can handle his style, and ends the game singing a refrain of said song.
** In a flashback of Marzipan's last party, Strong Bad declares that all will kneel before his style.
*[[Strong Badia the Free]] {{--}}
** In the beginning of the game, after Strong Bad is put under house arrest, he claims it's "the worst thing to happen to [his] style in a long line of bad things happening to [his] style".
** Normal-speaking [[Homsar]] asks why his people should risk open war for Strong Bad and his considerable style when asked to join [[Strong Badia]].
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} When Strong Bad asks [[Larry Palaroncini]] for his opinion on Homestar Runner's surprisingly smooth lyrics, Larry compares it to "Pom Pom [puking] all his style right into Homestar's mouth".
*[[8-Bit Is Enough]] {{--}} When Strong Bad first defeats [[Trogdor]], he says, "Your style! I couldn't handle it!!" in reference to the opening song from Homestar Ruiner.

===Other Appearances===
[[File:todaybor.PNG|thumb|Nice third-style [[puke|upchuck]]!]]
*[[Sample of Style]]
*[[Sample of Style Too]]
*The menu bars on the [[Monosodium Dreams]] and [[The Cheat's iMac (2018)|The Cheat's new iMac]] have a menu labeled "Style".
*[[Quote of the Week]] {{--}} If there is a problem finding the [[weeklies XML file]], the text begins with "Oh Haldo! This is my funniest word style ever times that I've said!"
*[[New Boots]] {{--}} According to [[Powered by The Cheat]] Strong Bad, nobody likes Nebulon's style.
*[[Decemberween in July]] {{--}} The link to [[Homestar and the Nice Present]] reads "Puppet Style".
*[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]] {{--}} [[Peasant's Quest]] is described as utilizing "text and graphic style!"
*[[Labor Dabor]] {{--}} [[Homestar Runner]] refers to [[Frank Bennedetto]] as "Third-style private Bennedetto", and asks him if he has eaten some bad "third-style rations".
*[[Shopping For Danger]] {{--}} The grocery store that [[Blue Laser]] frequents is called "[[Price Style]]".
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] {{--}} The credits read "Vocal styles by [[Missy Palmer|Missy]] & [[Matt Chapman|Matt]]".
*[[50K Racewalker]] {{--}} The racer's default name is "[[Steak]] Styles".
*[[Stinkoman 20X6]]:
**In the [[Stinkomanual]], [[Stinkoman 20X6 Enemies and Items|Astromund]] is described as an "astro style mund".
**After defeating Nebulon in [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 5|Level 5]], [[1-Up]] informs him that nobody likes his style.
**In [[Stinkoman 20X6 Walkthrough Level 10|Level 10]], when 1-Up says that the "Crystal Heart of [[Mecha-Trogador]] is about to asplode", [[Vector Strong Bad]] appears on [[Z Sabre]]'s TV screen, saying that 1-Up should quit "bightening [his] style".
*[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four]] {{--}} If the user waits for a while on the opening menu, the [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|Female Lappy 486]] says "I'm of a style".
*[[Puppets on the Road]] {{--}} [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] says that "tomorrow is a brand style" and that "[his] style's got eight burgers." When he is seen hitting the ticket machine screen, he says that "it's a style, gotta get the points".
*[[Thy Dungeonman 3]] {{--}}
**Attempting to do anything other than leave the dungeon after jamming the spiked walls will result in the message "The walls in this room are totally cramping thy style."
**When the [[Minor Thy Dungeonman Characters|troll]] gets pecked by the bird, the former says, "AGH! My style!"
*[[Summer Short Shorts]] {{--}} The description on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]] reads "Short styles for short clothing".
*[[Why Come Only One Girl?]] {{--}} Strong Bad gets slapped after mentioning his style.
*[[Blue Laserdisc Challenge]] {{--}} The player is prompted to "take control of [[Blue Laser Commander]] by mashing left or right on your laserdisc remote when you see this flashing style".
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] {{--}} A wanted poster shows that Coach Z is wanted "for creepy styles and creepier habits".
*[[An Important Rap Song]] {{--}} One of the lyrics is "Jet to the beach wearin' the freshest styles!"
*[[One Two, One Two]] {{--}} The link at the end of the cartoon to go to the [[MixMastah 800]] says "MIX YOUR OWN STYLE".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 13]] {{--}} [[What's Her Face]] yells, "OW! MY STYLE! (or lack thereof)".
**In the same episode, [[Peacey P]]'s rap contains the line "crample-o stow," which is also the name of the [[Crample-O Stow Records|record company]]. The phrase "crample-o stow" evokes the phrase "crampin' my style".
*[[Ever and More]] {{--}} The page title says "B.O.D.H. Local 1-1-Style".
*[[Jibblies 2]] {{--}} After Homestar walks into the [[Jibblies Painting|painting]], he says, "Whoa, nice style!"
*[[Where's The Cheat? (game)]] {{--}} Upon locating the hidden room where [[Homsar]] is located, a message appears saying, "You Found: A Secret Style!"
*[[Trogday 08]] {{--}} [[The S is for Sucks Dragon]] is mentioned to have an "Uneven Style".
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]] {{--}} In his message, Homestar describes the hot blonde that just walked by as having "broomstick style".
*[[Limozeen Live! - 27 Mar 2008]] {{--}} During [[Everybody to the Limit]], Strong Bad thanks the crowd for putting up with his style.
*[[Punkin Show]] {{--}} The page description reads "All Aboard the Style Train!" In addition, the pumpkin of the [[redesign|2006 Coach Z logo]] receives a score of "3rd Style" on the Ding-Board.
*[[Poker Night at the Inventory]] {{--}} One of Strong Bad's lines is "It's okay to be jealous of my style".
*[[Which Ween Costumes?]] {{--}} In an Easter egg, [[Homestar Runner]] sings about his "low budget style".
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] {{--}} Homestar describes his suggestive voice as "suggestive styles".
*[[Characters from Yonder Website]] {{--}} In the Easter egg, Strong Bad invites the viewer to "style it out from the left, to the right" in his "Bend at the Knees" song.
*[[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]] {{--}} The first grocery store [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] searches for [[Hot Jones]] is a Price Style.
*[[strongbadallthetimesogreat.com]] {{--}} Using the correct password includes an image of [[Powered by The Cheat]] Strong Bad saying "Secret styles!"
*[[Halloween Hide & Seek]] {{--}} Homestar Runner has "just gotta get enough style" to bounce through [[The King of Town's castle]] window on his trampoline. Marzipan claims that she can smell the "hummus and natural styles" of the [[whatsit]]-covered [[pumpkin]].
*[[Fan 'Stumes 2020]] {{--}} During his rap commentary for a picture of a fan cosplaying as himself, [[Crack Stuntman]] refers to permanent markers as "permanent styles".
*{{postref|1512191905320345610|7|Apr|2022}} {{--}} The ''fortis malus luctatio'' is described to catch "its prey by regurgitating its own style".

==See Also==
*[[Styles Upon Styles]]
*[[Twice]]
*[[Type]]
*[[Homestar Runner's Fashion Sense]]

[[Category:Word running gags]]

The Office

Keegster2 — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 00:10:45 GMT

Keegster2: Links, {{w}}'s... the "E.O.B." note was misread.

[[Image:theoffice.png|thumb|220px|In all its glory]]
[[Image:biz cas fri.JPG|thumb|220px|Real-life style!]]
{{about|place of business}} {{for-nothe|other uses|Office (disambiguation)}}
'''The office''' is [[Free Country, USA|Free Country]]'s token cubicle-filled commercial office building, though its arrangement and exterior have not been verified. Inside, [[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Bad]], [[Strong Sad]], [[Bubs]], [[Pom Pom]], [[The Cheat]], and [[Coach Z]] work generic and fairly ambiguous office jobs. Strong Bad works in a cubicle with a [[Corpy NT6|computer]], and puts [[Dullard|comic strips]] and [[Sticky Notes|Post-it notes]] on the walls, the latter of which were involved in a plan which he believed would save the company millions. The office has a wood-paneled boardroom equipped with a {{w|Whiteboard|dry-erase board}}. [[Shareholders]] meet there to discuss the earnings.

Their work seems to involve multi-tasking, or creating the illusion of multi-tasking when they report to their superiors in the assumed company.

Pom Pom is the "big cheese" of the company, and Homestar, being Pom Pom's friend, has admin privileges, although he still remains extremely obedient to Pom Pom.

Rondleman, [[Names ending in -erson|Gunderson]], and [[Mancuso]] are the names of three [[Unseen Characters|unseen co-workers]]. Homestar once identified Strong Bad as Rondleman, who works in Regional Shipping Management Resources. Gunderson and Mancuso work in Accounting. Mancuso put his own {{w|Hole punch|three-hole punch}} in the microwave on at least one occasion, which led Homestar to think he [[sucks]]. Gunderson, according to Homestar, doesn't suck.

The office apparently has spaces occupied by [[Senor Cardgage]]'s mortgage company, [[Senor Cardgage Mortgage]]. It is featured in his company's TV promotion as where calls are transferred to and received by his many "handsome talking experts". None of these experts were shown in the [[Senor Mortgage|commercial]], however.

The office is also home to a {{w|Technical support|tech support}} calling center where Homestar works and where Strong Bad once called up to complain about his slow internet speeds. As a parody of many reports of inferior tech support, Homestar repeats prepared replies that are not related to Strong Bad's questions. Homestar also claims he is "not in {{w|India}}".

It also apparently has a [[water cooler]], where Homestar Runner tries to make conversation. In the email [[4 branches]], he gets stuck inside the water cooler, and decides to stay for the rest of his life. However, he later escapes (although it is not shown how or when).

Fridays at the office are Business Casual Fridays, or as they say around the office, "Biz Cas Fri", since they have to "abbreve" everything. On this day, the employees all wear free polo shirts they have received from various software companies, such as "[[Minor Companies#Diskettes ETC.|Diskettes Etc.]]", "[[Minor Companies#Micro Palace|Micro Palace]]", and "[[Minor Companies#Hot Jones Investment|Hot Jones Investment]]".

The Cheat's job is most likely a part of the aforementioned tech support, evidenced in [[Biz Cas Fri 2]]: when Strong Bad commented on Homestar's foul smell, he said he smelled like "wet Tech Support, with [[onions]]". The Cheat is known to smell bad when wet, and he tried to help with Strong Bad's computer issues in [[Biz Cas Fri 3]]. Bubs appears to be an {{w|Information systems technician|IT technician}}, as his job involves installing {{w|Firewall (computing)|firewalls}}, as seen in [[from work]]; in the DVD commentary for said email, [[Mike Chapman]] refers to Bubs as an IT geek. [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] seemingly indicates (and [[DNA Evidence]] confirms) that Coach Z is a janitor.

== Things tacked to cubicles ==

*While Homestar is using the cubicle in the email [[isp]], on the wall is a post-it note which reads "[[Note to self:]] chew more."
*In the email [[dullard]], a [[Dullard]] comic can be seen on the wall.
*In the email [[other days]], there is just a blue pin on the wall.
*On the wall in the email [[4 branches]], another "Dullard" comic is seen.
*In every [[Biz Cas Fri]] toon, there are always: a "Dullard" comic, a letter, and a post-it that says one of the following: "A.S.A.P!!" (As Soon As Possible), "E.O.B!" (End of Business), and "F.Y.I!!" (For Your Information).
*In [[Decemberween Short Shorts]], a clip of Strong Bad complaining about his [[tube socks]] shows on the wall a [[Decemberween]] tree made out of green pushpins and a flyer that says "D'screetret Santa Today!"
*In the email [[from work]], a "Dullard" comic is on the wall (same thing in the deleted scene).
*In the email [[too cool]], Homestar's cubicle has a post-it reading "Less This, More That".

== Appearances ==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[dullard]]
*[[Senor Mortgage]]
*Email [[other days]]
*[[Biz Cas Fri 1]]
*[[Biz Cas Fri 2]]
*[[Biz Cas Fri 3]]
*Email [[isp]]
*Email [[cliffhangers]] (Easter egg)
*Email [[4 branches]]
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]]
*Email [[from work]]
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]]
*[[DNA Evidence]]
*[[Happy Dethemberween]]
*[[Main Page 25]]
*Email [[too cool]]

[[Category:Places of Business|Office, The]]

Pie

Keegster2 — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:21:58 GMT

Keegster2: Swapped out the image for a more fitting one that isn't already used on another food page.

{{about|food}} {{for|number|Pi}}
[[Image:MLS_Sign_PIE-FECT.PNG|thumb|right|200px|PIE-FECT!!]]

The [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] [[characters]] eat and mention many different types of '''{{w|pie}}''', often in odd contexts.

== Appearances ==
*[[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] {{--}} A picture in the [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|stand]] says "PIE-FECT!!" with a slice of pie.
*[[Sing Along]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] sings about two pies.
*[[Homestar Quiz]] {{--}} When you answer five or six questions correctly, Strong Bad sings, "You're the stupidest guy and you probably eat stupid pie..."
*[[Quote of the Week]] {{--}} In one Quote of the Week exclusive, Strong Bad says he's going to throw a bunch of pies at [[The Cheat]].
*[[TV Time Toons Menu]] {{--}} The first cover of TV Time Magazine states that Homestar and Company "eat pie and get doppy".
*[[Parsnips A-Plenty]] {{--}} [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] plans to make parsnip pie.
*[[Pumpkin Carve-nival]] {{--}} [[The King of Town]] wound up making his pumpkin into a pie and eating most of it.
*Email [[stunt double]] {{--}} Strong Bad's [[The Stunt Double|stunt double]] ([[Strong Sad]]) falls into a pool labeled "[[Pie Factory]]".
*Email [[monument]] {{--}} The items to be used for a monument include the pool labeled "Pie Factory" from Dangeresque 2.
*Email [[stupid stuff]] {{--}} In an effort to get [[Homestar Runner]] to say something intelligent, Strong Bad says, "I say there, Homestar, butt's twelve by pies?" In an Easter egg, "Butt's Twelve By Pies" is a play directed by [[Homsar]].
*[[Peasant's Quest]] {{--}} The [[Baby Lady]] says her "Wives of Squished Peasants" support group would bake [[Rather Dashing]] a [[Poor Gary]] pie if he killed [[Trogdor]].
*Email [[car]] {{--}} A dazed Homestar mumbles about pie and pie people.
*[[Cheat Commandos (toon)|Cheat Commandos]] {{--}} Homestar and friends use an old pie tin to transform [[The Stick]] into a pretend radar outpost for their action figures.
*[[That a Ghost]] {{--}} [[The Homestar Runner]] and the gang visit [[The Old Pietimer Place]], while Old-Timey Strong Bad exhumes the grave of [[Eustice Pietimer]].
*Email [[other days]] {{--}} Strong Bad helps people "over the hump" on Wednesdays, by encouraging them: "When life throws pies at you, you make yourself a tall, cool glass of [[piemonade]]."
*Email [[secret recipes]] {{--}} Homestar tries to get back at Strong Bad by unsuccessfully tricking him into eating some of Stupid Uncle Egg's Goodtime [[Diaper]] Pie.
*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} An Easter egg shows a [[business card]] for [[Kertified Klown Kare]], who deal with pie injuries.
*Email [[rampage]] {{--}} Strong Bad says, "The pie's the limit as far as rampages are concerned."
*Email [[boring (really)]] {{--}} "Pie" is used in Strong Bad's list of 3-letter words.
*Email [[geddup noise]] {{--}} Strong Bad says even The Cheat was able to snag a piece of the [[The Geddup Noise|Geddup]] Pie.
*Email [[high school]] {{--}} In [[Mysfit-steries Character Variations|high school]], the gang explored an abandoned pie factory belonging to [[Marzipan]]'s long-lost uncle.
*Email [[technology]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that "pie" is a good ending for an email address.
*Email [[narrator]] {{--}} [[Strong Sad]] is eating a [[Indian Food|Rogan Josh]] pot pie.
*Email [[myths & legends]] {{--}} Strong Bad comments on how his drawings of "family bike-riders" looks more like a pie-sitting contest.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 13.2]] {{--}} Strong Bad (as "[[Aliases Used in Prank Calls#Strong Bad|Lorenz Magazine Man]]") tells Marzipan to bake all her money into a no-bake apple pie and leave it on her windowsill.
*Email [[coloring]] {{--}} Homestar Runner wants to read "pie pie comics".
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] {{--}} [[Coach Z]]'s play list includes the play "cake und pie".
*[[DNA Evidence]] {{--}} Strong Bad says he was stomping his feet in pecan pie all morning.
*Email [[more armies]] {{--}} In the picture for "Brown Ops", Strong Bad is shown throwing a blueberry pie at The Stick.
*Email [[pet show]] {{--}} In a variation on the expression "It's gonna be a piece of [[cake]]", Strong Bad tells The Cheat that the [[Cat Mess Inbredtational Pet Show|pet show]] will be "a piece of pie".
*Email [[buried]] (Easter egg) {{--}} While looking at a diagram supposedly depicting the ancient layers of [[Strong Badia]], The King of Town says he would like to try a piece of the igneous pie.
*[[Main Page 25]] {{--}} [[Shark-Tooth Bubs]] asks if there is "email pie".
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Homsar screams "Piiiiiiiie!" while being electrified.
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] {{--}}
**Strong Bad exclaims "OH DANG [[MUFFINS]] PIE À LA MODE!", excited about his April Fools' Day prank.
**In an [[PhoneTime XL8|answering machine]] message, Strong Bad as [[Sharpdene]] demands that Marzipan bake her "some kind of pie-brownies-cakey".
*[[Mr. Poofers Must Die]] {{--}} Regarding several characters' inability to kill [[Mr. Poofers]] in the story, everyone sings, "Why can't we slice that pie?"
*{{postref|1238995467763146753|14|Mar|2020}} {{--}} Strong Bad linked to this wiki article in honor of [[Pi]] Day.
*[[Disk 4 of 12 - FriendlyWare]] {{--}} Strong Bad, convinced that the "Personal Biorhythms" program is a game, makes it his goal to find the word "PIE" in the chart.
*[[Halloween Hide & Seek]] {{--}} Upon clicking [[the moon]], Homestar will launch into an unrelated song about [[dinosaur]] pie.
*{{postref|1529148928297426944|24|May|2022}} {{--}} A slice of pie is thrown at a [[Suudsu]] [[Melt Shake]] when Strong Bad complains that he wanted a piemonade one instead.

==See Also==
* [[Pie Factory]]
* [[Charts#Pie charts|Pie charts]]
* [[Pizza]]

[[Category:Generic food and drinks]]

The Garage

Keegster2 — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 04:01:33 GMT

Keegster2: Where My Correctly-Capitalized Verb Is At?

[[Image:garage.png|thumb|right|220px|Duct Tape fixes everything.]]
:''"Datum Center" redirects here.'' {{for|computers in The Garage shown in [[isp]]|Datum Center Computers}}

'''The Garage''' is a room where many characters do maintenance and creative work on various projects such as fixing [[The VCR|VCRs]] with [[duct tape]], editing movies, creating laser lemons, and restoring old Mexican accents with sandpaper. [[Bubs]] is the usual occupant, though [[The Cheat]], [[Coach Z]], and [[Strong Bad]] have also been known to do work there. The garage is also used as a storage area for "eStrong" boxes, and as the Datum Center where Bubs keeps his [[Datum Center Computers|internet servers]]. [[Homestar]] apparently owns a [[Homestar Runner's Auto|car]] which he keeps in the garage. The exact location of the garage is unclear. The presence of the [[No Loafing Sign]] suggests that it might be another part of Strong Bad's [[computer room]], though [[the Brothers Chaps]] have dismissed this as being an [[inconsistency]] on their part.

==Appearances==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[12:00]]
*Email [[your friends]]
*Email [[isp]]
*Email [[coloring]]
*Email [[looking old]]
*[[DNA Evidence]]
*Email [[Accent]]
*Email [[no loafing]]
*[[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)]]
*Email [[videography]]

[[Category:Individual Rooms|Garage, The]]

Minor Foods

Keegster2 — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:35:08 GMT

Keegster2: *insert bad corn-related joke here*

Just as people in the real world need to eat, so do the characters in the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. These '''food items''' are varied, from strange ethnic foods to common junk food. Some foods are just plainly ridiculous in their name, shape, or size, while others look normal. Some characters even have their own brand of food named after themselves (or as a pun on their name) or shaped like the character.

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== General Minor Foods ==
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|-id="Absolute Worst Creamular Corn"
| [[Image:Absolute Worst Creamular Corn.png|150px|Creamed corn for the absolute worst.]]
| On September 12, 2019, [[Strong Bad]] had planned to throw a can of '''The Absolute Worst Creamular [[Corn]]''' at [[Strong Sad]], but postponed doing so until tomorrow after recording the latter's tribute to {{w|Daniel Johnston}}.
| {{postref|1172671520516321280|13|Sep|2019}}

|-id="Ambrosia Salad"
| [[Image:AmbrosiaSalad.png|150px|He brought some ambrosia salad.]]
| {{seemain|Ambrosia salad}}
'''{{w|Ambrosia (fruit salad)|Ambrosia salad}}''' is a fruit [[salad]] variation that normally contains sour cream, whipped cream, mandarin oranges, pineapple, and coconut. Some variations also contain bananas, strawberries, or miniature marshmallows. [[Ripberger]] takes some to [[Blue Laser]]'s Thanksgiving Party in [[Let us give TANKS!]], and it was light blue with white and yellow chunks in it, served in a large yellow bowl.
| [[Let us give TANKS!]]

|-id="Andy Capp's Hot Fries"
| [[Image:Hot Fries.png|150px|"Thanks for the chippies, Strong Bad!"]]
| '''{{wp|Andy Capp's}} Hot Fries''' are given to [[Coach Z]] by [[Strong Bad]] with the seeming intention of harming him. This graphic was later reused for the [[#Cheat-Toes|Cheat-Toes]] in [[Kick-A-Ball]].
| Email [[your friends]]

|-id="Basmati Rice"
| [[Image:Basmati Rice.png|150px|"I've transcribed Paradise Lost onto this single grain of basmati rice!"]]
| [[Strong Sad]] transcribes ''{{w|Paradise Lost}}'' onto a piece of '''{{w|Basmati|basmati rice}}''' into four languages.
| Email [[record book]]

|-id="Baklava"
| [[Image:Baklavas.png|150px|Baklavas, anyone?]]
| '''{{w|Baklava}}''' is a food that [[Marzipan]] brings out at the end of [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]].
| [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]

|-id="Bakinged Soda"
| [[File:Spoonful of Bakinged Soda.png|150px|Could be mistaken for sugar!]]
| A spoonful of '''Bakinged Soda''' one could mistake for [[sugar]] is one of the Depression-Era treats offered by [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] for [[Halloween]], based on [[Fan Costumes|a fan's Halloween costume]].
| [[Fan Costumes 2017]]

|-id="Bean Sprouts"
| [[Image:Bean_Sprouts.png|150px|"I brought him a hot covered dish to brighten his dismal life."]]
| Marzipan brings [[Senor Cardgage]] some '''{{w|Mung bean#Bean sprouts|bean sprouts}}''' for [[Decemberween]] to "brighten his dismal life", claiming that they are "a hot covered dish". The dish doesn't have a cover. Strong Bad later tries to jump on the dish.
| [[A Decemberween Mackerel]]

|-id="Bequeathed Molasses"
| [[File:Bequeathed Molasses.png|150px|Obtained from a goat!]]
| A jug of Dead Goat "Premulum" '''Bequeathed Molasses''', apparently obtained from a [[goat]] upon its untimely [[Death|demise]], is one of the Depression-Era treats offered by Old-Timey Strong Bad for Halloween, based on a fan's Halloween costume.
| [[Fan Costumes 2017]]

|-id="Brown Mayo"
| [[Image:Brown Mayo.png|150px|"And a solid F- on smelling any good."]]
| '''Brown Mayo''' is a brand of [[mayonnaise]] that [[The Poopsmith]] brought to Labor Day. It is assumed that it is made out of [[whatsit]].
| Email [[labor day]]

|-id="Brunswick Stew"
| [[Image:Brunswick Stew.png|150px|"You know, Brunsy, the 50th anniversary is the dollop of sour cream year!"]]
| '''Brunswick [[Stew]]''' is a stew that Strong Bad gave [[The Cheat]] after he made [[New Boots]], although he mentioned that if The Cheat had done better, he could have gotten a trophy full of Steak-umms. [[The King of Town]] took a bowl of Brunswick Stew out on a date at [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's L'est Stand]].
| [[New Boots]], Email [[love poems]], [[Play Date]]

|- id="Cadbury Creme Egg omelet"
| [[Image:Cadbury Creme Egg omelette.png|150px|"Ooh! Cadbury Creme Egg omelette!"]]
| '''{{w|Cadbury Creme Egg}} omelet''' is what Strong Bad imagined getting at dinner in his dream email.
| Email [[dreamail]]

|- id="Can D"
| [[Image:CAN D.png|150px|"Would you care for a funtime treat?"]]
| '''CAN D''' is a small white container of candy that [[Homestar Runner]] tried to give to [[Marshie]], only to be pelted by marshmallows.
| [[Malloween Commercial]]

|- id="Canopy's"
| [[Image:Canopy's.png|150px|"I dan't know why. Exprecially since you have this can of peas to look forward to."]]
| '''Canopy's''' is a brand of [[peas]] that Senor Cardgage bought at a garage sale.
| Email [[garage sale]]

|- id="Cassssss"
| [[Image:Cassssss.PNG|150px|"We can't go wrong!"]]
| '''Cassssss''' is a batch of casserole that Strong Bad stepped in to "not lose his edge".
| Email [[your edge]]

|-id="chicken_in_a_pan"
| [[File:Chicken in a Pan.png|150px|Chicken... in a pan...]]
| Some '''chicken in a pan''', accompanied by '''[[salad]]''' and '''a glass of milk''', is described by Strong Bad as a bad sign for any slumber party you should happen to visit. He further states that one served such things should start running, as it implies the host family has serious health problems.
| Email [[slumber party]]

|-id="Chockle"
| [[Image:Chockle.png|150px|Chockle]]
| '''Chockle''' is box of chocolates that [[Sickly Sam]] brought to his date.
| [[Sickly Sam's Big Outing]]

|-id="Choco-Lumps"
| [[Image:Choco-Lumps.png|150px|Choco-Lumps]]
| '''Choco-Lumps''' is a candy mentioned in [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]. Choco-Lumps is one of the four candies that [[Mr. Shmallow]] used to describe as an ordinary candy, and a reason to turn to [[Fluffy Puff Air Puffed Sugar Delights]] instead.
| [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]

|-id="Corn_Krunch"
| [[Image:Cornkrunch.PNG|150px|Corn Krunch]]
| '''Corn Krunch''' is a corn flake [[Breakfast Cereal|cereal]]. [[Homestar Runner]] hot-glues the flakes to his face to make himself ugly for the "jazz ensemble" in [[death metal]]. It claims to come with a free full-size alto saxophone. In [[specially marked]], it is one of the {{wp|Iowa}}-grown cereals Strong Bad says to avoid since it is only likely to include fitness products as free toys.
| Email [[death metal]], Email [[specially marked]]

|-id="Crisps A-Soy!"
|[[Image:crisps-a-soy.png|150px|"Homestar, can you pass the soy crisps?"]]
| '''[[Crisps, A-Soy!]]''' is a soy-based snack food. Naturally, Marzipan enjoys them, and perhaps The Cheat does as well. It is unclear from the packaging whether they are made by the "Health!!" company or just that they're supposedly healthy.

The name is a reference to {{w|Chips Ahoy!}} cookies and to the many soy products whose names contain puns on the word "soy" (e.g. "Soy Good" soy milk).
| Email [[do over]]

|-id="Crispy Puffed Rice"
|[[Image:Crispyrice.png|150px|Actual bowls of crispy puffed rice cereal]]
| '''Crispy puffed rice''' is a type of [[cereal]] that has appeared a few times in the [[Homestar Runner universe]]. Although rarely seen, it is one of the many cereals available to eat in [[Free Country, USA]]. It is also the only cereal that has never been seen in a cereal box.
| Email [[candy product]], Email [[hygiene]]

|-id="Crispy Puppies Crunch"
|[[Image:CrispyPuppiesCrunch.png|150px|A Transylvanian delicacy!]]
| '''Crispy Puppies Crunch''' is a [[breakfast cereal]] that allegedly contains [[Killing Dogs|young dogs]] in it. It appears in an [[rated#Easter Eggs|Easter egg]] that can be activated after [[Strong Bad]] claims that citizens of {{wp|Transylvania}} are required by law to eat puppies for breakfast. The front of the box features a sad-faced {{wp|Basset Hound}}, which had previously appeared in [[space program]] and [[Why Come Only One Girl?]].
| Email [[rated]]

|-id="Crustly Guarded Bread"
|[[Image:Crustly Guarded Bread.png|150px|A loaf... for a peasant!]]
| '''Crustly Guarded [[Bread]]''' is the brand of bread baked by a sect of closely guarded monks high atop the [[Coches Mountains]]. According to Strong Bad, they would rather bake this bread than divulge the secret of Strong Bad's age.
| Email [[looking old]]

|-id="Cut Me Some Flax!"
|[[Image:Flaxseed.PNG|150px|"Gotta get those omega-3s!"]]
| '''Cut Me Some Flax! (seed oil)''' is a brand of vegetable oil made with the seeds of {{wp|flax}}. Marzipan pours it into a bowl of unknown contents in order to add {{w|Omega-3 fatty acids|omega-3s}}.
| [[Quality Time with Cardboard Homestar]]

|-id="Dandied Sugar"
| [[Image:Dandied Sugar.png|150px|Dandy indeed.]]
| '''Dandied Sugar''' is a candy mentioned in [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]. Dandied Sugar is one of the four candies that Mr. Shmallow used to describe as an ordinary candy, and a reason to turn to [[Fluffy Puff Air Puffed Sugar Delights]] instead.
| [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]

|-id="Delicious "Bag""
| [[File:deliciousbag.png|150px|This bag of delicious bag]]
| '''Delicious "Bag"''' is a candy mentioned in [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]. Delicious "Bag" is one of the four candies that Mr. Shmallow used to describe as an ordinary candy, and a reason to turn to [[Fluffy Puff Air Puffed Sugar Delights]] instead. [[Sickly Sam]] thinks an empty bag of it would make a fine sock for the colder of his two feet. Delicious "Bag" is also one of the candies that can be given to Coach Z and [[Bubs]] in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]].
| [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]], [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]

|-id="Dry Meal"
|[[Image:Would You Care For Some Dry Meal.PNG|150px|"Okay. If you say so. Would you care for some dry meal?"]]
| '''Dry Meal''' is a sack of a powdery substance, offered to [[Stinkoman]] by [[The Homestar Runner]]. It presumably contains some sort of ground {{wp|flour}}, although the specific cereal grain or starch from which it is derived is not known. Its appearance is accompanied by a [[Sound Effects|gasping noise]].
| [[20X6 vs. 1936]]

|-id="Favorite Food"
| [[Image:THANXty Favorite Food.png|150px|"Favorite foods, spiced buns, and all that, and all that."]]
| [[1-Up]]'s '''favorite food''' comes in a blue box that features nonsensical characters that resemble Japanese {{wp|kanji}} and {{wp|hiragana}}. 1-Up simply calls the box "favorite food", although it is unknown whether that is its true name. This is one of the three foods 1-Up suggests for Stinkoman to be thankful for.
| [[Twenty THANXty Six]]

|-id="File Folder Shaped Vitamins"
| [[Image:FileFolderShapedVitamins.png|150px|"Great for the break room or maybe a desk drawer!"]]
| Bubs gives Strong Bad the inspiration for '''[[Smarty Juice]] File Folder Shaped Vitamins'''. There are also File Folder Shaped Vitamin Thumb Drives. The vitamins come in orange, yellow, and purple colors, in a jar of 150 gummies.
| [[The Next April Fools Thing]]

|-id="Fishsticks"
| [[Image:Fishsticks.png|150px|"And out poured a lifetime supply of fishsticks. And a The Cheat!!!!"]]
| A lifetime supply of '''fishsticks''' came out of The Cheat's giant egg, and were supposedly eaten by [[The Prince of Town]], causing him to gain weight.
| Email [[flashback]]

|-id="Fried Fish"
| [[Image:Fried Fish.png|150px|Fried Fish with a lemon]]
| '''Fried Fish''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]]. The fried fish appears to actually not be fried, but be a regular cooked fish with lemon wedges to the side.
| [[Homestarloween Party]]

|-id="Frozen Bake"
| [[Image:frozen bake.png|150px|"Favorite foods, spiced buns, and all that, and all that."]]
| '''Frozen Bake''' is a Japanese food that 1-Up suggested to for [[Stinkoman]] to be thankful for. This follows Spiced Bun.
| [[Twenty THANXty Six]], [[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)]]

|-id="Globs of Meringue"
| [[Image:Globs of Meringue.png|150px|Globs of Meringue]]
| '''Globs of Meringue''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]]. Globs of Meringue appears to be Jello, rather than meringue.
| [[Homestarloween Party]]

|-id="Grilled Cheese"
| [[Image:Grilled Cheese.png|150px|Grilled cheese!]]
| In the [[SBASAF]] slideshow, a '''grilled [[cheese]] sandwich''' is also seen.
| Email [[space program]]

|-id="Grape-Nuts"
| [[Image:gn robot.png|"Now spell: come back Ali. Come back Ali's sister."|150px]]
| '''{{wp|Grape-Nuts}}''' is also an existing cereal in the Homestar Runner world. Grape-Nuts is distributed through the company "Food", a spoof of {{w|Post Foods|Post}} with a similar logo.
| Email [[personal favorites]]

|-id="Gum"
| [[Image:Gum.png|150px|"I have to be going, Ethel. I've got some important lines to stand in."]]
| A "slice" of '''[[Gum]]''' is given to Strong Bad by Senor Cardgage in kind of cool.
| Email [[kind of cool]]

|-id="Heavenly Ham"
| [[Image:Ham.png|150px|"And heavenly ham"]]
| '''Heavenly Ham''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]].
| [[Homestarloween Party]], [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], Email [[the bet]], See [[Ham]] for all appearances

|-id="Hoisin Sauce"
| [[Image:Hoisin Sauce.PNG|150px|"We carefully place a spoonful of hoisin sauce on Strong Sad's disturbing soft-serve flip."]]
| '''{{wp|Hoisin sauce}}''' is a Chinese dipping sauce. In [[keep cool]], Strong Bad and [[Strong Mad]] put a spoonful of hoisin sauce on Strong Sad's head prior to asking him to determine the temperature.
| [[Halloween Potion-ma-jig]] (Easter egg) (mentioned), Email [[keep cool]]

|- id="Jelly Donut"
| [[Image:Jelly Donut.png|150px|A jelly donut]]
| In the last frame of Strong Sad's storyboard, a '''Jelly Donut''' is seen with Strong Bad's reflection in it.
| [[Sbemail 150?!?]]

|-id="Klondike Pudding"
| [[Image:Klondike Pudding.png|150px|Klondike Pudding]]
| '''Klondike [[Pudding]]''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]]. Klondike Pudding appears once before it is mentioned.
| [[Homestarloween Party]]

|- id="Last Minit Peanut Brittle"
| [[Image:Last Minit Peanut Brittle.png|150px|"We really just made it!"]]
| Buying '''Last Minit Peanut {{w|Brittle (food)|Brittle}}''' is evidently the ''real'' reason to go on business trips. According to Strong Bad, it could also likely swim better than [[The Spirit of St. Louis]].
| Email [[business trip]]

|- id="Loose Tooth Removers"
| [[Image:LooseToothRemovers.png|150px|"No Halloween Night could resist these orange and black flavored loose tooth remover candies."]]
| [[Color flavored|Orange-and-Black-Flavored]] '''Loose Tooth Remover''' Candies are what Homestar used to lure Halloween night into a cardboard box. After The Cheat eats them in [[Haunted Photo Booth]], his [[The Cheat's Gold Tooth|gold tooth]] falls out and gets caught on everyone else's Halloween costumes, causing a ghost-like glare in their [[Photo Boooth]] photos. Strong Sad describes them as "nasty", but they are enjoyed by The Cheat and The King of Town.
| [[Happy Hallow-Day]], [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]], [[Haunted Photo Booth]]

|-id="Meatball Subs"
| [[Image:Meatball Sub.png|150px|"I still hate you and later on, you're gonna get cut!"]]
| In [[Peasant's Quest]], a '''meatball sub''' is an optional item which may be used to appease the first [[The Three Keepers of Trogdor|Keeper of Trogdor]]. In [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]], [[Rather Dashing]] is seen eating the meatball sub by a tree. In [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]], [[The Homestar Runner (storybook)|The Homestar Runner]] somersaulted to Mars and brought everyone back meatball subs.
| [[Peasant's Quest]], [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]], [[The Homestar Runner Gets Something Stuck In His Craw]]

|-id="Meatloaf"
|[[File:Family Meatloaf.PNG|"Did somebody say 'Sepiatone'?"|150px]]
| '''Meatloaf''' is a common family dinner. Strong Bad suggests spicing up any videos of it by "taking it back to the Ol' West" and adding sepia tones.
| Email [[videography]]

|-id="The Mrs. Syrup"
| <center>[[Image:Syrup.png|100px|"THRILL! AS THE CHEAT ATTEMPTS TO JUMP THE TIRE OVER THE KOT EATING A CARDBOARD BOX COVERED IN SYRUP!"]]</center>
| '''The Mrs. Syrup''' is a brand of syrup, that the King of Town ate on top of a cardboard box, while The Cheat jumped over him in a tire. The Mrs. Syrup resembles the famous syrup brand, {{wp|Mrs. Butterworth's}}.
| Email [[monster truck]]

|-id="Mungo's Caviar"
| [[Image:Mungo's Caviar.png|150px|With finest cigars!]]
| '''Mungo's {{wp|Caviar}}''' is a part of a candle-lit dinner, with burritos and cigars.
| Email [[lady...ing]]

|- id="Not-So-Thin Mints"
| [[Image:Not-so-thin_mints.PNG|150px|They aren't very thin at all.]]
| '''Not-So-Thin Mints''' are apparently a type of {{wp|Girl Scout cookie}} sold by the "Pale Scouts", of which Strong Sad seems to be a member. Strong Bad once "sued" his younger brother for custody of these.
| Email [[rough copy]]

|- id="Nutmeg"
| <center>[[File:Nutmeg.png|150px|Firebert's choice]]</center>
| '''Nutmeg''' appears as [[Firebert]]'s secret escape plan, as he'll be able to eat anything it's sprinkled on, allowing him to eat his Christmas light restaints. A real whole nutmeg and grater come packaged with Limited Edition Holiday Firebert action figures.
| [[Dangeresque Puppet Squad: The Hot Jones Hijack]]

|-id="Oatmeal"
| [[Image:Oatmeal.png|150px|"That way, I would always...have a bucket. You know, for like, dumping oatmeal on stuff..."]]
| Strong Bad insisted that he would want to replace one of his hands with a bucket, that he could fill with '''[[oatmeal]]''' and pour on things.
| Email [[new hands]]

|-id="Parsnips"
| [[File:Parsnips in a Pile.png|150px|Where have all the parsnips gone?]]
| [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] steals all the '''parsnips''' from the [[Parsnip Depot]], intending to make parsnip [[pie]] and for The Homestar Runner to go hungry.
| [[Parsnips A-Plenty]]

|-id="Parsnip Soup"
| [[File:Parsnip Soup.png|150px|Let's make soup.]]
| [[The Homestar Runner]], [[Fat Dudley]], and [[Old-Timey Marzipan]] make '''parsnip soup''' with the parsnips they rescued from Old-Timey Strong Bad. The Homestar Runner ends up spitting his all over Fat Dudley.
| [[Parsnips A-Plenty]]

|-id="Pasta Salad"
| [[Image:Pasta.png|150px|"IT TASTES SO GOOD!"]]
| '''[[Pasta salad]]''' was put into Strong Mad's [[underwear]] drawer starting the "Who Put Pasta Salad in Strong Mad's Underdrawer Drawer Scare of '04". Strong Mad doesn't seem to mind, saying it tastes so good.
| Email [[old comics]] (Easter egg)

|-id="Paunch Berry Iced Cream"
| [[Image:Paunch Berry Ice Cream.png|150px|"Hey there, Bubs in the store. Paunchberry's was a new ice cream!"]]
| '''[[Paunch]] Berry Icéd Cream''' is a "new" brand of ice cream. Strong Bad mentions it, saying someone thought it sounded like a disgusting ice cream flavor. However, Strong Bad seems to enjoy it. It appears later in a [[Powered by The Cheat]] animation in which individual buckets were made into a tower, and it even has its own dance and "Paunch Berry Ice Cream Dancing Team" (consisting of Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat).
| [[Where U Goin' 2?]]

|-id="Pea Soup"
| [[Image:Pea Soup.png|150px|"This guy smells like pea soup."]]
| Homestar says Senor Cardgage smells like '''Pea Soup'''. At [[Trogdor Con '97]], The Cheat and Strong Bad filled up a horn with it and shot it at the "Godzilla guy" (The King of Town).
| [[Trogdor Con '97]]

|-id="Pop Tarts"
| [[Image:Poptart.PNG|150px|A Pop Tart with a bite taken out of it]]
| Ocasionally Homestar Runner characters enjoy eating '''{{wp|Pop Tarts}}'''. The [[Balding Man]] wanted to buy a Pop Tart, but was rejected apparently because his credit was so bad.
| Email [[privileges]], [[Senor Mortgage]], Email [[hremail 3184]]

|-id="Prize-O's"
| [[Image:Prize-O's.PNG|150px|"I eat said cereal, play with the prize, and save the Box Top."]]
| In [[Pistols for Pandas]], [[Crack Stuntman]] uses the money donated to [[Pistols for Pandas (organization)|Pistols for Pandas]] to buy '''Prize-O's'''. Stuntman likes to eat the cereal and play with the prize inside of it. He saves the box tops to eventually take to a local school.
| [[Pistols for Pandas]]

|-id="Rogan Josh Pot Pie"
| [[Image:Rogan Josh Pot Pie.png|150px|"Meet Strong Sad."]]
| '''{{wp|Rogan josh}} pot [[pie]]''' is pot pie that Strong Sad eats in [[narrator]]. Strong Bad referred to it as "grody ethnic food".
| Email [[narrator]]

|-id="Salisbury Steak"
| [[File:CZ Salisbury Steak.png|150px|NOT gravied yams or stuffinged hams]]
| Coach Z has a plate he identifies as '''{{wp|Salisbury steak}}''', before he then answers the [[Disconnected Telephones|phone]] and lies to his parents about it being [[Decemberween Food|gravied yams and stuffinged hams]]. Unidentified servings of green and yellow substances, presumably vegetables, are also present on the tray.
| [[Homestar Presents: Presents]]

|-id="Salisbury Sundae"
| <center>[[Image:Salisbury Sundae.png|100px|Salisbury Sundae]]</center>
| '''Salisbury Sundae''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]]. The sundae has five different flavors and a cherry on top.
| [[Homestarloween Party]]

|-id="Sauce"
| [[Image:Sauce.png|150px|Sauce]]
| A bottle labeled '''Sauce''' is seen in a few toons. The bottle has two red peppers printed on the front, suggesting that it is hot sauce.
| Email [[your friends]], Email [[new hands]], Email [[fingers]]

|-id="Sog dog"
| [[Image:SogDog.png|150px|"Mmmm... Drink in that Bun!"]]
| '''Sog Dogs''' are [[hot dogs]] that Coach Z prepares using hydroelectric power (or, more accurately, by holding a hot dog in its bun under a hot shower). The slogan for this product is "Mmmm...Drink In That Bun!"
| Email [[environment]]

|-id="Sour apple blow-pops"
| <center> [[Image:Sour Apple Blow Pop.png|75px|"Yeah, there were big plans once. It was to be made of the finest materials. On a massive scale that would rival the Aztecs and their...techno-chocolate land."]]</center>
| Two '''sour apple blow-pops''' were placed at the top of Strong Bad's monument, stuck inside a novelty afro.
| Email [[monument]]

|-id="Soy sauce"
| [[Image:SoySauce.png|150px|"...to the MOOOOOOON!"]]
| Strong Bad claims that both he and The Cheat once got drunk off of '''{{wp|soy sauce}}''' (presumably in an unaired email), causing them both to do strange things with [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Strong Bad thought he could fly it to [[the moon]], and The Cheat tried to eat it). Based on the bottle design, the soy sauce appears to be {{wp|Kikkoman}} brand, as noted in the email's DVD commentary.
| Email [[personal favorites]]

|-id="Spiced Bun"
| [[Image:Spiced Bun.png|150px|"Favorite foods, spiced buns, and all that, and all that."]]
| '''Spiced Bun''' is a food that 1-Up suggested to for Stinkoman to be thankful for.
| [[Twenty THANXty Six]]

|- id="Spring Roll"
| [[Image:Spring Roll.png|150px|"MSG'd!"]]
| The [[Teen Girl Squad]] went to get Pan-Asian cuisine and ordered 3 '''spring rolls''', which were thrown at [[The Ugly One]] by the [[Arrow'd Guy]].
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 3]]

|-id="Staple Sauce"
| [[Image:staplesauce.png|150px|"...a heaping bowl of Staple Sauce..."]]
| '''Staple Sauce''' is a sauce eaten by [[What's Her Face]] as part of a musical montage. She eats a large bowl of the sauce, which results in her death. It appears to be a thick liquid with visible staples mixed into it.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]]

|-id="Strawberry Frosted Donuts"
| [[Image:Donut.png|150px|A Strawberry Frosted Donut]]
| '''Strawberry Frosted Donuts''' is one of the eight foods that the King of Town adds to the ghost story in [[Homestarloween Party]].
| [[Homestarloween Party]]

|-id="Stuffed Grape Leaf"
| [[Image:Stuffed grape leaves.png|150px|"Ah, The Cheatbot! I would love a stuffed grape leaf!"]]
| '''Stuffed grape leaves''' are hors d'œuvres that [[The Cheatbot]] served to Strong Bad as an example of a [[robot]] serving hors d'œuvres.
| Email [[technology]]

|-id="Suge Brown"
| [[Image:sugebrown.png|150px|Don't Borrow From Thy Neighbor!]]
| '''Suge Brown''' is a brand of brown sugar for which Strong Sad apparently has a penchant for eating at 4 am on Saturday mornings. Its motto is "Don't Borrow From Thy Neighbor!". It is sold in boxes weighing one whole pound.
| Email [[best thing]], [[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]]

|-id="Swedish Fish"
| [[Image:Swedish Fish.png|150px|"Oh, the Swordish Forsh!"]]
| Strong Bad wanted Viklas from Sweden to send him some '''Swedish Fish''' as well as Swedish meatballs.
| Email [[little questions]], [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]

|-id="Swedish meatballs"
| [[Image:Swedish Meatballs.png|150px|"The Swedish Flag Does A Dance"]]
| Strong Bad wanted Viklas from Sweden to send him some '''Swedish meatballs''' as well as Swedish fish.
| Email [[little questions]]

|-id="Sweet Brand Meats"
| [[Image:Sweet Brand Meats.png|150px|Sweet Brand Meats]]
| '''Sweet Brand Meats''' is a candy mentioned in [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]. Sweet Brand Meats is one of the four candies that Mr. Shmallow used to describe as an ordinary candy, and a reason to turn to [[Fluffy Puff Air Puffed Sugar Delights]] instead.
| [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)|Mr. Shmallow]]

|- id="Teddy Grahams"
| [[Image:TeddyGraham.PNG|150px|Ptooie!]]
|One of Homestar's favorite pastimes is "spittin' '''[[Teddy Grahams]]'''", causing them to stick to various surfaces.
| Email [[couch patch]], [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two]]

|- id="Temporarios"
| [[Image:Temporarios fixed.png|150px|"Cuz I'm don't get paid!"]]
| '''Temporarios''' are a [[breakfast cereal]] endorsed by [[Strong Badathlon]] athlete Strong Bad that satirizes cereals endorsed by olympic athletes who rely on product endorsements for income due to {{w|Olympic Games#Amateurism and professionalism|Olympic amateurism regulations}}. To support this, the cereal's [[Mottos and Slogans|slogan]] is "Cuz I'm don't get paid!" The Temporarios box features the "2007 StrongBadathlon" logo and the text "side words" on its side panel. The cereal itself appears to be similar to {{wp|Froot Loops}}, although its name suggests a reference to {{wp|Cheerios}}.
| Email [[strong badathlon]], [[Homestar Ruiner]]

|- id="TendaRONi"
| [[Image:TendaRONi.png|150px|"Except that sounds pretty creepy and I'd probably go to jail."]]
| '''TendaRONi''' is a brand of macaroni that Strong Mad used to make a [[macaroni]] picture.
| Email [[portrait]]

|-id="Tomatocycle"
| [[Image:Tomatocycle.png|150px|"I THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MOTORCYCLES!"]]
| In [[Where U Goin' 2?]], Strong Mad pulled out a motorcycle, seemingly made out of tomato slices and hotdog weiners. The title bar for the cartoon indicates that it is called the "'''Tomatocycle'''", and the front cover of a sports magazine in A Decemberween Mackerel confirms this.
| [[Where U Goin' 2?]], [[A Decemberween Mackerel]]

|- id="Turduckens"
| [[Image:Bobbin' for Turduckens.png|150px|Bobbin' for Turduckens!]]
| In [[Halloween Fairstival]], the King of Town hosted a "bobbin' for '''{{wp|turducken}}s'''" contest. Strong Bad tried to take The Cheat there so he could lose his hiccups.
| [[Halloween Fairstival]]

|- id="Twinkies"
| [[Image:Twinkie.png|150px|"Here's a Twinkie!"]]
| '''{{wp|Twinkies}}''' are a food only seen in [[Where the Crap Are We?]]. Homestar [[Hammerspace|pulls the food out of nowhere]], suggesting to Strong Bad that they are in [[heaven]].
| [[Where the Crap Are We?]], [[Homestar Ruiner]] (mentioned)

|- id="Yogurt"
| <center>[[Image:Yogurt.png|100px|"Let's get yogurt!"]]</center>
| In [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]], the girls go to get '''[[yogurt]]''' at [[TCYBCBY]]. It appears that it is optional to put sprinkles on the yogurt as well.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]]

|- id="You're Not Potatoes"
| <center>[[Image:tgs you're not potatoes.png|100px|"Teehee." "We're cool"]]</center>
| A weight labelled "NO pounds" and a bag of '''YOU'RE NOT [[Potatoes]]''' were dropped on [[What's Her Face]] and [[The Ugly One]], respectively, for claiming that they were cool.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]
|}
{{sectionstub}}

==Unnamed Foods==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width="150"|Image !! Description !! width="150"|Appearances

|- id="Mayo Hamburger"
| [[Image:Burger.png|150px|"Here you go. Oh, and you're out of mayo."]]
| Homestar hands The Poopsmith a '''hamburger''' in secret identity and tells Strong Bad he's out of mayo. In the DVD commentary, Homestar refers to it as a "{{wp|McRib}}".
| Email [[secret identity]]

|- id "Prescription Popsicle"
| <center>[[File:Prescrip_Pop.png|86px|"It deliciously didn't work!"]]</center>
| Homestar grabs a '''popsicle''' out of the King of Town's "hands". The King claims it's prescription.
| [[Bug in Mouth Disease]]
|}

==Food Named After Characters==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width="150"|Image !! Description !! width="150"|Appearances

|-id="Blue Laser Blasts!"
| [[Image:Blue laser blasts.PNG|150px|Crush the Cheat Commandos... O's!]]
| '''Blue Laser Blasts!''' is a cereal based on the [[Cheat Commandos]] TV show.
| Email [[specially marked]]

|-id="Bubs' Doughnuts"
| [[Image:Homemáde Donuts.png|150px|From Homemáde!]]
| '''Bubs' Doughnuts from Homemáde!''' are doughnuts shipped from a third world country named Homemáde. Bubs only did this so he could legally print "Homemade" on the package.
| [[Donut Unto Others]]

|-id="Bubs' Old Pizza"
| [[Image:Bubs Old Pizza.png|150px|It sure is old!]]
| '''[[Bubs' Old Pizza]]''' is [[pizza]] that Bubs sells, presumably from his [[Bubs' Concession Stand|concession stand]]. Homestar is his delivery boy, bringing The Cheat's order to him. Judging from the name, and the slogan "It's-a really old", the product is not very fresh. The grease stains on the box further add to the questionable quality.
| Email [[privileges]], [[Homestar Presents: Presents]], Email [[bike thief]]

|-id="Bubs' Thirty Cent Lunch Special"
| [[Image:Bubs lunch special.PNG|150px|"I'ma head over to Bubs'"]]
| '''Bubs' Thirty Cent Lunch Special''' is a thirty-cent food with two hot buffalo wing bones, a cup of ice, and a half-eaten candy bar. It appears to only be available from 11 am to 3 pm.
| Email [[no loafing]]

|-id="Cheat Commandos... O's"
| [[Image:cheat commandos complete breakfast.png|150px|Not O's in the least]]
| '''Sugar Crunchy Cheat Commandos...O's Sugar Cereal''' is a [[breakfast cereal]] made by [[Cheap as Free]] foodstuffs. The product was introduced by a [[Cheat Commandos...O's|commercial]] in which several members of the [[Cheat Commandos]] were saved from exhaustion in [[the desert]] by a welcome delivery of the cereal. Ironically, they are not O's, but instead are a {{wp|Cap'n Crunch}}-type cereal, which is remarked by [[Fightgar]] on the box. The cereal is not part of a nutritious breakfast, but rather a delicious or "ridiculous" one. They come in two varieties: "regular", and with [[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows]]. The commercial shows it being eaten alongside a glass of caramel candies, a mug of marshmallows, a slice of chocolate fudge cake on a plate, and a gallon of [[ice cream]] (not pictured). The spokesperson suggests taking vitamins too. The box features several activities on the back, such as a [[Crack Stuntman]] mask, a maze and a word search.
| [[Cheat Commandos...O's]], [[specially marked]], [[Homestar Ruiner]]

|-id="Cheat-Toes"
| [[Image:CheatToes.png|150px|Always check your Cheaters' Almanac.]]
| '''Cheat-Toes''' is a bag of orange snacks, a reference to {{wp|Cheetos}}. The bag uses the same graphic as [[#Andy Capp's Hot Fries|Andy Capp's Hot Fries]] from [[your friends]].
| [[Kick-A-Ball]]

|-id="CHEETS"
|[[Image:cheets.PNG|150px|Who can resist these sugar-crusted The Cheats?]]
| '''CHEETS''' are a series of marshmallow The Cheats, a parody of {{wp|Peeps}}. CHEETS were one of the many unlicensed products that Strong Bad mentioned in the email [[licensed]].
| Email [[licensed]]

|-id="fauxducken"
|[[File:Marzipan's Faux-Ducken.png|150px|Cruelty free!]]
| [[Marzipan]] shows the viewers how to make her '''Famous Thanksgiving Faux-ducken'''. It consists of stuffing '''millet''' into '''bulgur''' into '''meatless veggie nuggets''' into '''tempeh''', injecting it into '''bean curd''', wrapping it in '''fakin bacon''', and baking it all inside a pair of '''hemp toddler pants'''.
| [[Toikey TV]]

|-id="Strong Badge: The Movie Lollipop"
| [[Image:Strong Badge Jelly Pop.PNG|150px|Featuring a human nose]]
| The '''Strong Badge: The Movie Lollipop''' is a licensed unlicensed gummi lollipop from "Strong Badge: The Movie", resembling a red-and-green Strong Bad with a pink human nose.
| Email [[licensed]]

|-id="Strong Bad's Double Deuce-blemint Gum"
| [[Image:Strong Bad gum.PNG|150px|"It's light green!!!"]]
| '''Strong Bad's [[Double Deuce]]-blemint Gum''' is a brand of chewing gum similar to {{wp|Doublemint}} gum. It costs 25 cents and advertises the fact that it has a light green color. The side of the package reads "Strong Bad's Double Deuce-blemint Gum is the product of choice."
| Email [[2 emails]]

|-id="Strong Bad's EGGS"
| [[Image:SB eggs brand type cereal.PNG|150px|A Nutritious Part of your Morning Routine!]]
| Little is known about '''Strong Bad's [[EGGS]]''' "brand [[type]] [[cereal]]" other than the fact that it originated in an [[Easter egg]] at the end of the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[morning routine]]. This breakfast cereal claims to be "''A nutritious part of your morning routine''" and essentially has the endorsement of Strong Bad. According to the front of the box, it has duck, goose, nut-hatch, and brown eggs. It is interesting to note that all the types of eggs featured on the box were originally found in the couch by Strong Sad during the aforementioned Strong Bad Email. In the nutrition facts listed on the box as "side words", "0 mg" is cited seven times. The ingredients list on the side of the box says "eggs, eggs, eggs, two more eggs".
| Email [[morning routine]]

|-id="The Cheatcakes"
| [[Image:TheCheatCakes.png|150px|With Real The Cheat Spots!]]
| '''[[The Cheatcakes]]''' are a specialty food [[The Cheat]] made for Strong Bad as a substitute for [[Grumblecakes]]. Even though The Cheat added even more steam and sugar than the Grumblecakes, Strong Bad still didn't accept the substitute for the Grumblecakes that he couldn't get. It advertises "real The Cheat spots". The Cheatcakes have their own "jingle" which encourages people not to eat Grumblecakes. The lyrics are as follows: "Only liars and thieves eat Grumblecakes, and those people go to prison. Just ask The Cheat."
| Email [[stupid stuff]], Email [[do over]], [[Grumblecakes (video)]]

|-id="The King of Town's Last Three Items in the Pantry Special!"
| [[File:Last3itemsinpantry.PNG|It wouldn't be the first time|150px]]
| '''The King of Town's Last Three Items in the Pantry Special!''' is food made from onion salt, hot sauce, and lumps of coal. It is priced at $f.ood.
| [[Decemberween Short Shorts]]

|-id="Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste Style Chewing Powders"
| [[Image:Flavor taste chewing gum.png|150px|Whisk away the worries!]]
| '''Uncle Strong Bad's Flavor Taste [[Style]] Chewing Powders''' is a brand of "chewing powders". This was introduced in an Easter egg in [[2 emails]]. It is endorsed by [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]], and its slogan is "''Whisk Away The Worries!''". It is produced in Strong Bad Powdertory in {{wp|St. Louis}}, {{wp|Missouri}}. It appears to have a "flavor" taste to it.
| Email [[2 emails]]
|}
{{sectionstub}}

==Unseen Foods==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width="1600"|Description !! width="150"|Mentions

|-id="Breakfast Burrito"
| Homestar told Strong Bad that he would sell his half-eaten '''breakfast burrito''' on an [[Some Type of Online Auction|online auction]]. The real burrito was actually put up for auction on the internet.
| Email [[english paper]]

|-id="Bubs' fundraiser candy bars"
| '''Bubs' fundraiser candy bars''' are candy bars that Strong Bad and The Cheat attempted to steal from Bubs' Concession Stand. Strong Bad described there to be crispy crackly ones and regular-ol'-chocolate ones, which Strong Bad thinks are "fool's gold". It is suggested that Marzipan helped to sell these with Bubs at one point.
| [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 3.0]], [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]

|-id="Cod Plank Platter"
| Coach Z orders a "'''cod plank platter'''" from Bubs. He becomes very impatient when neither Strong Bad or Bubs gets it for him.
| Email [[lunch special]]

|-id="Corn Dog"
| Strong Bad goes to Bubs' Consession Stand for a '''corn dog''' along with 90 rolls of toilet paper and 60 dozen eggs.
| [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]]

|-id="Danish"
| [[Strong Badman]] asks for a '''danish''' from [[Strong Badman Characters#Stiny|Li'l Stiny]]. The word was used as part of Strong Bad's rock opera.
| Email [[superhero name]], Email [[rock opera]], Email [[Comic Book Movie]], [[Fan Costumes 2016]]

|-id="The Dijon Chicken"
| '''The Dijon Chicken''' is one of the three stout sub sandwiches that Strong Bad brought with him to [[Strong Badia]], in its [[History According to Strong Bad|claimed]] origins.
| Email [[colonization]]

|-id="Dinner Mints"
| '''Dinner mints''' were mentioned in an ad in [[Under Construction]]. The ad read "After dinner mints highly recommended." Unrelatedly, in [[do over]], Strong Bad suggests having dinner and after-dinner mints with Ali and Ali Jr.
| [[Under Construction]], Email [[do over]]

|-id="Double Hot Wings"
| Coach Z also orders a basket of "'''double hot wings''', pants down" from Bubs.
| Email [[lunch special]]

|-id="Duck A L'Orange"
| The Cheat writes "'''Duck A L'Orange'''" on a sign, in the hope of being able to get some. Strong Bad refuses.
| Email [[lunch special]]

|-id="Egg Rolls"
| '''Egg rolls''' are another food that Coach Z orders from Bubs.
| Email [[lunch special]]

|-id="Fritos"
| While in a bottomless pit, to avoid dying of starvation, So and So requests a single '''{{wp|Frito}}'''.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]

|-id="Gumbo"
| Strong Bad apparently invited Coach Z over for '''gumbo''', which he threw up into a ripped hole in Strong Bad's [[The Couch|couch]].
| Email [[couch patch]]

|-id="The Ham n' Swiss"
| '''The Ham n' Swiss''' is one of the three stout sub sandwiches that Strong Bad brought with him to Strong Badia, in its claimed origins.
| Email [[colonization]]

|-id="Hotcakes"
| Strong Bad thought that his action figure would sell like '''[[hotcakes]]''', and especially if it smelled like them.
| Email [[action figure]]

|-id="Lunchables"
| '''{{wp|Lunchables}}''' were briefly mentioned by So and So, begging for food.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]

|-id="Mustard-crackers"
| Strong Bad asked The Cheat to get him some '''[[mustard]]-crackers''' after he slapped the Cheatcakes out of his hand. Strong Bad suggests Homestar eats these.
| Email [[stupid stuff]]

|-id="Oreo Cheesecake"
| '''Oreo Cheesecake''' is a food that [[Gunhaver]] said would be a part of the "good" side of the brain.
| [[Commandos in the Classroom]]

|-id="Poached eggs"
| In Strong Bad's dreamail, he told Chester Eleganté to tell Adelaide that the '''poached eggs''' were tremendous.
| Email [[dreamail]]

|-id="Pork bellies"
| In the rich newspaper in portrait, the paper explained that '''pork bellies''' would be served around 8-ish.
| Email [[portrait]]

|-id="Rib-A-Q"
| So and So asks for a '''Rib-A-Q''' while falling down the Fighting Growlbacks Bottomless Spirit Pit.
| [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 4]]

|-id="Steak-umms"
| '''Steak-umms''' are a food that Strong Bad said that The Cheat could have had if he had made a little extra effort.
| [[New Boots]]

|-id="Sun Chips"
| '''{{wp|Sun Chips}}''' are a food that Strong Sad warns the viewer not to eat, as Strong Sad and [[the Deleteheads]] packed them special.
| [[Sbemail 200 Fakeout]]

|-id="Sugar Daddys"
| '''[[Wikipedia:Sugar Daddy (candy)|Sugar Daddys]]''' are a candy that [[Open Source Greg]], brought back to the other Gregs when he took advantage of the "concession stand mainframe".
| [[4 Gregs]]

|-id="Veggie Delux"
| '''Veggie Delux''' is one of the three stout sub sandwiches that Strong Bad brought with him to Strong Badia, in its claimed origins.
| Email [[colonization]]
|}
{{sectionstub}}

==See Also==
*[[Items#Food/Drinks|Foods]]
*[[The King of Town's Food]]
*[[Decemberween Food]]
*[[Breakfast Cereals from Specially Marked]]
*[[Minor Drinks]]

[[Category:Food and drinks]]
[[Category:Lists]]

File:Absolute Worst Creamular Corn.png

Keegster2 — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:17:01 GMT

Keegster2: A can of "The Absolute Worst Creamular Corn" embedded in Strong Sad's head (from a @StrongBadActual post on {{prs|1172671520516321280|13|Sep|2019|full=1}})

== Summary ==
A can of "[[Minor Foods#Absolute Worst Cremular Corn|The Absolute Worst Creamular Corn]]" embedded in [[Strong Sad]]'s head (from a [[@StrongBadActual]] post on {{prs|1172671520516321280|13|Sep|2019|full=1}})
== Licensing ==
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Secret Pages

Keegster2 — Sat, 26 Oct 2024 22:20:19 GMT

Keegster2: /* Music */ The Cheat Is Correctly Capitalized (and thus doesn't lead to a redirect) b/w {{w}}'s even where there were no Wikipedia links!

A '''secret page''' is a page from [[homestarrunner.com]] that is either not linked to from anywhere or has been removed from the site altogether.

'''Note that sometimes some of the pages don't work. Just try again at a later date.'''

== Toons ==

These are [[Toons|toons]] or animations that are not advertised from the site. Some of them are incomplete.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Toons removed from the website
|-
| [[Image:mm ls.png|100px]] || '''[[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]''' || [[Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Mad]] steal the star from [[Homestar Runner]]'s shirt in order to force Homestar and [[Pom Pom]] to participate in a tag team wrestling match. This cartoon, which is the first ever full-length Homestar Runner toon made, now has been removed from the site for unknown reasons. It is included in [[Everything Else, Volume 2]].|| [[Mirror:marshmallow2.html|Watch the toon]] (mirror) [[Mirror:marshmallow2.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:jumpingjackcontest.png|100px]] || '''[[A Jumping Jack Contest]]''' || Strong Bad, [[Strong Sad]], Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, and [[Bubs]] enter a jumping jack contest. The person who continually jumps jacks for the longest wins. Strong Bad cheats, of course. Based loosely on the Homestar Runner book, it has since been taken off the site for unknown reasons. [[Strong Libs]] are available for play during the loading time. It is included in [[Everything Else, Volume 2]]. || [[Mirror:jumpinjacks2.html|Watch the toon]] (mirror) [[Mirror:jumpinjacks2.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:If I Ran the Camera.PNG|100px]] || '''[[If I Ran the Camera]]''' || A poem written by [[Karen Wagner]] as a father's day present to [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Don Chapman (Grandpa)]]. It was on the site for a short period of time but soon taken down once [[The Brothers Chaps]] realized that fans had found it. It features a [[little girl]] named Astrid Renee and [[Don and Harriet Chapman|Grandpa Chapman]]. || [[Mirror:ifiranthecamera.html|Watch the toon]] (mirror) [[Mirror:ifiranthecamera.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:Superbrave.jpg|100px]] || '''[[Super Brave!!]]''' || A [[homestarrunner.com]] update for February 21, 2003. It featured a class full of kids who had each drawn a picture of Homestar Runner. You could move the mouse over the kids and see Homestar-esque drawings of each of them that were eventually used for characters appearing during the karaoke songs on strongbad_email.exe DVD #2. On February 24, the update was renamed to "these kids rule". || [[Mirror:superbrave.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror) [[Mirror:thesekidsrule.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:limozeenecard.jpg|100px]] ||'''[[Limozeen Thanksgiving E-Cards]]''' || [[Limozeen]] Thanksgiving E-Cards were made available for Thanksgiving 2003. Three messages from the members of Limozeen are provided. The recipient of the E-Card would be sent an email with the URL of the card that was prepared for them. Although the feature itself has been removed from the site, going to the URL will show the loading screen. The font used for "Loading..." is modeled after the [[Wikipedia:Iron Maiden (band)|Iron Maiden]] logo. It is a bonus feature on [[Everything Else Volume 3]]. ||[[OldHR:zeen_ecard.swf|View the Flash file]] (loading screen only) [http://www.everybodytothelimit.com/zeen.html Watch the toon] (mirror) [http://www.everybodytothelimit.com/zeen_ecard_loader.swf View the Flash file] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:twinkie.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Where the Crap Are We?]]''' || This toon was never actually on the site; it's an animation with Homestar and Strong Bad found in an [[Easter eggs|Easter egg]] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20050101012046/http://www.macromedia.com/software/central/ Macromedia Central]. It is also available in a hidden 'toon on the [[Everything Else, Volume 1]] DVD. || [[Mirror:egg.html|Watch the toon]] (mirror) [[Mirror:egg.swf|View the Flash file]] (mirror)
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Secret toons still on the website
|-
| [[Image:Happy T.png|100px]] || '''[[Happy T!]]''' || A sign which says "Happy T!" The letters, when clicked on, have voiceovers of the main characters saying things relating to the title. It features an Easter egg with Homsar, accessed by clicking on a small spot on the lower right hand corner of the screen. || [[OldHR:happyt.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:TruckaSideways.png|100px]] || '''[[Field Day Intro]]''' || This toon was released onto the site but was never listed. It is an Easter egg on [[Everything Else Volume 3]]. It was only available through the URL "fieldday.html". || [[OldHR:fieldday.html|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:fieldday.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:sbemail100.png|100px]] || '''[[Sbemail 100 Fakeout]]''' || This toon was never deliberately linked to at any time. This secret page was designed to be discovered by people trying to find the [[flashback|100th]] [[Strong Bad Email]] before it was released. This originally occurred by typing <tt>homestarrunner.com/sbemail100.html</tt>, with the actual email eventually being located at <tt>homestarrunner.com/sbemailahundred.html</tt>. || [[HR:sbemail100|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:100th_email.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Missing Lappy.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Lappynapped!]]''' || This toon was released between [[cliffhangers]] and [[retirement]] as part of the [[Lappy 486#Lappy-napping|Lappy-napping saga]], but it was never listed on the Toons menu. It was only available through the [[Main Page Messages|"What's New" bubble]]. || [[OldHR:lappynapped.html|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:lappynapped.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Page Load Error.png|100px]] || '''[[Sbemail 200 Fakeout]]''' || Similar to the above example, trying to access [[email thunder|email 200]] by typing in <tt>homestarrunner.com/sbemail200.html</tt> instead of <tt>homestarrunner.com/sbemailtwohundred.html</tt> linked here. || [[HR:sbemail200|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:sbemail200.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Hremail49.png|100px]] || '''[[Hremail 49]]''' || A [[Hremail]] referenced by Homestar in [[email thunder]]. || [[OldHR:hremail49.html|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:hremail49.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Hremail24.png|100px]] || '''[[Hremail 24]]''' || A Hremail mentioned by Homestar in Hremail 49. || [[OldHR:hremail24.html|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:hremail24.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
|[[Image:BotBTrailer.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Baddest Of The Bands Promo Spot]]''' || Promotional toon made for [[Baddest of the Bands]]. ||[[OldHR:botb.html|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:botb_f8.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:oldmovie.png|100px]] || '''[[Kick the Can]]''' || This appears to be the very first Kick the Can short made and is found on its own separate page. During this toon, a countdown and some titles are shown, followed by [[The Homestar Runner]] kicking a can. His head pops off, and he kicks the can up into his body. His head lands on his body, and then his legs bend backwards. It's possible that this could have been on the website before all the other variations were made, and was probably linked to in [[Oldest Toons Menu]]. || [[OldHR:oldmovie.html|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:oldmovie.swf|View the Flash File]]
|-
| [[File:SlashSlashSlash.png|100px]] || '''Slash slash slash!''' || During a [[Screenland - 24 Apr 2017|video interview]], the URL "homestarrunner.com/slash/slash" can be seen on a whiteboard. Going to that URL reveals a secret video of [[Matt Chapman]] trying different voices for [[Dijjery Doo]]. || [[OldHR:slash/slash|Watch the toon]] [[youtube:iQnxKmLDIH8|View the YouTube version]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Unfinished toons
|-
| [[Image:strongbadwithnomouthfromthesingalong.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Sing Along]]''' || An unfinished sing-along with [[Homestar Runner]] and [[Strong Bad]]. || [[OldHR:singalong.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Needlepoint.png|100px]] || '''[[Needlepernt]]''' || A seemingly unfinished small cartoon of Homestar and Strong Bad on a sewn picture, possibly a reference to the one scene in [[property of ones]]. Its picture features Strong Bad standing in [[the Field]]. Homestar Runner walks up in the right, stops next to Strong Bad and opens his mouth. The text "Get Rid of a Few Things!" appears below. A similar scene briefly appears in [[From the Vault]]. Featured on the [[index page]] under the "[[Index Page Messages#Old Crap Corner|old crap corner]]" on February 1, 2021.|| [[HR:needlepoint|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:needlepoint.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Easter egg toon.png|100px]] || '''[[Eggs (toon)|Eggs]]''' || Once linked through a [[main page message]] reading "[[from work|email]] soon", and later featured on the [[Old Crap Corner]], this unfinished special features Easter [[Eggs]] designed after Homestar, Marzipan, Pom Pom, and Strong Bad. It was later featured on the [[index page]]'s [[Index Page Messages#Old Crap Corner|Old Crap Corner]] on March 29, 2021. || [[HR:eggs|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:eggs.swf|View the Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Alternate versions of toons
|-
| [[Image:Secret Answering Machine.PNG|100px]] || '''Marzipan's Answering Machine''' || This is just [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0]], possibly before more versions were planned. It has a few minor differences from the current version. The font is a little different for both the number and the back link, it doesn't have the archive menu, and the Back button links to the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games Menu]]. || [[OldHR:answer.html|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:answer.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| || '''[[The King of Town DVD Commentary#Secret Commentary|The King of Town DVD Secret Commentary]]''' || This is a secret version of [[The King of Town DVD Commentary|Strong Bad's Commentary]] for [[The King of Town DVD]] without any visuals. It is identical to the normal version except for the end, where it explains why Strong Bad did the commentary. || [[OldHR:sb_kingcomment.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:KOTDvdOld.PNG|100px]] || '''Alternate [[The King of Town DVD Old Version]]''' || This is a slight variation of the [[The King of Town DVD Old Version|Old Version]] of [[The King of Town DVD]]. It does not contain a black border like the official Flash file, and lacks the "again" and "back" links at the end, as well as the Easter egg. When the animation is finished, the page directs to the King of Town DVD menu. || [[OldHR:kingoftown.swf|View the Flash File]]
|-
| [[Image:Yellodellowdeleted.png|100px]] || '''[[In Search of the Yello Dello Deleted Scenes#Secret Deleted Scene|Secret Yello Dello Deleted Scene]]''' || This is the scene from the [[In Search of the Yello Dello]] DVD where Strong Bad is talking with Marzipan, but it has a strange commentary at the beginning. Aside from not actually appearing on the deleted scenes menu, it differs from the other deleted scenes in several other ways, most notably that it's not really a "deleted" scene, as it is actually a scene from the toon itself. Additionally, its intro has a different font, background, and watch button from the others, and no title text. At the end, it fades to black and then loads the DVD menu, instead of providing "Back" and "Again" buttons as the others do. || [[OldHR:dellocut_2.html|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:dellocut_2.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:homestarloween.PNG|100px]] || '''Alternate [[Homestarloween Party]]''' || Aside from lacking the NavBar, this toon is identical to [[Homestarloween Party]]. || [[OldHR:halloween3.html|Watch the toon]]
|-
| || '''halloween2''' || This page appears to be related to [[Homestarloween Party]]. The following text is contained in the page source: <blockquote> ''Halloween Episode Written by Matt, Mike, and Craig Voices by Matt and Melissa Animation by Mike and Matt CORPORATE ROCK STILL SUCKS Homestar (Kurt Cobain) Strong sad (gorbachev) king of town (cap'n crunch) marzipan (jeanie) pom pom (stay-puft) coach z (flavor flav) bubs (rerun) poopsmith (tron) the cheat (garfield)'' </blockquote> || [[OldHR:halloween2.html|View the page]]
|-
| || '''radish3''' || A blank page that appears to be related to [[The Reddest Radish]]. The page source contains the word "[[contest]]" repeatedly. || [[OldHR:radish3.html|View the page]]
|-
| [[Image:sbemail46.PNG|100px]] || '''Old "[[your friends]]"''' || This is an alternate version of the email [[your friends]]. Differences: Strong Bad's mouth isn't visible in the reflection when he sings the email intro. The announcer on the TV [[Strong Mad]] is watching doesn't say "Some type of TV show." The background music stops at [[Strong Sad]]'s scene. Some extra buzz saw blades and a bottle of hot sauce behind Strong Bad are gone in [[Marzipan]]'s scene. The Cheat doesn't yell at Strong Bad, and Pom Pom does one less turn. Strong Bad isn't holding a bottle of hot sauce in [[Homsar]]'s scene. The [[font]] used in the Hot Fries packaging is Ashbury instead of Aurora BdCn BT. At the end, Strong Bad says the word "fans" a little differently.
|| [[OldHR:sbemail46.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Unfinished Interview.PNG|100px]] || '''Metro.pop Interview''' || An unfinished version of the short [[The Interview]]. Among other differences between it and the final, Strong Bad and Homestar talk without moving their mouths in the second half, Homestar doesn't take out his shopping list or his pen and notebook, Strong Sad doesn't say "En guarde?", and Strong Bad's last line is "Thank you for your time" as opposed to "Get out of my face". Once the cartoon is over, it repeats instead of having an ending screen like all the other Toons. || [[OldHR:interview2.html|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:interview2.swf|View the Flash file]]
|}

== Games ==


These are [[Games]] that are not currently linked to. Some are older versions of games from the Museum, while others have never resurfaced in any other form.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Games
|-
| [[Image:Litebrite3.PNG|100px]] || '''Lite Brite''' || An older version of the [[Astro-Lite 2600]]. It used to be accessible from the [[Museum]], but it was updated when moved to the [[Handheld Games Menu]]. || [[OldHR:litebrite3.html|Play the game]] [[OldHR:litebrite3.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Kickinggame.png|100px|Taryn getting kicked]] || '''Taryn Game''' || A [[Powered by The Cheat|Powered-by-The-Cheat-style]] kicking game where you kick a picture repeatedly. It takes 47 kicks to break. The picture is of a girl, [http://web.archive.org/web/20061206042139/http://aces.tabulas.com/tarebear/5134_35f71.jpg Taryn], from [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]], who finally posted a picture of herself after many people begged her to. || [[OldHR:taryngame.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:kickthecheat.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Kick The Cheat (game)|Kick The Cheat]]''' || Created to promote the [[Kick The Cheat]] doll, this game uses Flash LSOs to keep track of how many times the player can [[Kicking The Cheat|kick The Cheat]] into the brick wall. || [[OldHR:kickcheat.html|Play the game]] [[OldHR:kickcheat09.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[File:Marzyboom.png|100px]] || || Originally created for the [[SBCG4AP Dev Blog]], and linked to from [[@StrongBadActual]] [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2019#1091378318803390464|in 2019]], this page allows one to use an exploding collar to decapitate any of the twelve main characters. It is a modified version of an older page that used scythes instead of collars. || [[OldHR:kotcollar.html|Play the game]] [[OldHR:collar.swf|View the Flash file]]
|}

== Old Navigation ==

Various old menus for Toons, Games and the like that are no longer actively used on the site.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Toons Menus
|-
| || '''[[Oldest Toons Menu]]''' || A very old toons menu that was removed from the site. This toons menu is possibly even older than the Lava Lamp menu. || [[OldHR:toonsold.html|View the menu]]
|-
| [[Image:lavalamptoons.png|100px]] || '''[[Lava Lamp Toons Menu]]''' || An old toons menu with a lava lamp as a back button. The remote was used in the museum, but with only [[Single-Button Remote Control|1 button.]] || [[OldHR:toonsold.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Newer Telebision Toons Menu.png|100px]] || '''[[Telebision Toons Menu]]''' || An old [[Toons]] menu, see its page for details. An earlier version exists without sound, a ''back'' button, descriptions and [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]. It can be noted that on the old version, both option 6 and option 1 are "[[The Reddest Radish]]". || [[OldHR:newtoons.html|View the menu]] [[OldHR:newtoons2.swf|View the Flash file]] [[OldHR:newtoons.swf|View the Flash file of the earlier version]]
|-
| [[Image:Chinese Food Toons Menu.png|100px]] || '''[[Lucky Toons Menu]]''' || An old [[Toons]] menu. || [[OldHR:chinesefood.html|View the menu]] [[OldHR:chinesefood.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Old Remote Toons Menu.PNG|100px]] || '''Old Remote [[TV Time Toons Menu]]''' || The [[TV Time Toons Menu]] before the remote was updated to have [[Puppet Stuff]] and [[Powered by The Cheat]], which were combined into Shorts at the time. It also had Features instead of individual buttons for [[Strong Bad Email]], [[Teen Girl Squad]] and [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]]. Instead of a scrollbar, the longer lists had flaps and two separate pages that you could move back and forth on. The newest cartoon was [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]. || [[Mirror:20040622_Old_Remote_Toons_Menu.html|View the menu]] (mirror)
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Games Menus
|-
| [[Image:games menu 2001.png|100px]] || '''[[Third Games Menu]]''' || One of the old game menus, this one features a board game theme. Note the links to Strong Bad Email and Marzipan's Answering Machine. || [[OldHR:games.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| || '''Old games page''' || An old games page. This text is contained in the page source: <blockquote>''Homestar Talker d a n c i b u s Fortune Cookies marzipan's answering machine hairstyle runner Strong Libs''. </blockquote> Also, stronglibs.html seems to be misspelled as stonglibs.html in another part of the source. It was most likely the Third Games Menu listed above. || [[OldHR:games3.html|View the menu]]
|-
| [[Image:originalhandheldmenu.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Handheld Games Menu#Original Handheld Games Menu|Original Handheld Games Menu]]''' || The original version of the [[Handheld Games Menu]], it was upgraded when the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]] was released. || [http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/games-preshooter.html View the menu] (mirror) [https://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/handheld-preshooter.swf View the Flash file] (mirror)
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Strong Bad Email Menus
|-
|[[Image:tandy paper menu.png|100px]] || '''[[Broken Tandy Menu]]''' || An old [[Strong Bad Email]] menu that only goes up to [[gimmicks]]. It was used as a replacement for the [[Tandy 400]] when it exploded. || [http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/sbemail_paper.html View the menu] (mirror) [[OldHR:sbemailx.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
|[[Image:Vacation SBEmail Menu.PNG|100px]] || '''Strong Bad Email Vacation Menu''' || An old [[Strong Bad Email]] menu that was presumably used during the email [[vacation]]. Click on the post-it note to hear it say "Hey!" then "Dorks!" then "Get offa me!" and finally "You stink!" This is one of the pages that uses the pop up menu. || [[OldHR:sbemail(vacation).swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:decemberween emails.png|100px]] || '''[[Decemberween Email Menu]]''' || This was the "no new email notice" used during the holidays in 2002. Since it does not include any actual links to the emails made before that point, they most likely turned into Secret Pages while this menu was displayed. || [[OldHR:sbemailxmas.html|Visit the menu]] [[OldHR:sbemailxmas.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Virusemailmanu.PNG|100px]] || '''Old [[Strong Bad Email]] Selection''' || The email selection before the email [[virus]]. || [[OldHR:sbemail.swf|View Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Shotgunned menu.png|100px]] || '''[[Broken Compy Menu]]''' || The email selection page that appeared between [[virus]] and [[animal]]. The version still on the site lacks the bonus toon it featured when in use. || [[OldHR:sbemail_shotgunned.swf|View the official Flash file]] [http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/sbemail_shotgunned.html View the page with toon included] (mirror) [http://homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/sbemail_shotgunned.swf View the Flash file with toon included] (mirror)
|-
| || '''Lappy [[Strong Bad Email]] Selection''' || The email selection on the [[Lappy 486]]. || [[OldHR:sbemail_lappy.swf|View Flash file]]
|-
| || '''Corpy [[Strong Bad Email]] Selection''' || The email selection on the [[Corpy NT6]]. Became the email selection when [[imaginary]] was released, and then later replaced by the [[OldHR:sbemail.html|Compé menu]].|| [[OldHR:sbemail_corpy.swf|View Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Main Pages
|-
| [[Image:Main6x.PNG|100px]] || '''Old [[Main Page 6]]''' || This is an unfinished main page from 2000. The "new cartoon!" link goes to [[A Jorb Well Done]], the "another homepage" goes to [[Main Page 10]], the "more messages" link goes to [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 2.0]], and the "new toons menu" link goes to the current toons menu. Also, the buttons on the left don't work correctly. Also note that email is above downloads, instead of below store. The only button with a special effect is "Email", which is the same as the normal main page 6 (except that Strong Bad's mouth doesn't open in surprise). Also, Homestar's mouth will move when the downloads or store buttons are moused over, but he won't say anything. Only downloads & the museum (H*R Button) actually work. The other buttons won't do anything. || [[OldHR:main6x.swf|View the Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Character Pages
|-
| [[Image:sbcharcards.png|100px]] || '''[[Character Cards]]''' || This is a small Flash file which contains an old-style picture of each main character on the H*R Website, except for [[The Poopsmith]] and [[Homsar]], who weren't main characters at the time. It also shows two characters, [[Rejected Characters#Homeschool Winner|Homeschool Winner]] and [[Rejected Characters#The Unguraits|The Unguraits]], who were later rejected. || [[Mirror:charactercards.html|view "Character Cards"]] (mirror) [[Mirror:charactercards.swf|view the Flash file for "Character Cards"]] (mirror)
|-
| [[Image:Yearbook page.png|100px]] || '''[[Yearbook Character Page]]''' || An old characters page, created circa [[The Luau]]. [[Homsar]] is not included in the lineup because he was not considered a main character back then. Featured on the [[index page]] under the "[[Index Page Messages#Old Crap Corner|old crap corner]]" on January 25, 2021, and removed on February 1, 2021.|| [[OldHR:yearbook.html|View the menu]] [[OldHR:yearbook.swf|View the Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Store Menu
|-
| [[Image:store screenshot.png|100px]] || '''[[Flash Store]]''' || A Flash-based store that was replaced by the current [[Store]] around 2005. It includes links to the [[strongbad_email.exe DVD Promo]], which does not appear to be linked to anywhere else either. || [[OldHR:store_new04.swf|View the Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC id="Old Intros"
! colspan=4 | Old Intros
|-
| [[Image:intro.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Old New Intro]] Duplicate''' || A duplicate of the [[Old New Intro]], though it is 2 bytes larger in filesize. The reason for the slight difference in filesize is unknown. || [[OldHR:newintro2.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:ev ev.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Old Everybody Intro]]''' || Despite the filename "intro2", this intro is actually the third intro, made between the [[Old Intro 2|second]] and [[Old New Intro|fourth intros]]. || [[HR:intro2|Watch "Old Everybody Intro"]] [[OldHR:intro2.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:ween intro screenshot.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Ween Intro]]''' || The intro that is displayed on Halloween. It always takes links to [[Main Page 7|Main Page 7 "Dead as a Doornail"]]. || [[OldHR:weenintro.swf|View the Flash file for "Ween Intro"]]
|-
| [[Image:flagintro.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Flag Intro]]''' || An intro featuring Homestar (in his old drawing style) and an American flag, possibly intended for use on Independence Day. When the toon completes, [[Main Page 12]], the Fourth of July main page, is displayed. || [[OldHR:flagintro.swf|View the Flash file for "Flag Intro"]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Loading Screens
|-id="Old H*R Loading Screen"
|[[Image:Old HR Loading Screen.PNG|100px]] || '''Old H*R Loading Screen''' || An old loading screen featuring some of [[Homestar Runner]]'s outline and then the text ''H*R''. A parody of the opening to "[[Alfred Hitchcock]] Presents".|| [[OldHR:hstarr.swf|View the Flash file]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old 404 Page
|-
| [[Image:Strong Bad Error.png|100px]] || '''[[Strong Bad 404 Error Page]]''' || The error page that was used before [[404'd]]. If the mailbox is looked at closely before the letters appear on the [[Email]] page, [[OldHR:sberror.jpg|the stylized Strong Bad face]] from the old error page can be seen. || [[OldHR:errorpage.html|view the error page]]
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Old Museum Page
|-id="Original Old Flash Stuff"
|[[Image:Old_Flash_Stuff_First_Version.png|100px]] || '''Original [[Old Flash Stuff]]''' || This is the first version of Old Flash Stuff from the [[Museum]]. Unlike the current version, this page includes links to [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]] and [[Astro-Lite 2600]]. Unfortunately, the link to Marshmallow's Last Stand leads to 404'd. || [[OldHR:oldflash2.swf|View the Flash File]]
|}

== Other Animations ==

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Other Animations
|-id="Matt_Cake"
| [[Image:Mattcake.png|100px|Mattcake]] || '''Matt Cake''' || A [[:Image:MattChapmanwithlittlegirl.jpg|photo]] of [[Matt Chapman]] holding [[Little Girl|his niece]], that he edited to look like a cake for his sister (and the niece's mother) [[Karen Wagner]]'s birthday. The link to Matt Cake originally appeared on [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]]. Click on the cherry farthest to the left to see a picture of [[Wikipedia:Dennis Franz|Dennis Franz]] overlapping Matt's face. The cake says "PATZ" on it, using [[font]] [[Fonts#Matura MT Script Capitals|Matura MT Script Capitals]]. || [[OldHR:mattcake.swf|View the Flash file for Matt Cake]]
|-
| [[Image:Tirecake.png|100px|Tirecake and snake]] || '''Tire Cake''' || A tire with candles. Click on the one fourth from the top (to the right) to see the snake from the [[Strong Badia]] flag. || [[OldHR:tirecake.swf|View the Flash file for Tire Cake]]
|- id="sbsign"
| [[Image:Awesomerthanyou.png|100px|I am awesomer than you]] || '''SB Sign''' || A sign with [[Atari Strong Bad]] waving his hands next to the text "[[Lowercase i's|i am awesomer than you]]" || [[OldHR:sbsign.swf|View the Flash file for SB Sign]]
|-
| [[Image:NoFlash.PNG|100px]] || '''Old No Flash Page''' || An old error page saying that Flash needs to be downloaded. Oddly enough, Homestar's hat lacks its [[Spin My Buzzer|propeller]].|| [[OldHR:noflash.html|No Flash]]
|- id="alternate_halloween"
| [[Image:HomestarCostumes.PNG|100px]] || '''Alternate Halloween Costumes''' || Costumes for [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]], except that Coach Z is dressed as a [[Wikipedia:Noid|Noid]], Pom Pom is the Skipper from [[Wikipedia:Gilligan's Island|Gilligan's Island]], and Marzipan is [[Wikipedia:Velma Dinkley|Velma Dinkley]]. (''See [[Rejected Costumes]]''.) Also, The Cheat is wearing a different shirt than in the final version, and The King of Town is missing his mustache. The only movement is a light on The Poopsmith's costume. || [[OldHR:halloween01.swf|View the Flash file for Alternate Halloween Costumes]]
|-
| [[Image:Halloween Costumes 2.PNG|100px]] || '''Alternate Halloween Costumes 2''' || Similar to the above. Coach Z and Pom Pom are wearing their final costumes, though Pom Pom is missing his "I love Flint" button. Marzipan is still dressed as Velma, and The Cheat and The King of Town still have the same differences as before. The background is a dark red, and Coach Z has moved from behind Strong Sad to in front of him. || [[OldHR:halloween01x.swf|View the Flash file for Alternate Halloween Costumes 2]]
|- id="homestar_yearbook"
| [[Image:Homestar's yearbook.PNG|100px]] || '''Homestar's Yearbook''' || The logo for the site's old [http://web.archive.org/web/20020409091217/http://www.homestarrunner.com/guestbook.mv guestbook page (mirror)]. Scroll over Homestar to hear him say "Sign my yearbook! ... but don't use any [[swears]], because my [[Parents|mom]] reads it." || [[OldHR:guestyear.swf|View the Flash file for Homestar's Yearbook]]
|-
| [[Image:Strong_Bad_Message_Bored02.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] Duplicate''' || The current version of Strong Bad's Message Bored under a different URL. || [[OldHR:bored.swf|View the Flash file for Strong Bad's Message Bored Duplicate]]
|-
| [[Image:handheldgames_postshooter.png|100px]] || '''Alternate [[Handheld Games Menu#Modern Handheld Games Menu|Modern Handheld Games Menu]]''' || A duplicate of the current Handheld Games Menu without the NavBar. || [[OldHR:handheld.html|View the menu]]
|-id="videlectrix_home"
| [[Image:secret home.png|100px]] || '''h - o - m - e''' || A strange looping animated music video found on the [[Videlectrix]] website. It features a short clip from the song "Home" by [[Wikipedia: Lou Barlow|Lou Barlow]]. It may be unfinished. From 2005 or earlier. || [[Videlectrix:home.html|Watch "h - o - m - e"]] [[Videlectrix:home.swf|View the Flash file for h - o - m - e]]
|-id="thorax_home"
| || '''Brand of Skin''' || Formerly an animated music video for the song "Brand of Skin" by {{w|The Folk Implosion}}. While the music video has been removed, the HTML file (and its frame) remained on the [[Thorax Corp]] website [https://web.archive.org/web/20200804014212/https://www.thoraxcorp.com/brandofskin.html up to at least 2020].||[[Mirror:brandofskin.html|View Brand of Skin (mirror)]] [[YouTube:FD3ydydvqBI|View the YouTube version]]
|-
| [[Image:Halloween 2007 teaser.png|100px]] || '''[[Halloween Teasers]]''' || Each teaser depicts [[silhouettes]] of everybody in the costumes they would later wear in the following [[Halloween]] special, except for Strong Bad, who is always dressed in an [[Strong Bad's Teaser Costumes|elaborate, often science-fiction-themed costume]] that does not appear in the toon. Decompiling the Flash file reveals text [[Nice Try|hidden behind the silhouettes]] for people trying to uncover what the costumes are. Traditionally, these are linked to from a [[main page message]] until the Halloween special is released, at which point they become secret pages. || ''See individual pages''
|-
| [[Image:Trogdor_Intro.png|100px]] || '''Trogdor Index Page''' || For the week of Trogday 2008, this was the index page for the website. || [[OldHR:fivedor.swf|View the Flash file for the Trogdor Index Page]]
|-
| [[Image:limolive.png|100px]] || '''Limozeen Live Advertisement''' || An ad for a 2008 [[Limozeen]] concert. Also links to [[Limozeen Live (practice)]] || [[OldHR:limolive.html|View the ad]] [[OldHR:limolive.swf|View the Flash file for the ad]]
|}

== Announcements ==

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse" width="100%"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Announcements
|-
| [[File:TwitterOldValentines.png|100px]] || '''Ancient Valentine Relics of Olde!''' || A collection of [[Ancient Valentine Cards|Valentine's Day cards]] that were sold on the [[Flash Store]] around 2002. Originally linked to on the [[Old Crap Corner]]. || [[HR:old-valentines|View the page]]
|-
| [[File:TwitterWeen21.jpg|100px]] || '''Halloween Hide n' Seek out for Windows and Mac!''' || An announcement for [[Halloween Hide & Seek]], originally linked from the index page. || [[HR:halloween-hide-n-seek|View the page]]
|-
| [[File:TwitterTrogdayMicroGame.png|100px]] || '''Trogdor Micro Game for GameBoy!''' || An anouncement for the [[Trogday Micro Game]], originally linked from the index page. || [[HR:trogday-micro-game|View the page]]
|-
| [[File:onionbubs screenshots4big.jpg|100px]] || '''Onion Bubs iMessage Stickers''' || An anouncement for the [[Onion Bubs iMessage Stickers|Onion Bubs Stickers app]], originally linked from the index page. || [[HR:onion-bubs-imessage-stickers|View the page]]
|-
| [[File:TwitteriMessageStickers.jpg|100px]] || '''New iMessage Stickers!''' || An announcement for the [[iMessage Stickers|Teen Girl Squad and Homestar Runner Stickers apps]], originally linked from the index page. || [[HR:new-imessage-stickers|View the page]]
|-
| [[File:TGSStickers Full Page.png|100px]] || '''Teen Girl Squad iMessage Stickers''' || An announcement for the [[Teen Girl Squad iMessage Stickers|Teen Girl Squad Stickers app]], only linked to from the App Store. || [[HR:tgs-imessage-stickers|View the page]]
|-
| [[File:HRStickers Full Page.png|100px]] || '''Homestar Runner iMessage Stickers''' || An announcement for the [[Homestar Runner iMessage Stickers|Homestar Runner Stickers app]], only linked to from the App Store. || [[HR:hsr-imessage-stickers|View the page]]
|-
| [[File:dangeresque screenshot.jpeg|100px]] || '''Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate''' || An announcement for [[Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate]], originally linked from the index page. || [[HR:dangeresque-the-roomisode-triungulate|View the page]]
|-
| [[File:latest_dangerlinux.png|100px]] || '''Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate''' || An announcement for Dangeresque: The Roomisode Triungulate on [[Linux]], originally linked from the index page. || [[HR:dangeresque-onlinux|View the page]]

|}

== Downloads ==

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|- bgcolor=#CCCCCC
! colspan=4 | Downloads
|-
| [[Image:Stencils.PNG|100px]] || '''Stencils''' || [[Printable]] stencils to use on pumpkins. Replaced by [[Punkin Stencils]]. || [[OldHR:stencils.html|View the page]] [[OldHR:stencils.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:pumpkinstencils.png|100px]] || '''[[Punkin Stencils]]''' || These are later versions of the pumpkin stencils above. They are shown on the main pages each year as one of the updates. There is no other link to them from the site. ||[[OldHR:ween_stencils_06b.swf|View the Flash file]] [[Mirror:20041014_ween_stencils.html|View 2004's Stencils]] (mirror) [[OldHR:ween_stencils.swf|View 2005's Stencils]]
|-
| [[Image:Punkin2009.png|100px]] || '''[[Punkin Stencils]]''' (2009)|| This is the latest version of the pumpkin stencils. They were shown on the main page in 2009 as one of the updates. There were no other link to them from the site. They were featured on the [[old crap corner]] on October 16, 2021.|| [[HR:ween-stencils|View the Punkin Stencils]]
|-
| [[Image:Wow.PNG|100px]] || '''Wallpaper o' the Week''' || Possibly an old feature, meant for the weekly updates section. The link is embedded in the source of the [[Homestar Talker]]. || [[OldHR:wow.html|View the page]]
|-
| [[Image:Sbtheme.png|100px|Strong Bad Desktop Theme]] || '''[[Strong Bad Desktop Theme]]''' || A Strong Bad desktop theme for Windows 98. || [[OldHR:sbtheme.html|View the download page for Strong Bad Desktop Theme]] [[OldHR:sbtheme.ZIP|Download the Strong Bad Desktop Theme]]
|-
| [[Image:Tagtag.PNG|center|50px]] || '''[[Wireless Bizness]]''' || A page that appears to be intended for mobile phones supporting [[Wikipedia:Wireless Application Protocol|WAP]]. Has some Strong Bad Emails, but no longer works. || [[OldHR:wireless.html|View Wireless Bizness]]
|-
| [[Image:Hstartheme.png|100px|Homestar Runner Desktop Theme]] || '''[[Homestar Runner Desktop Theme]]''' || A Homestar Runner desktop theme for Windows 98. || [[OldHR:hstheme.html|View the download page for Homestar Runner Desktop Theme]] [[OldHR:hstheme.ZIP|Download the Homestar Runner Desktop Theme]]
|-
| [[Image:98theme.png|100px|Additional Theme]] || '''Windows 98 H*R Theme''' || A Homestar Runner desktop theme for Windows 98. This one is broken, and only downloads the theme song. || [[OldHR:theme.swf|View the Flash file for Windows 98 H*R Theme]] [[OldHR:theme.ZIP|Download the Windows 98 H*R Theme]]
|-
| [[Image:Homestar Runner Face Screen Saver.png|100px]] || '''[[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver]]''' || These screensavers can also be obtained by downloading the themes. || [[OldHR:macss.html|Download the Screen Saver]]
|-id="smposse"
| [[Image:SMPosse.PNG|100px]] || '''Strong Mad Stickers''' || Print out Strong Mad Stickers! The design is based on the [[Wikipedia:André the Giant Has a Posse|André the Giant Has a Posse]] sticker design. According to the [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007|Late Nite JengaJam Interview]], actual stickers were ordered by Mike from stickerguy.com in 2000. He had given these stickers to his friends, including Matt. These are considered an extremely rare find. The interview only mentions them being put in bars or train tunnels. This was the first Homestar Runner "product" ever made, and were presumably originally going to be sold on the [[Oldest Downloads Menu]]. || [[OldHR:smsticker.html|Strong Mad Stickers]] [[OldHR:smstickers.ZIP|Download the ZIP File]]
|-
| [[Image:downloadpage.PNG|100px]] || '''[[Downloads|Downloads Menu]]''' || Simply a different name for the downloads menu and the screen is smaller. || [[OldHR:downloads.html|Downloads Menu]]
|-
| [[Image:Wallpapers.png|100px]] || '''Wallpapers''' || An old wallpaper download page. || [[OldHR:wallpapers.html|Wallpapers]]
|-
| [[Image:AimIcons.PNG|100px]] || '''MORE TO COME!''' || The page with the AIM buddy icons on it. || [[OldHR:aim.html|MORE TO COME!]]
|-
| [[Image:Hspapercraft.png|100px]] || '''Papercraft Homestar''' || A printable folding template for a paper Homestar Runner made by [[User:Svetlana|Svetlana]], originally found by clicking on [[Weekly Fanstuff 2007#WF-2007-10-25|papercraft homestar]] when it was on the site as the [[Weekly Fanstuff]]. When the Weekly Fanstuff was changed, this image was no longer linked to. ||[[OldHR:hspapercraft.png|View template]]
|-
| [[Image:Support the municipality desktop.PNG|100px]] || '''Support [[the Municipality]] Wallpaper''' || Two sizes of this wallpaper were available to download through the [[Main Pages]] on March 16, 2006. || [[OldHR:wallpapers/municipality_c.jpg|1024×768]] [[OldHR:wallpapers/municipality_d.jpg|1600×1200]]
|-
| [[Image:TrogdorWallpaperBox.png|100px]] || '''[[Trogdor]] Wallpaper''' || Two sizes of this wallpaper were available to download through the [[Main Pages]] on January 14, 2008. || [[OldHR:wallpapers/trogdor_c.jpg|1024×768]] [[OldHR:wallpapers/trogdor_d.jpg|1600×1200]]
|-
| [[Image:PoopsmithWallpaperBox.png|100px]] || '''[[Poopsmith]] Wallpaper''' || Two sizes of this wallpaper were available to download through the [[Main Pages]] on January 28, 2008. Earlier that year, it was used as a [[Weekly Fanstuff 2008#WF-2008-01-24|Weekly Fanstuff]]. || [[OldHR:wallpapers/poopsmith_c.jpg|1024×768]] [[OldHR:wallpapers/poopsmith_d.jpg|1602×1200]]
|-
| [[File:TwitterTinygifs.gif|100px]] || '''These guys are small!''' || [[Strong Bad's Message Bored]] icons, linked to from [[@StrongBadActual]]. || [[OldHR:tinygifs|These guys are small!]]
|}

== Music ==

Audio files that aren't used on the site.

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
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| '''[[The Cheat]] Is Not Dead''' || A sample of "[[The Cheat Is Not Dead]]" from [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]. This secret page appeared [http://web.archive.org/web/20031001000000*/http://www.homestarrunner.com/cheatnotdead.swf two months] before the CD release of "Strong Bad Sings". Also found by clicking on '''CD''' on the [[Sticky Notes|post-it note]] from the "Working on my CD" email menu. || [[OldHR:cheatnotdead.swf|Listen to the song]] [[Mirror:20030730_sbemail.html|View the "Working on my CD" email menu]] (mirror)
|-
| '''Because, It's Midnite''' || A sample of "[[Because, It's Midnite]]" from [[Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits]]. This secret page appeared [http://web.archive.org/web/20030715000000*/http://www.homestarrunner.com/midnight.swf two months] before the CD release of "Strong Bad Sings". Also found by clicking on '''SB''' on the post-it from the "Working on my CD" email menu. || [[OldHR:midnight.swf|Listen to the song]] [[Mirror:20030730_sbemail.html|View the "Working on my CD" email menu]] (mirror)
|-
| '''MLS Music''' || This is the complete background audio from the old cartoon [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]]. A loop from the beginning of {{w|Beck}}'s ''{{w|Tropicalia (song)|Tropicalia}}'', which is not present in the toon, plays over the opening restaurant ambience. || [[OldHR:music.swf|Listen to the audio]]
|-
| '''Renegade Master''' || A sample from the {{w|Fatboy Slim}} remix of {{w|Roger McKenzie|Wildchild}}'s ''{{w|Renegade Master}}'' that was used for the "Characters" button on [[Main Page 4]] for a while, before being removed to avoid copyright issues. || [[OldHR:renegade.swf|Listen to the song]]
|-id="Poop Smoke"
| '''Poop Smoke''' || A mashup including [[Poot-Slap]] and {{w|Deep Purple}}'s ''{{w|Smoke on the Water}}''. || [[OldHR:poopsmoke.zip|Download the song]]
|}

== Images ==
Images (some in Flash, some not) that are not linked to on the site.
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|-

| [[Image:Calibos.gif|center]] || '''Calibos''' || An image of Calibos. Possible reference material for Strong Sad in [[different town]]. || [[OldHR:calibos.gif|view calibos.gif]]
|-

| [[Image:Dennises.gif|center]] || '''Dennis''' || An animated GIF of various actors named [[Dennis]]. The cycle of Dennises is [[Wikipedia:Dennis Hopper|Hopper]], [[Wikipedia:Denis Leary|Leary]], [[Wikipedia:Dennis Quaid|Quaid]], and [[Wikipedia:Dennis Franz|Franz]]. || [[OldHR:dennises.gif|view dennises.gif]]
|-

| [[Image:Franzer.gif|center|75px]] || '''Dennis Franz''' || An animated GIF with various images of Dennis Franz. According to the [[Late Nite JengaJam Interview - 4 Oct 2007|Late Nite JengaJam Interview]], this was Matt Chapman's avatar on the [[Message Bored]]. || [[OldHR:franzer.gif|view the GIF of Dennis Franz]]
|-

| [[Image:Joker.jpg|center|75px]] || '''Joker''' || A photo of Cesar Romero as the Joker. Probable reference material for Strong Bad in [[Halloween Fairstival]]. || [[OldHR:joker.jpg|view joker.jpg]]
|-

| [[Image:Polaris.gif|center]] || '''Happily Deranged''' || Cover of the promotional cassette "[https://www.discogs.com/release/2582225-Polaris-Happily-Deranged-Music-From-The-Adventures-Of-Pete-Pete-Featuring-Polaris Happily Deranged]", containing 3 songs from the mid '90s [[Nickelodeon]] show "[[Wikipedia:The Adventures of Pete and Pete|The Adventures of Pete & Pete]]." || [[OldHR:polaris.gif|view Happily Deranged]]
|-
| [[Image:Cooleststuffeverdotcom.png|100px|The Coolest stuff ever]] || '''Coolest Stuff Ever Banner''' || A banner which says "THE COOLEST STUFF EVER". Note the title says The_Coolest_Stuff_Ever.COM. The website does not exist though, although a website called [http://web.archive.org/web/20060619234207/http://www.the-coolest-stuff-ever.com/tcse/ The-Coolest-Stuff-Ever.com] did exist at one time. || [[OldHR:coolest.html|view Coolest Stuff Ever]]
|-

| [[Image:Coolbot.gif|center]] || '''Coolbot''' || Appears to be a line drawing of the [[Visor Robot]]. Used on "The_Coolest_Stuff_Ever.COM" banner. || [[OldHR:coolbot.gif|view coolbot.gif]]
|-

| [[Image:Gridback.gif|center]] || '''Grid Back''' || The background image used for the grid in the background of the Coolest Stuff Ever banner || [[OldHR:gridback.gif|view gridback.gif]]
|-

| [[Image:Cooltitle.gif|100px]] || '''Cooltitle''' || A banner reading "THE COOLEST STUFF EVER". Used on "The_Coolest_Stuff_Ever.COM" banner. || [[OldHR:cooltitle.gif|view cooltitle.gif]]
|-
| [[Image:Moreshirts.png|100px|More shirts]] || '''Shirts''' || Two unreleased shirts; A Waffle House parody shirt and a Jamaican Homestar shirt. || [[OldHR:waffleshirt.swf|view the shirts]]
|-
| [[Image:Videlectrix_Homsar_page.png|100px]] || '''Homsar Shirt''' || A view of the front and back of the discontinued Homsar shirt, found on the [[Videlectrix]] website. || [[Videlectrix:/storeflash/shirt_homsar.swf|view Homsar Shirt]]
|-
| [[Image:Pom Pom Glossy.PNG|100px]] || '''Pom Pom Glossy''' || A black and white picture of [[Pom Pom]]. || [[OldHR:ppglossy.swf|view Pom Pom Glossy]]
|-
| [[Image:Hsglossy.png|100px]] || '''Homestar Runner Glossy''' || A black and white picture of [[Homestar Runner]]. || [[OldHR:hsglossy.swf|view Homestar Runner Glossy]]
|-
| [[Image:Glossy_Strong_Bad.PNG|100px]] || '''Strong Bad Glossy''' || A black and white picture of [[Strong Bad]]. Rarely used for "autographs." || [[OldHR:sbglossy.swf|view Strong Bad Glossy]]
|-
| [[Image:Secret Marzipan Shirts.PNG|100px]] || '''Marzipan Shirts''' || [[Marzipan]] shirts that were never used. One features Marzipan on a pink flower silhouette on a white shirt and the other has inverted colors. Both have the text ''*MARZIPAN*'' written below her in purple text. In front of both shirts is the text ''click to change'', clicking it changes the shirt to a version with smaller text, then no text, and then back to normal. Below the shirts is the text:
<blockquote>''Which do you like best? I think we should get babydolls, mediums, and spaghetti-strap tanktops. and possibly a couple larges or x-larges for fruity guys.''</blockquote>
|| [[OldHR:marzyshirts.html|view Marzipan Shirts]] [[OldHR:marzyshirts.swf|view the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Secret Halloween Costumes.JPG|100px]] || '''Halloween Fanstuff''' || 35 pictures of people dressed up as Homestar Runner characters for Halloween. ||[[OldHR:weenstuff/weenstuff1.html|view Ween Stuff]]
|-
| [[Image:Sbcostume10.jpeg|100px]] || '''Halloween Fanstuff''' || Another 5 pictures that link back to the above 35. ||[[OldHR:weenstuff/weenstuff36.html|view Ween Stuff]]
|-
| [[Image:everybodyknowsiteasteregg1.jpeg|100px]] || '''[[Everybody Knows It]] Production Photos''' || Three behind-the-scenes images of the first [[Puppet Stuff]] video. They used to be Easter eggs in the fullscreen version. || [[OldHR:puppet1.jpg|view first image]] [[OldHR:puppet2.jpg|view second image]] [[OldHR:puppet3.jpg|view third image]]
|-
| [[Image:Oldpodstarrunnerbackground.png|100px]] || '''Podstar Runner background''' || The background used for the [[Podstar Runner]] menu from 2006 to 2007. || [[Podstar:podcast_bkgrd.jpg|view the background]]
|-
| [[Image:Homestar Runner Face Screen Saver.png|100px]] || '''[[Homestar Runner and Strong Bad Screensaver|Homestar Runner Screensaver]] image''' || An image of the secret Homestar Runner screensaver listed above. || [[OldHR:hsscreensaver.jpg|View Homestar Runner Screensaver image]]
|-
| [[Image:Awesomerthanyou.png|100px]] || '''SB Sign''' || A picture of the "i am awesomer than you" animation listed above. || [[OldHR:sbsign.swf|View SB Sign Flash file]] [[OldHR:sbsign.gif|View SB Sign GIF file]]
|-
| [[Image:HRCrayon.png|100px]] || '''Small Crayon Homestar wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of a crayon drawing of Homestar from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[OldHR:hs_crayon_sm.jpg|View Small Crayon Homestar wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Homestar_Harvest.png|100px]] || '''Small Harvest wallpaper''' || The wallpaper mirroring the cover of Neil Young's ''Harvest'' album from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[OldHR:wallpapers/harvestsm.jpg|View Small Harvest Wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Sb_monitor_wallpaper.png|100px]] || '''Small SB monitor wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of Strong Bad with the Tandy 400 from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[OldHR:wallpapers/sbmonitorsm.jpg|View Small SB monitor wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Duckpond_wallpaper_small.png|100px]] || '''Small Duck Pond wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of the Atari duck pond from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[OldHR:wallpapers/duckpondsm.jpg|View Small Duck Pond wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Marshmallows_wallpaper_small.png|100px]] || '''Small Marshmallows wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of marshmallows from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[OldHR:wallpapers/marshmallowssm.jpg|View Small Marshmallows wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Waffle_wallpaper_small.png|100px]] || '''Small Waffle House wallpaper''' || The Waffle House parody wallpaper from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[OldHR:wallpapers/wafflesm.jpg|View Small Waffle House wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Everybody_wallpaper_small.png|100px]] || '''Small Everybody wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of most of the main characters from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[OldHR:everybodysm.jpg|View Small Everybody wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:hs_wallpaper.png|100px]] || '''Small Homestar Evolution wallpaper''' || The wallpaper of Homestar's design evolution from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[OldHR:evolutionsm.jpg|View Small Homestar Evolution wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Seriously.PNG|100px]] || '''Small Seriously wallpaper''' || The Apple parody wallpaper from the Downloads section, in a smaller size than those available for download. || [[OldHR:seriouslysm.jpg|View Small Seriously wallpaper]]
|-
| [[Image:Pom_Pom_tile.png|100px]] || '''Alternate Pom Pom tile''' || An expanded version of the Pom Pom wallpaper from the Downloads section. || [[OldHR:pomtilesm.jpg|View Alternate Pom Pom tile]]
|-
| [[Image:Homestar_head_icon.png|50px]] || '''Alternate Homestar head icon''' || A slightly different version of the icon of Homestar's head in the Downloads section. || [[OldHR:hr.ico|View Alternate Homestar head icon]]
|-id="tdytbkgrd"
| [[File:youtubebkgrd2.png|100px]] || '''TDougland [[YouTube]] Background''' || The background image on [http://www.youtube.com/user/tdougland TDougland's] YouTube account. Hosted on the [[Videlectrix]] site.|| [[Videlectrix:youtubebkgrd2.jpg|View TDougland YouTube Background]]
|-
| [[Image:2posters.png|100px]] || '''2 Posters''' || An image of two Homestar Runner posters, found on the [[Videlectrix]] website. || [[Videlectrix:2posters.jpg|View 2 Posters]]
|}

== Other ==
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! width=100 | Screenshot!! width=150 | Name !! Description !! width=200 | External Links
|-
| [[Image:This is strongbad.png|100px]] || '''Strong Bad Default''' || A page saying "this is strongbad" || [[OldHR:default.htm|view Page]]
|- id="emailupdates"
| [[Image:Updatespage.png|100px]] || '''Email Updates''' || Before [[The Brothers Chaps]] started updating weekly, this was how fans knew when to check homestarrunner.com. Yet again, the link is embedded in the source of the Homestar Talker. The mailing list was powered by [[MivaScript]]. || [[OldHR:updates.html|View the page]]
|-
| [[Image:Updates error.png|100px]] || '''Email Updates Error page''' || The error message for the above updates signup page. || [[OldHR:updateserror.html|View the page]]
|-
| [[Image:Updates signup confirmation.png|100px]] || '''Email Updates Confirmation''' || The page that appeared following signing up for email updates. || [[OldHR:updatesconfirm.html|View the page]]
|-
| || '''testchild''' || The SWF file that contains the commentary for the [[Experimental Film]] music video without the background music. However, it doesn't play unless you use a Flash seekbar, or right click and select play. || [[OldHR:testchild.swf|View the Flash File]]
|-
| || '''filter''' || When [[Old Intro 2]] was the intro, this 18x18 Flash File was directly on homestarrunner.com. It redirects to Old Intro 2. With the introduction of the [[OldHR:intro.html|current intro]], this was taken down and moved to '''filter.html'''. If it failed to redirect to the intro, it went straight to the main page, but now goes [[OldHR:oldflash.html|here]].|| [[OldHR:filter.html|View the page]] [[OldHR:filter.swf|View the Flash File]]
|}

== No Longer Secret Pages==
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
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|-
| [[Image:Grape Soda Banked.png|100px]] || '''[[Non-Sequitur Champion]]''' || This toon was released to the [[Store]] on February 29, 2008 to celebrate [[Senor Cardgage]] losing the competition for the most non-sequitur character. The toon was removed when the shirts page was redesigned on May 22, 2008. It remained unlisted until the [[post-Flash site update]] on December 31, 2020, when it was added to the Shorts category. || [[{{HR||Non Sequitur Champion}}|Watch the toon]] [[Videlectrix:storeflash/nonsequitur.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Trogdor was dragon man.png|100px]] || '''[[Trogdor Was A Man]]''' || Although this toon was released on [[youtube:pOUwYn3YdOw|YouTube]], the Flash version of this toon was only linked through the [[Main Page messages]], but since its removal from them, it was no longer linked to anywhere on the website until it was added to the Shorts category on December 31, 2020. || [[{{HR||Trogdor Was A Man}}|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:trogdor70s.swf|View the Flash file]]
|-
| [[Image:Fan Costumes 2019.png|100px]] || '''[[Fan 'Stumes 2019]]''' || Although this toon was released on [[youtube:ridQ83tY|YouTube]], the Flash version of this toon wasn't linked to on the website until the site update on December 31, 2020, when it was added to the Holidays category. || [[{{HR||Fan 'Stumes 2019}}|Watch the toon]] [[OldHR:fanstumes19.swf|View the Flash file]]
|}

==See Also==
*[[Site Components]]
*[[Easter eggs]]

[[Category:Secret Pages|*]][[Category:Lists]][[Category:Downloads]][[Category:Fan Material]]

Strong Bad's Technology

Keegster2 — Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:39:54 GMT

Keegster2: when fixing incorrect capitalization of the turbografx leads you to add {{w}}'s and better word things and add the edgarware stuff because you're here and might as well clean up

{{about|running gag}} {{foremail|technology}}
[[Image:Strong Bad lamenting The Paper.png|thumb|"Why do all my thirty-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?!"]]
[[Strong Bad]] shows a strong preference for '''out-of-date technology'''. Sometimes his feelings are so strong they lead to a state of denial, in which he describes such outmoded technologies as cutting-edge. Similarly, the company [[Videlectrix]], which Strong Bad endorses, seems to embrace a mission plan of releasing 8-bit and 16-bit "[[Peasant's Quest Preview#Easter Eggs|video computer games on TV]]" which they consider to have "[[good graphics]]". Strong Bad continually remains adamant that his computers are high tech. In [[animal]] and [[redesign]], however, Strong Bad mocks [[The Cheat]]'s use of "new computers".

== General ==
*The only telephone that Strong Bad ever seems to answer is a seventies telephone, with the only buttons to press being those used for dialing. Since the eighties, speed dial and redial have been standard on all phones.
**Although the headpiece (usually called a receiver) should be attached to the base, Strong Bad's appears to be [[Disconnected Telephones|disconnected]] from the base.
*Strong Bad uses outdated [[Items#Strong Bad's Computers|computers]], and praised the [[Compy 386]] and [[Lappy 486]] as state-of-the-art computers with awesome features. [[The Paper]], as well, appears to come from a tractor-fed dot matrix printer. In home use, such printers are now nearly non-existent.
*The operating system that Strong Bad uses on the Tandy 400 resembles that of {{w|ProDOS}}, while the Compy 386 and Lappy 486 resemble that of [[DOS]], both of which have been replaced with {{w|Graphical user interface|GUI operating systems}} in most modern home computers.
*Strong Bad's computer desk appears to have a case of either [[Floppy Disk Container|floppies or diskettes]]. Floppies were discontinued entirely when diskettes came out, and diskettes are almost extinct.

== Appearances ==
*[[Strong Bad Sings]] {{--}} Strong Bad appears to think that a record holds more than a CD, as the announcer states that the collection is available on 3 records or 7 CDs. The collection is also available on [[8-tracks]], which have not been seen in stores since the eighties.
**An 8-track tape could also have more songs than a record, depending how long the songs are and if the record is 33, 45, or 78 rpm.
*Email [[duck pond]] {{--}} Strong Bad says that the [[Atari 2600|Atari]] version of [[Duck Pond]] has state-of-the-art graphics.
*Email [[gimmicks]] {{--}} Despite Strong Sad's claim that he could replace the [[Tandy 400]] with a comparable computer "at a yard sale for, like, fifteen dollars," Strong Bad asserts that he "liked that computer". He evidently disregards Strong Sad's encouragement to get a modern computer when he chooses the [[Compy 386]].
**Despite the accurate price description by Strong Sad, he still asks to borrow 900 dollars, most of which was presumably not spent on a new computer.
*Email [[weird dream]] {{--}} Strong Bad is unaware of how to use The Cheat's [[Tangerine Dreams|iMac]]'s {{w|Mac OS}}.
*Email [[lures & jigs]] {{--}} Strong Bad refers to [[Fishing Challenge '91]] as "the pinnacle of graphics".
*Email [[50 emails]] (Easter egg) {{--}} [[Old-Timey Strong Bad]] used a "telegramophone" (more commonly a {{w|telegraph}}), although by the 1930s they had been almost completely replaced by the telephone.
*Email [[website]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad's Website]] is similar to many other outdated ones created during the '90s.
*[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] (Easter egg) {{--}} Strong Bad and [[The Cheat]] constructed a working telephone from the canister marked "eww" in the cardboard box prison.
**However, the tin can phone is still able to call Marzipan's Answering Machine, when it should only be able to talk to another can.
*Email [[video games]] {{--}} Strong Bad considers the {{w|Nintendo Entertainment System|NES}}-style [[RhinoFeeder]] to be on a brand new and super-photorealistic system.
**He also thinks that the individual red pixel that represents the player in [[Secret Collect.]] looks "kinda like [him]".
*Email [[haircut]] {{--}} Strong Bad edits a Polaroid picture of [[Strong Mad]] with a marker, claiming that he's using a light pen to edit a scanned picture.
**Here, he also refers to the tech as "Cutting art, state-of-the-edge".
*[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 9]] {{--}} Strong Bad is irate that {{w|GameStop|Babbage's}} does not sell any games for the {{w|TurboGrafx-16}}, a console that had been discontinued over a decade prior.
*[[Real-Live E-Mails]] {{--}} Strong Bad is unaware of the term "burning DVDs" and sets fire to a spindle of them using the [[BMW Lighter]].
*[[Biz Cas Fri 3]] {{--}} Strong Bad fails to back up his files, and then seems to think he can do so by keeping some of the ashes of his exploded computer.
**Strong Bad's computer is unable to open the 3-gigabyte attachment entitled "catonfire_fallingfromanairplane.exe" and thus explodes.
*Email [[time capsule]] {{--}} Strong Bad decides that "cassette tape is definitely the way to go" for recording his [[number one jam]] to be played in the future, because "what could ever replace the durability of magnetic tape?"
*Email [[extra plug]] {{--}} Not only are the [['Lectric Boots]] low tech, taking up all the house's electricity, but the [[Telebision|TV]] that [[Strong Sad]], [[Homestar Runner]], and [[Strong Mad]] are watching is very old and outdated.
*Email [[lunch special]] {{--}} The walkie talkies that Strong Bad and The Cheat use are highly outdated.
*Email [[lady...ing]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses a [[Laserdisc]] and sings a brief, nostalgic tribute to the medium, saying that "everything is better on Laserdisc".
*Email [[animal]] {{--}} Strong Bad scoffs at The Cheat for using ''new'' computers.
*Email [[long pants]] {{--}} Strong Bad deems the email "too long" and proceeds to edit it with a white-out pen, which he calls a "light pen" with "expensive electrons". When the plan backfires on him, though, he refers to it as "stupid made-up technology that I made up".
*Email [[high school]] {{--}} Baby Strong Bad wishes the video games of his earlier era were "better".
*Email [[portrait]] {{--}} Strong Bad is shown holding a "re-eally o-o-ld ce-e-ll phone".
*Email [[technology]] {{--}} A whole email on the subject; Strong Bad makes numerous references to older technologies being state-of-the-art. He also claims that he prefers early {{w|floppy disk}}s over {{w|diskette}}s, erroneously stating that "they have more memory". He uses a screensaver for the Lappy, whose LCD screen does not require one.
*Email [[alternate universe]] {{--}} The {{w|Game Boy}} that Strong Bad uses to make his high tech "alternate universe [[Blender#Game Boy in a Blender|portal]]" is an original monochrome model, which is highly outdated and no longer produced.
*Email [[senior prom]] {{--}} Strong Bad pretends to get a message on his "answering machine" from "[[Strong Bad's Ladies|Delilelia]]", when it's actually a clock radio with a paper reading "an answering machine (trust me)" taped to it. Strong Bad himself provides "Delilelia's" voice.
*Email [[isp]] {{--}} Strong Bad's computer, besides having a ridiculously slow Internet connection, uses an icon of a 5-1/4-inch floppy disk on its download-progress screen.
**Strong Bad claims his internet connection potentially runs at "1200 {{w||baud}}" {{-}} while it is impossible to say how fast this really is without knowing the standard the {{w|modem}} uses to connect, describing the speed in baud typically was only used with older modems (1980s and earlier), so the modem is probably encoding around 2 or 3 bits per symbol, thus achieving transfer rate of either 2.4{{w|Kilobits per second|kbps}} or 3.6kbps. Note however that no {{w|ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector|ITU-T}} standard transferred at 1200 baud, jumping from 600 baud in {{w|V.22|V.22}} to 2400 baud in its successor, {{w|V.32|V.32}}. It is possible, however, for a 2400 baud or higher modem to run at only 1200 baud if it is on a low-quality phone line. 
*Email [[redesign]] {{--}} Strong Bad thinks that the LCD monitor on [[Monosodium Dreams|The Cheat's new computer]] had the backside sliced off, and he refers to the wireless mouse as a "plastic bar of soap". He also believes that the scroll ticker replacement for the [[No Loafing sign]] has "advanced animation".
*Email [[road trip]] {{--}} Strong Bad believes [[the Gremlin]]'s 8-track cassette player to be "forwards-compatible" with CDs.
*Email [[trading cards]] {{--}} Strong Bad considers the title screen of the [[1982]] Videlectrix video game [[C.H.E.A.T.]] "the day they invented [[good graphics]]".
*Email [[what i want]] and [[web comics]] {{--}} Strong Bad acts as if ''{{w|EGM2}}'' is still running.
*Email [[the movies]] {{--}} Strong Bad watches the movie [[Karate Car]], which is entirely [[ASCII art]].
*Email [[the paper]] {{--}} As the printer and The Paper malfunction, Strong Bad cries, "Why do all my 30-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?"
*[[Everything Else, Volume 3]] {{--}} Strong Bad does not understand why his "used copy of a 20-year-old video game" malfunctions.
*Email [[rated]] {{--}} Strong Bad watches scrambled cable with the picture distorted. He also claims his email is a {{w||car phone}} instead of a [[cell phone]].
*[[SBCG4AP Dev Blog#The Endinning of the End|SBCG4AP Dev Blog]] {{--}} Strong Bad comments that in the 1995 PC game ''{{w|Lost Eden}}'', "the dinosaurs look REAL!"
*[[Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People]] {{--}} Strong Bad keeps a "7-Track" player in his bedroom, which seems to be a precursor to an 8-track player, and [[Homestar Ruiner Responses (House of Strong)#7 Track Player|comments]] that its lack of a play button was its downfall. He [[8-Bit is Enough Responses (House of Strong)#Seven Track|also remarks]] on how it has "the best sound", despite its lack of an on button, speakers, or a place to put insert recorded media.
*[[Baddest of the Bands]] {{--}} Strong Bad uses a film camera to take pictures, and he admits when looking at the [[Cool Tapes]] banner that "[he's] supposed to be the one that's into outdated media and electronics."
*[[Hremail 7]] {{--}} In this 2009 toon, set in 2001, Strong Bad apparently has never heard of emails or the Internet until Homestar Runner and Strong Sad explain them to him. He then takes Homestar's old computer, the Tandy 400, from his trash can, believing it to be "top of the line", and uses it to start answering emails (with some initial difficulties).
*Email [[independent]] {{--}} When Strong Bad sees the [[Compé]]'s full-color graphics, he mistakes them for a full-color photo taped to his computer screen.
*[[Poker Night at the Inventory]] {{--}} Strong Bad asks Tycho if he ever plays Videlectrix games. Tycho responds, "I am a proponent of the classics, yes." Upon hearing them called "classics," Strong Bad becomes very agitated, and insists that they are "the latest games."
*Email [[sbemail 206]] {{--}} Strong Bad considers the [[Lappier]] to be better than the modern [[Compé]].
*[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]] {{--}} Strong Bad's prank set-up heavily relies on a landline phone with a very long cord. Landline phones have dramatically declined in popularity in the past several years, and landlines with extended cords have long been replaced by cordless phones.
*[[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2022 Oct]] {{--}} [[Strong Bad]] names ''Hunt the Wumpus'', a text-based adventure, among "modern horror survival games" and "triple-A titles".

==Inconsistencies==
*Though the Compy appears to mostly use {{w|Enhanced Graphics Adapter|EGA}} graphics, it is capable of {{w|SVGA}} graphics, as indicated by [[Extra Real Dating Sim XR|Homestar Runner and Marzipan Extra Real Dating Sim XR]] in [[date]].
*Though Strong Bad appears to be incapable of comprehension of today's technology, he does make note of such modern technologies as {{w|HDTV|HD}} and {{w|wide screen}}, implying he may actually just like the old technology better.
*Strong Bad is able to operate [[Pom Pom]]'s [[Pom Pilot]] in [[the bird]].
*Even though Strong Bad's computers use [[DOS]] and don't appear to have {{w|computer mouse|mice}}, there have been [[credit card|a couple]] of [[lunch special|occasions]] where a {{w|cursor}} has appeared.
*Strong Bad is connected to the Internet via a modem, as shown in [[isp]]. Thus, he should not be able to use the phone to speak with tech support while downloading from the Internet, unless he has multiple phone lines.
*Though Strong Bad usually prefers video game systems such as the [[Atari 2600]] and [[Intellivision]], he knows how to [[SBCG4AP Gameplay Trailer|operate]] a [[Nintendo#Wii|Wii]].
*He is aware of cell phones, as seen in [[rated]] and [[virus]].
**In [[rated]], he claims his email is not a cell phone but a car phone.
**In virus, he mumbles "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|How do you text with boxing gloves on?]]" at the end of the email.
*It may appear he is enticed into old computers due to [[Compy, inc.]] sending him catalogs from twenty years ago, with a sticker over it of the current year, as seen in [[Compy Catalog]]. The "latest" catalog advertises the recent looking Compé.
*Although Strong Bad seemingly prefers old computers, the [[Compé]] appears to be a recent model.

==Strong Bad's Electronics==
Besides his outdated computers, Strong Bad uses several other low-tech implements. He so often uses these, it is almost impossible to find an implement of technology that Strong Bad has that is not outdated.

===Computers===
*[[Tandy 400]] {{--}} Strong Bad's first computer. He used it to check emails 1-40, excluding [[the bird]]. It exploded due to random malfunction.
*[[Compy 386]] {{--}} Strong Bad's second computer. He used it to check emails 41-118. He was so distraught when [[Bubs]] shot it in [[virus]], he was unable to compose himself enough to yell and argue with Bubs.
**In [[April Fool 2014]], the Compy 386 inexplicably returned without its branding, having gained voice commands and an extendable microphone.
*[[Lappy 486]] {{--}} Strong Bad's third computer. He used it to check emails 119-201, excluding [[from work]]. He claimed that it is portable, weighing in at 42 pounds. Also used to appear in [[Lappy 486#Female Lappy 486|female]] form. Strong Bad destroyed it using a USB self-destruct button.
*[[Block]] {{--}} Its only appearance is in [[other days]]. Strong Bad uses it to check his Polish emails. Although it appears to be in the same room as his other computer, it is never visible on his desk.
*[[Corpy NT6]] {{--}} This is Strong Bad's computer at [[the office]]. It is obviously outdated as it runs on [[DOS]] like Strong Bad's home computers, and is unable to open a 3GB attachment.
*[[Zappy XT6]] {{--}} Strong Bad's computer in the future, which apparently runs on DOS like his other computers. Its only appearance is in the [[strongbad_email.exe|DVD]] exclusive email "[[Accent]]".
*[[Compé]] {{--}} Strong Bad's fourth computer, used to check emails 203-205. It has full-color graphics, which Strong Bad mistakes for a "full color photo taped to [his] computer screen". It resembles a modern Apple model and costs a semi-hefty $800. Strong Bad's email checking program still appears to be based on DOS. It was reduced into the Lappier after spending five years under dust.
*[[Lappier]] {{--}} Strong Bad's current home computer. He claims it to be "just like the previous model", but "[[crap]]pier" and "more expensive". It appears to be downgraded in technological advancement compared to the Compé, without a background and relying on the old console to access his email.

===Software===
*[[Edgar]] the Virus Hunter {{--}} Strong Bad's virus protection software was programmed by only one person, is apparently never maintained, and also seems to only have a scan function.
*[[Edgar#Edga Jr.|Edga Jr.]] {{--}} A simple piece of software that automatically deletes emails with more than one paragraph.
*[[Edgar#Edgar's Baby's Daddy|Edgar's Baby's Daddy]] {{--}} Another simple application that removes and archives all emails with the sender named "Homestar Runner".
*[[Edgar#Grandmaw Edgar|Grandmaw Edgar's Corporate Firewall Get-Arounder]] {{--}} A piece of "Cheatware" that allows programs such as strongbad_email.exe to connect to the internet despite being blocked by a firewall.
*[[Edgar#Edgar's Older Cousin's Pet Ferret|Edgar's Older Cousin's Pet Ferret: The Redundant Tweet Obliterator]] {{--}} A program that deletes any {{w|Tweet (social media|tweets}} asking "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?|how do you tweet with boxing gloves on?]]"
*[[Edgar#Edgar Jr's Cool Babysitter|Edgar Jr's Cool Babysitter's Twee-Mail Converter]] {{--}} Used by Strong Bad to turn tweets into readable emails.
*[[Edgar#Edgar's Luddite Paw-Paw|Edgar's Luddite Paw-Paw's Unfortunate Tweet Deleter]] {{--}} An application used to delete one's tweets, despite the fact that {{w|Twitter}} has such a feature as a built-in option.
*[[Edgar#Edgar, King of All Streams|Edgar, King of All Streams]] {{--}} A data-streaming software used to record livestreams of video games. Strong Bad has attempted to use it to broadcast a playthrough of ''{{w|Tass Times in Tonetown}}'', but the connection was lost only seconds into the stream.
*[[DOS|The Operating System]] {{--}} Although this is often overlooked, the operating system Strong Bad runs is DOS, which is almost never used in modern day life.
*[[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#System Errors|Computer Error Alerts]] {{--}} These include "Flagrant System Error", "Computer over", "Flamboyant System Error", and "Teal Screen of Near Death (TSoND)".

===Other===
*[[The Paper]] {{--}} The Paper is apparently a tractor-feed dot matrix printer that for some reason can never be seen on top of Strong Bad's computer, even though it always feeds from the top of the screen. It seemed to be malfunctioning in the email [[more armies]], and, as predicted in [[montage]], The Paper called it quits in email #173, [[the paper]], where it was replaced with [[New Paper|an inkjet printer]].
*The "[[Permanent Marker|light pen]]" {{--}} Used in [[haircut]] to edit the hairstyle of a "scanned" picture of [[Strong Mad]]. A different style of [[X-Pensive White|light pen]] later used in [[long pants]] to make the email shorter.
*[[Floppy Disk Container]] {{--}} Strong Bad still uses floppy disks to store information and games. It was revealed in [[technology]] that he preferred the older 5¼" floppy disks to the newer 3½" diskettes, claiming (incorrectly) that the 5¼" disks hold more memory.
*[[Telebision]] {{--}} An older TV, circa the '70s, complete with knobs and dials.
*[[Cakkalate]] {{--}} Strong Bad's simple solar calculator that is "the future of technology" since it is wireless (according to him).
*[[Dangeresque Roomisode 2: The Intersection of Doom & Boom]] {{--}} Strong Bad as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]] insists that 50-year-old automobiles don't just break down.

==Fun Facts==
*Most of the graphics that Strong Bad refers to as "good" are from an [[Atari 2600]], NES, or Super NES, which is what made [[Super NES|the first H*R cartoon]].
*Strong Bad needed to call tech support in order to remove the "light pen" markings from the Lappy's screen. 
*The DOS command "dir/p", the command used on the Compy 386 Email Menu, would display the contents of the current directory and pause after displaying each info screen. 

==See Also==
*[[Atari 2600]]
*[[Items#Strong Bad's Computers|Computers]]
*[[Pseudocharacters]]
*[[Strong Bad's Computers Surpassing Their Assumed Capabilities]]
*[[Stylized Text on Strong Bad's Computers]]

[[Category:Electronics running gags]]
[[Category:Strong Bad Email running gags]]

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[[Image:FourBranches.png|thumb|"Ooh! I'm a neglected official."]]

Strong Bad explains the four branches of stupid things Homestar's done.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The King of Town}} (Pictured), {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, [[Rumble Red]], {{film|The Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, [[Larry Palaroncini]] (Easter egg), [[Gary Palaroncini]] (Easter egg), [[Perry Palaroncini]] (Easter egg), [[Mary Palaroncini]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Show]], [[The Office]] ([[Water Cooler]]), [[The Field]], [[The Field#Old-Timey Appearances|Old-Timey Field]], [[The Stage#Old-Timey Stage|Old-Timey Stage]], Alien Planet (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, November 13, 2006

'''Running Time:''' 4:55

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}}, {{dvd|Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD|notitle=true}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Start your day the Sbemail way, and never get out of bed!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: stupidest</div>
Hey Strong Bad 
I was wondering what was the stupidest thing that Homestar ever did, said, or imagined??? 
ur biggest fan 
Spanky elgrondo N.Y.
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "Hey Strong Bad," in a bored tone and continues to read the rest of the email the same way. He draws out "ur" before biggest fan and reads "N.Y." as "Nueva York."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{clears screen, typing}'' Well, my good Spank, that is ''way'' too broad a subject and would take several days just to scratch the surface of the tip of that iceberg. Especially the imagined part. That one has its own spreadsheet even. No, we'll have to get much more specific if we're gonna cover any stupid Homestar ground in one email. So it's time you people learned all about ''{cut to a scene with a U.S. Capitol-like building topped with a dome shaped like Homestar's head, and a banner featuring the the following title:}'' The Four Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{as the top of the building}'' Ooh! I'm a ''neglected'' official.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' The first branch is in charge of keeping the public informed. ''{A dotted line is traced to a television set with Homestar's head on the screen. A caption appears under it that reads "The House of Doing Stupid Things on National Television".}'' It's the House of Doing Stupid Things on National Television!

''{Cut to Homestar Runner on the set of The Show.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now isn't that a tasty makeover, lady friends? ''{A crowd full of ladies cheers. Zoom in on Homestar.}'' Huh? ''{zoom in even closer}'' Huh?! From Drab to Fab with nothing but mustaaard!

''{Pictures of the King of Town appear on the left and right sides of the screen. The one on the left is labeled "Drab" and features a "normal" picture of the King of Town. The picture on the right is labeled "Fab" and features the King of Town doused with mustard. Homestar holds up a mustard container with the word 'Musty!' on it. Crowd cheers. The pictures disappear.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Now my next guest says her man doesn't give respect when she comes correct. But he thinks she's just a drama mama.

''{Cut to a shot of Marzipan looking angry, with the words "Alleged Drama Mama" at the bottom of the screen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' So let's bring him out!

''{The crowd boos. Homestar turns towards a curtain, then a spotlight appears on Homestar and his clothes and appearance change instantly; his propeller cap is back-to-front, while stubble, a goatee and undereye bags have appeared on his face, and his shirt features a green hand and the words "DENIED! Panama City Beach".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{sulkily}'' Yeah, whatever. You know you all want some.

''{A chair flies in from offscreen and hits Homestar in the face, knocking him down. The crowd cheers.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' That's right. Homestar secretly had ''himself'' on his own "You're a Bad Boyfriend" talk show.

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done." A dotted line is traced to a coffee mug with Homestar's face on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The next branch tracks the stupid things Homestar does on the job. Here comes The Bureau of Doing Stupid Things at the Office.

''{Cut to the Office. Strong Bad is sitting in his cubicle wearing a headset, occasionally typing on his computer. Phones can be heard ringing in the background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{talking into headset; looking bored}'' No ma'am, this would be a password you gave to us. Yes sir, it could be the last four digits of your dog, or your mother's maiden credit card number...

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Hey, Strong Bro, keg party at the water cooler!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{turns his head offscreen towards Homestar}'' Not now! I'm talking to Phone Tree Survivor Number Thirteen! ''{talking into headset}'' Yes, baby, the whole password.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{offscreen}'' Stro Bro, free bagels at the water cooler!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looks excited}'' I'm sorry, ma'am, free bagels just happened.

''{Strong Bad scoots his chair backward out of his cubicle, making [[The Geddup Noise]] and leaving the headset behind. Cut to the water cooler, which has Homestar stuffed inside, with one leg hanging out of one of the water dispensers. Paper cups are scattered over the floor.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww, man! This isn't free bagels!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No, but it is free...ing Homestar from the water cooler. That's pretty sweet.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{momentarily stutters}'' Just explain to me what you were ''trying'' to do when this happened.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, I was in Barbados, hanging a picture on the wall...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, that tells me everything I need to know. How 'bout we try this?

''{Strong Bad steps up to the water cooler. Cut to a closeup of the dispenser with Homestar's leg in it. Strong Bad presses the button on the nozzle.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ow, ow, OW, STOP!

''{Strong Bad stops pressing on the dispenser. Cut back to the original shot of the water cooler.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Sweet genius, that hurt! Oh, well, just forget it. I'll just stay in here for the rest of my life. Just stack my mail on top of me, would ya? ''{Strong Bad walks off as a phone rings.}'' Thanks, S-bro! Man! Where should we go for lunch today? Chinese buffet?

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done". While Strong Bad talks, a scoreboard appears, which rolls up to its high number limit of 999,999 and then resets to zero.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You know how in video games, if you get the super-duper high score, it eventually flips back to zero? Well, sometimes Homestar does something so stupid, he flips back to smart.

''{The scoreboard disappears as a dotted line is traced to a picture of Homestar with a graduation cap on. A caption appears under him that says "The joint Sub-Committee On So Stupid It's Smart-ities". Cut to Homestar in the Field atop a soap box with Strong Sad in the foreground. The words "Fourteen Times" are written on the soapbox.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Awash with flavor!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Uh, okay Homestar. Then what's two plus two?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well, ''{speaking quickly}'' the force between any two charges is equal to the absolute value of the multiple of the charges{{--}} ''{cut to a closeup; computer-type noises begin playing in the background}'' {{--}}divided by four pi times the vacuum permittivity times the distance squared between the two charges.

''{Cut to Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' No, no, no, stupid! That's Coulomb's law.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, ''{cut back to wide shot of Homestar}'' right, sorry! Two plus two? That's easy. Twenty-two.

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And last of course, the most powerful branch. The Boudoir of Doing Stupid Things While Inside a College Mascot Costume.

''{A dotted line is traced to a football helmet with Homestar's face on it. A caption appears under it that reads "The Boudoir of Doing Stupid Things While Inside a College Mascot Costume".}''

''{Cut to the Field at night with Homestar inside The Jolly Dumple costume. A campfire is also inside it.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, oh man, oh man! ''Man!'' Moving into this mascot costume was probably the coolest and least locking-myself-out-of-my-house-enest decision I ever made! ''{Homestar raises a stick with a juice box stuck on the end over the fire.}'' This juice box is gonna roast up good and plenty! Dark and lovely! Bed, Bath and Be-yond!

''{Cut to a wider shot revealing Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z:''' Homestar, what are you doin'?! That thing is made out of flame pro-tardant Polymascotfoamalate!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Polymascotfoamalate?! ''{his words echo}''

''{Fade to The Homestar Runner in the Old-Timey Field standing next to an alien. A spaceship has crashed into the factory in the background.}''

'''RUMBLE RED:''' But, Earthling, they don't have polymascotfoamalate on ''my'' planet. Eh, rumble.

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's 'cause you're a Communist ''{pronounces it "commonest"}'' fool, Red!

''{Rumble Red looks shocked. Cut to a stage with The Homestar Runner and Old-Timey Strong Bad dancing with a banner over their heads reading "Polymascotfoamalate!"}''

'''BACKGROUND SINGERS:''' ''{singing}'' Polymascotfoamalate!

''{Cut to The Homestar Runner dressed up as a baby, holding a bottle with the Polymascotfoamalate chemical formula, (Msct-) + (Fm8+).}''

'''THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Feed it to the babies.

''{Cut back to the stage. Rumble Red joins them.}''

'''BACKGROUND SINGERS:''' ''{singing}'' Polymascotfoamalate!

''{Cut to Old-Timey Strong Bad with sour cream on his face holding what appears to be baby powder labeled "(Msct-) + (Fm8+)" in one hand and a cup full of soured cream in the other.}''

'''OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Or as a topping on Soured Cream!

''{Cut to a globe with the words "POLYMASCOTFOAMALATE" written in front of it with its chemical formula.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Polymascotfoamalate! Helping America ''{The words "Ingenuitizing the Future" appear above the globe as they are spoken}'' Ingenuitize the Future across the globe!

''{A record scratch is heard. Abrupt cut back to the Field at night with Homestar inside the mascot.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ohhh. Right. So I should be perfectly safe! ''{singing}'' Polymascotfoa{{--}} ''{an explosion occurs, throwing Coach Z out of frame; after a beat, Homestar's mascot costume disintegrates with the sound of breaking glass.}''

''{Cut back to the list of "Stupid Things Homestar's Done". Strong Bad stands up in front of it as music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So there you have it! Now it's up to you to make your own informed decisions about the stupidest things Homestar's done. Get involved, ''{a banner appears above Strong Bad}'' write a letter to your local Homestarman, ''{another banner appears}'' or throw a trash can through a plate glass window! ''{Yet another banner appears.}''

''{Strong Bad walks off screen and the camera pulls in on the top of the U.S. Capitol building shaped like Homestar's head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{singing}'' And that's how I become a law! ''{Fireworks appear in the air.}'' Ptoo! Ptoo! Ptoo!

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:4branches personalstyle.png|thumb|A Great Idea for Personal Style]]
*Click on "spreadsheet" after Strong Bad types it to see a spreadsheet titled "A Great Idea for Personal Style". Across the cells is a drawing of Homestar's head wearing slices of meat and vegetables, and a handwritten caption that reads "MONGOLIAN BEEF WiG".
*Click on the cartoon in Strong Bad's cubicle to see a [[Dullard]] comic.
*At the end of the email, click on Homestar's head to see more fireworks.
*At the end, click on "Stupid" to see a [[Limozeen: "but they're in space!"]] cartoon:
:''{Larry, Gary, and Perry are seen on a teal planet with Rumble Red, a snake-like animal coming out of the ground, and a ringed planet in the background.}''
:'''RUMBLE RED:''' ''{gestures and stamps feet while speaking}'' Oh, but Limozeen-in-space-lings. They don't have hot blonde groupies with high bangs on ''my'' planet... ''{trailing off}'' eh, rumble...
:'''LARRY:''' That's 'cause you don't have ''{touches his hair}'' polyhairsprayteasealate!
:''{Cut to Mary holding a tentacle in a hot dog bun.}''
:'''MARY:''' ''{speaking with mouth full}'' And you're a communist fool! ''{Takes a bite of sandwich and chews.}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*{{w|Mongolian beef}} is a Taiwanese dish commonly found in American Chinese cuisine, consisting of sliced beef, stir-fried with scallions and other vegetables in a sweet and savory brown sauce, and served over steamed rice or cellophane noodles. The term "Mongolian" is intended to imply a vaguely exotic type of food. Neither the ingredients nor the methods of preparation are typically {{w|Mongolia}}n.
*Strong Bad's describing of passwords as "the last four digits of your dog" or "your mother's maiden credit card number" are plays on three commonly used recall codes, wherein users would type the last four digits of their social security number, the name of their first pet, or their mother's maiden name, to reclaim a lost password. Such things are also sometimes used as actual passwords.
*{{w|Barbados}} is an island country in the Atlantic Ocean, just east of the Caribbean Sea.
*In many older video and arcade games, limitations of the game's scoring system would cause the score to {{w|Integer overflow|"roll over"}} back to 0 when a score reached a certain upper limit. For example, if the game was only capable of displaying five digits for the player's score, achieving a score of 100,000 would cause the score to roll over to 0.
*Homestar correctly states {{w|Coulomb's law}}, which determines the magnitude of the electrostatic force between two particles based on their charges <math>q_1</math> and <math>q_2</math> and the distance between them <math>r</math>:
*:<math>F=\frac1{4\pi\epsilon_0}\frac{|q_1q_2|}{r^2}</math>
*[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/red "Red"] is a slang term for a {{w|Communism|Communist}}.
*"[[Polymascotfoamalate]]" is a [[portmanteau]] of quite a few words:
**"[[Wiktionary:poly-|Poly-]]" is a {{w|prefix}} meaning "many", probably intended to refer to the large number of manmade materials whose names also start with the prefix ({{w|polyester}}, {{w|polyurethane}}, {{w|polyisocyanurate}}, etc.)
**"{{w|mascot}}" is its own word.
**"{{w|foam}}" is a word by itself, but in context, it refers to {{w|foam rubber}}, which is often used in wearable mascot costumes.
**"{{w|Ate (disambiguation)|-ate}}" is a suffix used when naming {{w|Salt (chemistry)|salts}} and {{w|ester}}s.

===Trivia===
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad tries to explain the four branches of stupid things Homestar's done."

===Remarks===
*In the intro, Strong Bad proclaims to start his day by never getting out of bed. In [[morning routine]], and later in [[cheatday]] and [[other days]], Strong Bad is shown to start his day by oversleeping on the couch.
*When the King of Town's "Drab to Fab" makeover is shown, the colors of his crown are reversed, as they were in [[The King of Town Evolution|earlier designs]].
*Homestar's legs during the The Show AM are, for some reason, in [[Homestar Runner Evolution|the old design]]. Notice the left foot being at an awkward angle. This is not the case when he is standing on the soapbox.
*Although Strong Bad criticizes Homestar for having himself as a guest on his own TV show, in the email [[pizzaz]], Strong Bad had himself as a guest on his own show, the [[Strong Bad-Type Interview Progrum]].
*Strong Bad mixes up technological phrases and assigns [[Gender Confusion|various gender titles]], similar to what Homestar did in [[isp]].
*Strong Bad's polo shirt has a 5.25 inch floppy disk crest. Homestar, however, is not wearing the usual polo shirt attire to work.
*Homestar does not have any trouble breathing or speaking underwater. The sound of his voice is also not affected by the water or bottle.
*Homestar's eyes appear considerably bigger than normal while inside the water cooler, likely due to the cooler's curved surface magnifying them. They also do not blink every four seconds, which suggests new eyes were made especially for this scene.
*The shadows cast by Homestar in the costume are to his side, although the fire (the source of light) is in front of him.
*The chemical formula for Polymascotfoamalate is a play on its name: Msct- for "mascot" and Fm8+ for "foamalate".
*Polymascotfoamalate is "''pro''tardant" rather than "''re''tardant", suggesting that it accelerates the spread of fire rather than slowing it down. However, the root morpheme ''tard'' already means "slow" and the affix ''re'' is only an intensifier, so "protardant" would mean approximately the same thing.
*During the scene of the globe in the Polymascotfoamalate cartoon, the white land masses at the top and bottom do not spin with the rest of the globe.
*When the spotlight falls on Homestar as the guest star boyfriend, everything around the room becomes darkened, including the flashing border lights on the sign behind him.
*This email uses [[Strong Bad Evolution|an older design]] of Strong Bad's face.

===Goofs===
*The floppy disk on Strong Bad's shirt jumps between Strong Bad's left and right side so that it's always facing the audience.
*In the scene where Homestar is inside the Jolly Dumple costume, the light reflected onto his legs flickers, but the light reflected onto his head doesn't.
*At the end of the firework Easter egg, a short "pop" can be heard, which is the very beginning of Homestar's third "pa-too!" from earlier in the email.
*When Strong Bad addresses the audience at the end of the email, the title of the third branch changes from "The Joint Sub-Committee On So Stupid It's Smart-ities" (in focus) to "The Sub-Committee On So Stupid It's Smart-ities" (out of focus) and back again (in focus).
*While Strong Sad is talking to Homestar, the cracks on the side of the soapbox Homestar is standing on reach beyond the box.
*After Homestar finishes explaining how his situation came to be and the camera cuts back to Strong Bad, there is a small hole in his polo behind his arm that is see through.
*When zoomed in, Homestar's foot does not perfectly line up with the water cooler spout. It seems to be overlapping it and is at a slightly different angle, as if it were disconnected from Homestar's leg completely.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When the email was first posted, Strong Bad typed "in" instead of "any" when he says "No, we'll have to get much more specific if we're gonna cover any stupid Homestar ground," at the beginning of the email. This was later corrected.
*When the email was first posted, ''{{w|boudoir}}'' was misspelled as "Budoir". This was later corrected.
*Originally the "Polymascotfoamalate" banner was misspelled "Polymascotfamalate".

===Inside References===
*"MONGOLIAN BEEF WiG" is an example of [[lowercase i's]].
*Homestar [[Featuring Oneself|features himself]] on [[The Show AM]].
*Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiles]] when hearing about free bagels.
*When Strong Bad explains that "when you get a super high score on a video game, it eventually clicks back to zero", the scoreboard makes the same noise as the [[Random Toon]] generator on the main page.
*The [[Soapbox]] makes another appearance when Homestar stands on it while he answers Strong Sad, and its label now reads "Fourteen times".
*This is another reference to Homestar saying something intelligent, as started by the email [[stupid stuff]].
*[[The Jolly Dumple]] first appeared in [[mascot]].
*Homestar's fireworks sounds at the end of the email are the same sounds he makes in [[couch patch]] when he is spitting [[Teddy Grahams]].
*{{Film|Limozeen}}'s animated debut was in [[best thing]].

===Real-World References===
*"The Four Branches of Stupid Things Homestar's Done" are a reference to the {{w|Separation of powers|three branches of government}}. The shape of the governmental building is the {{w|United States Capitol}} building, often used as a symbol of the {{w|Legislature|legislative branch}} of the United States.
*[[The Show#The Show AM|The Show AM]] is a parody of several talk shows that feature {{w|makeover}}s such as ''{{w|The Oprah Winfrey Show|Oprah}}'', ''{{w|Queer Eye}}'', and ''{{w|Extreme Makeover}}'', and {{w|tabloid talk show}}s such as ''{{w|The Jerry Springer Show}}'' and ''{{w|Maury (TV series)|Maury}}''. Its name is a reference to ''{{w|Match Game PM}}'', a latenight version of ''{{w|Match Game}}'' with less censorship.
*The sun logo for The Show AM is very similar to that of {{w|Today (NBC program)|The Today Show}}'' on {{w|NBC}}. The "am" typeface is reminiscent of {{w|TV-am}}.
*The mustard bottle has the distinctive red cap and yellow barrel shape of {{w|Plochman's}} mustard.
*The sing-song voice in which Homestar proclaims that mustard was used for the King of Town's makeover is very similar to the voice {{w|Oprah Winfrey}} uses when making grand announcements on her television show.
*Homestar's "[[:Image:Homestarbadboyfriend.PNG|Denied]]" shirt during The Show AM segment pokes fun at {{w|spring break}} events in {{w|Panama City Beach, Florida}}.
**The design of the shirt bears a striking similarity to "Legalize Marijuana" T-shirts, with the handprint taking the place of the cannabis leaf.
*Homestar having a chair thrown at his face on his talk show is a reference to {{w|Geraldo Rivera}}'s talk show in 1988, where a brawl between guests resulted in a chair being thrown and Rivera's nose being broken.
*{{w|Good & Plenty}} is a famous licorice candy.
*Dark & Lovely is a brand of hair relaxer and other hair care products.
*{{w|Bed Bath & Beyond}} was a chain of domestic-goods stores located throughout the United States.
*Rumble Red's voice and crashed spacecraft suggest a reference to {{w|The Great Gazoo}} of ''{{w|The Flintstones}}''.
*Calling Rumble Red a "communist fool" makes fun of most alien movies in the 1950s, including ''{{w|The War of the Worlds (1953 film)|War of the Worlds}}'' and ''{{w|Invasion of the Body Snatchers}}'', where the aliens usually represented the Soviet Union.
*Strong Bad's recommendation to "throw a trash can through a plate glass window" is a reference to the climactic scene in Spike Lee's film ''{{w|Do the Right Thing}}''.
*Homestar saying "That's how I become a law!" is a reference to the ''{{w|Schoolhouse Rock!}}'' cartoon "{{w|I'm Just a Bill}}", showing how a bill becomes a law in Washington. Incidentally, that line is not a part of the original cartoon.

===Fast Forward===
*Rumble Red is later seen (and named) in [[Decemberween Short Shorts]].
*Homestar "pitoo"s again at the end of [[8-Bit is Enough]].

==YouTube Version==
The title of the video doesn't include the "Strong Bad Email #161" prefix.

== DVD Version ==
{{commentary|email=true}}
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Matt Chapman]])

'''MIKE:''' Welcome back, Matt.

'''MATT:''' Nooo.

'''MIKE:''' Mike{{--}}DJ Mike's commentary extravaganza, episode fourteen.

'''MATT:''' Oh, okay!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, so tell us a little bit about, uh, your wedding.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' What?

'''MIKE:''' You recently got married, I heard.

'''MATT:''' No, what?{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' You got{{--}}You've got a new movie coming out?

'''MATT:''' We're doing commentary for a Strong Bad Email, Mike. This isn't some weird ''{laughs}'' show starring DJ Mike.

''{Matt coughs}''

'''MIKE:''' Alright, what are we at, four branches?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, yeah, it's almost over now, so we're good. Keep{{--}}Maybe keep doing that{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{unintelligible, then talking really fast; interrupting}'' We gotta talk really fast at the end. ''{more unintelligible}''

'''MATT:''' Yeah, we do that.

'''MIKE:''' Alright. ''{waits a couple seconds}'' Well?

'''MATT:''' ''{After a few more seconds}'' This is a really good representation of those diagrams that would be in your... social studies book{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{talking over Matt}'' Civics book?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, a civics book. I never{{--}}I think it was only one year, In eighth grade it was called civics. And then it was Social Studies or{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' ''{talking over Matt}'' I think they call it civics now.

'''MATT:''' ''{after Mike is finished}'' {{--}}you know world history or American history or whatever.

''{Pause}''

'''MATT:''' That Show AM... logo is pretty good, Mike. ''{Mike says "Uh"}'' I think you could get sued ''{both chuckle}'' by ''The Today Show''.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Well, The Today Show is, like, concentric circles for the sun, we used horizontal stripes.

'''MATT:''' You might be able to get sued by, like, Comfort Inn.

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Or one of those places. ''{Pauses}''

'''MATT:''' ''{said in reference to the "bad boy" Homestar's T-Shirt}'' ''De''nied! We should see{{--}}I bet we could get a shirt{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' I think that's a real shirt.

'''MATT:''' {{--}}in 2008.

'''MIKE:''' Mmhm.

'''MATT:''' I think we could find one.

''{Pause}''

'''MATT:''' Ummmm...

'''MIKE:''' Talking? Wait, talking? Talking? Are we ''{begins to laugh}'' talking?

'''MATT:''' Yeah. This is like, verbatim, a conversation I probably had with lots of customers when I worked at MindSpring.

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah! Was that{{--}}Was the tray, the CD tray? No, that's{{--}}

'''MATT:''' No, that's just a{{--}}No, that's not in this, but that was just a{{--}}That was an old urban legend. I don't know if that ever really happened.

'''MIKE:''' You never got that call?

'''MATT:''' But we would always get like{{--}}Like, we weren't allowed to tell them what their password was, but they would always forget their password 'cause they probably didn't know they signed up for MindSpring.

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MIKE:''' They were tricked into it?

'''MATT:''' They were being charged $19.95 a month and they'd be like "I don't know. This may be a mother's maiden name or the name of a pet."

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' And they'd be like "I don't know! Chauncy!" And you'd be like "No, it might start with a S-P-O-T."

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' ''{in reference to Homestar stuck in the cooler}'' Um, that's a scary looking Homestar. Did you have to look at our actual water cooler to do that, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I probably did. I think that's pretty accurate to our water cooler.

'''MATT:''' ''{interrupting}'' That one doesn't have the instant hot water though.

'''MIKE:''' It has instant cold, apparently.

'''MATT:''' That's the way the one that, uh, Mom always had was.

'''MIKE:''' ''{interrupting}'' Mom's! It was just like room temperature water and cold water.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, but it wasn't room temperature at all.

'''MIKE:''' Was it hot?

'''MATT:''' No, it was co{{--}}No!{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Oh.

'''MATT:''' {{--}}It was cold and, and like ex{{--}} ''{Mike says something unintelligble}'' like, your teeth cold water.

''{Pause}''

'''MATT:''' Joint sub-committee meeting.

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Fifty yard line.

'''MIKE:''' I'll be there.

'''MATT:''' What are we up to? Are we onto sixteen? On that soap{{--}}soapbox?

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

'''MATT:''' I think we're up to sixteen.

'''MIKE:''' I thought you were talking about the uh, DJ Mike, uh commentary extravaganza 'cause we're{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Episode{{--}}We're onto episode sixteen now.

'''MIKE:''' No, this is still fourteen.

'''MATT:''' ''{laughing}'' Oh, sorry.

''{Pause}''

''{Matt laughs at the Homestar's line}''

'''MATT:''' Coulomb's Law, man. Did he just say ''{in a faux Mexican accent}'' "No, no, no, stupid"?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Maybe. I didn't hear.

'''MATT:''' Is that Alasdair?

'''MIKE:''' ''{unintelligible}'' Could be{{--}}Uhhh, yeah, maybe Alasdair.

'''MATT:''' Some classic ''You Can't Do That on Television'' person.

''{Pause}''

'''MATT:''' Did you do that little flickering shadow on there, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' I did, man.

'''MATT:''' It's pretty good.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks, I spent some time on that.

'''MATT:''' Homestar's{{--}}gonna to have some... nicely browned legs.

''{Mike laughs}''

'''MATT:''' That{{--}}He should flip those at this time.

'''MIKE:''' We had made those juicebox on a stick for a time when he was gonna be squattin' underneath Strong Bad's email desk?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, it was after we had taken a big break.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' And Homestar was going to have moved in under Strong Bad's email desk.

'''MIKE:''' Is this the first{{--}}the invention of Rumble Red?

'''MATT:''' Yeah, this is his first appearance. De-butt.

''{Pause}''

'''MATT:''' There he is, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' At the time, we were watching a lot of old, like, uh, industrial cartoons from the 50s and they all seemed to have Martians in them that were{{--}}

'''MATT:''' Yeah, a Martian{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' {{--}}all about capitalism.

'''MATT:''' A Martian came to... a factory to learn about competition{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' {{--}}or steel{{--}}

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

'''MATT:''' {{--}}or{{--}}

'''MIKE:''' Oil or coal.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

''{Pause}''

'''MATT:''' That's like, um, Mookie. Mookie, from think{{--}}''Do the Right Thing''. ''{Mike chuckles}'' He throws a thrash can through a plate glass window.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, that's it. I was going to say someth{{--}}

=== Fun Facts ===
*Comfort Inn (and Comfort Suites) is a chain of lodgings owned by {{w|Choice Hotels}}.
*''{{w|You Can't Do That on Television}}'' was a Canadian sketch comedy show that aired on [[Nickelodeon]] in the US. Alasdair Gillis appeared on the show from 1982 to 1986, serving as one of the show's hosts later on. 
*Homestar squatting under Strong Bad's desk is from [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions|an early draft]] of Sbemail 136, which was rejected in favor of [[geddup noise]].
*The "50s industrial cartoon" is ''{{w|Destination Earth}}'' (1956), in which a Martian comes to Earth and learns about petroleum and free-market capitalism.

==External Links==
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Keegster2: /* Goofs */ It may just be a metaphor, but it's a factually-incorrect metaphor.

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After years of checking his email on kitchen appliances, Strong Bad finally returns to checking on computers, as his [[Compé]] gets remodeled into the portable Lappier. Seeing that it's [[April Fools' Day]], he gives Internet pranks a piece of his mind.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Homestar Runner|Animatronic The Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Old-Timey Strong Bad|Animatronic Old-Timey Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque}}, {{Film|Dangeresque Too}}, {{Film|Renaldo}}, {{Film|The Stunt Double}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Mike Chapman}}, {{Film|Rather Dashing}}, [[Other Character Variations|Mustachioed Homestar Runner]], {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The King of Town}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House|Marzipan's Kitchen]], [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]], [[The King of Town's Castle]], [[Gremlin]]

'''Kitchen Appliance:''' [[Items#Strong Bad's Kitchen Appliances|Econowave 4761-V]]

{{Comp|Lappier}}

'''Date:''' Wednesday, April 1, 2015

'''Running Time:''' 4:47 (official), 5:12 (actual)

'''Page Title:''' Econowave 4761-V

==Transcript==
''{Strong Bad is in front of a microwave on a kitchen counter.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' Emails are like Hot Pockets: they're full of garbage and cheese.

''{The microwave beeps and turns on, emitting a hum. Text scrolls from right to left on the small screen.}''


'''DEAR STRONG BAD, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA DUST OFF THE COMPÉ AND ANSWER AN EMAIL? -MATT MACRO PIKA'''


''{Strong Bad reads the words haltingly as they appear. Reads sender's name as "Matt Massapequa". The microwave beeps, and "DONE." scrolls down from above.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait a minute, have I not always checked my email on kitchen appliances?!

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a running blender making a whirring sound. "DEAR STRONG BAD" scrolls across a tiny screen from right to left.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear Strong Bad..."

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a toaster. Toast pops up with "DEAR STRONG BAD" burned onto the side.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear Strong Bad..."

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of a fridge. He pushes a glass into the ice dispenser.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear crushed ice..."

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of the Compé. The screen says:}''

{{compeemail}}
Dear Strong Bad, 
Do you enloy reasing? 
I do two! How 'bou? 
-The Tawdry Man
{{compeemailend}}

'''STRONG BAD:''' "Dear Strong Bad..."

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the counter. He turns away from the microwave.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, yeah! ''{rubs chin in thought}'' ''Computers!'' ''{He hops down from his stool}'' Let's go see how that old Compé is doing!

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of his computer table. The Compé appears to be buried in a huge mound of dust, with only its top-right corner poking out.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh. That is... that is some dust. ''{Close up of the desk. Strong Bad steps closer}'' Well, I'd best get to blowin'! I said a-''{blows}''

''{A cloud of dust envelops the room. When it clears, there is a different computer, resembling the [[Lappy 486]] and labeled "Lappier", sitting where the Compé was. The top-right corner of the Compé's monitor is balanced on the top of the Lappier for a moment, then falls with a clatter onto the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa! All that dust compressed my old computer into a newer, even ''better'' computer! Like coal to a diamond!

''{Rear view of the Lappier. Strong Bad picks up the Compé corner.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, Compé, we hardly knew yé. Whup! ''{He tosses the Compé corner off to the side.}''

''{Cut back to the front of the Lappier. It boots up with a jingle and a 3D model resembling the Lappy logo that zooms and in rotates twice. "Lapp''ier''" appears on-screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' The Lappier! Just like the previous model, only crappier. I mean, more expensive. I–I mean... Lappier.

''{The Lappier dings. A notice appears with the text "Today's date is April 1" and the Lappier logo.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What?! April First?! Aw, man, I can't check my email today!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{excited}'' Here it comes, ''{Cut to wide shot. Homestar is sitting on the computer table to the right of the Lappier, knees tucked in and feet drumming on the table.}'' here it comes! ''{He stops drumming his feet}'' Brace myself! ''{He holds his breath.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, what are you doing here?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Just waiting for you to drop that A-pro Foo' Day bomb, Strong Bad! ''{He hops off the table}'' Our website ''always'' has the best pranks!

''{Close up of Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Homestar, everybody knows the Internet already ruined April Fools' Day... On February 7, 2008, ironically enough.

''{Close up of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But it's the day the Internet gets on the Internet to make inside jokes about the Internet!

''{Wide shot of the two of them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Exactly. ''{sarcastic}'' And I can't wait to be ''soooo'' fooled when ''{Cut to the welcome screen. Strong Bad and Homestar continue talking as voiceovers.}'' my favorite website looks like it's from another ''time'' period!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. Man. ''{A cursor enters the screen and waggles back and forth.}'' This looks just like one of them Flash-y cartoon websites ''{The cursor stops over "watch intro" and a Flash Player Settings popup appears over Homestar's face.}'' from 2002!

''{The cursor moves to the update button and clicks a few times. It starts waggling again as Strong Bad speaks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' No! Shut up! I haven't done it yet! Boo-da-ling...

''{The welcome screen transforms into an Old-Timey version with a mechanical version of The Homestar Runner. Buttons labeled "WEB", "SITE", and "COM" appear on the bottom of the screen, while a coin slot appears on the left side of the screen. As Homestar speaks, the cursor moves to click on "WEB".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' What happened my wedsize? It's gone Old Time Jones!

''{The cursor clicks on "SITE". A sign comes down from the top of the screen.}''

'''ANIMATRONIC THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' E'erybody, e'erybody.

''{Animatronic The Homestar Runner rotates counterclockwise out of the screen, and a mechanical Old Timey Strong Bad rotates into the screen in the same direction.}''

'''ANIMATRONIC OLD TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' Insert one pence for tomfoolery!

''{Animatronic Old Timey Strong Bad rotates back out of the screen, replaced by The Homestar Runner.}''

'''ANIMATRONIC THE HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Insert a baby. ''{opens his mouth.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, no, I'm not falling for ''that'' prank again. ''{Animatronic The Homestar Runner bounces impatiently.}'' Strong Bad, let's move on to the next thing you're gonna make fun of.

''{Cut to a green rating card.}''

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MORONS WITHOUT CALENDARS 
BY THE FAKE TRAILER ASSOCIATION OF FREE COUNTRY USA
</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' And don't forget all the great fake movie trailers we get to suffer through.

''{As the voiceover speaks, extreme closeups of Dangeresque's sunglasses.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Sometimes, a cruel, cruel world needs a man with cool, cool glasses.

''{Shot of Dangeresque's glasses in a spotlight. The theme from ''Dangeresque 2, This Time It's Not Dangeresque 1'' plays. Cut to two Dangeresques facing off on top of Bubs' Concession Stand, each holding a nunchuck-gun. One of them is holding his gun by the nunchuck.}''

'''BOTH DANGERESQUES:''' Two Dangeresques?!

''{Wider shot, now including two Dangeresque Toos. One has a mustached face drawn on his star.}''

'''BOTH DANGERESQUE TOOS:''' And two Dangeresque Toos?!

''{Renaldo pops up front and center.}''

'''RENALDO:''' But that equals...!

''{Cut to black screen. "Dangeresque" scrolls upwards in the background while a "4" scrolls approaches in the foreground.}''

'''VOICEOVER:''' Dangeresque Four... ''{The "4" is replaced with "÷ 2"...}'' Divided by Two... ''{...followed by "= 6".}'' Equals Six!

''{As the theme ends, the full title appears: "Dangeresque 4 ÷ 2 = 6". Cut to a closeup of Dangeresque.}''

'''DANGERESQUE:''' Or did I? ''{"Or did I?" appears below his face. Additional I's appear as he adds}'' ...I, I, I, I, I? ''{Musical sting with a cut to a six-lens'd pair of Dangeresque sunglasses.}'' ...Is that{{--}} is that six?

''{Cut to shot of Dangeresque and the Stunt Double as Dangeresque on top of Bubs' Concession Stand as the Stunt Double is hit by a microwave.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and Homestar in the computer room.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' When's it coming out?! ''When's it coming out?!'' I gotta forward this to all my peeps on Google Buzz!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, hang on, we don't want to forget about the fake ads for nerd culture products that don't really exist.

''{Cut to shot of Strong Sad with a Petri dish and a Q-Tip}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{inexplicably cheerful}'' Did someone say, "nerd cultures"? Ahh! ''{Strong Sad sticks the Q-Tip into his mouth and makes choking noises.}''

'''STRONG BAD AND HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No!

''{Cut to a commercial for "Nerd Cultch". A logo appears.}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' Burninate back-to-school ''{Logo fades, image of a man wearing an arm-shaped backpack enters from the right, and the words "TROGDOR BEEFY ARM BACK PACK" appear to the right of it.}'' with the Trogdor Beefy Arm Backpack. ''{Front view. Two arrows point to{{--}}}'' Two straps! ''{Another arrow points to{{--}}}'' One beefy arm! ''{Panning view of the arm, stopping on a pocket.}'' Secret com-pockt-ments for all your ''{Drawn consummate V's appear to the right of the pocket.}'' consummate V's. ''{V's are slurped up by the pocket.}'' And you'll look ''{Cut to a burning peasant sprite walking on-screen from the right.}'' "rather dashing" in this ''{Sprite is pushed off the bottom of the screen by a picture of a man wearing a zip-up hooded robe.}'' Burninated Peasant Zip-up Trench Hoodie.

''{Images of the two items both appear on-screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's only fake, unless enough of you say you'll buy one, in which case, ''{A logo for Kickcheater scrolls onto the bottom of the screen, and a flashing starburst reading "PLEDGE IT OUT!" appears between the two pictures.}'' support my crowdfunding campaign!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad and Homestar in the computer room.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I want one! Imagine me with three arms! ''{Wiggles his body in excitement.}'' Oooooooh! I gotta send this to all my Google WaveBirds!

'''STRONG BAD:''' Forget all that mess! I'm yanking April Fools' off the Internet ''{Close-up of Strong Bad.}'' and back into the real world! Where it can physically hurt people!

''{Close-up of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nobody falls for that stuff no more, Strong Bad!

''{Wide shot, showing Strong Bad holding a mirror with a mustache applied to the top-center to resemble Mustached Homestar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, Homestar! I'd like you to meet your long-lost twin brother!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Chauncey! Give us a three-armed hug!

''{Homestar runs into the mirror as it shatters and he falls onto the floor with shards in his face.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ha! April Fools'!

''{Shot cuts to Strong Bad and Marzipan in the field with Marzipan having a very The Cheat-like shape in her throat}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{slightly garbled, choking}'' Are you sure this is gluten-free?

'''STRONG BAD:''' April Fools'!

''{Shot cuts to The King of Town's table with Strong Bad and the King of Town}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hey, King of Town, I'd like you to eat... ''{Holds up hand mirror in front of King of Town}'' your long lost twin brother.

'''KING OF TOWN:''' Okay! ''{King of Town takes a bite out of hand mirror}''

''{Cut to shot of Strong Mad and a turtle upside down in The Field}''

'''STRONG MAD:''' GET ME DOWN!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Peeks from the left side}'' A-tee hee.

'''STRONG MAD:''' ''{bouncing around a little}'' I'M SCARED OF HEIGHTS!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Peeks from the right side}'' And a-tee hee hee.

''{Cut back to shot of Strong Bad as Dangeresque and Strong Sad in his stunt double outfit on top of Bubs' Concession Stand as Strong Sad is hit by a microwave.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh!

''{Cut to shot of Bubs' in the field at night, looking at the [[Gremlin]] wrapped in [[duct tape]].}''

'''BUBS:''' How am I supposed to get inside my car?

''{Shot zooms into the windshield as Coach Z sits up from the driver seat inside the car}''

'''COACH Z:''' How am ''I'' supposed to get outside my apratment? ''{Coach Z places a card with the printing "Apt. Z" onto the dashboard and dances for the last 3 notes of the background music}''

''{Cut to the behind of the Lappier as Strong Bad is sitting at the desk}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now, ''that's'' how you April Fools' a body. Pain and suffering. Not... inconvenient web browsing. ''{The Lappier plays a notification sound}'' Hey!

''{Cut to front of the Lappier with Strong Bad's head as the Lappier displays "Time is 12:00 am. It is now April 2"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at that! Now I can check my email. All right, boxing gloves, get ready to work your inexplicable magic! ''{Types "strongbad_email.exe", singing}'' I check my email on computers, huh-HA! Uh, no toast!

''{Strong Bad hits enter as a "Flash Player Settings" pop-up appears with the message "April Fools'!}''

''{After a few seconds, a 3D [[The Paper]] comes down from the top of the screen with the message ">tweet here to email strong bad @StrongBadActual".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' C-G-eeow!

''{The CGI paper begins to move and twist itself around as Strong Bad beatboxes in the background.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*Click on "Update?" at the end to access another [[Old-Timey]]-style [[Index Page]] scene.
*:''{Animatronic The Homestar Runner can be seen briefly, before an animatronic Old-Timey Strong Bad appears in his place.}''
*:'''ANIMATRONIC OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD:''' ''{his words appear in frames as he speaks them}'' Olde Time Jones! Drug Filled Tonic! It's for children, you!

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*A {{w|Cell culture|culture}} as Strong Sad describes it is a process for growing cells under controlled conditions.
*"Olde Time Jones Drug Filled Tonic" being marketed towards children is a reference to how children's medicines of the past contained ingredients that today would be questionable at best, including opium and cocaine.

===Trivia===
[[Image:sbemail206_teaser.jpg|thumb|Someday, when you least expect it...]]
*Prior to the [[post-Flash site update]], this email was listed as "sbemail206" (with no space) on the [[Strong Bad Email Menu]].
*This email was previously teased by the now-closed Twitter account [[@ronginald]] on {{prs|174295231376785409|27|Feb|2012|site=ronginald|full=1}}, in a Tweet that read "Someday, when you least expect it...". Attached was part of a script which has since been changed heavily, though notably mentions that Strong Bad "starts blowing", as well as what appears to be the quotes "SB: Ah, Compay, we hardly knew ye" and "SM: GET ME DOWN!".
*This is the first Strong Bad Email to be uploaded since [[videography]] on October 5, 2009, ending its longest [[hiatus]] to date (approximately five-and-a-half years or 2,004 days); prior to the nearly-six-year gap between the shorts [[The Animated Adventures of Puppet Homestar]] and [[Flash is Dead!]] (counting [[Powered by The Cheat]] as its own category, as it was at the time), it was also the longest gap between any type of toon.
*The disk in the [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "level 10", very likely a reference to the long-awaited [[Development of Stinkoman 20X6 Level 10|tenth level]] of [[Stinkoman 20X6]].
*The fake merchandise shown is worn by [[Matt Chapman]].
*This is the first April Fools' toon:
**To not affect the [[Index Page]] or [[Intro]] the day it was released.
**In which April Fools' is mentioned by name.
*This is the second April Fools' toon in a row to have the index page in it (first one being [[April Fool 2014]]).
*The index page in this toon looks slightly different from the actual index page with Homestar being cut off at the bottom of his shirt, just like April Fool 2014's dilapidated index page.
*The melody heard in the background during the Trogdor Beefy Arm Back Pack segment is the same as that in the "skills of an artist" scene in [[dragon]], which would go on to become the theme of the [[Skills of an Artist]] feature.
*When viewed in a decompiler, and fonts are changed, the Econowave says "Dear STrong Bad, When are you gonna dust off the Compe and answer an email? -Matt Macro Pika".
**Also, in the Compé scene, under the grey cord plugged into the outlet is a beige one.
*The first Flash Player Settings popup reads:
<blockquote>Flash Player Settings 
Your Macromedia 
Shockwave Player 
is out-of-great. 
Update?</blockquote>

===Remarks===
*The official running time of 4:47 is exactly the same as April Fool 2014's running time.
*Before Strong Bad dusts off the Compé, its gray plug is clearly visible. However, after the Lappier is revealed, it becomes a beige plug.
*Strong Bad's pants have no reflection when Marzipan is seen with The Cheat in her throat.
*Strong Bad is able to activate the microwave without pressing the Start button.
*This is the fourth toon in a row that [[Toons Without Back Buttons|does not contain a back button]].
*Coach Z appears as Renaldo in the Dangeresque 4 promo, despite Strong Bad’s [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective Responses (The Sun)|previous claim]] that Renaldo dies in Dangeresque 3’s climax.
*According to the bonus email [[Accent]], Strong Bad would have had a futuristic computer called the [[Zappy XT6]] by the time this email was released.
*In the Flash file, between the end of the toon and the start of the Easter egg, there are 143 empty frames. Though the YouTube version has false thumbnails in this part of the toon, the blank frames occupy more time than the thumbnails and the reason for these blank frames is unknown.
*This email is also linked to on the Holiday section on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]], and thus has two URLs: [[HR:toons/sbemail-206-april-fools|toons/sbemail-206-april-fools]] and [[HR:sbemails/206-sbemail-206|sbemails/206-sbemail-206]].

===Goofs===
*Strong Bad compares the Compé being compressed into the Lappier "like coal to a diamond". However, diamonds are not made from super-compressed coal; the majority of diamonds, if not all of them, are actually formed [https://geology.com/articles/diamonds-from-coal/ through processes that do not involve coal at all].
*When Coach Z appears as Renaldo, his arms are a paler shade of green than his body.
*During the rear-view shot of the Lappier near the end, a section of the table is missing on the bottom-right corner.
*In the preview on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]], Bubs's arms are the same color throughout as his shadow.
*When Homestar runs into the mirror, there is a frame after the mirror has been broken where Homestar's reflection is still present.
*At the end where Strong Bad is typing his email client, his right eye is obscured by his head.

===Inside References===
*The [[Strong Bad Email Intros|email intro song]] appears to be a reference to that of [[other days]], with a similar melody and reference to pockets.
*Homestar asks "What happened my wedsize?" similarly to his "[[What happened my website]]?" in [[The System is Down]].
**"Wedsize" follows the running gag of substituting "[[wed]]" for "web".
*The fake merchandise shown is based on the characters [[Trogdor]] and [[Rather Dashing]].
*Homestar wants a Trogdor backpack (which includes a beefy arm) so he can have "[[Lack of Visible Arms|three arms]]".
*Homestar mistakes his reflection for his [[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's Relationship|twin brother]], [[Chauncey]].
*When Homestar breaks the mirror, he gets shards of broken glass in his face, which previously occurred in [[licensed]].
**The mirror shown has an appropriately placed [[Mustachioed Homestar Runner|mustache]] on it.
*Marzipan is standing behind a cinder block with a [[Marzipan's Chalkboard|chalkboard]] reading "gluten-free concert for birds", echoing the "free concert for birds" from her eponymous email, [[marzipan]].
*In this email, both [[Strong Bad Smiling|Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Sad Smiling|Strong Sad]] smile.
*The King of Town [[The King of Town's Food|takes a bite]] from a mirror.
*The upside-down turtle next to Strong Mad was previously seen getting [[oatmeal]] dumped on it in [[new hands]].
*There is another mention of [[Jones]].
*Strong Bad was previously asked if he happens to "enloy reasing" in an Easter egg email in [[unused emails]].
*The ''Dangeresque 4'' promo has [[duplicate characters]].
*"[[Cool Shades|Cool, cool glasses]]" was a lyric from [[The Theme From Dangeresque II]].
*The "Kickcheater" campaign includes a flashing starburst that says "[[X it out|PLEDGE IT OUT!]]".
*Com-pockt-ments is a [[portmanteau]] of "compartment" and "pocket".
*Strong Bad and Homestar Runner break the [[Fourth Wall Breaks|fourth wall]] by acknowledging that they are on a website. They also comment on its age based on the Index Page's appearance.

===Real-World References===
*Both {{w|Google}} products Homestar references had {{w|Discontinued Google services|been long-discontinued}} by the time this toon was released.
**{{w|Google Wave}} was a collaborative, real-time editing web service launched in 2009. Wave development was suspended in 2010 and the service was ended in 2012.
**{{w|Google Buzz}}, a successor to Wave, was a social networking tool integrated with {{w|Gmail|Google's email service}}. Launched in 2010, Buzz was discontinued in December 2011 and superseded by {{w|Google+}}.
*"[[Kickcheater]]" is a pun on the crowdfunding website {{w|Kickstarter}}, as well as a reference to [[Kicking The Cheat]].
*{{w|Massapequa, New York|Massapequa}} is a hamlet on Long Island in New York state.
*{{w|Hot Pockets}} are a brand of frozen food consisting of meat, cheese, and sauce inside a pastry crust. They were previously mentioned in [[dullard]].
*The {{w|WaveBird Wireless Controller|WaveBird}} is a wireless controller for the [[Nintendo]] {{w|GameCube}}.
*Fake April Fools' products becoming real based on consumer demand is a reference to {{w|ThinkGeek}}.
*The Lappier jingle is a reference to the 1997 Power Macintosh 6500.

===Fast Forward===
*Kickcheater gets used in place of Kickstarter in promotional materials for [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].

== YouTube Version ==
[[File:YouTube206.png|thumb]]
*The [[YouTube]] version is entitled "Strong Bad Email #206 - April 1st".
*The YouTube description for this email is "Strong Bad dusts off his old computer to checka some email."
*As with the YouTube versions of [[Fish Eye Lens]] and [[Halloween Safety]], [[YouTube Related Video Thumbnails#sbemail 206|a group of nine thumbnails]] appears at the end of the cartoon, parodying YouTube's related video thumbnails. Almost all of them have been reused from the previous toons; however, in the upper-left hand corner, the thumbnail of Marzipan and [[Pom Pom]] now displays Marzipan with The Cheat in her throat.
**Marzipan's eyes blink once.
**She has two mouths, one in the correct position and one where The Cheat's eyes should be. Both are frowning.
**Her hair is now misaligned from her head.
*The text in the Lappier logo is {{w|Image scaling|resampled}} and appears smooth, whereas it is resized and appears pixelated in the Flash version.
*After the thumbnails, the animatronic Easter egg plays automatically.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|206|37766|youtube=NhfHM3jlKnU}}

{{aprilfool}}

{{Dangeresque}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

[[Category:April Fools]]
[[Category:Advertisements]]
[[Category:Trailers]]
[[Category:Other Computer Emails]]

Record Store Day 2018

Keegster2 — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 22:05:43 GMT

Keegster2: /* Fun Facts */ Inconsistently-correct capitalization feels like the Brothers Chaps' specialty sometimes.

{{watchyoutube|TfCgt84h614}}
[[Image:RecordStoreDay2018.png|thumb|250px|"Now it just repeats."]]
[[sloshy]] reveals their newest release onto the most obscure platform possible.

'''Date:''' Friday, April 20, 2018

'''Running Time:''' 1:16

==Transcript==
''{Cut to a black background with a blurry sloshy logo, as it comes into focus. A portion of sloshy’s "B-est of B-sides" is playing in the background. The text "Record Store Day 2018" appears at the top, followed by the text ""B-est of B-sides" Special Release" appearing below the sloshy logo. The text "Available only for a children's toy from the 70's" appears coming from the bottom below the previously mentioned text.}''

''{Cut to an out-of-focus shot of aforementioned children's toy, resembling a miniature record player made out of plastic and featuring a yellow-white color scheme. The shot comes into focus and a person places a plastic green "record" onto the player, turning it to lock it in.}''

''{Cut to shot of the lower front-side of the toy record player, featuring a crank, which is spun by the hand through three cycles}''

''{Cut to a close-up of the toy record. The toy's stylus is placed onto the record.}''

''{Cut to a switch above the record. The switch is moved into the on position and music begins to play}''

''{Fade to wider shot of the record player still playing the record. The lyrics "It's an early demo." appears at the bottom, becoming highlighted in line with the lyrics from the song with vocals.}''

''{Fade to close shot above the record player focused on the center of the record. The lyrics "But we only make-a early demos." appears at the bottom featuring similar highlighting}''

''{Fade to wider shot of the record player. The record player's crank can be seen slowly winding down in the opposite direction. Several other records can be seen to the right of the toy record player. The lyrics "Depends how big the stereogum blows." appears at the bottom, becoming highlighted over time as they would be sung}''

''{Fade to extreme close up shot of the record player's crank, which is slowly winding down. The lyrics from the previous shot briefly lingers before the lyrics "Gum blows. Yeah!" appears in their place, becoming highlighted in yellow in accordance with when they'd be sung in the song}''

''{Fade to close up shot of the right side of the top of the record player adjacent to the record. A protruding plastic design can be seen, featuring singing birds on branches, accompanied by an eighth note and two paired eighth notes.}''

''{Fade to close up shot in front of the record. The lyrics "This is the B-est of B-sides." appears at the bottom and are highlighted in style of a karaoke machine.}''

''{Fade to extreme close up shot of the center of the record, with the record player's stylus on the right. The text "Now it just repeats." appears at the bottom; it does not feature any highlighting.}''

''{Fade to wide shot of the record and the record player's stylus. The text "But it gets slower." appears at the bottom, again featuring no highlighting.}''

''{Fade to extreme close up shot of the record player's wind-up crank. The text "Until it winds all the way down." appears at the bottom without any visual effects.}''

''{Fade to close up shot of the record. The static text "Getting close..." appears at the bottom and then disappears. The text "I can taste it." appears in its place.}''

''{Fade to wide shot of the record player with the text from the previous shot remaining. The text disappears and the record's spinning eventually stops completely. The text "There we go." appears at the bottom without any alterations.}''

''{Cut to a black background with a blurry sloshy logo with the full version of "The B-est of B-sides" playing in the background. There is text reading "Not really available." in yellow in the foreground. After a few seconds, the scene cuts to black and the music stops.}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*This tune was arranged by musician {{w|Robert Schneider}}. Schneider has produced and performed music both as a solo artist and a member of several bands; as a member of {{w|Air-Sea Dolphin}} he performs [[The Brothers Chaps' Side Projects#Music and Music Videos|alongside the Brother Chaps]] and has portrayed a member of [[sloshy]].

===Trivia===
[[File:TwitterSloshyRecords.jpg|thumb|"Sloshy's so indie-pretentious that their next single is only coming out on those plastic fisher price baby records from the 70's."]]
*This video was teased in a [[@StrongBadActual]] [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2018#974631344818020352|reply on March 16, 2018]].
*The [[YouTube]] description for this video is:
<blockquote>
Sloshy gets even more obscure than usual with this year's pretentious release.
{{clear|left}}
Lullaby arrangement by Robert Schneider
{{clear|left}}
Made using Instructable by Fred Murphy: 
[http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-printing-records-for-a-Fisher-Price-toy-record-/ http://www.instructables.com/id/3D-pr...]
</blockquote>

===Goofs===
*"{{w|Stereogum}}" is not capitalized in the on-screen lyrics.

===Inside References===
*This toon is a sequel to [[Record Store Day]] three years prior, with an even more obscure format for the same song.

===Real-World References===
*The children's toy featured is a [http://memoriesoftoymorrow.blogspot.com/2012/11/vintage-fisher-price-music-box-record.html 1971 Fisher-Price Music Box Record Player]. However, it is important to note that only the original will work and not the reproduction released later, if one wants to follow the instructions to try this at home, as the songs are stored internally with the latter rather than actually being read from the records like with the former.

===Fast Forward===
* Three days later, [[@StrongBadActual Tweets 2018#988505425858514945|a Tweet]] from [[@StrongBadActual]] revealed a glow-in-the-dark Fisher-Price toy record version of "[[We Don't Really Even Care About You]]".
* In 2020, sloshy's [[Degradest Hits]] album included recordings of the toy record versions of both "B-est of B-sides" and "We Don't Really Even Care About You".

==External Links==
{{extlinks|youtube=TfCgt84h614|nohtml=1|noswf=1||37819}}
[[Category:YouTube]][[Category:sloshy]][[Category:Degradest Hits]]