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Strong Bad Email

Stairmaster — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 04:00:53 GMT

Stairmaster: /* Podstar Runner Releases */

[[Image:sbemail_lappy2.png|thumb|Strong Bad checks his email.]]
'''Strong Bad Email''' is the most frequently updated feature of the [[Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)|Homestar Runner website]]. It was originally a small feature introduced in 2001, in which [[Strong Bad]] would mock the spelling and grammar of those who wrote to him. Although the animations were initially brief, the responses gradually grew to establish numerous catchphrases, [[Inside Jokes|inside jokes]], and [[Running Gags|running gags]], as well as [[Email Spin-offs|spin-offs]] like [[Trogdor]], [[20X6]], [[Teen Girl Squad]], and even the main character [[Homsar]]. A typical Strong Bad Email will include numerous [[Easter egg|Easter eggs]] and other hidden material, often found at the ending screen. Many Strong Bad Emails are satires of specific cultural references, such as [[action figure]], [[japanese cartoon]], and [[isp]].

'''Page Title:''' Denny's Menu

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==Strong Bad Emails==

===[[Lappy 486]] Era===
<table width="100%">
<autocolumn cols="4" width="25%">
153. [[redesign]] 
152. [[isp]] 
151. [[senior prom]] 
150. [[alternate universe]] 
149. [[candy product]] 
148. [[disconnected]] 
147. [[lady fan]] 
146. [[pop-up]] 
145. [[myths & legends]] 
144. [[narrator]] 
143. [[technology]] 
142. [[secret identity]] 
141. [[death metal]] 
140. [[highschool]] 
139. [[portrait]] 
138. [[space program]] 
137. [[bedtime story]] 
136. [[geddup noise]] 
135. [[lady...ing]] 
134. [[record book]] 
133. [[bottom 10]] 
132. [[modeling]] 
131. [[boring (really)]] 
130. [[do over]] 
129. [[garage sale]] 
128. [[rampage]] 
127. [[long pants]] 
126. [[best thing]] 
125. [[rock opera]] 
124. [[secret recipes]] 
123. [[origins]] 
122. [[dreamail]] 
121. [[part-time job]] 
120. [[radio]] 
119. [[animal]] 
</autocolumn>
</table>
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===[[Compy 386]] Era===
<table width="100%">
<autocolumn cols="4" width="25%">
118. [[virus]] 
117. [[montage]] 
116. [[extra plug]] 
115. [[time capsule]] 
114. [[the facts]] 
113. [[pizzaz]] 
112. [[old comics]] 
111. [[other days]] 
110. [[for kids]] 
109. [[crying]] 
108. [[pom pom]] 
107. [[cheatday]] 
106. [[dangeresque 3]] 
105. [[replacement]] 
104. [[theme park]] 
103. [[haircut]] 
102. [[lunch special]] 
101. [[car]] 
100. [[flashback]] 
99. [[different town]] 
98. [[stupid stuff]] 
97. [[monument]] 
96. [[lackey]] 
95. [[the bet]] 
94. [[video games]] 
93. [[army]] 
92. [[kind of cool]] 
91. [[caffeine]] 
90. [[colonization]] 
89. [[local news]] 
88. [[couch patch]] 
87. [[mile]] 
86. [[no loafing]] 
85. [[2 years]] 
84. [[kids' book]] 
83. [[labor day]] 
82. [[impression]] 
81. [[date]] 
80. [[stunt double]] 
79. [[the process]] 
78. [[anything]] 
77. [[suntan]] 
76. [[sibbie]] 
75. [[funny]] 
74. [[privileges]] 
73. [[mascot]] 
72. [[crazy cartoon]] 
71. [[2 emails]] 
70. [[big white face]] 
69. [[personal favorites]] 
68. [[caper]] 
67. [[autobiography]] 
66. [[the show]] 
65. [[unused emails]] 
64. [[english paper]] 
63. [[fingers]] 
62. [[interview]] 
61. [[monster truck]] 
60. [[huttah!]] 
59. [[marzipan]] 
58. [[dragon]] 
57. [[japanese cartoon]] 
56. [[current status]] 
55. [[cheat talk]] 
54. [[morning routine]] 
53. [[comic]] 
52. [[island]] 
51. [[website]] 
50. [[50 emails]] 
49. [[theme party]] 
48. [[ghosts]] 
47. [[new hands]] 
46. [[your friends]] 
45. [[techno]] 
44. [[lures & jigs]] 
43. [[little questions]] 
42. [[action figure]] 
41. [[invisibility]] 
</autocolumn>
</table>
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===[[Tandy 400]] Era===
<table width="100%">
<autocolumn cols="4" width="25%">
40. [[vacation]] 
39. [[property of ones]] 
38. [[helium]] 
37. [[dullard]] 
36. [[guitar]] 
35. [[sisters]] 
34. [[weird dream]] 
33. [[gimmicks]] 
32. [[flag day]] 
31. [[sugarbob]] 
30. [[12:00]] 
29. [[superhero name]] 
28. [[1 step ahead]] 
27. [[3 Wishes]] 
26. [[CGNU]] 
25. [[super powers]] 
24. [[the bird]] 
23. [[little animal]] 
22. [[sb_email 22]] 
21. [[cartoon]] 
20. [[spring cleaning]] 
19. [[tape-leg]] 
18. [[stand-up]] 
17. [[studying]] 
16. [[band names]] 
15. [[the basics]] 
14. [[duck pond]] 
13. [[i she be]] 
12. [[credit card]] 
11. [[i rule]] 
10. [[trevor the vampire]] 
9. [[i love you]] 
8. [[brianrietta]] 
7. [[halloweener]] 
6. [[depressio]] 
5. [[making out]] 
4. [[homestar hair]] 
3. [[butt IQ]] 
2. [[homsar]] 
1. [[some kinda robot]]
</autocolumn>
</table>

==DVD Releases==

*Emails 1-130 have been released on the [[strongbad_email.exe]] 4-disc DVD series.

===DVD Emails===

The following emails only appear on the DVD set.

*[[Greeting Cards]] (Bonus Email #1)
*[[E-mail Birds]] (Bonus Email #2)
*[[Videro Games]] (Bonus Email #3)
*[[Family Resemblence]] (Bonus Email #4)
*[[Real-Live E-Mails]] (Bonus [[Puppet Stuff]] Email)

==Podstar Runner Releases==
Since January 30, 2006, Strong Bad emails have been released sometimes under a weekly feature called [[Podstar Runner]]. It features popular [[Toons]], [[Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squads]], and Strong Bad Emails in .m4v format. They are designed to be viewed on a Fifth Generation Apple [[Wikipedia:IPod|iPod]], but workable on a variety of other portable media players. Currently, it features these emails (in order of release):

<table width="50%">
<autocolumn cols="2" width="25%">
*[[techno]]
*[[dragon]]
*[[japanese cartoon]]
*[[kids' book]]
*[[crying]]
*[[bottom 10]]
*[[caffeine]]
*[[virus]]
*[[guitar]]
*[[video games]]
*[[different town]]
*[[montage]]
*[[personal favorites]]
*[[sisters]]
*[[death metal]]
*[[theme park]]
*[[crazy cartoon]]
*[[army]]
*[[flag day]]
*[[trevor the vampire]]
*[[stunt double]]
</autocolumn>
</table>

==Not Quite Strong Bad Emails==

The following shorts were originally associated in one way or another with the Strong Bad Emails. They are numbered by halves to show where they appeared chronologically in the list above. Numbers 99½B and 118½ are not linked to from anywhere on the site.

*152½. [[Weclome Back]] (Strong Bad tries to show an email he checked over summer vacation (in midair, no less), but hits "stop" instead of "record" on the video camera.)
*149½. [[Sbemail 150?!?]] ([[Strong Sad]] tries to get Strong Bad to do his 150th email.) 
*136½. [[Sick Day]] (A failed attempt at an email due to sickness striking the entire cast.) 
*127½. [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]] ("The Email Show" is one of the pay-per-view features.)
*118½. [[Broken Compy Menu|Strong Bad Email?]] (Broken Compy Menu.) 
*99½B. [[Not the 100th Email!!!]] (Secret URL address for anyone who wanted a peek at Email 100 before it was released.)
*99½A. [[Puppet Time]] (A message was taped onto Puppet Compy's screen that read "Probably at a barbecue, from SB")
*68½. [[Lookin at a Thing in a Bag]] (A message was taped onto the Compy in the email menu that read "Looking at a thing in a bag" when the cartoon was released.)
*66½. [[Arcade Game]] (Homestar Runner reads Strong Bad's note he left on the Compy 386.)
*59½. [[Superbowl Dealie]] ([[The Paper]] reads "Due to the big game, the Strong Bad Email will be late this week.")
*55½. [[Decemberween_Email_Menu|Too Busy to Check E-mails]] (Typed on the Compy is "No emails on the holidays.")
*41½. [[King of Town Email]] ([[The King of Town]] tries to answer an email on his recently bought (but broken) Tandy 400.)
*36½. [[TV Time Toons Menu]] (Placing the mouse over Strong Bad Email will bring up a short, soundless email from Stu. See [[Wireless Bizness]].)

==Strong Bad Email Menus==

*1–32 [http://www.homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/sbemail_first.html Tandy 400 menu]
*33–34 [[Broken Tandy Menu]]
*35–40 [http://www.homestarrunner.kitkorp.com/sbemail_youguysokay.html Slightly damaged Tandy menu]
*41 [[HR:sbemail(vacation).swf|Vacation menu]]
*42–118 [[HR:sbemail.swf|Compy 386 menu]]
**Between 55 and 56 [[Decemberween Email Menu]]
**Between 118 and 119 [[Broken Compy Menu]]
*119–Current [[HR:sbemail_lappy.swf|Lappy 486 menu]]

==Fun Facts==

===Trivia===
*Some time during mid-2003, "updated mondays" on the main Strong Bad Email Menu changed to "updated somedays."
*On the Compy 386 menus, Strong Bad types "<tt>dir /p</tt>", a [[Wikipedia:DOS|DOS]] command used to list all the files in a directory, and to pause between each screen's worth of files.
*Not including Not Quite Strong Bad Emails, Strong Bad has checked 180 emails as of [[redesign]].
*Email #22, "[[sb_email 22]]" was actually made between emails 40 and 41. It was originally skipped and later made and released under the title 'the lost email' right before Strong Bad replaced his computer with the Compy 386.
*Back in the Tandy 400 era (at least until July, 2002), emailing Strong Bad would result in this automated response:

<blockquote>Thanks for your freakin email. I hope it's not stupid. 
Once I finish these swiss cake rolls I'll read it and if it's awesome enough, 
I'll answer it on the site. 
But if your email is terrible, then it gets R.E.D. alright. 
The Cheat Reads it, Strong Mad Eats it, and I Deletes it. 
[[HR:processing.html|Click Here]] to see us in action! 
Check back every Monday to see if your email has what it takes. 

Watch me while I'm awesome, 
Strong Bad</blockquote>

The link in the automated response leads to the [[Email Processing Room]].
*After [[Random Toon|random.bat]] was implemented, the email list comes from the [[HR:rando.xml|rando.xml]] file. Before this, it was included in the flash file.
*Occasionally, there is a lengthy gap between email updates. This is sometimes recognized at the start of the next email, as in [[army]], [[geddup noise]], and [[redesign]].

===Remarks===
*At [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006|Flashforward 2006]], [[The Brothers Chaps]] gave a list of [[Flashforward 2006 Seattle - 28 Feb 2006#Pre-animation Process - 4:05 p.m.|five things not to email Strong Bad about]].
*During most emails, you see the back of Strong Bad's head when he sits in front of the computer, which is why he often starts a new line before the text reaches the right side of the screen as the email progesses. However, on the Strong Bad Email menu, you don't see his head at all. This is probably so the viewers can use the bottom scroll button without anything in the way.

==External Links==

*[[HR:sbemail.html|Strong Bad Email menu]]
*[[HR:sbemail_lappy.swf|View the Flash file for Strong Bad Email Menu]]
*[mailto:strongbad@homestarrunner.com Email Strong Bad]

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<noinclude>
[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Computer Files]]
[[Category:H*R Navigation]]
</noinclude>

credit card

Stairmaster — Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:09:33 GMT

Stairmaster: /* Remarks */

{{sbenav|12|i rule|i she be}}
[[Image:sbemail12.PNG|thumb|Homestar contributes to the Lots of Awesome Stuff for Strong Bad Fund]]

Strong Bad gets a scam email trying to trick him into giving out his credit card information. So he edits it and forwards it to Homestar.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}} (voice over)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]

'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]

'''Date:''' February 4, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:17

'''Page Title:''' Tandy 400!!!

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Initiate email check in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Mr. Bad 
 
We regret to inform you that your credit card 
has expired. To keep your account, we will need 
you to send your old credit card number and 
expiration date, as well as a new one so we can 
make the change. We promise we are real and 
not just trying to steal your money. 
 
John, and some other people 
who aren't scam artists</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa, this sounds pretty serious. I know just what to do. ''{brings the cursor up to the first line}'' Just a little of this...

''{He deletes "Mr. Bad," and inserts "Homestar Runner," then brings the cursor down to the bottom row.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooh, maybe a dash of that...

''{He deletes the signature and inserts "Superfied Credit Union". He then types "forward message", which clears the screen. Fade to black. The text "5 minutes later" is typed in, then after a pause, backspaced out. Fade back in.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, let's see what we got here...

''{Strong Bad begins reading, and almost immediately the audio fades from Strong Bad's voice into a voice-over by Homestar.}''

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Superfied Credit Union, 
You've got the same e-mail address as my 
friend Strong Bad! Anyway, here's my 
credit card information: 
 
5675 116 116 1352 
 
Exp. 13/02</blockquote>

''{The number and date are not read aloud.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{laughing}'' That was too easy, man. Well, it looks like Homestar is about to make a little contribution to the Lots of Awesome Stuff for Strong Bad Fund.

''{He types in "run “internet”" and goes to "[[#Cost of "Coolest Stuff Ever"|the_coolest_stuff_ever.com]]." He clicks on the "purchase" button for "spaceship".}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Gimme one of these... ''{clicks on "killer robot" twice}'' A couple of these... ''{clicks "rocket launcher"}'' Oh, everybody needs one of these... ''{clicks "robot dog/shark"}'' Oh, ''this'' thing, I gotta have that...

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

==Fun Facts==

===Remarks===

*Homestar's credit card expired in the thirteenth month of 2002.
*Homestar's credit card number doesn't correspond to any major [[Wikipedia:Credit card number|credit card prefix]]; nevertheless, it is at least ''possible'' for it to be a valid card number because it passes the [[Wikipedia:Luhn algorithm|Luhn algorithm]].
*This email shows a mouse cursor on the Tandy 400, which clearly doesn't have a mouse. However, he could be using the arrow keys on his keyboard.
*Strong Bad only needs to hit backspace on his keyboard a few times to delete two whole lines of text.
*Even though Strong Bad only typed "forward message," the email still made its way to Homestar's inbox.
*There is a website, [http://www.the-coolest-stuff-ever.com www.the-coolest-stuff-ever.com], based on this email. (It was taken down for a while, but was put back up "under new management.")
*The page [[HR:coolest.html|www.homestarrunner.com/coolest.html]] contains a graphic with a [[Robots|robot]] and the words "The Coolest Stuff Ever." The page title is "The_Coolest_Stuff_Ever.COM".
*The total cost, minus shipping and handling if any, of Strong Bad's on-screen purchases is $3,013,500,000 [[Wikipedia:USD|USD]].

===Inside References===

*The first four numbers in Homestar's credit card number is also [[Leomard Sportsinterviews|Lem Sportsinterviews']] PIN, used to access the pack of [[Homsar]] quotes from "[[Downloads]]."

===Cost of "Coolest Stuff Ever"===

<blockquote class="tandy email">
<div style="background-color:green; border:1px solid #3C0; text-align:center">the_coolest_stuff_ever.com</div>
spaceship.....................$3,000,000,000 purchase 
rocket launcher...................$1,000,000 purchase 
killer robot......................$6,000,000 purchase 
200 bean burritos.......................$300 purchase 
robotic dog/shark...................$500,000 purchase 
assorted awesome things..............$30,000 purchase 
golden limousine....................$900,000 purchase 
two-headed cobra.....(seasonal) market price purchase 
bag of money................assorted amounts purchase 
</blockquote>

==External Links==

*[[HR:sbemail12.html|watch "credit card"]]
*[[HR:sbemail12.swf|view the Flash file for "credit card"]]

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