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OOZ662 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:54:29 GMT

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== Video Game Endings ==

That video game theme sounds very familiar... Moreso even than the [[Drive-Thru Whale]] theme... Where from? What do the expoits say? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 10:49, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
: I think it's from [[Population: Tire]]. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 10:50, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
::GAH! Yes! That's it. Thanks. Now it's obvious. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 18:29, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

== Lil Stong Buh Shirt ==

he's wearing a devil duckie t-shirt. We should have a page of all his t-shirts. Also, When the paper burns up, the ash says "bye now".
:[[Character_Variations_Other_Costumes#Youthful_Characters|There is]]. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 11:24, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

== Inkjet Printers ==

The printer's new ink cartridge isn't working properly yet. As evidenced by the discolouration on the @ key and the horizontal lines throughout the printout. I'm not sure if it should be remarked or not. [[User:Stribbs|Stribbs]] 12:52, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

:Looking at the a change to the transcript saying there are white lines on the paper. They have colour in them as you'd notice by zooming in. I don't know how to revise to an earlier version of the page and I don't know to word the transcript to reflect the detail. If anyone would oblige [[User:Stribbs|Stribbs]] 14:10, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

== the paper as a character ==

In this email at the very least the paper should probably be on the cast list. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 13:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
::I agree [[User:Booksworm|Booksworm]] 14:14, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
:Using that logic, then the paper should be considered a character in every single Strong Bad Email, including other things like sick day. {{User:Zerlock1124/sig}}
::Sick day perhaps, but I'd only think when the paper is more than just a piece of paper. Like how SB's old computers are characters in retirement. - [[User:Quolnok|Quolnok]] 13:00, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

== Cheesesteaks and Tastykakes ==

<blockquote class="lappy email" style="background-image: none">
Look, Darius, if you want me to eat a Philly cheesesteak 
instead of answering an email this week, you got it. No 
skin off my back. I'll eat a couple-a Tastykakes while I'm 
at it, too. Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta skee-dat.
</blockquote>

Could this be TBC's explanation for not updating last week? ;) {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 13:57, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Some parts of that sound like they came from the mouth of Homestar. Could that be the '''''real''''' reason Homestar is tangled up like that (via The Paper)? [[User:Neox|Neox]]
:Looks like 'someone' has been trying to pretend to be Strong Bad. Hmm...maybe Strong Bad found out and was trying to get revenge when he pranked called everyone in SBCG4AP...maybe not...The Paper was trying to make sure Homestar didn't ruin Strong Bad's life...which I would want to happen so badly...Strong Bad's life be ruined...yeah...--[[User:Pretztailfan95|Pretztailfan95]] 02:55, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

== Count to G ==
Could the score "G" be a reference to The Ugly One's "I can count to G!" statement in Teeny Tiny Girl Squad? Pretty obscure I admit...--[[User:Slackerboy|Slackerboy]] 15:12, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
:[[G]] is a running gag of it's own and already in the article's fun facts. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 16:37, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

:: Yup. It's where I got my name. --[[User:CoachG|CoachG]] 17:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

: It made me think of "Homie G", but I assume it's a stretch. Since "G" is on top and "Home" is beneath. --[[User:AshyRaccoon|AshyRaccoon]] 02:46, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

== Strong bad is... old? ==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why do all my thirty-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?!
At time of The Paper's birth, SB was like 2-7 years old or something. Well, unless he meant the technology 30 years ago. {{User:Murkrow/sig}} 15:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
:Strong Bad's parents might have bought an old or second hand printer rather than a new one.
::Remember, too, that there's other instances where we see Strong Bad represented as someone in his likely 30's. [[secret identity]], for one. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:51, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Then again, he could have bought it at a garbage sale for like 15 dollars, along with the Tandy. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 15:02, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::I agree that the printer may already have been old before the Strongs got ahold of it. {{User:ReverendTed/sig}} 15:04, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:I don't think you can apply the measures of "human age" to any kind of cartoon character. The same way you could wonder about the age of Mickey Mouse or Huey Dewey and Louie...--[[User:80.135.101.16|80.135.101.16]] 15:30, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::Doesn't stop us from trying :P {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 15:31, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Go on, didn't want to spoin the fun here :) --[[User:80.135.101.16|80.135.101.16]] 15:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::::Haven't you people seen [[looking old]]? {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 01:54, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

== Lightness...darkness... whaaa? ==

Did anyone else notice that a few hours ago, the Homestar easter egg was bright (i.e., it looked like a light was on in the room there), but now it's dark? [[User:Coveredinharmony|CoveredinSuudzu]] 15:48, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
: As the one who transcribed the toon shortly after it came out, I can't say I did. That said, the scene WAS bright in the actual scene in the email; just not the Easter egg. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
::No it's always been dark. I saw it at 6 AM, Eastern time, shortly after it came out, and I remember thinking how bright Lappy was in the dark. {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 18:33, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

== Sonic the Hedgehog 3 reference ==

When the island Strong Bad is standing on is sinking and he says something about killing end bosses, I think it's a reference to STH3 when, after defeating the final boss of the game, Angel Island falls from the sky and lands in the sea. There's also another game, Sonic & Knuckles, where I think the island actually floats into the sky again, again after defeating the final boss. [[User:Jimmy91|Jimmy91]] 15:59, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

:It could just as easily be a reference to the video game "Sinking Island". — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 16:13, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

::I always thought it looked a lot like the ending to Bionic Commando, where the Captain is flyiing away from the exploding base attatched to a helicopter. --{{User:Thatkidsam/sig}} 16:28, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

:::Reminds me of "The Island of Dr. Destructo" for the C64, where you bomb various things until plumes of water shoot up and they sink. While it starts off with boats and subs, it soon progresses to islands, an inland castle, and space stations. Yep, a big plume of water shooting out of a sinking space station. --[[User:The Archon|The Archon]]

:What is a "load bearing boss?" Wikipedia doesn't explain. [[User:Bombcar|Bombcar]] 16:35, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
::It appears that the article on load bearing bosses was "merged" into [[Wikipedia:Boss (video games)|Boss (video games)]], although the info cannot be found there either, so I'm guessing it was removed entirely. I removed the Wikipedia link and explained what a load bearing boss is in [[the paper#Explanations|Explanations]]. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 16:42, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
:::The wikipedia article on load bearing bosses has been reinstated, so I have put the link back in. There seems to be some debate on Wikipedia at the moment about whether it should have its own article or not, but it has been acknowledged that when the article was removed the information was not properly incorporated into the article on boss characters. I therefore have left the explanation of what a load bearing boss is on the hrwiki article, so that when/if something changes on wikipedia readers will still have an explaination. [[User:Schaedenfreud82|Schaedenfreud82]] 10:43, 12 June 2007

:I thought it was a reference to Street Fighter, where Ryu ends up in the middle of the ocean after beating Akuma (Note Strong Bad's white Bandana). [[User:tehpie|tehpie]] 20:19, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

:It can't be a Sonic 3 (& Knuckles) reference, Angel Island is being held up by the master emerald, Robotnik stole that and the island fell into the ocean. At the end of the game your chosen character gets the emerald back (Off Robotnik as Sonic/Tails, Off Super Mecha-Sonic as Knuckles) and the island rises back into the sky as the credits are rolling. - [[User:Stribbs|Stribbs]] 00:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

:I think it's a reference to the secret best ending of ''Donkey Kong Country 2'' in which the island does sink amid a sunset, and the regular ending in which K. Rool falls into the water which is full of sharks. I added it to the page, but it was almost instantly removed. Although I'm very convinced this is the reference, there so much potential references is seems impossible to make any kind of argument in favor of one game without invoking accusations of TTATOT. [[User:16BitJorge|16BitJorge]] 00:55, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

:I could be wrong, but I think it's a reference to Contra. The music was deliciously 8-bit. The game ends with you leaving in a helicopter as the island explodes/sinks into the ocean. Of course, I could be wrong.[[User:StrongRad|StrongRad]] 03:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::And of course, the number of possibilities displayed on this talk page makes TTATOT evident. --[[User:24.222.241.186|24.222.241.186]] 11:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::Yes, I thought of Contra as well. The music, no, but the scene, yes. --[[User:AshyRaccoon|AshyRaccoon]] 02:43, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

The scene on the island is admittedly ambiguous; there are lots of references made to lots of video games, most likely including Contra, Bionic Commando, Donkey Kong Country 2 and Street Fighter. However, the article doesn't say that the scene is a reference to load-bearing bosses; it says that Strong Bad's comment ("I didn't even kill any end bosses") is such a reference. I'm pretty certain that, regardless of all those references, the comment itself is a specific reference to Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (and no, not Sonic 3 & Knuckles, which is a separate game with a separate ending). At the end of this game, you kill the final boss, which results in the temporary loss of the Master Emerald, which results in the floating Angel Island falling through the sky and into the ocean. In what other game does killing the end boss result in an island sinking into the ocean?
Further, in the previous email, number 172, More Armies, Homestar has a line about "firing up his old sega tapes," which, if anything, would seem to strengthen my position.
Perhaps the Explanations section should read more like the following:

The island scene in which Strong Bad is rescued by The Paper is an ambiguous reference to load bearing bosses... [etc.]

Followed by a second bullet, or even multiple bullets, which could be about the comment itself (and any other specific references):

For example, Strong Bad's comment about not having killed any end bosses is a reference to Sonic the Hedgehog 3, in which the island on which the game takes place falls into the sea after defeating the final boss. The rescue, which puts The Paper in the role of a rope-ladder attached to an unseen helicopter, is a reference to Bionic Commando. The tattered headband Strong Bad wears is a reference to Street Fighter; and the sunset and 8-bit style music could be references to Contra.

It just doesn't seem fair to say "Strong Bad's comment" is a reference to all of these different games, when 1) there's such a clear correlation between the comment and one game in particular, and 2) there are so many separate references made to all of these games that have absolutely nothing to do with the comment at all.
:In ''[[Wikipedia:Skies of Arcadia|Skies of Arcadia]]'', the continent of Soltis sinks back into the Great Cloud Sea whence it came after beating Ramirez and Zelos. Sky islands count just as much as water islands. So there's another sinking continent game. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 19:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

::In chrono trigger, the black omen sinks into the sea after it's defeated. The kingdom of zeal also sinks into the sea after that boss is completed. Also, your claim about the "sega tapes" is not enough of a connection, as TBC are video game lovers and thus reference all aspects of all systems a lot. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:16, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
:Again, though, it seems more like a specific reference in relation to Sonic 3. The Skies of Arcadia example is of a sinking continent, not a sinking island. The Chrono Trigger example sounds like you're defeating an island-boss, which then sinks into the ocean because you just defeated it. Neither of these examples seem as relevant to Strong Bad's quote as the Sonic example, which is literally an island that sinks after killing the end boss. I'd be more tempted to agree that this is a blanket reference if we were debating the relevance of the island sinking with Strong Bad standing on it. However, since we're talking about the very specific reference in the form of the words that come out of Strong Bad's mouth, it seems that we should honor that reference with the very specific piece of gaming to which it seems to directly refer -- or, as I said, remove that specific reference entirely, in favor of one about the more ambiguous set of references made by the scene as a whole.
::The chrono trigger example is you beat an end boss and the island sinks. How is that not the same? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 20:03, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
:::I'm sorry, I misunderstood you; "the black omen sinks into the sea after it's defeated" sounds like the Black Omen sinks when you defeat the Black Omen.
::::And the kingdom of zeal? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 20:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::I suppose the Kingdom of Zeal is an island? In which case you're right, then that would fit as well.
:::::::The Kingdom of Zeal is a series of islands that float in the sky. After you beat the Ocean Palace, Lavos, the end boss of the game, rains laser beams from the sky, and Zeal crashes into the continent it's floating above. I think it's only floating from Lavos' power anyway. It's not really an example of sinking islands, although most of the continent is destroyed when Zeal crashes into it. The Black Omen also flies, but I can't remember what happens to it in the end. {{User:Shwoo/sig}} 05:37, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

== Freschka ==

Am I hearing it right? Homestar seems to mispronounce "Fresca" as either "fresha" or "freschka." --{{User:Bigscarymike/sig}} 16:32, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
*Yeah...I think he does. --[[User:Abelhawk|Abelhawk]] 00:01, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:: Now that you mention it, does anyone hear him pronounce "Sierra Mist" as "Sarah Mist"?--{{User:NoMayonnaise/sig}} 20:00, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::: He pronounces everything else correctly. Is there really a consensus on how to pronounce "Fresca?" ¤ {{User:The Mu/sig}} 19:35, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::::Yes, there is, and yes, he mispronounces it. Consider the fun fact added. [[User:0rion|0rion]] 22:03, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::He says Fresh-Up. It's a generic 7-Up clone. In the same vein as Dr. Thunder.
::::::You got your Fanstuff in our knowledge base! Or did we get our knowledge base in your Fanstuff? Anyway, I DO hear Fresha, but it's not notable, as Homestar A) has a speech impediment and 2) will always mispronounce words. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 23:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::Heh, no. [[Wikipedia:7-Up|7-Up]] is a popular soft drink. (Not [[1-Up]].) -{{User:The Mu/sig}} 19:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC) (not logged in)
::::::::But the generic clone, Fresh-Up, apparently is not. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 01:54, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

== Trivia: first appearance of printer? ==

Should the fact that this is the first time the printer has been shown be added as trivia?
:Ah, but it's not. [[Email Processing Room|Twice]] [[lady fan|over]]. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 17:41, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

== BASEketball ==

Hate to bring up the movie, but Homestar using a football on a basketball court is very reminiscent of BASEketball.{{User:Csours/sig}} 22:24, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

:Footketball? - [[User:Stribbs|Stribbs]]

::It's kind of like what's going on in [[The Athletic Field]], but backwards. Instead of having a football field with basketballs, they have a basketball field with a football. And anyways, BASEketball is played on modified baseball field but with basketballs. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:13, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

:::Think of it this way. Have any of the HR characters EVER played an actual sport? -[[User:Chupaqueso|Chupaqueso]] 02:39, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::::Homestart participated in baseball way back in [[Where My Hat Is At?]]... And does [[professional wrestling]] count? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:31, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::No, it doesn't. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:57, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

== Nightlight ==

Some anonny changed the word "night" in Strong Bad's song to "light". I can't listen to it right now to check, but is there any reason to think it'd be "light"? "Night" [[guitar|has]] a [[dragon|precedence]]. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:54, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
:it is night{{User:Csours/sig}} 22:22, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
::Obviously there's some disagreement here. I've seen more than one user use "light". Perhaps we should all re-listen rather than edit the page willy-nilly without consensus. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:26, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Like I said, I can't listen right now. I only changed the Fun Fact back to "night" after someone else changed the transcript. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:31, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
::::I was merely attempting to prevent future willying and nillying, which often occurs in cases like these. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:36, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
:::I definitely hear "night".{{User:Loafing/sig}} 22:37, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
::::I re-listened, and I definitely hear "night" as well, FWIW. --{{User:Bigscarymike/sig}} 07:42, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::Listened to it carefully. Came to the conclusion that he says night. —{{User:Geshmalderborgen/sig}} 16:09, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::'''Night''' also fits the Trogdor song reference perfectly. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

== .4? ==

Is Homsar's number as ".4" a reference to Strong Sad's lament, when he acknowledges that about his hit counter? --[[User:Abelhawk|Abelhawk]] 23:56, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

Numbers like that are a running gag in the tv industry for usless characters.Usually it's 0 or 1/2,though.

Very possible...I can't recall what fraction of a person they said Homsar was, though. If it was .4, then it's definately a reference. Also, person above me, please sign your posts... -[[User:Chupaqueso|Chupaqueso]] 02:41, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

:"I bet Homsar is the .2 of a person." in [[Strong Sad's Lament]]... I'd say it's just a repeated joke, not a reference. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 02:56, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

:: Homsar's number should have been 2, after the SB E-Mail he was created in... (i've got to thank Vinnie C for that e-mail)... {{user:Thewi2kbug/sig}} 22:06, 14 June 2007 (UTC) [[homsar|Uhdyeah, what ees it, Strong Baaaaayaad?]]

== As I was reading... ==

I was reading the Fun Facts and I couldn't find anything about the reference to the "One two" toon. Has anyone put it in there yet? {{User:Bassium!/sig}}
:Yes. —{{User:Geshmalderborgen/sig}} 16:10, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::It was me who put it! {{User:The Chort/sig}} 16:11, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::: As it's noted in the Easter Eggs section, it was removed. And re-added. And re-removed. And re-re-added. And so forth. And now [[STUFF]]ed. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:12, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

== Anyone else hear "Wu-Tang"? ==

In the impressin' easter egg, it sounded like Coach Z was saying "Wu! Tang!", which would make sense since Z thinks they're the [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/The_House_That_Gave_Sucky_Treats#Cherry_Clan BAERMB] and all. Anyone else hear it, or am I down with [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Pumpkin_Carve-nival#Transcript second to last place]? {{User:Nebulon/sig}} 01:35, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:I listened closely, and I can hear a "da" sound, rather then a "ta". --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 11:16, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

== Striped Pants/Friend ==
I would like to suggest that SB referring to the paper as his "striped friend" is a reference to Homestar's "striped pants" in the email highschool, especially considering the pronunciation of "striped" (I'm not really sure the best way to indicate such pronunciation textually, however).
:We've already got [[-èd]]. It can't hut to mention it on the page. Italics in the transcript, anyone? {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 02:25, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

== Uruk? ==
"The word "garglemesh" is a pun on the name of Gilgamesh, an ancient king of Uruk."
I don't see the relevance of this fact to the email. Can anyone expand on how the ancient king of Uruk is in any way relevant to a word Strong Bad made up? {{User:Zerlock1124/sig}}
:Yeah, you know, I know all aboot Gilgamesh, and I still really don't think it was meant to be a reference. Just some word Strong Bad made up. [[User:Hagurumon|Hagurumon]] 15:58, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::It sounds too close to Gilgamesh to be a coincidence. —{{User:Geshmalderborgen/sig}} 16:12, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::I understand if Strong Bad only used "mesh" to describe his objections to the sound. The fact that he added the "gargle-" prefix, which adds nothing to the word, makes me conclude that he intended to include a joke, and not just a random part. {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 19:26, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:::I took it as a corruption of "garbled mess". --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 19:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::::I think it's definitely a play on Gilgamesh, but the Uruk part really isn't relevant to the email itself. — {{User:SamFisher1022/sig}} 15:45, 12 June 2007
:::::I agree that it's a corruption of "garbled mess", and even if it ''was'' a reference, it could also be a reference to the Gilgamesh Epic, or even Gilgamesh from the Final Fantasy games. [[User:Hagurumon|Hagurumon]] 21:06, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::(I believe that Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, is the main character of the Gilgamesh Epic) [[User:Pensivepoet.babblingbard|Pensivepoet.babblingbard]] 22:26, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::Gilgamesh/Garglemesh is a bit of stretch, isn't it? [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargamel_%28smurfs%29 Gargamel] comes much closer. TBC most likely grew up on The Smurfs, or they were big when they were still kids.
::::::::Actually, i think it might be a [[portmanteau]] or both of them... {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 20:13, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::::Plus, I don't think that 'Gargamel' comes closer. Maybe if he had said 'Gargamesh,' or if 'mesh' meant a mess or a mix-up; I still see Gilgamesh. [[User:Pensivepoet.babblingbard|Pensivepoet.babblingbard]] 20:01, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::Giglamesh has nothing to do with this! He's just saying it's a bunch of garbles meshed together. Why the heck would he be referring to a king of Uruk in that statement? I think I might STUFF it. '''EDIT:'''All right, it's been STUFFed. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 01:48, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::::::It's probably a reference to the name alone, as i'm more familiar with him being a Final Fantasy boss [[User:68.147.223.143|68.147.223.143]] 21:50, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::::This theory has been 404'd see the bottom of this [[Talk:the paper#Closed STUFF |discussion page]] . {{user:Thewi2kbug/sig}} 21:20, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

== Dribble, Dribble, Shoot! ==
''The following is reconstructed from a STUFF page. Brackets indicate where intent was inferred rather than stated.''
<div style="text-align:center"><hr width="70%"/></div>
:''The rhythmic Easter Egg is a reference to [[One Two, One Two]], which was released immediately before this email.''
[This is] already noted right above the Easter egg. [[HRWiki:Once and Only Once|Once and Only Once]] applies. [It should therefore not be noted in inside references.] {{User:Jay/sig}} 16:05, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:[It should be noted in inside references.] {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 16:05, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::According to Wiki standards, this has to be mentioned in the Inside References section of the article. Perhaps it would be better if the link above the Easter egg was removed and this was added [in inside references] instead. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 16:13, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Once and only once is fine with me. {{User:Geshmalderborgen/sig}} 16:13, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::::[The Chort]: Could you direct me to where in the [[HRWiki:Standards|Standards]] it says that? Because, as far as I can tell, it doesn't. {{User:Jay/sig}} 16:15, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::What I meant was that it would be better if it was mentioned in the Inside References section because that's where all the inside references are meant to be placed. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 16:18, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::[It should be noted in inside references.] {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 16:19, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::[It should be noted in inside references.] — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 16:31, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::::Once and Only Once is the most misunderstood concept on the wiki. It does ''not'' mean "link once" (a separate idea stated elsewhere), but rather "don't duplicate work unnecessarily". A good example is the [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 1]] page, which uses a template for its transcript to avoid duplicating the work done for [[comic]]. The real question is, is having more than one link actually redundant in this case, or does it help the reader? — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 16:38, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::I agree with The Chort. It's an inside reference, so it should be noted in inside references. {{User:SamFisher1022/sig}} 17:02, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Been having trouble defending myself (like anyone ever agrees with me 9_9) thanks to Wiki hiccups (Wikkups?) Anyway, first of all, I'm not sure moving this off STUFF was a good idea. Secondly, we have a longstanding tradition of not putting things in Fun Facts that are already mentioned in some other fashion — generally through the transcript, such as Strong Sad's face appearing in [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]], or the emails in [[do over]]. This isn't LITERALLY in the transcript, but it's pretty close. How is this different? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 18:49, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:First of all, why would STUFF be better? This discussion isn't about ''whether'' to note something, but ''where'' and ''how'' to note it. In addition, there are more than two choices: we could note it in the Easter egg section, the inside references section, or both. Finally, the result of this thread could have implications for other toons, so a talk page would be a better place to hold such a discussion, as it allows for greater nuance.
:    I was under the impression that we linked in the transcript when we just couldn't find a place to link somewhere else. That is, transcript links are for things that aren't really ''referenced'' so much as they just make an appearance in the toon. Take the [[BMW lighter]], for example. If it shows up in a toon, it should be linked in the transcript so that someone unfamiliar with it can look it up, but its mere presence doesn't constitute a reference per se. On the other hand, the Easter egg in this toon is definitely making reference to [[One Two, One Two]]. It is, by definition, an inside reference, and so it seems logical to me that it should go in the inside references section. If we want to ''also'' hang a link in the Easter eggs section for clarity, then I have no problem with that either. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:03, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:: I suppose some of what you say makes sense, but a significant problem with Talk pages: visibility. Too many topics go unnoticed on Talk pages around here. If this IS an important issue, you're cutting into visibility putting it here. Heck, since it's been moved here, only one person who wasn't already in the discussion has joined in. We've had important issues indirectly on STUFF pages through related Fun Facts before. Now then, as for your points regarding appearances, I see what you're getting at, but this looks to be something of a gray issue to me. Again I bring up [[do over]]. The the emails being referred to, or are they simply appearing? (Of course, this issue is probably less gray than that, but still...) Furthermore, I apologize if I've seemed harsh, but between real-world stress and decisions that appear to be made with no consensus or discussion (sometimes, the decision to which I refer is NOT to let there be a consensus or discussion on something else) and little to no explanation, I'm getting angry over little things, like removal of this discussion from STUFF, pretty easily right now. Perhaps I need a Wikibreak. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 21:21, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Jay, this discussion isn't a half day old, of course more users have not joined in. I just got home an hour ago myself. Anyway, as this is a reference, I agree with those who say to link it from the fun facts. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 22:13, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::::If it's only going to be in there once, I say it should be in Inside References. It seems a bit out of place to put a reference in the Easter Eggs section, kind of in the same way one wouldn't put "this is a reference to..." in the transcript. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 01:52, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

== Shiny blackness? ==

"And who knows how many times you saved my shiny black keister?"

Is it just me, or does this imply that Strong Bad is not wearing pants, and that his skin color is actually black (at least for his lower body)? [[User:Hagurumon|Hagurumon]] 17:16, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:It would seem to suggest that. However, he has been seen [[stand-up|without]] [[senior prom|pants]] before. So no, the trousers aren't part of his skin. His boxing gloves and mask, on the other hand... {{User:The Chort/sig}} 18:53, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah, I'm pretty sure they're just his pants. Do you really think he would ever reveal the true color and level of shine of his actual keister? --[[User:Chupaqueso|Chupaqueso]] 02:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
:He was also seen without pants in [[senior prom]] -{{User:Zerlock1124/sig}}

== Out of Nowhere ==
I've been thinking about where the printer is exactly. I mean, when we zoom out and can see the entire Computer Room, there's no printer in sight. Also, relating to this email, it falls out of nowhere. I don't exactly know... {{User:TheCoolRobot/sig}} 19:40, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
: I don't think anyone knows. How does Strong Bad type without boxing gloves? How does Homestar pick stuff up if he doesn't wear any Marzi-pants? How does The Paper appear when no one can see where the printer is - even outside of Strong Bad's computer room? Just one of the many mysteries of <strike>life</strike> Homestarrunner.com. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:45, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:: I agree - as Homestar mentions in this toon, Papes is able to transcend time and space (along with Homsar), which might explain a few things about other aspects of the H*R universe.--{{User:NoMayonnaise/sig}} 19:58, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::: On that matter, can I buy some of the screws Bubs fixed the inkjet printer with? :) --[[User:80.135.101.16|80.135.101.16]] 15:38, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::::Didn't the printer fall out of [[Hammerspace]]? {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 16:42, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
:::::Yeah, just came out of nowhere. {{User:TheCoolRobot/sig}} 20:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::The eighth wonder of homestarrunner.com...wait, has there ever been seven wonders of this site? --[[User:Pretztailfan95|Pretztailfan95]] 02:42, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

== Too Many Links ==
There are a bit too many links in the transcript, don't you think? I understand ones like the Compy 386, as that really has no where else to go, but BMW Lighter? ASCII art? These could go in remarks and inside references with the rest of the notes. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 03:11, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
:Yeah, but the links in the transcript are noted below too. But stuff like [[Compy]] are linked from the transcript, which are kinda obvious. {{User:TheCoolRobot/sig}} 20:13, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::I agreed and I removed them.yEGHuk
:::These links are important, so I reverted the change. Not everyone knows what the BMW lighter is, or even what the Compy is, so they need to be linked to aid readers as they follow the transcript. And they're not really references, just appearances, so there's no real reason to link them from the fun facts. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 17:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

== Dribbling a football ==

This is kind of a minor thing, but I wanted to suggest it here instead of just adding it, because every time I add something to a page on this site it gets deleted immediately as if to spite me. I want to add to the Remarks section the observation
:"Homestar is able to dribble a football as though it is a basketball, which is nearly impossible in reality due to its irregular shape and the comparatively lower pressure to which it is inflated."
It appears that the kinds of things that go in Remarks section are generally observations about continuity flaws and slight breaks from the way things work in reality, so I would say that this fits. Would anyone support my adding of this point? I contend that it's true; I've actually tried to dribble a football before and it usually just bounces off in some other direction, and not very far. [[User:74.136.199.185|74.136.199.185]] 03:29, 13 June 2007 (UTC) Chris
:Well, we've denied most physical impossibles of fun facts, simply because of the fact that this is a cartoon full of dumb animal characters. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 11:07, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

== Ogdenite ==

I think that "ogdenite" sounds a whole lot like "troglodyte", and is used in exactly the same tone. Or is that a stretch?

-willoughby
: That did occur to me, but unless we see a Jhonka/Kerrek-esque Ogdenite, I don't think we should mention it in the article. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 08:32, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

::I'm fairly sure that it was a refeance to Troglodyte, but I'm not sure if it should be added to fun facts or not. SELF-EDIT! Whoops. Forgot my signature. So the time'll be wrong. But anyway--[[User:CoachG|CoachG]] 17:03, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

:::It's just referring to how people (mostly in the Bible) are referred to as [nationality]ites. [[User:Hagurumon|Hagurumon]] 17:55, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

::::Umm, what? {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:56, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

:::::You know, like Canaanites (people from Canaan), Sodomites (people from Sodom), etc. And the sender of the email is from Ogden, so Strong Bad calls him an Ogdenite. [[User:Hagurumon|Hagurumon]] 17:59, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

::::::Oh, yes. I agree with you. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 18:02, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

::::::I'm not disagreeing (although it is by no means strictly biblical), but SB makes it sound like an insult; just saying he's from Ogden doesn't strike me as much of an insult. I did make the "troglodyte" connection. However, as I said before, it's speculation and doesn't belong in the article. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 19:20, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

:::::::I don't consider "Ogdenite" an insult. I found it quite funny... BTW. im Kyle Williams... the guy who wrote '''the paper''' (want proof, see the fourms) {{user:Thewi2kbug/sig}} 22:54, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

:::::::: I didn't say it was a very ''good'' insult. It's Strong Bad. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 22:59, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

== Malfunction? ==

*Strong Bad's rhetorical question, "Why do all my thirty-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?!" is a reference to the [[Tandy 400]]'s sponteaneous explosion in [[gimmicks]], its malfunction in [[sisters]], and the [[Compy 386]] succombing to [[The Virus]] in [[virus]]

I removed this fun fact twice. While it's true, it's long-winded, obvious, and seems to explain the joke. Yet this *is* *kind of* another instance of his [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|computer malfunctioning]], although that page only seems to cover direct *computer* malfunctions, not computer-*related* things, like the printer. Where, exactly does this info belong? -{{User:YK/sig}} 07:48, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

:Maybe a page for the deaths of the many old electronics of Strong Bad?--[[User:CoachG|CoachG]] 15:17, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::No, we don't need another page. A printer is part of a computer (sort of). Just add it as another section of the malfunctioning computers page. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:48, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

It is not obvious really, to the casual viewer. Maybe a better wording would be:
*Strong Bad's rhetorical question, "Why do all my thirty-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?!" is a reference to many instances of his electronics [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|malfunctioning]].
[[User:74.136.195.200|74.136.195.200]] 14:48, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

::I agree with the improved wording (that's what's there now, actually), but his "thirty-year-old electronics breaking on him" isn't limited exclusively to his computers dying. Therefore, it's not a "reference" to them. Moot, as this issue was resolved, but hey. -{{User:YK/sig}} 04:52, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

== Never ending Inside references ==

Should it be mentioned that Homestar sung another song to the tune of Never ending story previously? In anything he sung "Never ending soooooda...aaaAA, aaaAA, aaaAA"
:It is mentioned. See inside references. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:29, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::Mountain Dew is mentioned, but I meant that Homestar was signing another unorthodox song to the same tune, which I don't see mentioned here
:::[[the paper#Real-World References]] second fact. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 16:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
::::I moved it to inside references, as they're making a callback to the email [[anything]], not directly referencing ''The NeverEnding Story''. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:46, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

== Homestar's Blackout ==

In the easter egg that Homestar talks about getting a blackout, wouldn't he actually experiance a red out from being upside down?

::Laugh Out Loud, granted i've never heared of a red out, but either a "black out" or a "white out" definately applies here. {{user:Thewi2kbug/sig}} 01:20, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

:::I've heard of experiencing a "red out" in connection to flight. Uh.. I don't know if it would apply to hanging upside-down, though. I don't know if it would require strong negative g-forces to be applied or just plain gravity.. --[[User:AshyRaccoon|AshyRaccoon]] 02:41, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
::::While it is possible to (in the simplest terms) "blush" yourself out cold while upside down, it is still called a blackout. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 10:45, 14 June 2007 (UTC)

== Continuity reference ==

I was thinking it might be worth noting that this is the first e-mail to ever specifically address (in the e-mail itself) something in the continuity of the Homestar Runner universe. In every other e-mail, the e-mail itself is generally something innocuous, such as a question about Strong Bad. This time, however, the person writing was actually asking something about the storyline. What do you guys think? [[User:0rion|0rion]] 06:18, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
:What about [[dangeresque 3]], which asked about the release of ''Dangeresque 3'', which was mentioned in [[stunt double]] as comeing out in June 2004 (which is when the dangeresque 3 email was released). --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:26, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
::I stand corrected. [[User:0rion|0rion]] 06:27, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Well, that could be explained as the writer asking about a project Strong Bad was working on, just as others have asked about rampages and capers he goes on. In this email, it could almost be said that the writer is breaking the fourth wall, by admitting we know more than Strong Bad shows us. Logically, back in montage Strong Bad could have had no idea that the Paper was going to retire and/or quit so far in the future, and there was no way we could have figured that out. [[User:So makey outy|So makey outy]] 06:29, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
::::That makes sense. So, should we add a mention of this fourth wall break by a fan? [[User:0rion|0rion]] 18:28, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
:::: Yea!!! I broke the "Fourth Wall" {{user:Thewi2kbug/sig}} 20:16, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

== I wish I had a --- on MY team... ==

The way Homestar delivers his line of "Aw, man! Wish I had a time-and-space-transcending piece of paper on my team" reminds me a lot of Rabble Red's lines of "we don't have such-and-such on MY planet" for some reason.
*Yes, the word "on" is clearly used in each line. Must be a reference! ;-) --{{User:Bigscarymike/sig}} 22:20, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

==Lil' Strong Bad's line==

I heard "Did you see that? It says preeeow." [[User:Awexome Cross|Awexome Cross]] 17:56, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
:Well, that makes one of us. That just wouldn't make sense. {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 02:00, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

== Compy contrast all over again ==

I set the contrast on the Compy in the shot where the two-shades-of-black-The-Paper comes down, and it stays for the next shot with The-Preppy-Paper. That notable enough however? --[[User:Addict 2006|Addict]] [[User talk:Addict 2006|2006]] 03:45, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
:I think the fact that you can adjust the contrast at all in the goth phase scene is noteworthy. Usually, it's completely unclickable when zoomed out like that. (By the way, if you view the Flash file, pause it, adjust preppy-Papes' contrast, and then back it up several frames, it'll still be adjusted in the goth scene, too. It works in reverse!) --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:50, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

== Second question ==

Now can anyone tell me what "Manute Bol" supposedly means or something like that? --[[User:Addict 2006|Addict]] [[User talk:Addict 2006|2006]] 03:55, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
:According to the Real World References, he's a basketball player. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 03:56, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

== Sinking Island ==
A thought: Maybe the island is actually a whale? 18:06, 16 June 2007 (UTC)

:Speculation. And we've seen that island before, anyhow. -{{User:YK/sig}} 19:20, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

::Maybe it's not! {{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 04:17, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

== at the top of the key ==

Is "X has the ball at the top of the key" a running gag or inside joke? I think this is the fourth time it's appeared. [[User:So makey outy|So makey outy]] 20:30, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
:Ha, I was just wondering about making a [[Top of the Key]] article myself, but didn't quite know what to call it. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:31, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
::How about [[Top of the Key]]? =P -{{User:YK/sig}} 20:35, 17 June 2007 (UTC)
:::Actually, all appearances refer to [[autobiography]]. You could make an article, though. {{User:Neox/sig}}

== U Rappin Cool? ==

Okay, this is sort of a shot in the dark, but I wanted to get some thoughts on it. Did Strong Bad's e-mail song sound to anyone else like a reference to PaRappa the Rapper? Or maybe I'm just TTATOTing this bad boy. [[User:0rion|0rion]] 22:26, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

== Closed STUFF ==

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=== GIGGLY GIGGLY GIGGLY GIGGLY MESH-ED!!!!!! ===
{{stufffact|The word "garglemesh" is a portmanteau of the word "gargle" and the name of Gilgamesh, an ancient king of Uruk.}}
{{stuffverdict|02:25, 16 June 2007 (UTC)|04:58, 20 June 2007 (UTC)|declined|18|6. A proposed revision was also declined, 13-1|the paper}}

== Utah as Ewwwtah ==
Just curious, as much as I got used to Strong Bad saying Utah as Ewwwtah, it got changed to Ooh-tah, I personally liked Ewwwtah better, but im not the one who edits this content in full. {{user:Thewi2kbug/sig}} 01:35, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

== Goof? Blacking out... ==

When Homestar is hanging upside-down, he says the blood is rushing to his head, and that he is blacking out. When the blood rushes to your head, you red out - not black out. Blacking out comes from the blood not reaching your head. (Lack of O2)
:Either way, I wouldn't so much call it a goof. More of a remark. Maybe they don't know about "red out". I myself have never heard it before people started making comments on it about this toon. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 19:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

:I think it more belongs under Remarks, as it isn't really a Goof. But, it was swiftly reverted out of there too. Oh well, I suppose. [[User:OOZ662|OOZ662]] 05:54, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

== Filmography ==
Can somebody help me out here? I noticed that we;ve deleted The New Paper's filmography, yet a link to it remains on this page. I don't know what to do, help? [[User:Elkmiester||\|/[_}-Elkmiester-{_]\|/|]] 03:18, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

== Screen Saver? ==

Is it weird to anyone else that Homestar is left hanging till late hours of the night, and the screen saver on the Lappy never turns on? Maybe Strong Bad came and typed and just ignored him. I dunno. Still kinda weird. --[[User:Abelhawk|Abelhawk]] 03:57, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
:You can disable screensavers, you know. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:08, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

== Porple montage ==

should we mention its porplemontage's fault cause he sent in the montage email [[User:Physicsguymonsterman|Physicsguymonsterman]] 18:49, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
:No. -[[User:134.174.6.46|134.174.6.46]] 21:41, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
::What is porplemontage's fault? You need to be more specific >_> --[[User:Pretztailfan95|Pretztailfan95]] 02:47, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
:::The paper dying and also no. We don't put jokes on the pages (unless they're like, said). {{User:DevonM/sig}} 03:10, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

== Ogdenites ==
I found an article in my [[wikipedia:Ogden Standard-Examiner|Local Newspaper]], that uses "Ogdenite" to describe a person who lives in [[wikipedia:Ogden, UT|Ogden, UT]] (which is south.. but not too far south of North Ogden, UT) {{user:Thewi2kbug/sig}} 13:16, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

the paper

OOZ662 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:39:15 GMT

OOZ662: /* Remarks */

{{aboutemail}}{{for|[[pseudocharacter]]|The Paper}}
{{sbenav|173}}
[[Image:Sbemail173thepaper.PNG|thumb|"Did you hear that? It said 'Preeeeow!'"]]

Strong Bad reminisces about [[The Paper]] as it passes away.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, [[The Paper]], [[Lil' Strong Bad]], [[Lil' Strong Sad]][[Category: Strong Sad Filmography]], {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Homsar}}, {{film|Bubs}}, [[New Paper]], {{film|Coach Z}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Gymnasium]], [[The Island]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, June 11, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:08

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Six}}

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Check the deck, y'all! Press eject, y'all! Well, it's another email and I'm about to reject y'all!

<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>
subject: The Paper...</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
Is the Paper really quitting? Could you tell me the best 
moment that you had with the paper? 
Thank You 
Kyle Williams 
North Ogden, Utah
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads the state as "Eww-tah".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' No, The Paper's not quitting, Kyle, you total Ogdenite. Ol' Papes is at the top of his game, the prime of his time, the cusp of his stuff!

''{The printer falls onto Strong Bad, knocking him offscreen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' OW!!!

''{Cut back to show the full computer room. The wrecked printer is on the ground, with Strong Bad reeling next to it. The printer prints a sheet with a sickly, distorted sound. A dramatic chord plays. Cut to a closeup of The Paper, which reads "I tHiNK i'MM rEAlllyy QUItTinG sTROng BBBaD".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' THE PAPER! NO!!!

''{Cut back to a shot of the whole screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why do all my thirty-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?!

''{Cut to a closeup of The Paper, which prints out some more text reading "wE haDd A goOd RUN, oLD buDddy."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' We sure did, pal.

''{Cut back}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why, I remember the day you were born like it was about to happen in a wavy flashback...

''{Harp music plays. It transitions to Lil' Strong Bad and Strong Sad, in front of a computer and printer. Strong Sad is typing.}''

'''LIL' STRONG BAD:''' Hurry up, Diaper Stripe! I wanna print out that butt I made out of hyphens and dollar signs!

''{Strong Sad hits a key, and a paper prints out of the printer.}''

'''LIL' STRONG BAD:''' Did you hear that?

''{Cut to a closeup of The Paper, which reads "[[Preeeeow]], world."}''

'''LIL' STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' It said "Preeeeow!"

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And you were always phenomenal over the boards on defense!

''{Cut to the stadium. Strong Bad is wearing a headband, dancing in front of a basketball hoop as though blocking it. Homestar Runner holds a football and is wearing kneepads and a purple shirt that reads "Team Kneepads 15". The scoreboard gives a score of "?" for the Home team and "$" for the Visitors.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Homestar had the ball at the top of the key. ''{bounces the football twice}'' Dribble, dribble, ''{throws it toward the hoop}'' shoot!

''{The Paper comes down reading "Manute Bol" in front of the hoop, blocking the shot. Strong Bad looks up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooooh! ''{closeup}'' Get that weak mess outta here!

''{Cut to a closeup of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aw, man! Wish I had a time-and-space-transcending piece of paper on ''my'' team.

''{Cut back a bit. Homsar is hovering in midair behind Homestar, wearing a similar shirt but with the number ".4". He has a kneepad on his hat instead of his legs.}''

'''HOMSAR:''' ''{his hat flies offscreen}'' AaAaAaAaAaAaA ''{his hat lands on Strong Bad}'' aAaAaAaAa...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover, over Homsar}'' I will admit, I wasn't crazy about your goth phase.

''{Cut to Strong Bad in the computer room, in front of the [[Compy 386|Compy]]. A black version of The Paper designed to resemble bat wings comes down with a purple glow and a drop of [[blood]] that slowly drips off. It has the usual text printed in a Gothic font, but it's nearly unreadable.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ahh! ''{Looks up, holds up his hands in a defensive stance.}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad in front of the Compy up close.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Or your preppy phase, for that matter.

''{The Paper comes down. It appears to be wearing a pink polo shirt with a turquoise scarf. The shirt has "Tennis" stitched into it with an image of a tennis racket above it. Only the word "golf" is visible on The Paper itself. Strong Bad looks up, then down.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' But you always watched out for your younger brothers and sisters.

''{Another drop of blood drips down from The Paper. Cut to computer room with the Lappy on the desk. Homestar is wrapped up in paper dangling from the ceiling. A bottle of Mountain Dew is visible on the desk.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Look, I was just trying to pour Mountain Dew on it! Ohwait. I mean Mello Yello on it! Ohwait. I mean Sierra Mist!

''{Cut to a closeup of Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Fresca! ''{pronounced "fresha"}'' Surge!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And who knows how many times you saved my shiny black keister?

''{Cut to Strong Bad, on the Island, which has a hole in it and is slowly sinking. Strong Bad is wearing a ragged bandanna. Many shark fins appear circling the island.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' How is this island sinking?! I didn't even kill any end bosses!

''{The Paper comes down reading "Anybody need a lift?"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking up}'' The Paper! I thought you were still in Pyongyang! Let's go! Jump!

''{He jumps up and grabs The Paper, which reels upwards. Cut back to a silhouetted version of the scene over a sunset. Strong Bad and The Paper appear to be flying away from the island. The Population: Tire video game music plays. The words "GAME OVER" and "PROGRAMMERS:" appear after a moment as the island sinks completely. Transition back to the computer room.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I can't believe this is really it!

''{Cut to a closeup of The Paper. With a dying sound, it prints out "iT is Tiime. YOU kNOw WhHat to dO."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{offscreen}'' Farewell—

''{Cut to a full shot. Strong Bad pats the printer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —my stripèd friend.

''{Strong Bad pulls out the [[BMW Lighter]]. Cut to a closeup of The Paper again. Strong Bad burns it, leaving ashes that read "BYE NOW". Cut back.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing, distressed}'' And The Paper goeth into the ''{a spotlight shines down on Strong Bad}'' niiIIiiIIiiIIght!

''{The scene fades out, then back in to Strong Bad in front of the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{looking up}'' How's it comin' up there, Bubs?

''{Bubs's hand drops down.}''

'''BUBS:''' I'm almost finished!

''{For a few seconds, Bubs grunts and socket wrench noises are heard.}''

'''BUBS:''' ''{offscreen}'' There!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Alright, now hit us with some Preeow 2.0!

''{A new paper comes down slowly making shuffling noises. A key with "@" is drawn on the left, and an envelope with Strong Bad's face in it is drawn on the right. The text and graphics on the new paper are slightly striped with white, and the "@" key is striped with cyan, yellow and magenta on the bottom.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' What the? How am I ever supposed to pronounce that garglemesh? ''{imitating the printer's noises}'' Heunh heownh heunh heownh vvvvvt eangt clonk-a-donk. Doesn't quite roll off the tongue. Alright New Paper, you are officially on trial status. So ya better get to impressin'!

''{[[New Paper]] comes down a little more, printing out an [[ASCII art]] butt made with hyphens and dollar signs, with "(but, a butt)" printed next to it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hm. Well... that's a start.

==Easter Eggs==

*Click "Butt" at the end to see Homestar tangled in the Paper later on that day.
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Singing to the tune of Neverending Story}'' The blood is rushing to my head... Blacking out, blacking out, blacking out... ''{he blacks out}''
*Click "impressin'" at the end to see a revisit of [[One Two, One Two]].
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Bouncing his football}'' Dribble dribble, shoot! Dribble dribble, shoot shoot! ''{Continues over Coach Z's lines}''
:'''COACH Z:''' ''{Leaning into frame}'' Ooh, dang! ''{Claps four times}'' Ooh, dang! ''{Claps four times}''
:''{Both continue over Strong Bad's lines}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Leaning into frame}'' Look! We're not doing this again. Look! We're not doing this again. ''{Record scratch, Homestar and Coach Z stop}'' WE'RE REALLY NOT DOING THIS AGAIN!
:''{Scoreboard changes from ? to G}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
* Strong Bad's comment about not having killed any end bosses is a reference to [http://project-apollo.net/text/rpg.html load bearing bosses], bosses in video games that, when defeated, result in the destruction of the surrounding environment.

===Trivia===
*This email was sent in by HRWiki member [[user:Thewi2kbug|thewi2kbug]].
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#Logo|Logo]]" and "[[Floppy Disk Container#the colonel's bequest|colonel's bequest]]" in the flashbacks. In the present, it reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#rise of the triad|rise of the triad]]".
* Strong Bad [[fourth wall breaks|breaks the fourth wall]] by mentioning that he remembered first meeting The Paper like it was "about to happen in a wavy flashback".
*During the flashback of The Paper's goth phase, the screen of the Compy 386 reads, in part (this is all that is available in the Flash file):
<blockquote class="short compy email">
a> See there Tompo, 
wasted youth. I 
six or eleven
</blockquote>
*During the flashback of The Paper's preppy phase, the screen of the Compy 386 reads:
<blockquote class="short compy email">
a> Kick the booty all day long, I 
say. But, ya know, maybe not.
</blockquote>
*During the flashback of Homestar being tangled up by The Paper, the screen of Lappy 486 reads:
<blockquote class="lappy email" style="background-image: none">
]Look, Darius, if you want me to eat a Philly cheesesteak 
instead of answering an email this week, you got it. No 
skin off my back. I'll eat a couple-a Tastykakes while I'm 
at it, too. Now, if you'll excuse me, I gotta skee-dat.
</blockquote>
*This is the third time Homsar's hat has left his head without coming back. The first time was in [[different town]] (as [[Modestly Hot Homsar]]), the second time was in [[origins]], and the fourth time was in [[mini-golf]].
*The summary for the [[Podstar Runner]] RSS feed reads, "Strong Bad looks back at fond memories of The Paper as he bids farewell to his old pal."

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad's printer [[Hammerspace|seems to fall out of nowhere]]. While The Paper itself frequently appears from seemingly nowhere, this is the first time we have seen the printer do so.
*In [[more armies]], The Paper came down wrinkled and torn. However, when it comes out of the printer here, it is not torn or wrinkled.
*Even though The Paper's plug falls out of the outlet, it is still able to print messages to Strong Bad.
*When the email was originally released, the background crowd noise after The Paper blocked Homestar's shot was somewhat louder and overlapped Homestar's line as well as Homsar's bit. By the end of the first day of release, the background cheers were reduced at the block, and eliminated altogether as Homestar begins to speak.
*Ordinarily, The Paper prints upside-down, with the ''last'' line toward the free edge of the page. When shown together with the printer, however, it prints right-side-up.
*In the goth The Paper flashback, the contrast on the Compy can be changed... normally, this can't be done on zoomed-out shots. The contrast setting remains the same in the next flashback, rather than resetting, like it usually does.
*While "Click Here to Email Strong Bad strongbad@homestarrunner.com" is usually plastered over in podcasts, the Podstar version of this email leaves the text of the Goth The Paper unaltered.
*At the end of [[guitar]], Strong Bad uses the same Lighter and only scorches The Paper.
*During the Homestar Easter Egg, Homestar is slightly more to the left from where he was during the earlier flashback.
*Homestar also sings of blacking out due to blood rushing to his head. Technically, this is called a "redout."

===Goofs===
*When the printer falls on top of Strong Bad, there is a section of paper sticking out of it. But when the printer is seen on the ground there's no paper until it starts printing.
*There are extra lengths of paper sticking out when The Paper says, "iT is Tiime. YOU kNOw WhHat to dO." On the next close-up to The Paper, these extra lengths are missing.
*In the Easter egg, some of Coach Z's claps are out of sync to his movements. The same is also true for Homestar's dribble and shooting movements, shortly before Strong Bad appears.
*While The Paper is falling, its reflection is not seen in the Lappy's screen.

===Fixed Goofs===
*During The Paper's "preppy" phase, the contrast control used to affect the area outside the Compy's screen.

===Inside References===
*The departure of The Paper was foretold in [[montage]] and implied in the previous email, [[more armies]].
*The music when Strong Bad is carried off the island is from [[Population: Tire]].
*Strong Bad says "jump" when he jumps in the same manner as in [[alternate universe]].
*After Strong Bad interrupts the rhythmic Easter egg, the scoreboard changes to [[G]].
**This, plus the "$" and "?", are [[Scoreboard#Irregular Scores|irregular scores]].
*Homestar is said to have the ball at the [[top of the key]].
*Lil' Strong Bad's duck shirt is a variation of the [[Duckie Shirt]].
*"And The Paper goeth into the niiIIiiIIiiIIght!" is a reference to the song in [[guitar]], which Strong Bad ended by screaming that the dragon comes [[in the night]]. The Paper was burned with the [[BMW Lighter]] in both instances, but in guitar only the edge was scorched.
**Strong Bad also mirrored this line in [[dragon]], in which he replaced the word "dragon" with "Trogdor."
*The pear and leaves wallpaper was first seen in the email [[no loafing]].
*The computer seen in the flashback is the same computer used in the [[Email Processing Room]].
*Homestar's "Kneepads Team" could be referring to "Homestar's Knees Tech", from [[mascot]], or possibly Coach Z's "spring shin tryouts" in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]].
*As Strong Bad attempts to block Homestar's shot, he makes Homsar's walking noise, just as he did in [[retirement]].
*The phrase on the New Paper, "but, a butt" is similar to Strong Bad's line in [[TrogdorCon '97]], "...but, you're... a butt."
*Strong Bad calls The Paper his "[[-èd|stripèd]] friend".
*Homestar poured [[Mountain Dew]] on Strong Bad's other computers in [[anything]] and [[retirement]].
*Strong Bad's remark about "brothers and sisters" is a reference to [[animal]], where he asks The Paper to "come on down and meet your new brother", the brother being the Lappy.
**Strong Bad also pronounces "sisters" as he did in [[sisters]].
*Strong Bad's rhetorical question, "Why do all my 30-year-old electronics keep breaking on me?!?" refers to [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|the many malfunctions]] he's had in the past.
*The song Homestar sings is a reference to the Easter egg in the email [[anything]], in which he sang a parody of the [http://users.pandora.be/soundtrack-fm/Reviews/Klaus_Doldinger/neverending_story/neverending_story.htm theme song] of the 1984 fantasy movie [[The NeverEnding Story]].
*This email includes [[Team Kneepads]].
*This is another toon with [[Homestar Runner Left Behind]] in the Easter egg with The Paper being wrapped around Homestar.

===Real-World References===
*"Preeeeow, world", is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Hello world program|"hello world" programs]].
*[[Mountain Dew]], [[Wikipedia:Mello Yello|Mello Yello]], [[Wikipedia:Sierra Mist|Sierra Mist]], [[Wikipedia:Fresca|Fresca]], and [[Wikipedia:Surge|Surge]] are all citrus-flavored sodas.
*[[Wikipedia:Tastykake|Tastykakes]] are snack cakes made by the Tasty Baking Company in Philadelphia since 1914. Available for the most part only in the Eastern section of the US, the cakes are often shipped to people now in other parts of the world who grew up with the treats while living in the East.
*The football Homestar dribbles in the gym is an old ball from the defunct [[Wikipedia:XFL|XFL]] football league, founded by [[Wikipedia:World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] owner [[Wikipedia:Vince McMahon|Vince McMahon]].
*[[Wikipedia:Manute Bol|Manute Bol]] is a Sudanese-born basketball player and activist. He is known for his height (7'7"/2.31 m), which allowed him to become a top shot blocker in the NBA.
*[[Wikipedia:Goth subculture|Goth]] is a subculture of many young people of North America, Europe, and Japan. It is commonly characterized by black or very dark colors, an interest in the macabre and gruesome, and a medieval aesthetic, hence the Paper displaying [[Wikipedia:Blackletter|Gothic script]], a script commonly used between the 12th and 16th centuries in Europe.
*[[Wikipedia:Pyongyang|Pyongyang]] is the capital city of [[Wikipedia:North Korea|North Korea]].
*The shirt Lil' Strong Sad is wearing is the same shirt [[Peanuts|Charlie Brown]] wears.
*The Paper's printer is an Apple imagewriter from around 1984, so it is not quite 30 years old.



===Fast-Forward===
*Despite its apparent death, The Paper makes a brief reappearance in [[email thunder]].

==DVD Version==
{{commentary|email=true}}
=== Commentary Transcript ===
('''Commentary by:''' [[Mike Chapman]], [[Strong Bad]])

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{sadly}'' Oh, I can’t watch, Mike. I don't think I can watch.

'''MIKE:''' Strong Bad, come here.

'''STRONG BAD:''' No.

'''MIKE:''' Let me put my arm around you.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I'm too loud. I can't get that close to the mic.

'''MIKE:''' I can— I can pull you through this, okay?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. ''{almost crying}'' Oh, The Paper... ''{whimpers}''

'''MIKE:''' But he came back. But he came back, in Email 200.

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, no, that was a sham.

'''MIKE:''' And then you killed him.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That was a sham marriage.

'''MIKE:''' And then you killed him.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It was a sham marriage.

'''MIKE:''' Um...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ow! Oh, look at that.

'''MIKE:''' So there's—

'''STRONG BAD:''' An old Epson 20 Deuce. I think is what that model was called. Except it was called an Epsom.

'''MIKE:''' Epsom salt?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Like the salt, yeah. It was a knock-off.

'''MIKE:''' So that printer, was it recessed, like your lighting? Like your recessed lighting?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ask Bubs. Bubs comes over to deal with my printers. Oh, that old wallpaper. Oh, and that devil ducky shirt, do you remember that?

'''MIKE:''' Nope.

'''STRONG BAD:''' One time, I— I put that and Homestar’s duck shirt, uh, in a dryer, together—

'''MIKE:''' Uh-huh. Who won?

'''STRONG BAD:''' —and made 'em duke it out.

'''MIKE:''' How'd you know who won?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Uh, it came out and it was a shirt with a flag of an eagle on it. Like, they, like mated in there, and had a baby, and it was a flag— an eagle flag.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, I think I might have myself some Team Kneepads shirt printed up, Strong Bad. How do you feel that—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I wanna be number .4.

'''MIKE:''' Spud Webb used to—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh!

'''MIKE:''' Spud Webb used to— Ooh, I like that Goth Paper.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Oh man, that Paper was so elitist, it would never let me—

'''MIKE:''' Was it always at the country club?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, it would never let me into the country club.

'''MIKE:''' It had a yacht.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, and we had to race it in the Regatta one time. It was always getting the good girls, even when I'd turn into a werewolf on the basketball team; it still didn't like me.

'''MIKE:''' Um, what was I talking about, though?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{imitates the water spewing from the island}''

'''MIKE:''' Oh, .4, you said you wanted to be team .4, or number .4.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I do.

'''MIKE:''' Spud Webb tried to be .4.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Really?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''STRONG BAD:''' They didn’t let him?

'''MIKE:''' They didn't let him, he was just number 4.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Aww. That's a good game ending, right there. Maybe, like, the ending of Jackal.

'''MIKE:''' Jackal or Contra, didn't Contra—

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think there's a nice sunset, with a helicopter.

'''MIKE:''' Un-huh.

''{pause until The Paper burns}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{whimpers, on the verge of tears}'' Ohhhhh... That was recessed lighting, we got, Bubs rigged up a spotlight on our recessed lighting for that one. ''{pause}'' Like, I don't even know where he was. He may have been in another dimension. I think maybe The Paper comes down from another dimension, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' I believe it may, it seems it does, 'cause we see a pretty wide view of your computer frequently, and there's no printer.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I always feel like this Paper is based on this old Canon Inkjet.

'''MIKE:''' That, what, the New Paper?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, but is wasn't called "inkjet" it was called, like, "photosash".

'''MIKE:''' Bubble, uh—

'''STRONG BAD:''' Bubblejet!

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, they had "bubblejet"

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, I think it might be "bubblejet".

'''MIKE:''' Think there were really bubbles in there? That would have been a problem!

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Yeah, it was the cutest printer. Ooh, a butt! A little saucy.

=== Fun Facts ===
*[[Wikipedia:Epsom Salt|Epsom salt]], or magnesium sulfate, is a chemical compound with a variety of uses.
*[[Wikipedia:Spud Webb|Spud Webb]] is a retired professional basketball point guard.
*A [[Wikipedia:Regatta|regatta]] is a term used to describe either a boat race, or series of boat races.
*''[[Wikipedia:Jackal (video game)|Jackal]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Contra (arcade game)|Contra]]'' are both video games created by Konami.
**In ''Jackal'', players assume the roles of soldiers in jeeps to save POWs.
**In ''Contra'', players control a commando who battles waves of enemies to save the Earth from an alien race known as Red Falcon.

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

[[Category:Podstar Runner]][[Category:strongbad email.exe Disc Six]]

the show

OOZ662 — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:14:46 GMT

OOZ662: /* Goofs */

{{sbenav|66}}

[[Image:sbemail66.PNG|thumb|"The Poopsmith, for 500 points..."]]

{{aboutemail}} {{for|game show|The Show}}

Tori wants to know why Homestar isn't funny anymore. Strong Sad has chicken pox.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|The Poopsmith}}, {{Film|Marshie}}, {{Film|The Cheat}} (Easter egg), {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Show]], [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg)

'''Computer:''' [[Compy 386]]

'''Date:''' Monday, March 10, 2003

'''Running Time:''' 2:34

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Two}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Email, women, email, girls! Email, women, email, girls!

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
My friends and I are at a volleyball 
tounament and we were wondering how 
come homestar never does anything 
funny anymore? 
 
your friend, 
Tori From VA, TX</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "tounament" as spelled (Toe-OO-na-ment), and "VA, TX" as "Virginia, and Texas. Respectively."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Anymore Tori? I wasn't aware that guy did anything funny. Ever. But if you want to see Homestar so bad, why don't we check out what he's doing right now. We'll see how it measures up to say, me ''{pause}'' kicking the cheat ''{pause}'' into Strong Sad ''{pause}'' with the chicken pox.

''{The screen cuts into static, then goes to Homestar hosting his very own "The Show". With him are Pom Pom and The Poopsmith.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' But it turned out I didn't die. ''{canned laughter}'' So, once again, I'd like to welcome The Poopsmith and Pom Pom onto The Show. ''{canned applause}'' Gentlemen: hands on buzzers.

''{Pom Pom and the Poopsmith glance at each other; there are no buzzers}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' The Poopsmith, for 500 points: Would you care to share with us some of your polictical views?

''{The Poopsmith brings out a sign that says "Hey, um, I'm gonna go now." He walks off.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' And Pom Pom, for the block. Do you agree?

''{Pom Pom bubbles and bounces off. Canned applause.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, that's 162 points for each of you. We'll be right back with round two after these important words from these important messages.

''{A little ditty is played and a title screen is shown saying "We'll be right back." Cut to a pink screen with faded concentric circles emanating from the center. Marshie is present.}''

'''MARSHIE:''' Hey guys ''{pronounced 'juys'}''! You'd best be eating a whole mess of Fluffy Puff Marshmallows!

''{Cut to a green screen where a black-and-white man is seen reading a book called "Stuffed in Each Cheek"}''

'''MARSHIE:''' You won't think twice with a couple of them stuffed in each cheek!

''{Somebody says "boing" and the man looks shocked. Cut back to Marshie}''

'''MARSHIE:''' They make my mornings—

''{the words "SHIVER WITH FLAVOR" appear at the bottom left}''

'''MARSHIE:''' —shiver with flavor,—

''{Marshie comes close-up to the screen and the words appear in front of him}''

'''MARSHIE:''' —shiver with flavor!

''{the screen reverts to Marshie alone}''

'''MARSHIE:''' I'll say it twice!

''{cut to a mountain range, above which Marshie is seen in the sky}''

'''MARSHIE:''' This is gettin' great!

''{The word "great" echoes. Another, larger Marshie comes across horizontally from the left, leaving a trail of pink behind him. This forms the original pink background}''

'''MARSHIE:''' Fluffy Puff Marshmallows!

''{Marshie appears in the middle of the screen and the words "THE FIRST ONE TO EAT A MILLION, WINS." appear on the bottom}''

'''MARSHIE:''' "The first one to eat a million, wins."

''{Marshie winks along with a squishing noise. Cut back to The Show.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right. Welcome back to The Show. ''{he pronounces it "show" as in "shower"}'' And now, I choose to recite a list. ''{pulls out some cue cards}'' Ahem. ''{words appear on screen as Homestar reads them}'' "tetherball." "Olympic race." "sparkling." "Tim Duncan." "Wisconsin." "a book of matches." "next week." "a lot of money." "witch's b—"

''{static cuts Homestar off abruptly before saying "brew" - cut back to Strong Bad at his computer}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. ''{typing}'' Problematic. You know it's been awhile since I've kicked the Cheat, but I guarantee it'd be comedic gold compared to that mish-mash. And what's with that flying mushroom he's always advertising for. I can't understand a word that guy says. ''{stops typing}'' Anyways, Tori, lemme know how the volleyball tounament turns out. Touns out. Er, learn to spell.

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

== Easter Eggs==
*At the beginning of The Show, you can click on the cards Homestar is carrying to read one.
<blockquote>pom-pom = round yellow one 
poopsmith = smelly one 
homestar = [[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's Relationship|you]]</blockquote>
*At the end, click on "kicked the Cheat" to see what The Cheat and Strong Sad are doing.
:''{Cut to Strong Sad's room. Strong Sad is lying in bed with the chicken pox. The Cheat is in front of him.}''
:'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{looks around and then makes questioning The Cheat noises}''
:'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{raspy voice}'' I don't know where he is. I figured it was a sure thing, too.

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*The sender is from Van Alstyne, a small town north of Dallas, Texas. The inhabitants there commonly abbreviate their town's name to "VA."

===Trivia===
*Even if you were to eat 100 [[Fluffy Puff Marshmallows]] every day, it would still take you more than 27 years to "win".
**If you eat like Homestar Runner, at least [[Fluffy Puff Commercial|147]] every day, it would "only" take a bit more than 18 years.

===Remarks===
[[Image:weirdpoopsmithblink.png|thumb|100px|The Poopsmith's odd eyes.]]
*The Poopsmith's eyes point in different directions when he blinks. They also switch sides when he turns around.
*The table has been either replaced or expertly repaired (no cracks or seams are evident, even though it was broken in half in the [[unused emails|previous email]]).
*After the cards come up, the cards Homestar is holding are still selectable. However, nothing happens.
*Homestar manages to hold a microphone and flip through a set of cards simultaneously.
*The Tim Duncan reference may have been made due to the email writer being from Texas.
*Strong Bad calls [[Marshie]] a "flying mushroom", adding this to the list of items Marshie is often confused with (including a "flying cottonball" by [[Gunhaver]] in [[Cheat Commandos...O's]]).
*Strong Bad makes five [[Strong Bad's Spelling|grammar and/or punctuation errors]] in his email:
**He doesn't put a comma in "Anymore Tori?"
**He puts an unnecessary space after "Problematic" before the period.
**He doesn't put a question mark after "What's with that flying mushroom he's always advertising for."
**He fails to capitalize The Cheat's name in his reply.
**He doesn't put a space before beginning his last sentence.

===Goofs===
*The last and second-to-last sentences that appear on the Compy's screen don't have a space between them.
*In the Easter egg, Strong Sad's chicken pox move a little bit slower than his head as he raises it. For example, there is a red dot right above his left eye. When he raises his head, the chicken pox move slower and the one that was near his eye is a little farther away from it than before.

===Inside References===
*This email contains yet another reference to "[[witch's brew]]".
*Marshie pronouncing "guys" as "juys" is a reference to [[G#G as J|G pronounced as J]].
*Marshie's voice echoes over the alps from [[Main Page 2]].
*This is another reference to [[Kicking The Cheat]].

===Real-World References===
*Homestar's line "Pom Pom, for the block. Do you agree?" is a reference to the game show ''[[Wikipedia:Hollywood Squares|Hollywood Squares]]'', where contestants decide whether they agree with a celebrity's answer in order to get their symbol on a tic-tac-toe board.
*Homestar's microphone looks just like [[Wikipedia:Bob Barker|Bob Barker]]'s microphone from ''[[Wikipedia:The Price is Right|The Price is Right]]''.
*[[Wikipedia:Tim Duncan|Tim Duncan]] is an [[Wikipedia:National Basketball Association|NBA]] basketball player with the San Antonio Spurs.
*The Poopsmith's sign is a nod to [[Wikipedia:Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner|Wile E. Coyote]], who often used a variety of small signs to indicate what he was thinking or feeling.
*The little jingle played before the commercial break is part of the theme song of the game show ''[[Wikipedia:Match Game|Match Game]]''.
*The "We'll be right back" image is similar to the one used by the television show, [[Wikipedia:The Galloping Gourmet|The Galloping Gourmet]].
*Homestar giving the contestants random points is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Whose Line is it Anyway|Whose Line is it Anyway]], in which the host would give the contestants a random amount of points at the end of each game for no visible relevance.

===Fast Forward===
*[[Puppet Character Variations|Puppet Marshie]] says "juys" in [[Main Page 25]].

== DVD Version ==
*The card Easter egg is still viewable by using your DVD player's angle button
*The DVD version features hidden audio commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MIKE:''' Here's the commentary for "the show" email.

'''HOMESTAR:''' That's right, Mike!

'''MIKE:''' I'm joined by none other than Homestar himself, the host of The Show.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Call me Greg this time.

'''MIKE:''' Greg, uh, so tell us a little bit about yourself, Greg.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Well, I'm, uh, uh, a vitamin, I lose weight, and I'm on the plank!

'''MIKE:''' Homestar here making a little less sense than usual.

'''HOMESTAR:''' I know. It's all for the DVD.

'''MIKE:''' DVD.

'''HOMESTAR:''' DVDs. Yeah. DVDs.

'''MIKE:''' Uh, here comes your big scene.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah, why are you so, where did this show come from?

'''MIKE:''' Uh, why don't you tell us?

'''HOMESTAR:''' I don't... Honestly, the first time I saw this, I was flabbergasted.

'''MIKE:''' You don't, you don't remember taking part in anything like this?

'''HOMESTAR:''' I mean, I kinda do... But like, so do I have a show? In the '70s?

'''MIKE:''' Well, I don't know if it was in the '70s.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Is it a chat show, or game show?

'''MIKE:''' It looks like it's kinda maybe a little of both, but a little of neither?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Yeah! That's the way my best shows are...right?

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR:''' So why wouldn't it be that? A little bit of a chat show, maybe with a Charles Nelson Reilly...

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''HOMESTAR:''' I love my microphone. If a microphone's not tall and skinny, it's not a microphone.

'''MIKE:''' I agree.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Look! Who's that guy with the arms? ''{referring to the character on the "We'll Be Right Back" card}''

'''MIKE:''' He has arms.'''

''{Marshie appears on the screen to begin the Fluffy Puff commercial.}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' Oh no!

'''MIKE:''' It's okay.

'''HOMESTAR:''' I love this one!

'''MIKE:''' Oh, I thought you might be scared.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Look out! Look out, stuffed in each—Oh no! He got it, Mike! ''{pause}'' Marshie's on point on this one. He's at the top of his game.

'''MIKE:''' Marshie's...never at the top of his game.

'''HOMESTAR:''' No, he's clearly here. Listen, listen, listen!

''{Marshie's commercial finishes, and he winks producing a unique sound effect.}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' How does he do that?

'''MIKE:''' He winked.

'''HOMESTAR:''' I know! If I could make my eye make that sound when I wink, I'd be like, winking all the time! They'd call me Wink Martindale.

''{Slight pause. Homestar reads the "Olympic race" card.}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' Speaking of Olympic race... ''{Pause}'' This is my favorite part.

'''MIKE:''' What is this list of?

'''HOMESTAR:''' Oh, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Is there a common thread—

'''HOMESTAR:''' It's, like, the Rosetta Stone. If you can figure out this list then you've got the secret to Homestar Runner.

''{Pause. The Strong Bad Email cuts back to Strong Bad at the Compy.}''

'''HOMESTAR:''' Homester.

'''MIKE:''' Okay. How much longer do we have on this commentary, Homestar?

'''HOMESTAR:''' You don't think this is very funny, Mike?

'''MIKE:''' Uhh, maybe.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Do you think we should start over?

'''MIKE:''' No, we can leave it, but...I just hope it's over soon.

'''HOMESTAR:''' I think it sounds like Strong Bad's winding down.

'''MIKE:''' All right.

'''HOMESTAR:''' See, he's mumbling.

'''MIKE:''' Bye, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR:''' That's the end. You know it's the end.

''{The Paper comes down.}''

'''MIKE:''' Bye, Homestar.

'''HOMESTAR:''' Geez!

=== Fun Facts ===
*[[Wikipedia:Charles Nelson Reilly|Charles Nelson Reilly]] was an actor, director, and drama teacher, most well known for his role as a celebrity panelist for the 1970s game show [[Wikipedia:Match Game|Match Game]].
*[[Wikipedia:Wink Martindale|Wink Martindale]] was a gameshow host in the 1970s. Among the shows he hosted were ''[[Wikipedia:Tic Tac Dough|Tic Tac Dough]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:High Rollers|High Rollers]]''.
*The [[Wikipedia:Rosetta Stone|Rosetta Stone]] is a fragment of a decree from [[Wikipedia:Ptolemy V of Egypt|Ptolemy V of Egypt]] written in [[Wikipedia:Ancient Greek|Ancient Greek]], [[Wikipedia:Egyptian hieroglyph|Egyptian Hieroglyphs]], and [[Wikipedia:Demotic Egyptian|Egyptian demotic script]], which played a crucial role in deciphering the meaning of the latter two languages.

== External Links ==
*[[HR:sbemail66.html|watch "the show"]]
*[[HR:sbemail66.swf|view the Flash file for "the show"]]

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[[Image:main7.png|220px|thumb|Dead as a doornail!]]

The [[Holidays#Halloween (October 31st)|Halloween]] main page. Homestar Runner is half out of a grave and somewhat decomposed.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Unnamed Characters|The Crow]], {{Film|Strong Bad}} ([[Head Bad and Strong Body]]), {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|The Goblin}}

'''Places:''' A graveyard

'''Icon:''' Gravestone

'''Page title:''' "Dead as a doornail!"

==Button Effects==
*'''[[TV Time Toons Menu|Toons]]''' - Worms come out of Homestar's mouth.
*'''[[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu|Games]]''' - A crow comes down and takes part of his brain.
*'''[[Character Videos|Characters]]''' - Strong Bad comes out of his grave and says, "So here I come, back from the dead, to tear— oh whoa, [[Crap|holy crap...]]" as his head breaks off and rolls away.
*'''[[Downloads]]''' - Pom Pom's ghost floats up from his grave.
*'''[[Store]]''' - Blood squirts out from Homestar's brain.
*'''[[Email]]''' - The Goblin pokes his head out from behind Pom Pom's grave.

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*If you watch the [[Intro|introduction]] [[Ween_Intro|on Halloween]], you will always be directed to this page.
*This, [[Main Page 11]], and [[Main Page 23]] are the only 3 Main Pages where Homestar is not standing to the extreme right of the screen.
*The holiday toon [[Malloween Commercial]] will always direct you to this page.
*Part of the "Games" sound effect has Matt faintly whistling in the background.

===Goofs===
*After The Crow takes piece of Homestar's brain, when it flies out, it goes behind the new features buttons, but above the colored border.
*As Homestar's brain pulsates, his shadow doesn't move with it.

===Inside References===
*This is another appearance of [[blood]].

===Fast Forward===
*[[Head Bad and Strong Body]] would later be used in the Strong Bad Email "[[disconnected]]."

== External Links ==
*[[HR:main7.html|go to Main Page 7]]
*[[HR:main7.swf|view the Flash file for Main Page 7]]
{{Main Page}}

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army

OOZ662 — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 02:26:35 GMT

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[[Image:sbemail93.PNG|thumb|"Don't you die on me, Bennedetto!"]]

Hank Toler asks about [[Strong Badia]]'s army. The [[Homestarmy]] attempts to invade the kingdom.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}/{{Film|Firebert}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, [[Frank Bennedetto]], {{Film|Strong Mad}}, [[Mrs. Bennedetto]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Stick]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Marzipan's House]] (Easter egg)

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' January 5, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 4:00

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

== Transcript ==

''{The Compy appears to be dusty with a little cobweb on the top left corner}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{runs in and sits}'' Whoa. Guess it's been a while. ''{wipes some dust off the Compy's screen}'' Sorry about that, Compy. Need to get some... ''{starts typing "strongbad_email.exe"}'' Endust.

''{Strong Bad reads}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
I was curious as to whether or not 
Strong Badia had an official army. 
Your Homeboy, 
Hank Toler</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{typing}'' Does Strong Badia have an army? Strong Badia needs no army, Hankatola. Me and that one big guy and that one little guy... we're a one man army. Er, a three man one-y. Three-to-one-marny? What I mean to say is, what do we need an army for when the three of us pretty much do as we please? I mean, it's not like there's anyone around to oppose us.

''{Homestar Runner suddenly appears wearing a bowl on his head and carrying a large [[Orange Tupperware|spoon]]}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': All right, maggot! Fall it out. Colonel ''{he pronounces it phonetically, i.e. "col-o-nel"}'' Homestar Runner is recruiting ''the'' most elite team of crack commandos to invade Strong Badia. Do you has what it takes to join the Homestarmy? Will you bring a sack lunch and some orange slices for me and serve your country?
Will you, stupid?!

'''STRONG BAD''': Um... no. I don't really have any interest in invading my own—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Ten-hut! Draft dodger, eh? We'll see if those trees you're always hugging save you when Gordon Lightfoot's creeping round your back stair. Company... Halt! Backwards... March!

''{Homestar marches backwards off screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What the—

''{Homestar sticks his head back in}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Oh, and if you change your mind, or you wanna trade in that skirt you're wearing for a nice pair of camos, we're having a pep rally up at the stick in oh-fifteen minutes.

'''STRONG BAD''': Wow. I thought I knew what ridiculous was, until this day. This definitely merits some further reconnaissance. The Cheat!

''{The Cheat runs in, wearing his Firebert costume}''

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

'''STRONG BAD''': The Cheat, I need you to find out—

'''THE CHEAT''': ''{sounding a little upset}'' ''{The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Ohhh. Don't make me call you that. It's not a good commando name.

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

'''STRONG BAD''': Ugh, all riiight. ''{reluctantly}'' Firebert. I need you to find out what the crap Homestar Runner is up to at The Stick in 0–15 minutes.

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

''{scene changes to The Stick}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Are you sick and tired of playing second-fiddle to a two bit wrestle man and his yellow dog?

'''CROWD''': YEAH!

''{faint rewind noise}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Are you ready to fight alongside your Colonel ''{again pronounced phonetically}'' and give your five bucks to the Homestarmy if it comes to that?

'''CROWD''': YEAH!

''{faint rewind noise}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Do you wanna paint that fence some other cool color and put a fake beard on that tire?

''{silence}''

''{Switches to view of Homestar's audience, showing it consists of the Painting of a guy with a big knife, Strong Sad holding a tapedeck, Homsar, and a popcorn popper.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Oh, sorry. Forgot to rewind.

''{Strong Sad rewinds tape deck and presses play}''

'''CROWD''': YEAH!

'''HOMSAR''': DaAaAaAa! You gotta get yours. I gotta get mine.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': All right then, maggots! Let's get out there and invade us some serious Strong Badia! Company... GO!

''{The Homestarmy marches off and The Cheat appears from behind The Stick. The view now shifts to Strong Badia where Strong Bad and Strong Mad are wondering about badminton}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Yeah, I don't know. Maybe there is a goodminton.

''{The Homestarmy marches up, but Homsar keeps going and walks right off the other side of the screen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Strong Bad, so I see you decided to join the other side, eh?

'''STRONG BAD''': What joining?? I ''am'' the other side!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Ten-Hut! Prepare to feel the fluoride sting of the Homestarmy! Strong Badia... will be ours!

'''STRONG BAD''': No it won't. We're about to play some badminton. So... no invasion.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Oh. So I see. ''{pause}'' Retreat! Fall back men! We're in over our heads!

'''STRONG SAD''': Hold the line! Hold the liiiine!

'''STRONG BAD''': And take this stupid thing with you.

''{Strong Bad kicks the popcorn popper. A crash is heard off screen.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Bennedetto! Don't you die on me Bennedetto! Not on my watch! Don't you give up! ''{Tearing up}'' You never gave me the five bucks...''{taps Bennedetto with his spoon}''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad's computer}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{Typing}'' And that, my dear Hankerin', is why Strong Badia will never need an army, though we are in dire need of a copy of the official rules of badminton. No idea what we're doing. None.

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

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{mumbling}'' Firebert. Terrible!

== Easter Eggs ==
*Near the beginning, click "[[Three-to-one Marny]]" to see a handbook containing the rules to playing three-to-one marny, as written by [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews]]. Click the rulebook to read it.
*Also at the end, click "army" to see a [[Firebert]] action figure. It's reminiscent of the action figures in the Strong Bad Email [[action figure]], and later appears with the [[Cheat Commandos]].
*At the end, click on "No idea" to see a scene at [[Marzipan's House]].
:''{Homestar is in Marzipan's kitchen. He walks up to a microwave.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{saddened}'' Mrs. Bennedetto, my name is Colonel ''{still pronounced phonetically}'' Homestar Runner. I served with Frank in the Homestarmy at the battle of Strong Badia. I hate to give you this news... Frank was one of the finest frigging soldiers I ever met! ''{no longer saddened}'' And he still kinda owes me five bucks. So, if you could just... fork it over...''{taps microwave with his spoon}''

== Fun Facts ==
===Explanations===
*This was the first Strong Bad Email after a few weeks of no update, most likely because of a break for the holiday season. This is the reason Strong Bad starts the email by saying, "it's been awhile".
*The mention of a meeting occuring in "oh-fifteen minutes" is a parody of [[Wikipedia:24-hour clock|military time]], where a time like 5 a.m. would be [[Wikipedia:24-hour clock#The 24-hour clock in spoken English|spoken]] as "oh-five-hundred hours".

=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#seicross suckross|seicross (suckross)]]".
*This was a minor debut of the [[Cheat Commandos]].

===Remarks===
*It looks like Strong Bad has finished the [[Painting of a guy with a big knife]]. (In [[i love you]] he didn't paint the bottom few inches.)
*The painting walks into Strong Badia by itself. Homsar carries Bennedetto and then wanders offscreen.
*The Compy is rather dusty, as can be evidenced by adjusting the contrast. Interestingly, the second cut to the Compy has the contrast increased so the dust around the edges is more visible.
*When Strong Bad kicks Bennedetto, he makes a shattering noise, but does not appear to be broken in any way, although it is possible that a part inside shattered.

===Goofs===
*Although Strong Sad says that he forgot to rewind after the second "crowd cheer" at the pep rally, the rewind sound does play after the second cheer.
*Strong Sad also presses the same button for rewind and play. Normally those functions have separate buttons.
*The yellow printing on Firebert's toy box goes beyond the top of the box.
*When Homestar leaves Strong Bad at the computer, the contrast of the computer screen is automatically brighter. Then at the end when we cut to Strong Bad again, it is darker.
*When Homestar leaves Strong Bad at the computer and The Cheat (Firebert) comes, the contrast scroll disapears from the computer.
*When Homestar is preparing to invade Strongbadia, the ploughed ground continues to both edges of the screen. When zoomed in on Homestar, the edge of the ploughed ground can be seen with no apparent change in angle.
*When Strong Bad types "No idea what we're doing man.", there seems to be an extra space between "idea" and "what".

===Inside References===
*The [[Soapbox|box]] Homestar is standing on at The Stick says "Twelve of Them". This is a reference to [[fingers]], in which Homestar stands on a box which bears the words "Eleven Soaps".
*When Homestar asks Strong Bad "Do you has what it takes to join the Homestarmy?" he says "has" instead of "have." This is likely a reference to the [[In Search Of The Yello Dello DVD]], in which he makes the same mistake (and is criticized by Strong Sad for it in the commentary.)
*Homestar asks Strong Bad if he will bring orange slices for his colonel. This may be a reference to Homestar's favorite snack, [[Bronco Trolleys]].
*Homestar Runner again calls Strong Bad "[[Wrestleman]]".
*Strong Bad claimed to play badminton with Homestar in [[Where's The Cheat?]].

===Real-World References===
*Homestar warns Strong Bad about [[Wikipedia:Gordon Lightfoot|Gordon Lightfoot]], a Canadian singer, saying "We'll see if those trees you're always hugging save you when Gordon Lightfoot's ''creeping round your back stair''". This is a lyric from one of his most famous songs, the Billboard #1 from June '74, "Sundown". The referenced lyric is "Sundown, you'd better take care, when I find you've been creepin' 'round my back stair."
*Homsar's phrase, "You gotta get yours, I gotta get mine" may be a reference to a lyric from the popular [[Wikipedia:Snoop Dogg|Snoop Dogg]] song, "Gin and Juice."
**The line may also be a reference to The Doors' song "Five to One" ("Now, you get yours, baby, I'll get mine; Gonna make it, baby, if we try.")
*Bennedetto is most likely a [http://www.epinions.com/hmgd-review-E38-1DE3023B-3A4906CE-prod4 Presto 04820 PopLite Popcorn Maker].
*Bennedetto's name may be derived from a character in [[Wikipedia:Alexandre Dumas, père|Alexandre Dumas']] classic work "[[Wikipedia:The Count of Monte Cristo|The Count of Monte Cristo]]," in which the life history of "Benedetto," the adopted son of a servant, is told.
**[http://www.benedettoguitars.com/ Benedetto] is also a manufacturer of acoustic and electric jazz guitars, owned by Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.
*Endust, a product by the [http://www.saralee-de.com/ Sara Lee/DE Corporation], is a spray designed to keep dust from settling on furniture.
*'Fluoride sting' might refer to the 1964 film, "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb", in which a paranoid U.S. Army general claims that fluoride is part of an evil Soviet conspiracy to dominate American society.
**It may also refer to [http://www.crest.com/ Crest toothpaste] (the first toothpaste to include fluoride), which had advertisements in the 1970's featuring the "Crest Cavity Fighting Team" which battled the "Cavity Creeps".
*Homestar calling his troops maggots is probably referencing the sergeant (as played by R. Lee Ermey) from the war movie "Full Metal Jacket".

===Fast Forward===
*Frank Bennedetto may have been the only casualty of [[The Battle of Strong Badia]], but he may not have died. Homestar led Mrs. Benedetto to believe that he was dead, but the appropriate term is more 'missing in action'. You see him behind the fence in the [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], and actually back in the army in [[Labor Dabor]].
*Firebert later becomes a character in the [[Cheat Commandos]]. Additionally, the fact that Firebert is not a good commando name is referenced again in the toon "[[Shopping for Danger]]", when Firebert is ordered to "stay here and think of a better commando name".
*The spoon Homestar holds is used again in the email [[old comics]] by Strong Mad when he eats the pasta salad in the Easter egg.
*In the email [[record book]] Homestar tells bad redneck jokes standing on a box labeled "Thirteen, Y'all"


== DVD Version ==
*The Three-to-One-Marny Easter egg is viewable using the angle button on your DVD remote.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
**This commentary also extends into the Mrs. Bennedetto Easter egg.

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

'''MIKE:''' Oooh, it's been a while. How long had it been since we had done an email?

'''MATT:''' Maybe a month.

'''MIKE:''' 'Cause there's dust and cobwebs.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' It had been— What had we done? Didn't we do some other stuff?

'''MATT:''' I don't know. It was after the holidays?

'''MIKE:''' No, it was before that—

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously, overlapping}'' I think it was—

'''MIKE:''' What number is it?

'''MATT:''' Ninety... three?

'''MIKE:''' Well... maybe... Anyway, for whatever reason we had, uh, not done emails for a while, so that's what the

'''MIKE & MATT:''' dust

'''MIKE:''' and

'''MIKE & MATT:''' cobweb

'''MIKE:''' is about. Um... So this is one we've talked about before. I mean, we'd come up- you had come up with the term "Homestarmy"—

'''MATT:''' Yeah, a ''long'' time ago

'''MIKE:''' for a long— yeah, like a year or so ago

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' We were going to make a full cartoon, I think

'''MIKE:''' yeah

'''MATT:''' originally, and then we decided, since we don't make those anymore, we'd just ''{laughs}'' make Strong Bad emails. There's, uh, Seicross there.

'''MIKE:''' That was a good game.

'''MATT:''' Over ten million.

'''MIKE:''' ''{goofy voice}'' sol— sold tsill— zill-millions. ''{laughs} Till''-millions.

'''MATT:''' in his stack— ''{mumbles}''

'''MIKE:''' I like the carpet, the carpet underneath his, uh—

'''MATT:''' Yeah, that's the new and improved

'''MIKE:''' Yeah

'''MATT:''' shag carpeting.

'''MIKE:''' People sometimes catch onto the fact that the s— that the— when Strong Bad gets up it makes a sound against a wood floor

'''MATT:''' Yeah

'''MIKE:''' which is what it ''was''; when we lived in the apartment, it had hardwood floors and we just, you know, pushed a stool across it to get that sound. And that was before we ever showed what Strong Bad

'''MATT:''' Right

'''MIKE:''' was— But then, it's carpet, and so people

'''MATT:''' But I—

'''MIKE:''' got a kick out of pointing that out to us.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, I think it's great. I think we're gonna leave it that way forever and ever.

'''MIKE:''' ''{agreeing}'' Mmm-hmm.

'''MATT:''' I think we should make it a point of, like, one time he's on a pillow, he's got the stool ''{Mike snickers}'' on a pillow and it's still like—

'''MIKE:''' There's one time when Matt—

'''MATT:''' ''{imitates "get up noise"}''

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, that's, that— Which one is it, the one where you...?

'''MATT:''' It's the vacation one, I think.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, where Matt just makes that sound—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' I just made Strong Bad go ''{"get up noise"}''

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' Um...

'''MATT:''' So, this is, uh, where Cheat Commandos comes from.

'''MIKE:''' Yep. That's right. Where'd you—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' So I was trying to come up with what his commando name was, so I just started writing a ton of ''words'' down, among them Fightgar, Crackotage, all what eventually became all of the, uh—

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, so we just had this list, so we made this, and then like, a couple weeks later, we saw that list of all those names, and we were like, "Well, we should just make

'''MATT:''' Yeah, just

'''MIKE:''' all of them."

'''MATT:''' make the whole thing. Uh, "Little Albert" was one we didn't use, we thought it was too much like Reynold.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' There was "Gun"— uh, "Runfire". ''{Mike laughs}'' There's another one that I think we nixed.

'''MIKE:''' Wasn't the, uh... the last time, that box said "Eleven of them"?

'''MATT:''' Maybe, I think it was. Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' I forget which one it is— So I wasn't thi—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' So it— ''{resumes}'' It already rewound actually there, so that's a mistake; he had already rewound it

'''MIKE:''' Ohhh.

'''MATT:''' so you hear it rewind, and then... But, so— Anyways, Mike just got one of those, uh—

'''MIKE:''' Popcorn poppers.

'''MATT:''' big old popcorn poppers from Miss Cordell's class. ''{Mike snickers}'' Popcorn Party Friday.

'''MIKE:''' So yeah, maybe the pup— uh, puppet is gonna, maybe— Puppet Bennedetto, which is just a Presto air popper ''{Matt laughs}'', will maybe make an appearance sometime.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' ''{chuckles}'' I love how Homsar deposits the— just kinda poops out the Bennedetto there.

'''MIKE:''' And just keeps on going.

''{pause}''

'''MIKE:''' So, he's got this orange Tupperware bowl we had growing up on his head.

'''MATT:''' Oh, is that why it's orange? What Tupperware bowl?

'''MIKE:''' You don't remember the orange Tupperware stuff we had?

'''MATT:''' ''{conceding}'' Yeah... I remember the, like— There was the, the cas—

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' Well the lid has ridges on it.

'''MATT:''' Yeah yeah yeah, and like... stars... sorta.

'''MIKE:''' ''{overlapping}'' I mean, it's kinda that one.

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

''{pause}''

'''MATT:''' I don't know what "Hold the line" is originally from. It just seems like a staple ''{Mike snickers}'' of army movies. Old war movies.

'''MIKE:''' It's dusk now.

'''MATT:''' Now it's suddenly dusk. ''{Mike snickers}''

'''MIKE:''' 'Cause it seems to make this more dramatic.

'''MATT:''' Makes it sadder if it's dusk.

'''MIKE:''' ''{snickers}'' I like how he taps everything with that—

'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Really needs to have that all the time. I think if Homestar had arms, visible arms, it would— it would be a lot funnier all the time. Like, 'cause he could be... poking people—

'''MATT:''' ''{overlapping}'' ... doing something with them a lot. ''{pause}'' Is that it?

'''MIKE:''' ''{noncommittal noise}''

'''MATT:''' No, just that.

'''MIKE:''' Now it's done.

=== Easter Egg Commentary ===
'''MATT:''' So there's, um... There's little Trivia Time over there.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, on the far right.

'''MATT:''' ''{agreeing}'' Mmm-hmm.

'''MIKE:''' The cookie jar. So is this, um, Bennedetto's wife or mom?

'''MATT:''' I've always said it was his mom.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, me too.

'''MATT:''' That's what I figured.

'''MIKE:''' Right.

'''MATT:''' Yeah. People always thought he swore there, I remember, 'cause he says, "best frigging soldier"...?

== External Links ==
{{preforumsbemailextlinks|93}}*[[Podstar:sb_email_army.m4v|download "army" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
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