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A Death Defying Decemberween

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 09:36:03 GMT

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[[Image:Death-defying_decemberween_special_screenshot.png‎|thumb|"Death-defying Entertainment!"]]

Homestar plans to sled down a very steep hill on [[Decemberween]], to Strong Bad's jealousy.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|Strong Mad}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|The Announcer}} (voice only)

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Holiday-Themed Set]], [[Basement of the Brothers Strong]], [[Steep Deep]]

'''Date:''' Monday, December 22, 2008

'''Running Time:''' 5:27

'''Page title:''' Hope it's not too...Late!

== Transcript==
''{The title screen, in the style of a needlepoint sampler, appears, with the words "A Death-Defying Decemberween", a helmet, and some holly. Cut to a snow-covered field, where a group of characters is standing, all dressed in winter attire, and adorning a snowman with [[The Stick]]. Strong Bad enters from the side, carrying six mugs of hot chocolate with a few marshmallows inside them.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Hot choco, everyone! Hope it's not too... late! Choco? Late? Choco-late? Huh?

'''BUBS:''' What a cut-up!

'''COACH Z:''' A real ham!

'''STRONG MAD:''' THE FIFTIES!

'''MARZIPAN:''' Thanks, Strong Bad! What a wonderful byproduct of your parole!

''{She takes a cup. Then, Homestar enters from the side.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{angrily}'' Psshft! Whatever! That's not death-defying entertainment, Strong Bad!

'''STRONG BAD:''' But I wasn't talking about... Hot chocolate, I—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's right! This Decemberween, I, homestarrunner.com, will attempt to sled down... The Steep Deep!

''{Cut to a shot of the Steep Deep, a mountain with a slope at an extreme angle}''

'''ALL:''' ''{gasp}''

'''COACH Z:''' The Steep Deep! No one's ever been brave-slash-boneheaded enough to try and conquer that monster!

'''BUBS:''' You'll break your face into an unrecognizable clump!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' No way, dog! No way, Bubs! My face doesn't know the meaning of "unrecognizable clump"!

'''STRONG BAD:''' What about the rest of you?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'll ask them later. ''{leans in toward Strong Bad}'' Just mark your calendars! Pre-game starts at twelve, kickoff's set for 12:30. ''{leaps into the air}'' Death-defying entertainment! ''{"tainment" echoes a few times}''

''{The scene cuts to the title card, now showing an image of Homestar's jump}''

'''ANNOUNCER:''' ''{sounding a little garbled}'' We now return to Homestar Runner's Death-Defying Decemberween Special.

''{Applause. The scene fades into a set for a decorated home. Homestar is playing the piano. He is wearing a yellow cardigan over a shirt and tie, and has a pipe in his mouth. Bubs' arm can be seen through the window, periodically throwing snow}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{takes the pipe out}'' Oh, hi! I didn't see you come in. ''{sets the pipe on the piano}'' Sure is cold out there. Would you like a cup of hot jones? ''{produces a steamy mug of liquid topped with what seems to be whipped cream and red sprinkles and hands it to the viewer's point of view}''

'''AUDIENCE MEMBERS:''' ''{offscreen}'' Oh! Ooh!

'''MAN:''' ''{off screen}'' Hot ''what''?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's better.

''{The camera swings around to the side, revealing Coach Z's arm holding the mug, which quickly moves out of the shot}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{begins walking, and a wall calendar comes into view. It reads: December 24 "The D'weeve, yo!"}'' You know, nothing says "Decemberween" like death-defying entertainment. That's why, this Decemberween, I'm going to attempt to sled down the Steep Deep.

'''AUDIENCE MEMBERS:''' ''{collective gasps}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{ducks down, then pops up closer to the camera}'' I might could die. ''{the audience laughs}''

''{The doorbell rings}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I wonder who that could be.

''{The door swings open, making the set wobble, and revealing Bubs, who is carrying a cardboard box with a bow on it. The audience laughs and cheers as Bubs waves. One of the audience members screams "[[Onion Bubs]]!"}''

'''BUBS:''' Well, hey, Homestar! You didn't tell me you were having a holiday special over tonight!

''{The audience laughs. Homestar and Bubs also fake laughter. Homestar seems annoyed about the joke. Coach Z's arm can now be seen throwing snow outside the window.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Come on in, Bubs. Care to stick around for some soft focus and sparkle filters?

'''BUBS:''' I'd love to! ''{a wreath frames the scene, which goes out of focus and sparkles appear, all accompanied by a small harp strum}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say, Bubs! Say, Bubs! What's in the package?

'''BUBS:''' ''{walks over to the piano, where Homestar is}'' Well, open it up!

''{Homestar takes the box and opens it, pulling out a small sled}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Gee whiz! ''{audience oohs and ahhs}'' A brand new sleddin' board! Just what I needed for the Steep Deep!

'''BUBS:''' And I pre-printed an epitaph on there, ''{camera shows the epitaph on the sled, which reads: "Here Lies Homestar Runner.com Death-Fying Entertainer <strike>and Father of Six</strike>"}'' so it can double as a gravestone in case you don't make it! ''{audience laughs}''

''{Camera zooms in on Homestar, who groans long and loud}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{mouth wiggles}'' Gulp! ''{audience laughs}''

''{Cut to the Brothers' Strong's Basement, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are on the couch in front of the TV}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What a crock-pot full of smaller crock-pots! ''I'' should be the one sitting on a flimsy holiday-themed set on a soundstage promoting ''my'' upcoming daredevilry! ''{dejectedly}'' Stupid conditions of my parole!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{leaps off the couch}'' ''{The Cheat noises}'' ''{begins to walk off}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Where d'you think ''you're'' going?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' A previous engagement? Since when do you talk like that?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rubs his gloves together}'' This is very unsuspicious behavior for The Cheat. Which, of course, makes it ''very'' suspicious! As soon as I finish this cup of hot jones, ''{grabs the mug sitting next to him}'' I'm gonna find out what he's up to. ''{Strong Bad slurps noisily from the mug}'' Oh, ''{smacks lips}'' that's good jones.

''{Iris to a shot at the foot of the Steep Deep at night. Strong Bad sneaks in from the left and ducks behind a bush}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{peers out from behind the bush}'' What the crap?

''{Over-the-shoulder shot from behind Strong Bad, revealing Homestar and The Cheat dumping snow on a mattress}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right, The Cheat. ''{sets shovel down}'' Now, you're sure no one will see this buried here when I sled down?

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Thanks, man. I own you big time for this one. ''{begins shoveling again}''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, The Cheat's helping Homestar the cheat, eh? I wonder what would happen without that mattress there... ''{scratches his chin}'' Hmm...

''{Scene fades out}''

''{Record scratch. Scene immediately brightens}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, wait. Homestar would probably die! I gotta go move it!

''{Scene fades out again}''

''{Another record scratch. Scene immediately brightens again}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I was really wondering for a second there.

''{Scene cuts to the next day, where the crowd is gathered in front of the Steep Deep.}''

'''THE ANNOUNCER:''' ''{voiceover; over loudspeaker}'' Ladies and gentlemen, here he is! ''{cut to a long shot of the Steep Deep, where Homestar is perched precariously on top}'' The man that's about to do a thing! Homestar Runner!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I'm not very good at speeches...! ''{slight echo}''

''{long, expectant pause}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{leans forward and sleds down the hill}'' WAAAAAH! ''{continues screaming throughout}''

''{Silhouetted shot of Homestar sledding down the incline.}''

''{Several rapidly changing shots of a blurry Homestar speeding down the hill, and of the shocked expressions of the crowd. The shots get closer and change more quickly until it cuts back to the silhouetted shot, where Homestar reaches the bottom of the hill, flips 90 degrees, and lands gently, with a small ding. Triumphant fanfare.}''

'''COACH Z:''' ''{waving arms wildly}'' He made it!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{surprised}'' I made it!?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{also surprised}'' He made it?!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{looks around, then gets up}'' ''{angrily}'' The Cheat! What happened to my mattress filled with hammers, broken glass, and candy canes sucked down 'til they're all pointy?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Wait, that mattress was full of danger? Why would you want to land on something like that?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{walking up}'' All right, Homestar! It's time to go to my parents' house for Decemberween brunch!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{dully sarcastic}'' Oh, the joy and the glory. ''{angrily}'' Because I ''safely'' made it down the Steep Deep, ''{dully sarcastic again}'' I get to spend another Decemberween with Mrs. Marzipan and her latest husband.

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{walking away}'' Seth is having some of his philosophy department colleagues over again this year. ''{Homestar hangs his head and walks off with her}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{grinning widely}'' Have fun, Homestar! ''{waves}'' Thanks for the death-defying entertainment! ''{turns to The Cheat}'' I gotta give Homestar credit. Using ridiculously elaborate schemes involving ''{pulls out the pipe}'' bone-curdling injuries to avoid spending time with family ''{the piano backdrop lowers into place}'' is the kind of Decemberween tradition I can get behind. ''{wreath frame appears}'' ''{pulls out a plank of wood with some nails stuck in it}'' Now work me over with this two-by-four before we have to go to Great Gamaw's again. ''{tosses the plank to The Cheat}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}'' ''{rears back with the plank, as the soft focus and sparkle filters reappear with the harp flourish}''

''{cut to a black screen reading "The End." just as the plank hits Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' OW! ''{the audience laughs}''

''{cut to Homestar and Marzipan (partly out of frame) seated in wooden chairs. Homestar is once again wearing his cardigan, shirt and tie, and still wearing the helmet.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{faking laughter}'' Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho. ''{dully sarcastic}'' Brown sweater. ''{holds up the sweater}'' It's like you read my mind. ''{turns}'' And my compliments to the Seth. The food was atrocious.

''{cut back to the "The End." screen, which now also has a "back" button}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Parole|Parole]] is a court-approved early release from prison on certain conditions specified by the court. Violation of these conditions means the person in question is returned to prison to complete their sentence.
*An [[Wikipedia:Epitaph|epitaph]] is a message printed or engraved into a gravestone explaining the person's achievements.
*Homestar's blatantly self-aware holiday special, complete with his affected pipe and sweater, and the soft focus and sparkle filters parodied in this short are a hallmark of the many holiday [[Wikipedia:Variety show|variety shows]] from the 1960s and 1970s, and bears a resemblance to [[Wikipedia:A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!|A Colbert Christmas]], a recent parody of said variety shows.

===Remarks===
*After the sled run, Marzipan says they are going to a brunch, yet Homestar scheduled his sled run at 12:30, around lunchtime.
*Strong Bad's great-grandmother was last mentioned in [[looking old]]; however, she was said to be living in a nursing home and not in her own house, as Strong Bad vaguely suggests.

===Goofs===
*While sledding down the Steep Deep, Homestar Runner appears to be tilting backwards when the screen pans out to a silhouette of the hill, both as he starts to move down the hill and as he lands, although he is seen sitting up in the sled during his multiple high-speed close-ups between the two times that the silhouette of the hill is shown.
*When Homestar Runner is playing the piano at the beginning of the TV show, the notes are going down, but he plays the keys going up.
*The epitaph cannot be seen on the sled after it is shown on the TV show set.
*On the TV show set, Homestar Runner's outfit buttons left side over right, but while presumably wearing the same outfit sitting next to Marzipan at the end of the toon, it buttons right side over left. Men's shirts usually button left side over right.
*After Coach Z pulls the hot jones offscreen during Homestar Runner's televised special, Homestar's jacket shading becomes lighter than the actual jacket.

===Inside References===
*[[Homsar]]'s running noise can be heard when Homestar announces that he is sledding down the Steep Deep.
*Homestar Runner's calendar in his televised special says "The D'weeve, yo!", which is a reference to the calendar in [[Homestar Presents: Presents]].
*At the brunch, Homestar receives a sweater with [[Lack of Visible Arms|sleeves]].
*Homestar Runner and Strong Bad refer to drinking [[jones]], a hot beverage topped with cream with red sprinkles on top.
**The term "hot jones" is a play on "hot cup of joe", a term for [[coffee]].
*Strong Bad's parole implies that he had been in [[jail]] before this cartoon.
*Homestar referring to himself as homestarrunner.com is an instance of [[breaking the fourth wall]].
*Homestar and Strong Bad are shown holding [[Smoking|pipes]].
*Homestar attempts to defy [[death]].
*Homestar's pronunciation of "gulp" is another example of [[spoken sound effects]].
**The way that Homestar Runner says "Gulp!" is reminiscent of [[Fightgar]] also saying "Gulp!" in [[Shopping for Danger]]. Homestar also "gulped" in this manner in [[Date Nite]].
*This is yet another instance of Strong Bad [[Strong Bad Smiling|smiling]].
*Homestar calls Coach Z "[[My Dog|dog]]".
*Coach Z mentions [[ham]].
*Homestar Runner wears brown [[Homestar Runner's Pants|pants]] during his televised Decemberween special.
*Homestar and Marzipan head over to her [[parents]]' house at the end.
*You can hear one of the audience screaming "[[Onion Bubs]]" (a reference to the email [[original]]) when Bubs enters the TV show set.
*The phrase "[[might could]]" was previously seen in [[modeling]].
*Strong Bad saying "So The Cheat is helping Homestar the Cheat" is a reference to [[A Jumping Jack Contest]], where Strong Bad says a similar line.

==External Links==
*[[HR:xmas08.html|watch "A Death-Defying Decemberween"]]
*[[HR:xmas08.swf|view the Flash file for "A Death-Defying Decemeberween"]]
*[[Forum:14958|forum thread re:A Death-Defying Decemberween]]

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TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:11:40 GMT

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It's been a really long time, everyone, how has everyone been?

My life has changed a lot since my last time being here... I've come out as a transitioning transsexual in the recent months, and have gotten back into my obsession with Homestar Runner as a whole.

Here's hoping, I am excepted once again as the same person I've been in the past years.

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*'''Age:''' 16 years old
*'''Location:''' Nova Scotia, Canada
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== Noteworthy Stuff ==

*Number of Sound Effects added to [[Sound Effects]] page: '''5'''
*Created [[Strong Bad's Technology]]. (Originally titled "Strong Bad Being Out-of-Touch with Technology")
*Completed most of [[Duck Guardian One]]'s [[Viidelectrix]] category.
*Created and finished the English [[Subtitles:drivethru/en|subtitles]] for [[Drive-Thru]]

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TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:14:14 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: We now inturrupt this inactivity for an age update.

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[[User:{{PAGENAME}}/Translations|Translations of me User Name!]]

== The Short Start ==

Oh, hello

Greetings one and everyone.

I go by TotalSpaceshipGuy3.

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== Statistics ==
*'''Name:''' Mitchell Couture
*'''Age:''' 14 years old
*'''Location:''' Nova Scotia, Canada
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== Noteworthy Stuff ==

*Number of Sound Effects added to [[Sound Effects]] page: '''5'''
*Created [[Strong Bad's Technology]]. (Originally titled "Strong Bad Being Out-of-Touch with Technology")
*Completed most of [[Duck Guardian One]]'s [[Viidelectrix]] category.
*Created and finished the English [[Subtitles:drivethru/en|subtitles]] for [[Drive-Thru]]

retirement

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:48:08 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Remarks */ You're correct, it's not above him, that essentially makes it not worth noting.

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

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

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

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

'''Dates:'''
:''Part A released (as "retirement"; changed to "retirement A" the next day):'' Monday, October 2, 2006
:''Part B released (as "retirement B"):'' Tuesday, October 3, 2006
:''Parts A and B combined released (as "retirement (combined)"):'' Monday, October 9, 2006
:''Name changed to just "retirement":'' Sunday, October 22, 2006

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

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Five}}

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MARSHIE:''' First prize,—

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

'''MARSHIE:''' —second tries,—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

'''MARSHIE:''' ''{in an irritated and mysterious voice}'' —AND JUST WALK AWAY, ''MOTHER.''
''{Cut to Strong Bad's basement, looking at the ad on the TV. Marshie is next to a bag of Fluffy Puff Marshmallows.}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

<blockquote class="email" style="background:#06bfad;">
<div style="border: 1px solid black; background:none; padding:0; width:22em; margin:auto">
<div style="border: 2px solid white; border-bottom: #999; border-right: #999; background: #CCC; color: black; font-size: 150%; text-align: center; line-height: 125%; margin: 0; padding: 0">
<big>Oh, Child!</big> 
It's the Teal Screen 
of Near Death! (TSoND)
</div></div></blockquote>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{Strong Bad holds up a box of [[Oh No You Dent! Denture Tablets]].}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

''{Cut to Strong Bad.}''

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

==Easter Eggs==
* Click on Strong Bad's diamond when he says he's got a lot of important text files on Lappy's harddrive to see a selection of those files.
<table>
<tr valign="top"><td>
<blockquote style="font-family: monospace">
    clncknmsfrmyslf.txt 
Cool nicknames for myself 
-------------------------- 
Mr. Lewd Comment 1965 
Giantus 
The Fake Frenchman 
<del style="color:red">Light 'n Fluffy</del> NO! 
[[Heaven]] in Tights 
Good Fortunator 
Bicep Lad 
Lebner 
Mighty Legit 
Dabney Coleman's Evil Twin 
Wisewallace 
/got nothin' 
The Detroit Locksmith 
Prudeacre
</blockquote>
</td><td>
<blockquote style="font-family: monospace">
      cldshplog.txt 
 Cloud Shape Spotting Log 
------------------------- 
lightswitch w/no cover 
baseball headed baby 
brown water 
michigan w/2 bites out of it 
smallish elbow 
box of crackers (unopened) 
pestilence 
2 salamanders giving low-5's 
oversized novelty comb 
cheap date 
strong sad's ghost 
uppity maitre d 
strong sad's corpse 
diet pills
</blockquote>
</td></tr><tr><td>
<blockquote style="font-family: monospace">
    ltr2bkrythrftstr.txt 
Letter to Bakery Thrift Store 
------------------------- 
Dear Bakery Thrift Store, 
Whom do you think you are 
fooling? You sell old baked 
goods. The stuff regular 
bakeries throw away. So what 
if a loaf of bread is only 
29 cents? It's old bread. 
Should I start collecting 
roadkill squirrels, glue 
cotton balls to their butts 
and open an 'Aftermarket 
Rabbit Thrift Store?' Oh, 
wait. Yes I should. Thank You 
Bakery Thrift Store. Love, SB
</blockquote>
</td><td valign="bottom">[[Image:Dullard sbemail159a.png|thumb|Horses in IT?]]</td></tr>
</table>

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

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

===Explanations===
[[Image:Tandy400explode.PNG|thumb|"DELETED!"]]
*The explosion following the addition of Mountain Dew and denture tablets to the Tandy 400 is due to the rapid release of carbon dioxide gas from both the carbonated water and the effervescent action of the sodium bicarbonate and citric acid in the tablets, not to be confused with the [[Wikipedia:Mentos eruption|Diet Coke and Mentos]] phenomenon.
*[[Wikipedia:Control-Alt-Delete|Control-Alt-Delete]] is a computer keyboard command on [[Wikipedia:IBM PC compatible|IBM PC compatible]] systems that can be used to close programs or reboot the computer.
*A [[Wikipedia:Hushpuppy|hushpuppy]] is a deep-fried ball of cornmeal commonly eaten in the southern United States.
*Putting a magnet too close to a computer can damage the data stored on [[Wikipedia:Magnetic storage|magnetic storage]], such as [[Wikipedia:Hard disk|hard disks]].
*Structures or people are called the [[Wikipedia:Eighth Wonder of the World|Eighth Wonder of the World]] in order to liken their perceived greatness to the [[Wikipedia:Seven Wonders of the World|Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]].
*[[Wikipedia:Leviathan|Leviathan]] is the name of a sea-monster (perhaps a crocodile) mentioned several times in the [[Wikipedia:Old Testament|Old Testament]]. The word "leviathan" is often used to refer to any large monster or creature.
*[[Wikipedia:Pesto|Pesto]] is an Italian sauce frequently served over pasta. While many variations exist, in its classic form it is made of basil, parsley, pignoli [peen-yole-ee] (pine nuts), extra virgin olive oil, and pecorino-romano cheese, and requires no cooking.
* Strong Sad is dressed as a [[Wikipedia:Bearded Lady|Bearded Lady]].

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

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

[[Image:End 159.PNG|thumb|Slightly less shotgunned]]
*The hole in the Compy is smaller here than it was at the end of [[virus]], making it possible to fit a token amount of legible text onto the screen.
*In the start of the second part, the Compy starts off in "automatic hole format" but when Strong Bad starts typing his reply, some of the written text does not appear on the Compy's screen.
*Strong Mad appears to have no tongue or tonsils.
*Apparently, the cog inside the Compy processes text, yet it was shown spinning while broken at the end of [[virus]].
*The sounds of the fleas on The Cheat sound a lot like The King of Town and Strong Bad's voices sped up when they are saying "Lalalalalala".
*The Paper doesn't have a link to Strong Bad's email address.
*[[The Virus|The viruses]] in the Compy, which affected the outside world in [[virus]], do not return for this email. It seems the shotgun was effective in cleaning the viruses.
*The email checked with the Tandy uses the animation style that was used in emails prior to [[brianrietta]], where Strong Bad's mouth moves as opposed to his head.
**The sound effect of the keyboard is also the same as that used in those emails.
*Neither the plug socket or the Compy's cord appear during the Compy email.
*The Lappy's wall adapter is beige here, but it is black in [[isp]].

===Goofs===
*When the camera zooms in on the box of the King of Town's fizzy denture tablets, the green lines on the Tandy aren't moving.
*Right after Strong Bad deletes the Tandy email, and is about to swing the pickaxe into the keyboard, for a split second, you can hear Homestar saying "deleted", but his mouth doesn't appear to move.
*There is no electrical outlet under the table while Strong Bad is using the Compy.
*While zoomed in on the Compy, Strong Bad's reflection appears over some of the cracks in the Compy's screen.
*For about two frames, around when Strong Bad swings the pickaxe into the keyboard, the green on the Tandy's screen is out of position.
*While the Tandy and Compy are holding the magnet over the Lappy, The Tandy's green lines aren't visible.

===Inside References===
*This email follows directly from [[cliffhangers]], where Strong Bad's computer was kidnapped at the end of the email. The dramatic "cliffhanger resolution" music is reused from that email as well. Strong Bad's closing remarks are directed toward Jake, who sent the email featured in cliffhangers.
**Marshie saying "who you think done it" is a reference to an Easter egg in cliffhangers, in which Homestar says "You know who I think done it?"
*This is another appearance of [[index cards]] on the site.
*The phrase "Slink off to Bubs'" is a reference to the spamvertisement Easter egg at the end of [[unused emails]], which stated, "Slink on over to Bubs' Concession Stand..."
*"Now, let's check emails like it was the deuce double-aught dweice!" most likely refers to the fact that in 2002 Strong Bad last checked an email with the Tandy and first checked an email with the Compy.
*The position of Strong Bad's head in front of the Tandy, his reflected mouth on the Tandy's screen, and his lack of head movement are references to his early emails.
*"Number 119, a-deleted" may be a reference to Email #119 ([[animal]]) in which Strong Bad first got the Lappy. It could also mean the number of emails that have passed since the Tandy's previous role in checking an email in Email #40 ([[vacation]]), or it could be coincidental.
*Two of the items on Strong Bad's Cloud Shape Spotting Log ("strong sad's ghost" and "strong sad's corpse") refer to [[Death#Strong Sad|Strong Sad's imagined death]].
*Homestar pouring [[Mountain Dew]] into the Tandy is a reference to [[anything]], in which he poured Mountain Dew onto the Compy.
*Strong Bad makes Homsar's walking noise and skitters around like him when he notices the Lappy's cord and is frantically pacing around.
*The Cheat was previously compared with an anvil in [[huttah!]].
*The skeleton image on the Compy's computer is from [[Peasant's Quest]].
*Marzipan's curtain contains another case of [[Lowercase i's]].
*The picture on Strong Mad's curtain resembles the [[Strong Man]]. Interestingly, although the figure in the picture is wearing the Strong Man's outfit, Strong Mad's costume consists of only a loincloth.
*The word "[[soolnds]]", the name that Strong Sad has given his feet, was previously used in [[Strong Sad's Lament]].
*The King of Town's stage name "Clogdor" is written in the same [[font]] as [[Trogdor]]'s name on the official T-shirts. (And obviously "Clogdor" is a play on words of "Trogdor".)

===Real-World References===
*When Strong Bad is on the couch, there is a brand of chips called "Flavoured Triangles". This could be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Doritos|Doritos]] or other tortilla corn chips which are triangle-shaped.
*The winged buffalo references the [[Wikipedia:Buffalo Wild Wings|Buffalo Wild Wings]] mascot.
*The [[Wikipedia:Teal (color)|Teal]] Screen of Near Death is a reference to the various colored [[Wikipedia:Category:Screens of death|Screens of death]] used by computer operating systems to indicate serious system errors. The [[Compy 386]] has been seen to have its own [[Wikipedia:Blue Screen of Death|Blue Screen of Death]] (the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning|Flagrant System Error]]) on more than one occasion.
*[[Wikipedia:Dabney Coleman|Dabney Coleman]] is an actor most known for his role in the films ''[[Wikipedia:Nine to Five|Nine to Five]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Tootsie|Tootsie]]''.
*Strong Bad scrambling back and forth underneath the Lappy's cord may be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Donkey Kong 3|Donkey Kong 3]], while the music is reminiscent of the game [[Wikipedia:Super Mario Bros. 2|Super Mario Bros. 2]], when the player is fighting a boss.
*[[Wikipedia:Slick Rick|Slick Rick]] was a popular hip-hop artist of the late 1980's and early 1990's.
*"/got nothin'" in the text files is a reference to [[Wikipedia:Fark.com|Fark.com]], where people often end their posts with that remark.
*Homestar pouring Mountain Dew onto the carpet after the destruction of the Tandy may be a reference to the practice of pouring [[Wikipedia:libation|libations]] on the ground to honor the dead. In Strong Bad's case, it can also be used to honor those [[video games|sent up the river]].
*"If it'll save the orphanage..." is most likely a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:The Blues Brothers|The Blues Brothers]]'', in which the brothers put their old band back together in order to save the orphanage in which they were raised.
*Strong Bad's contracted naming of files refers to names often given to files due to [[Wikipedia:8.3|8.3]] naming restrictions present in older [[Wikipedia:File Allocation Table|FAT]] filesystems, although his file names would be too long for these rules.
*"Just walk away, mother" is a reference to the movie ''[[Wikipedia: Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]''. Also, the painting seen when Marshie delivers this line is drawn similarly to the caricature of [[Wikipedia:Alfred Hitchcock|Alfred Hitchcock]] seen at the start of his television program, ''[[Wikipedia:Alfred Hitchcock Presents|Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]''.
*The [[Wikipedia:Dust Bowl|Dust Bowl]] was a series of dust storms caused by poor farming techniques that ravaged the central United States and Canada from 1934 to 1939. Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced.
*The graphics for the Fluffy Puff Marshmallows My Lappy Got Stole! Sweepstakes resemble those used for the 1995 [[Wikipedia:Simpsons|Simpsons]] episode [[Wikipedia:Who Shot Mr. Burns?|Who Shot Mr. Burns?]] contest sponsored by 1-800-COLLECT. That contest also featured silhouettes of the main characters with big question marks over each one, while a voiceover told viewers where to send in their guesses of the guilty party's identity in order to win the grand prize (being animated into an upcoming episode).
*The "horses in IT" joke could be a reference to the British comedy series [[Wikipedia:Little Britain|Little Britain]], which contained a sketch set in a computer shop featuring a [[Wikipedia:horse whisperer|horse whisperer]] asking a horse how to fix a problem with installing Windows XP.



===Fast Forward===

*Strong Bad would pronounce L's in a similar way in [[hygiene]]

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

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

'''MIKE:''' All right.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strap yourselves in, boys.

'''MIKE:''' This is a really long email, so we’re gonna have to do it in shifts, all right?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay. I’ll, I’ll take sh...

'''MIKE:''' You take the first shift. Go, Strong Bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' First, okay. Uhh, man. That’s disgusting! ''{Mike laughs}'' That’s the nastiest thing I’ve ever seen. Although I would love to win one of those metal detectors. I always wanted to win one of those, from the video game shows.

'''MIKE:''' That’s every kid’s dream.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. A metal detector would make you rich. ''{pause}'' You think Marshie’s got some issues...

'''MIKE:''' With his mom?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. Like, every time we see him, w-we see him with more issues than before. ''{pause}'' Uh... this was... this was great, you guys. I felt... uh, you know, it was a good way to wallow in your own sorrows.

'''MIKE:''' Did you really eat all that?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, empty. Dead soldiers, I call them. ''{Mike laughs}'' ''{pause}'' So, I had to mix up my own batch to get all those flavors in one, in one chip.

'''MIKE:''' I’ve always thought they should have a mixed bag of, uh, chips. Doritos.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ah, a trail mix! Suicide!

'''MIKE:''' Kamikaze.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Exactly. Yeah. ''{pause}'' Um, so this, yeah, I was freaked out, you guys.

'''MIKE:''' I can tell by your dance right there.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, look at that. I don’t do that very often. I’m usually pretty poised, I, like... uh, I got a swagger about me. ''{pause}'' So can magnets still really do damage to computers, and hard drives, you guys?

'''MIKE:''' I hope not.

'''STRONG BAD:''' If I take a 5¼-inch disc and put a magnet on it, is it gonna erase the data? Like all of them, remember, they had those pictures that told you not to do it and be like, a sad disc, and it’d be like, "No! Don’t do it, magnet!" And the magnet would be erasing all your files.

'''MIKE:''' So was this awkward, Strong Bad? Is it like hanging out with ex-girlfriend... your current girlfriend and your ex-girlfriends? ''{unintelligible over Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Absolutely. It was... it was weird.

'''MIKE:''' Like you were afraid one of the other computers was gonna ''say'' something?

'''RYAN:''' Or become friends. ''{Mike laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. It’s a good thing The Paper showed up; it was about to get weird. You know where it’d be like, "Oh, you remember that time Lappy, we went to a movie?" And then the Compy’d be like, "No that was ME. WE went to that movie." And like, "Oh, crap, I totally..." you know...

'''MIKE:''' Best just keep your mouth shut in that situation.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, yeah.

'''MIKE:''' Don’t risk it.

''{In the email, the Tandy lowers the magnet}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' OH, CHILD! ''{Mike laughs}'' Um, so th-this was even worse. ''{stutters}'' You guys have no idea what it’s like to work, have to work with broken computers. Especially one that has a big hole through it. ''{slight pause}'' Yeah, those guys don’t know anything about my slang. That was a good slang.

'''MIKE:''' So is it, uh...

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whose shift is it now, guys? C’mon...

'''MIKE:''' Ryan, step up! Ryan, step up!

'''RYAN:''' All right. You can say, ''{stutters}'' you can say the computer still works.

'''MIKE:''' Surprising.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I thought it was in the garbage.

'''MIKE:''' That was the last time we saw it, I think.

'''STRONG BAD:''' The King of Town tried to use it one time.

'''MIKE:''' Seems like the only thing that’s really happened is that the, uh, text kinda flickers a little bit every once in a while now.

'''RYAN:''' It really isn’t so bad.

'''STRONG BAD:''' It’s better than Mike’s computer! ''{unintelligible over laughing}'' ''{Mike and Ryan laugh}''

'''MIKE:''' I used to have to stuff paper in the ram... ram slot.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I totally sold out these guys. The Mountain Dew.

'''MIKE:''' Oh No You Dent. ''{laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh NO You Dent! ''{slight pause}'' Now I turned on my Auto Reader on my voice. I can project like the old Romans. ''{In the email, Strong Bad swings the pickaxe into the keyboard and the computer explodes.}'' Where did I put that pickaxe? That thing’s awesome.

'''MIKE:''' You didn’t even hit the deleted key with it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You don’t know where it is. You have to hold a couple buttons down...

'''MIKE:''' It doesn’t really matter.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' ...to have "Deleted" happen.

'''MIKE:''' Oh, okay.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Gee, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Control alt... two?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Maybe. Control alt wherever I hit with the pickaxe. So this is the second half, right? These were released two days in a row!

'''MIKE:''' That’s right.

'''RYAN:''' I like that the words... finish on the other side.

'''MIKE:''' Auto hole formatting.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. There’s a lot of auto formatting that goes on in my universe.

'''MIKE:''' The computer’s pretty smart for giant... giant gaping holes. ''{Ryan laughs}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That’s true. ''{pause}'' I am a no-joke. I am very serious. Right? ''{In the email, the curtain opens to reveal the Amazing Feats of Wonder}'' So this, uh, this operation was pretty good. We made a lot of money...

'''MIKE:''' Of, uh, Amazing Feats of Wonder?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' ...and two friends.

'''MIKE:''' Who’d you make friends with?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Um, Roman?

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughing}'' Roman?

'''STRONG BAD:''' There’s a guy named Roman.

'''MIKE:''' Okay.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{rolling his R}'' And Rink.

'''MIKE:''' Roman and Rink.

'''RYAN:''' Rink?

'''MIKE:''' Were they friends with each other?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Rink was a ferret. ''{Mike and Ryan laugh}'' It was Roman’s ferret. ''{In the email, Marzipan twists her head}'' OHH! That, I, oh, that’s disgusting. And that’s even more disgusting.

'''MIKE:''' What happened there?

'''STRONG BAD:''' You don’t wanna see the King of Town’s act. ''{Mike laughs}'' It’s questionable things. It’s like that sideshow that went on tour with the Lollapaloozas.

'''MIKE:''' Jim Rhodes?

'''RYAN:''' Jim Rhodes?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Jim Rhome’s sideshow, or stock sideshow. Look at that. Who needs a flea circus? ''{slight pause}'' That’s disgusting. This makes me question a lot of things, looking at that guy. And this is pretty disturbing, too, those leopard pants he’s wearing.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, I like Strong Mad without his singlet on.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah. ''{pause}'' That’s pretty amazing, he can do that with his mouth though. That’s pretty cool. ''{In the email, the curtain opens up to reveal the Lappy}'' Say, whose shift? Mike’s shift.

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' All right, my shift, my shift. I’m gonna take it down, on the, on the, what to they call the last leg?

'''STRONG BAD:''' The shift is on.

'''MIKE:''' The anchor. I’m the anchor. All right. Uh, so I hope your battery’s charged, ‘cuz I’m finally taking you out...

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Don’t read it!

'''MIKE:''' ''{rapidly}'' I can’t think of anything else to say, I’m just going on with the ''{unintelligible}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{unintelligible}''

'''MIKE:''' Look at that background. I started doing these kinda different backgrounds a few months ago, Strong Bad, for the silhouette scenes, instead of just the usual yellow.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{simultaneously}'' They’re beautiful. They’re beautiful.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' They’re boot-iful. I’m gonna do my Strong Bad impression. What do you think of that?

'''STRONG BAD:''' Great.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' Now, listen to me, you little man. Russell man.

'''STRONG BAD:''' That sounded great, Mike.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' Thanks, man.

'''STRONG BAD:''' You’re doing really good.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' I know.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Why don’t you take over.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' I’ll do it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' From now on.

'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' I can do it.

'''STRONG BAD:''' My doses.

{{sectionstub}}

===Fun Facts===
*The King of Town used the Tandy 400 in the April Fool's special [[King of Town Email]].

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

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Talk:Single Episode Running Gags

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 01:03:09 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3:

{{tbd}}
C'mon, is this really necessary? --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 18:40, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
:This defies the definition of a running gag. A running gag re-appears throughout the work, not just in a single episode. '''Delete'''{{User:Loafing/sig}} 21:12, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
'''''WHHHAAATT?!!!''''' This does '''NOT''' "defy" anything. This is a wonderful idea. There have been many running gags in one toon! I honestly think this is being '''too''' picky. If you can tell me on my talk page THREE '''''GOOD''''' reasons why this should go than you can sway my decision. For now it is '''KEEP'''. {{User:SantanaHomerunner/sig}}
:No one but you mentioned defiling. It ''defies'' —contradicts—the definition of a running gag. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 01:51, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
::The thought of a running gag only spanning 1 episode despite that specific "3 toons to count" rule makes my [[More Fan Costumes|brain split]]. '''Delete.''' [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 03:39, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
:::I did say defy. And, I have decided on something. What if I copied everything off of this page to a page such as just [[Single Toon Gags]] because it seems to be the title that bugs you guys. {{User:SantanaHomerunner/sig}}
::::First of all, you did [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Single_Episode_Running_Gags&diff=prev&oldid=482064 originally] say "defile". Secondly, I don't think changing the title is gonna change anyone's mind. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 22:35, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
:::::I think what santanahomerunner is saying is right, the page makes sense, but i don't think it should be classified as a running gag.--{{User:Kanjiro/sig}} 22:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
::::::I have an idea! I think we should do something totally different, we should put a new categorie in the toon that has the gag and call it '''Gags'''. It could be placed right above fast forward and it would make everybody happy! We would just put what ever gag that the toon has under there, and we could put whatever running gag it has there. I hope this works, because i'm out of ideas. --{{User:Kanjiro/sig}} 22:54, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
:::::::When someone gives me the okay, i'm going to start work on it.--{{User:Kanjiro/sig}} 23:16, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
::::::::It's a wiki, you can edit any article always. If you can make it work, then by all means, do. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 01:03, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

User talk:Loafing

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:11:11 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* With lack of a better title... */

{{User:Loafing/Archive}}

== Hall of fame edit summaries ==

here's one that's very funny when taken out of context: http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Homestar_Runner&diff=439985&oldid=439982&rcid=392035 [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 21:53, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
:Nice one. Not quite HoF material, though ;-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 22:26, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
::Holy gorsh! I need to be paying more attention to what I put in my edit summaries! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 00:27, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
:::Nah matt man, it's all good. It's just when i saw it in RC all i saw was that and started cracking up. [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 01:53, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

What about this one? [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk:Prawns&curid=17450&diff=445668&oldid=445443&rcid=397826 (→Merge - and I like reruns of Arrested Development on TV ... er, I mean... reply!)]
:Yes, I saw that. Maybe if I liked that show too ;-) Keep try.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 02:47, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Scoreboard&curid=23141&diff=456718&oldid=456715 here's one by Jay] that I thought was cool. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 22:12, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

==YAY!==
I'm finally on your Hall of Fame. It isn't exactly me, but... heck yes!! --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 21:37, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
:{{pl|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Cool_Tapes&diff=445285&oldid=445278 Nope!}} You're absolutely right. That's what I get for editing at 7:44am running on little to no sleep. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 15:03, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

==That Loafing==
That Loafing is a computer genius man. [[User:Flashfight|Flashfight]]
:He sure is ;-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 02:47, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

== Hey Loafing... ==

Is it o.k. if I borrow the idea of the hall of fame, but instead use talk page quotes? --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 16:01, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
:Sure, no probalo ^_^{{User:Loafing/sig}} 21:41, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

== Thanks for the invite ==

In reference to [[User_talk:72.205.55.200 | the comment you left]] - Invitation accepted :) - Looking forward to working more on the subtitles project {{User:Nebulon/sig}} 07:56, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

:You're very welcome. And welcome to the wiki (again)! I'm glad you joined. And great sig! :-) {{User:Loafing/sig}} 08:07, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

== Name....? ==

Hey, it's me. I was wondering if I could possibly change my name on here. I know if I [[montage|creat]] a second accound, it would be considered sockpuppetry. I decided to come to you, one of the many sysops on this wiki and ask if I could change my name. Please get back to me. -{{User:Cool Tapes.exe/sig}} 
PS: Post the reply on my talk page. Thanks!

== Why? ==

Why do you keep deleting my welcome post on Kittyslasher's talk page? I'm just trying to help. {{User:Homestarmy Commando1/sig}}
:I can answer that. He is vandal and we don't welcome vandals. I welcomed a few vandals not even knowing that they were already vandals. Please see the block log or on the deletion log if you want to see if you welcome a vandal. {{User:Sam the Man/sig}}
:Ah, I was just about to post on your talk page. I'm sorry, but that particular user is a vandal who has been blocked from editing forever. I do appreciate that you welcome new users, and I do know that it's confusing that some users should not actually be welcomed. I had the same problem when I started! Only very few users are vandals, and it's usually safe to welcome everybody. If you see that a new user has not been welcomed for quite a while (maybe an hour or longer), then you might want to check [[Special:Log/block]] to see if he or she has been blocked. Don't let this spoil your mood, it's no big deal! :-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 13:34, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks a LOT, guys. I had no idea that guy was a vandal. {{User:Homestarmy Commando1/sig}}

== Pfargtl pic. ==

Thanks for uploading a better one. I was trying to do five things at once on the toon's article and the screenshot was one too many, I think.{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 10:42, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
:Hey no worries. You actually beat me to the image by a few seconds. I was in the process of uploading a screenshot of the "DVD menu", but your idea was better ;-) Good jorb with the transcript(s)!{{User:Loafing/sig}} 10:44, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks. This one wasn't too hard. It's so short.{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 10:48, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

== revert ==

I don't understand. My comment re: the VA Tech tragedy was sincere.{{User:Bryanc/sig}} 04:14, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
:Yes, I'm sure it was. It's just that you're already the second editor to mix up '''Georgia''' and '''Virginia'''. ;-) And apart from that, it's not quite article talk page appropriate, as the talk page is for discussing article content. Keep on tranglin'! {{User:Loafing/sig}} 04:16, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
:At least you're not the only one Byanc! {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 20:28, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

== Subpages ==

Loafing, I've seen other people make subpages that I don't think fit the H*R Wiki and they never get deleted. Do you think many admins just never notice or that I'm wrong about the Wiki policy. (Also, I might not do TODs anymore. I can't think of many good ones.) {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 00:42, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
:That is a very good point. There are many subpages that really shouldn't be there according to our policy, and I have been meaning to bring this up for a while now. It's just a lot of work, and so I've so far concentrated mainly on new subpages. And really, only policing subpages is no fun, so I'm mostly doing other things, as I guess most other users will do, too. Apart from that, I like Trey's response on your talk page, and his post [[HRWiki_talk:User_space#Uploaded_images_subpages|here]], which must have been inspired by your question. And hey, you might have a good idea for another TOD tomorrow or next week. Never say never ;-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 01:36, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

==i has a deletion==
Hey Loafing. I was wondering if you can delete my "i has a crayon" personal image on my userpage. Instead of that, I am doing a Nintendo challenge like Trey. (with permission) So, if you could do that for me, it would make me happy. ;-) Keep on tranglin, {{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 02:42, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
:I has a deletion!{{User:Loafing/sig}} 02:43, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
::Thanks man. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 02:45, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

== It's a new drill! ==

[[Image:bellybutton.PNG|thumb|Oh, awesome!]]
Happy birthday! Here's a drill. Keep on doin' great stuff for the wiki and vanquishing that thesis! {{User:Trey56/sig}} 23:56, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
[[Image:50cake.PNG|thumb|left|Threw it at Strong Sad, but it's still good]]
:Yeah, Happy B-Day Loafing. I get to say Happy birthday to you all day. {{User:Sam the Man/sig}} 23:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::''Note to self: Loafing doesn't suck.'' Happy birfday, Loafing! Keep on doing that sysop thing... that you do... {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 00:06, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Happy Birthday Loafing! Happy Birthday! Okay that wasn't very original. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 00:45, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
::::Happy Birthday Loafing! May you always keep helping me out with all the stuff I don't know! {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 00:49, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:::::Awww, thanks a lot, you guys. Hmmm, a power drill and a cake... the plausibilities are endless!{{User:Loafing/sig}} 03:37, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
::::::Happy birthday, man! I wish you that your New-Zealand gravity boots won't fail you and you won't fall from the earth for a whole year! :) {{User:E.L. Cool/sig}} 04:06, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:::::::Happy Loafday. Have a time! {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 09:05, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

== Pumpkin Carve-nival ==

Did you think that was a legit idea to make the transcript more accurate? Please reply at [[Talk: Pumpkin Carve-nival#Strong Bad as Homestar]]. Sorry if this annoys you; I am not intending to. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 22:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:If you don't know I was referring to the quotation mark thing. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 22:29, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

== Did you just... ==

The n00bity of this question is intense, but did you just...block yourself? It's been a long time since I've seen a vandal blocked, but it DOES say that Loafing blocked "User:Loafing" with an expiry time of infinite...{{User:Ten Ten/sig}} 22:51, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
:Yes, I've been suspicious of that Loafing guy for quite a while. He's a shady fella. Or maybe I was distracted and clicked the wrong link. History will decide! ;-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 22:53, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
::I'm gonna find some way to preserve that for posterity, maybe even prosperity.{{User:Ten Ten/sig}} 22:55, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
:::So then I grabbed <strike>the Blue Laser</strike> Loafing by his collar and said, "You betta block yourself!"--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 05:48, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
::::[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&page=User:Loafing He]'s [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&page=User:DorianGray not] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&page=User:FireBird the] [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&page=User:Trey56 first] to hit the wrong button accidentally... (or [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=block&page=User:Thunderbird_L17 intentionally]...) and he won't be the last. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 06:18, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

== DELETED ==

I don't want this [[User:Homestar-winner/navbar|navbar]] for my user page anymore. Could you delort it? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 10:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:Sure. It's still [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Special:Whatlinkshere/User:Homestar-winner/navbar used] on your user page and your talk page, though! Are you sure you want me to delete it immediately? Also, a tip for the future: if you want one of your subpages to be deleted, put <nowiki>{{delete|No longer needed}}</nowiki> at the top, and it will soon be deleted by a sysop. So, just let me know if it's really OK to go ahead, and I'll delort it! Oh, and keep up the good work on the wiki! :-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 11:40, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
::[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Homestar-winner&diff=466971&oldid=466417 Done] and [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User_talk:Homestar-winner&diff=466972&oldid=465752 done]! Thanks Loafing! {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 11:59, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
:::No probalo!{{User:Loafing/sig}} 19:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

== Png guy checks talk page ==

<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>
subject: Optimizing PNGs</div>
Png Guy 
Welcome to the Homestar Runner Wiki 
Good jorb with optimizing those PNGs! 
Which tool are you using? 
 
{{User:Loafing/sig}} 09:17, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
</blockquote>

'''PNG GUY:''' I use an exe called PNGOUT[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pngout] which was created by the Ken Silverman, creator of the Build engine used in Duke Nukem 3D, amongst other games. PNGOUT is excellent at optimizing PNGs if you use the right settings. Unfortunately, it doesn't check EVERY possible combination of settings for the smallest file size. That part I have to do myself. Well, there's your answer. [[User:Png guy|Png guy]] 03:05, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks for the reply, that's really a cool tool. I've just tried it with [http://brh.numbera.com/software/pnggauntlet/ PNGGauntlet], which tries out a set of combinations to find the best one. Oh, and usually, you should just reply on your talk page. Normally, I;d move this discussion back to your page now, but the "checks talk page" idea is so cool, i'm'a gonna go ahead and not touch it ;-){{User:Loafing/sig}} 04:08, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

== Welcoming ==

Uhh... sorry for constantly questioning you sysops... but why didn't [[User:Schaedenfreud82|this guy]]'s [[User talk:Schaedenfreud82|talk page]] have the automated
welcoming tips and you welcomed him instead? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 11:39, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
:He/she [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Schaedenfreud82 joined] in March, nearly two months before we started doing the automated tips. So <s>someone from</s> the welcoming committee must have overlooked him.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 11:44, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

== One heck of a guy ==
<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>
subject: One heck of a guy</div>
Loafing 
You are one heck of a guy 
being one of the best sysops on HRWiki 
thank you for being so cool, 
 
{{user:Thewi2kbug/sig}} 01:31, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
</blockquote>

==Well okay then==
My plan was to make an account that you or any other sysop could use to block people so people couldn't flame ypu whwn you blocked them[[User:Zorc|Zorc]] 00:30, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
:Did what ya said on my talk page Hopefully you can't read french cause BAISE![[User:Zorc|Zorc]] 00:34, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
::Oh come on respond already!

== Talk pic ==

How do you get a pic for your Talk button thing? I guess I never really learned when everybody started doing it on here.
Yours is a loaf of bread. That's what I'm talking about. [[User:Sanjuro|Sanjuro]] 16:57, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

== Thanks ==

Thank you for fixing my user boxes and responding to my comment on[[Talk:Inkhole Interview]][[User:Randomnerd10|Randomnerd10]] 19:32, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

== With lack of a better title... ==
Since you are always voting '''delete''' on my articles.(The bad ones, at least.) I figured you would know what a necessary or unnecessary one would be. Anyways, should I make [[Squinting]] on account of Strong Bad doing so to read long or unclear words. {{User:SantanaHomerunner/sig}}
:I'm gunna go ahead and give my two cents. Squinting is a natural function of the human body when reading long or unclear words, therefore, I don't think it merits a page. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 22:11, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Website Sightings

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:44:05 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: That's reaching pretty far.

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== The 2004 Cartoonist's Choice Awards ==
[[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] won in the Best Use of Flash category at [http://www.ccawards.com/2004.htm "The 2004 Cartoonist's Choice Awards"]

==The $39 Experiment==
On a site called [http://www.the39dollarexperiment.com The $39 Experiment] a man named Tom Locke sent 100 letters to 100 companies asking for free stuff. In [http://www.the39dollarexperiment.com/march15.htm one letter] to "Del Monte Pet Products" Tom claims that he has a dog named [[Li'l Brudder]].
== 8-Bit Theater ==
*In [http://www.nuklearpower.com/redmage21.php Twinkin' out with RedMage 21:Errata!], a once-weekly advice column, a reader inquires: "How does strong bad type with boxing gloves"


== 8BitJoystick.com ==
In [http://www.8bitjoystick.com/archives/jake_how_to_burn_xbox_games_and_copy_protected_cds.php this article] about how to literally burn CDs, the author notes to "burn it properly like Trogdor burninates the peasants."

== Addicting Games ==
*[http://www.addictinggames.com The site] features [[Stinkoman 20X6]] and [[TROGDOR!]]
*[[Awexome Cross]] and [[Population: Tire]] were on the site before it was redesigned.
*In the game [http://www.addictinggames.com/trackmaster.html Track Master], if you get a good score it says good jorb.
*In the game [http://www.http://www.addictinggames.com/slacker2.html Slacker 2], after you beat the game there is an epilogue, and if you zoom in on Slacker's nametag, it has a picture of [[Homestar Runner]].
* In the game [http://www.addictinggames.com/scribble2.html Scribble 2], Level 17 you draw an arrow, and the description reads "Arrow'd."
* In The game [http://www.addictinggames.com/dressupbarack.html Dress Up Barack], of the things you can put on Barack Obama, a Strong Bad Mask and Boxing Gloves are avalible. If you enter this code then you will see Barack as Strong Bad: {d:5013,c:hat,y:0.849999999999994,x:29.7,mc:hat009},{d:4011,c:glasses,y:209.75,x:-8.19999999999999,mc:glasses009},{d:4012,c:glasses,y:208,x:91.85,mc:glasses008},{f:2,mc:_level0.background_mc},{d:2007,c:pants,y:196.65,x:27.55,mc:pants005}
*For the game Terrascape, when it was displayed in the new features, it said "Do you fight for good, or awesome?".

== All Your Base parody list ==
The [http://tmst.twu.net/ayb/ayb.htm TmsT Zero Wing Parodies Emporium] features "[http://tmst.twu.net/ayb/allyourstrongbad.htm All Your HomeStarRunner are belong to Trogdor]".

== The Andy Milonakis Show website (MTV2) ==
[http://www.mtv2.com/#andymilonakis The website] for this show has the marshmallow [[Wallpaper]] on the background of Videos, Photos, Episodes, Cast, and Shop.

==Animalxing.com==
*On the [http://www.animalxing.com/patternsv3/textures.php Textures] page, They have many Homestar related designs such as Homestar, Strong Bad, The Cheat, etc. that can be found by typing in the search box.
*An image of [[Strong Bad]] to be used on the Animal Crossing cat, Blanca, appears [http://www.animalxing.com/blanca_ah.php here.]

== Atari Age ==
At [http://www.atariage.com this site], someone hacked the Atari "Donkey Kong" game. Player, Enemy, and Object sprites have been changed to resemble characters from Homestar Runner. [http://www.atariage.com/hack_page.html?SystemID=2600&SoftwareHackID=186 You can find it here].

== BB-Spot-''Which website are you?'' ==
In the [http://www.bbspot.com/News/2005/02/website_quiz.php website personality test] at www.bbspot.com, one of the [http://bbspot.com/News/2005/02/website_quiz_all.html possible answers] you can get is [[homestarrunner.com]].

== Best Page In The Universe ==
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In [http://maddox.xmission.com/aliens.html one article], Maddox rants about the amount of emails he gets, and remarks "I know there are other big websites out there that generate a lot of email (my sympathies to the Chapman brothers)". This must mean he is aware of homestarrunner.com, and according to his book signing tour in 2006, he likes Strong Bad.

==Brooks TV==
* Homestar can be seen in the bottom left panel in ''[http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6577/brookstvcspg10ky.gif this]'' comic.
* The main character, Brooks, kills Strong Bad by order of Homestar in a comic which can be seen [http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/35785234/?qo=18&q=by%3Abrooxweb+sort%3Atime+-in%3Ascraps here].
* In [http://btv.porplemontage.com/strips/BTV_STRIP_bighead.gif this] comic, Brooks mentions Butt IQ when answering fan mail.

== Bryan Waterman Interview ==
Bryan Waterman, who does the series "''[http://www.watermanstudios.com Waterman]''" had an interview and he mentioned the best internet cartoon was Homestar Runner:
<blockquote>
:''Who is your favorite flash movie artist or flash artists if you have more than one? What are some of your favorite flash movie series?''

:'''BRYAN WATERMAN:''' Above all else Homestar Runner not only do I love the cartoon, Mike and Matt are two good friends of mine. Bonus Stage is another one I really like and I do look forward to Joseph's animations.
</blockquote>
[http://www.medaverse.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=2&page=2 See It Here]

== Burning Sand ==
A Trogdor icon was made in the Burning Sand thread in the Falling Sand Game Forum. You can find the page that displays the icon [http://fallingsandgame.com/viewtopic.php?t=3431&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=210 '''here'''] and you can download the most recent version of Burning Sand [http://siebn.de/index.php?page=burningsand/download here].

== Charm City Cakes ==
At [http://www.charmcitycakes.com/ Charm City Cakes] one of the cakes in the Kids Stuffs page is titled "Trogdor". The cake, however, does not resemble Trogdor at all.

== Charlie Clay And The Clay Crew ==
At [http://www.freewebs.com/charlieclay/ this site] created by [http://www.freewebs.com/tehcartoonistproductions/ Teh Cartoonist Productions], all of Season 1's episodes contain Homestar cameos.

[http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=1/2209220516.gif&s=x4 Episode 1] A Trogdor arcade game can be seen behind the Sonic arcade game that the crew is playing.

[http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=1/2209253732.gif&s=x4 Episode 2] The crew finds a gray monster, but when they put the flashlight on it, they find out it is actually Homestar and he helps them get their power back.

[http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=1/2915224932.gif&s=x2 Episode 3] Jacob wears Homestar's shoes and gets beat up by Homestar, the text "ROCK'D" pops up when Charlie is hit by a rock in the head, the text "ROCK'D AGAIN!" pops up as a guy who commented the grammar error gets a rock thrown at his head, and Trogdor gets defeated by Charlie doing homing attack on him.

[http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=2/3916110594.gif&s=x7 Episode 4] "Thief'd" is the episode name and Homestar gets stolen by the thief.

[http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=3/6215223823.gif&s=x10 Episode 5] Homestar escapes from the thief with Charlie.

== Choose your own change ==
If you submit a story to [http://www.cyoc.net Choose Your Own Change], the following message appears: "Your article has been received... If Instructions on the previous page have been followed your story will be posted soon, if not it will be [[DELETED|baleeted!]]"

== CNET Webware 100 ==
On 18 June, 2007, CNET published a [http://www.webware.com/html/ww/100.html listing of the top 100 Web applications]. Homestar Runner [http://www.webware.com/8301-13546_109-9729509-29.html?tag=blog.1 was one of the ten selected] for the Entertainment category.

== Comcast.net ==
[[Image:Comcast Homestar.PNG|thumb|It's Dot Net!]]
On June 10th, 2004, homestarrunner.com was featured on [http://www.comcast.net Comcast.net's] main page as the icon for its "FUN FOR ALL AGES" news article, where [[Homestar Runner]]'s image was displayed, along with a link to the website and [[The Brothers Chaps]]' meeting with G4TechTV.

== Crash Mania ==
The ALT text for the bottom left image of [http://crashmania.topcities.com/scrbash-2.htm this page] reads "I just lost my jenga jam", a reference to Homsar's line in [[Where's The Cheat?]]

== Dance Dance Immolation ==
On a site for Dance Dance Immolation, a flaming DDR, a gallery contains a picture of a man on fire with the caption "BURNINATED!!". [http://www.interpretivearson.com/gallery/album05?page=3]

== Dangerskew ==
*A Flash developer on [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com Albino Black Sheep], Dangerskew, is a reference to [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]].
*Some of the games developed by this author are [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/cheeserobots Attack of the Cheese Eating Robots], [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/industry Industry], and [http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/redlight Red Light].
== Devon M ==
A flash-based [http://www.devonm.com website] with its layout, menus, and toons put up in an identical way with homestarrunner.com. Additionally, Homestar Runner Characters appear frequently in its body of work.
== Double-Tongued Word Wrester ==
Neolinguist Grant Barrett has done an [http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/comments/3102/ entry on "asplode"] on his site. It looks like "asplode" was not coined by the Brothers Chaps, but he agrees that "This term was popularized in 2004 by the character Strong Bad on the HomestarRunner web site."

== Duct Tape Guys ==
At [http://www.ducttapeguys.com DuctTapeGuys.com] on [http://www.octanecreative.com/ducttape/fashion/accessories/accessories1.html this]
webpage there is a picture of a duct tape backpack featuring Strong Bad, Marzipan, and Homestar.

== Ebolaworld.com ==
In a parody of the video game Night Trap, Homestar can sometimes be seen in empty rooms. Usually the bedroom.
The game can be found [http://www.ebolaworld.com/movies/tacoman/07.html here]

== Engrish.com ==
The image featured on [http://www.engrish.com/detail.php?imagename=battery-instruction.jpg&category=Instructions&date=2006-10-25 this page] is Strong Bad's "Eating Five Batteries" illustration from [[english paper]].

== Episode Comparisons ==
The anime episode comparison site [http://mmpu.smuncensored.com/ Mew Mew Power Uncensored] sometimes uses the term [[DELETED|Baleeted]] and frequently uses the Teen Girl Squad-esque term [[-'d|DELET'D]] in their comparisons to say when a scene was cut out.

== Eric Conveys The Brothers Chaps? ==
*Eric at [http://www.emotioneric.com Eric Conveys an Emotion] got together with The Brothers Chaps for a rough and tumble game of football, complete with Eric's warped and hilarious sense of humor. See a step-by-step progression of [http://www.emotioneric.com/ae/?adv=thefootballgame The Game]. On page 1 [[Trogdor]] is in the background, on page 2 [[The Ugly One]] is in the background, on page 3 [[Old-Timey Homestar]] is in the background, on page 4 Homestar is in the background, on page 5 [[Strong Bad]] is in the background, on page 6, [[The Cheat]] is actually in the foreground, on page 7, [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Mad]] and a keg of [[Melonade]] are in the background, and on page 8, [[Stinkoman]] is in the background.
*Also, in "Getting a great idea... while falling to your doom" Eric has a [[Homsar]] shirt on. [http://www.emotioneric.com/greatideafalldoom.jpg greatideafalldoom.jpg]

== Europa Universalis Forums ==
This site has a large number of fanfiction entries for Paradox Entertainment games, such as Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron. The author Prufrock451 put a "Private Benedetto" in [http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204565 this] Hearts of Iron 2 After Action Report. He's told to "keep that mess down".

==Fail!==
On the FAQ page of [http://fail.comicgenesis.com/faqs.html this] website, the ever-popular boxing glove question is asked.

== Fake Domain Registration Info ==
The [http://whois.webhosting.info/OLENE.NET. registration information] provided for "olene.net" references [[Mundelow]], [[Schenectady Crispies]], [[some kinda robot|Abdi LaRue]], [[Cheap as Free]], [[cheat talk|Cory, ND]], [[The Cheat]], [[Strong Badia]], [[Free Country, USA]], [[Coach Z]], and [[Coach Z's Locker Room|his locker room]].

== FeedBurner ==
[[Image:FeedBurner_Sighting.png|thumb|Let's date.]]
On the [http://www.feedburner.com FeedBurner] website, in the section in which you can manage your feeds, random messages show up. One of them is this: "To the nearly 140,000 customers using FeedBurner... we are [http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs2.html totally crushing] (in a good way)." The link takes you to [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 2]].

== Finding Sushi ==
In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtn-QbGnaXM Part 4 of Finding Sushi], the opening is a complete rip-off of the email [[senior prom]], with JarJar(Bubbles) getting his very own cartoon show, very akin to The King Of Town's Very Own Quite Popular Cartoon show, complete with matching music. The first segment involves Marlin checking an email that is very similar to the sbemail [[different town]]. A music video is then done with The Different Town Song. Also, When Yoda throws the rocks at Nemo, the "Throw baby" sound clip from [[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer]] plays. Also, in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWYlEsKoNAQ&mode=related&search= Part 5], [[Homsar]]s quote "Alms for the pudgy" from [[Homestar Presents: Presents]] and [[Coach Z]]s quote "JEAOOOOOOOOORB" from [[A Jorb Well Done]] is used in the fake intermissions.

== Flame Warriors ==
The [http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/warriorshtm/garble.htm entry for Garble] includes a reference to a certain [[How Do You Type With Boxing Gloves On?|infamous question often asked of Strong Bad]].

== Flying Omelette's Kitchen ==
*According to [http://www.flyingomelette.com/ this site], Strong Bad may have been switched at birth with Viewtiful Joe or the Red Power Ranger as found in [http://www.flyingomelette.com/oddities/oddities45.html this article] .
*Also, The Cheat is compared to Pikachu in [http://www.flyingomelette.com/oddities/oddities31.html this article].

== The Force.net Humor ==
At a Star Wars Fansite's humor section one of their "Top 46 lists" titled 'Top 47 lesser known goals of the evil empire' says "Secret co-production of Dangeresque 1, 2, & 3" at number 8. [http://www.theforce.net/humor/topten/ct10_lesser_known_goals_pt1.asp The List] [http://www.theforce.net/humor The Site]

==Forum Stage==
On the main page, the description for episode 1 is "Idiot gets sucked into the internet creating a cartoon so bad, [[Homestar Runner]] died." It can be seen [http://www.editthis.info/FSwiki/index.php/Internet here.]

==The Four Word Film Review==
One of the reviews for [http://www.fwfr.com/display.asp?ID=63 Mars Attacks!] contains the review "Their hed a splode"

== Fred The Monkey ==
[http://www.fredthemonkey.com/ Fred the Monkey.com] is a Flash animation site that is greatly influenced by Homestar Runner. It's been around for three years now. Like Homestar Runner, the site features a "First Time Here"-video and a mailbag, very much like Strong Bad's e-mail, and in the sixteenth mailbag, he comments on how he gets a lot of emails from people pretending to be Strong Bad. Another similarity is that certain characters are able to pick up and manipulate objects without having visible arms. However, in one of the earlier mailbags, it is explicitly explained that these characters do in fact possess psychic powers. Another more obvious reference is displayed in [http://www.fredthemonkey.com/cartoons/reviewSM2.html this toon], where Fred The Monkey wears a Strong Bad mask at the end. Also, during the end credits, it says that " Strong Bad is (obviously) property of h*r"

== Fruitcake MIDI ==
Dr. Fruitcake, a famous video game music sequencer and remixer, has created a song called "The Occasional Beat (Strong Bad Remix)" in tribute to [[new hands]]. Check the song out [http://www.fcmidi.net/mp3/drf_bw_beat.mp3 here]. [http://www.fcmidi.net Fruitcake MIDI]

== Funny Junk ==
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In a flash cartoon [http://www.funnyjunk.com/pages/smurf.htm here](warning: adult material), Strong Bad is dancing in the middle of the screen at about the middle of the flash cartoon. He dances like he does in [[The Luau]].

== Funny Part ==
[http://www.funnypart.com Funny part], a website with numerous funny pictures, cartoons, and jokes, had [[Teen Girl Squad]] issues 2 and 3 on their website, though they have since been removed. 

== Futurama Madhouse ==
At the [http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar Futurama Madhouse], they have a regular feature on "Uses for a hacker".
*[http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/hacker/hack498.png Use #498] is entitled "Homsar's Translator" and features everyone's favorite blue midget Homestar, [[Homsar]]!
**Also notable is the fact that the copyright reads "© [[Tandy 400]], [[The Brothers Chaps|Chapman Bros]]".
*[http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/hacker/hack667.png Use #667] is entitled "Homestar Runner's Evil Twin", and features, just that.
*[http://www.futurama-madhouse.com.ar/hacker/hack669.png Use #669], entitled "Strong Bad's Torture Victims Who Misspell Repeetedli", is the latest Homestar-related use for a hacker.

== G4TV ==

When under construction, the official site for [http://www.g4tv.com G4TV] displayed an error message which read [http://www.g4tv.com/errored.html?eventlog_key=1776941 "ERROR'ed!"]
also a recent cheat! ad reads "so many cheats it might make your head asplode!"
==Gamecheetz==
*Homestar Runner is mentioned on the [http://www.gamecheetz.com GameCheetz] [http://www.gamecheetz.com/Links.html link] page under "Excellent Humorous Sites".
*In the comic [http://www.gamecheetz.com/Comic.php?comic=15692 "Buzz Buzz"], there's a caption in the 7th frame that reads "If you don't recognize this, then you need to go to homestarrunner.com".
*One of the Forum avatars is a picture of Ilko's head.

== GameFAQs ==
*On the [http://www.gamefaqs.com GameFAQs] video game database, there are pages for [[Peasant's Quest]] [http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/online/data/922153.html here] and [[Stinkoman 20X6]] [http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/online/data/928815.html here], where each game has user-submitted walkthroughs, reviews and more, as well as its own message board!
*Homestar Runner is listed as a company [http://www.gamefaqs.com/features/company/75484.html here].
*Also, The Unofficial Homestarrunner board can be found [http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=575567 here.]
*On April Fools 2006, a [http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2333 poll] on GameFAQs listed a series of internet phrases, one of which being "YOUR HEAD ASPLODE".

== The Game Rag ==
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In [http://www.thegamerag.com/archives/2006/07/feature_my_24_hours_with_g4tv_2.php My 24 Hours With G4TV], the author writes at 3am: "[I]t’s late and I’m getting tired. I begin to go slightly insane, and draw [[Trogdor]] on the bottom of my foot." A [http://www.thegamerag.com/pics/Foot1.jpg photo] of his drawing is included in the article, sans wings.

== GamesRadar ==
[http://www.gamesradar.com/us/index.jsp GamesRadar] featured a video for [[Wikipedia:Ultimate Ninja 2|Ultimate Ninja 2]] with the headline "Burninate!"

== The Geek Show ==
On ''[http://www.thegeekshow.com/ The Geek Show]'', Strong Bad Emails are frequently shown as an example of "What's funny on the internet." They have played "[[japanese cartoon]]", "[[dullard]]", "[[theme party]]" and "[[Strong Bad Sings]]" on their show.

== Golo Theme song ==
In this [http://web.mac.com/davidgonzalez3/iWeb/Site/Podcast/A3D987B8-0E97-4554-9478-C563F78E60F4.html song], D.J Silver and his little brother Diego both mention the email [[privileges]].

== Google ==
*During development, [[Wikipedia:Google Page Creator|Google Page Creator]] was codenamed "[[Trogdor]]".
*On an episode of Google Current, the host (Conor Knighton) wears a Strong Bad shirt. [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8426498908161701167 Video]
*The [http://www.google.com/ig/directory?hl=en Google Personalized Home Page Content Directory] contains a [http://www.google.com/ig/directory?hl=en&num=24&url=http://www.interglacial.com/rss/homestar.rss&q=&start=0 Homestar Runner piece] that you can add to your personalized home page.

== Hardcore Gaming 101 ==
In the [http://hg101.classicgaming.gamespy.com/bioniccommando/bioniccommando.htm Bionic Commando article], the writer mentions a "strong Badd" (the name of the enemy army), and then proceeds to laugh over his gag and pointing it out.

== Holy Bibble ==
* On the comic page of comic [http://www.holybibble.net/index.php?id=93 #93], Cannan mentions "Every time somebody gets burninated in Holy Bibble, I get the most awesome dreams..."

== Homokaasu.org ==
A Homestar Runner [http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/gallery.gas?1331 wall-size printout] demonstrating homokaasu.org's Rasterbator software (Web service)

==Howstuffworks.com==
In this [http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/cold-heat1.htm article] about the Cold Heat soldering iron, they refer to the solder as being "burninated", an obvious reference to [[Trogdor]].

== IGN ==
*The image behind the Nintendo Wi-Fi Registration Tool is from a [[Teen Girl Squad]] comic in [http://ds.ign.com/articles/665/665128p1.html this article].
*In the Animal Crossing: Wild World video review at the 2:52 mark, there is a selection screen where you pick the design for your clothes. There are three Homestar inspired designs, including the red star shirt, a Homestar head, and Strong Bad. The video selection page is found [http://media.ds.ign.com/media/682/682878/vids_1.html here], and the actual video is on the top left, or [http://media.ds.ign.com/media/682/682878/vid_1341240.html here.]
*Concerning a Video Game Law in Oklahoma, IGN titled the article "Oklahoma Burninates Game Law" found [http://wii.ign.com/articles/738/738882p1.html here].
*IGN mentiones Homestarrunner.com in their [http://ds.ign.com/articles/802/802002p1.html review] of the Nintendo DS Web Browser.

== I-Mockery==
{{sitelanguagenotice}}
*Pickleman and the Green Thumb of Triumph
**When you are bitten by the vampire bat, you become a block of cheese, accompanied with the message "CHEESED!". See the page [http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/pickleman-greenthumb/default.php here].
*I-Mockery's Great American Road Trip
**At a medieval fair, RoG sees a simplistic dragon toy, and compares it to [[Trogdor]]. See the page [http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/american-roadtrip/day4b.php here].
*EVOLUTION OF JACK!
**After Pjalne pretends to have stabbed himself in the arm, there is a picture of Andy with a caption of "Halloween'd", which is a direct reference to [[Teen Girl Squad]]. See the page [http://www.i-mockery.com/halloween/bag/jack3.php here].
*Bishop of Battle
**On the second page of his review, the image of the Bishop swallowing J.J. is captioned with a reference to [[StrongBadZone]], "YOUR HEAD A SPLODE!" A direct link to the page is available [http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/bishopofbattle/page2.php here].

== Insert Disc Two ==
In the sketch [http://www.insertdisctwo.com/jamesjoyce.htm My Dream Date with James Joyce], Lori Williams' character has a [[The Cheat]] doll on her bed.

== Inspirational Posters ==
A website cataloging [http://www.thornyscrate.com/~wes/roleplaying/inspirational2/page_01.htm inspirational posters] based on role-playing games includes one titled "[http://www.thornyscrate.com/~wes/roleplaying/inspirational2/artistry.jpg Artistry]", which features the "S is for Sucks" from [[dragon]].

== Jay is games ==
[http://jayisgames.com/ Jay is games] is a site that reviews a large number of online games. They have had reviews of [[Peasant's Quest]] [http://jayisgames.com/archives/2004/08/peasants_quest.php] and [[Thy Dungeonman 3]] [http://jayisgames.com/archives/2006/04/thy_dungeonman.php].

== JengaJam.com ==
[http://www.jengajam.com This] website always puts up links to the latest Homestar updates. The name of the site came from Homsar's quote in [[Where's The Cheat?]]

== The Joshua Childers Show! ==
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihqpZLId31g/ The Joshua Childers Show!] is a webshow on [http://www.YouTube.com/ YouTube] where a teenager parodies different TV show genres. In the first episode, Joshua is seen wearing a [[Stinkoman]] shirt.

==Joystiq==
*One of the articles is entitled "[http://www.joystiq.com/2006/10/27/nykos-intercooler-may-burninate-the-xbox-360/ Nyko's Intercooler may burninate the Xbox 360]" and features a picture of the pencil-drawn Trogdor (from [[dragon]]) next to an Xbox 360 with an Intercooler unit.
*The "[http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/15/todays-hottest-game-video-vga-06-motion-capture-skit/ Today's hottest game video]" article for the 15th of December 2006 features a screen capture from [[Sample of Style Too]] at the beginning of the article.
*The release of [[Where's an Egg?]] was [http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/18/videlectrix-releases-another-game-parody-wheres-an-egg/ announced] on the website on July 18, 2007.

==Kevin & Kell==
*Lindesfarne, one of the fictional characters in the comic, has her own blog. One of the entries in the blog is called [http://blog.kevinandkell.com/archives/64-TRADEMARKD.html TRADEMARK'D].

==Kings of Chaos==
After attacking an enemy in the MMORPG [http://www.kingsofchaos.com/ Kings of Chaos], the victory page will sometimes say "You burninated the enemy!" an obvious reference to [[Trogdor]].

==Kotaku==
*On the page showing [http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/fish/splinter-cell-fishtank-gameplay-204975.php Splinter Cell: Double Agent "Fishtank Gameplay"], the author mentions that "PETA is going to get [[all up ons]]".
*On the page listing [http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/comments/become-a-kotakuite-209163.php just how easy it is to comment on Kotaku], the word "BANNINATE" is used, an obvious pun on [[Trogdor|burnination]].
*In the "[http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/rainbow-six-vegas/rainbow-six-vegas-demo-out-on-live-but-not-in-vegas-209685.php Rainbow Six Vegas Demo Out On Live, But Not In Vegas]" article, the term "[[double deuce]]" is used.
*Kotaku also [http://kotaku.com/gaming/wii/strong-bad-on-the-wii-232190.php reported] on the debut of [[Viidelectrix]].

== La La La ==
The video "[http://www.flashplayer.com/music/lalala.html La La La]" on UGOplayer contains a few Homestar Runner characters, including Strong Bad and Homestar Runner. It also includes the Homestarmy wallpaper image, edited to suit the cartoon.

== Laser Dragon University ==
In [http://www.laserdragonuniversity.com/?page=students Students], there is a character who wears a T-shirt with the logo for [[Taranchula]].

== Legendaryfrog.com ==
*In [http://www.legendaryfrog.com/flashmovies/kerri3.htm Kerrigan's Big Invention] there is a picture of Strong Bad and Homestar on the chalk board.
*In [http://www.legendaryfrog.com/flashmovies/avp.htm Senya's movie review: Alien V.S. Predator] there are several cheat commandos toys by the toy box.
*In [http://vgp.legendaryfrog.com/movies_wgf_w.php When Gnomes Fly] the main characters name is Brudder, a reference to [[Lil' Brudder]].
*In [http://collabs.legendaryfrog.com/movies_tmhy_w.php The Matrix Has You], the little girl yells "It's Over", at the very end of Lengendary Frog's part, like Strong Bad does at the end of almost every [[Teen Girl Squad]] episode.

== Lemmy's Land ==
*In one of [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/ Lemmy's] [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk35/lk35.php Funnies] called [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk35/lk35.php?&Submission=514 "Superstar Mario in Too Much Water"] By Drew, we see the classic "Scene missing" bit from [[Parsnips A-Plenty]] and [[The Homestar Runner]] says, "What?" while Mario was still drinking water to become fat.
*Three of [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk29/lk29.htm Lemmy's Interviews] have Homestar Runner characters as the interviewers: [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk29/lk29-1720.html HOMESTAR RUNNER AND POM POM interview GOOMBA], [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk29/lk29-1727.html STRONG BAD AND THE CHEAT interview ROY KOOPA], and [http://www.lemmykoopa.com/lk29/lk29-1738.html STRONG SAD interviews LUIGI].

== LoadingReadyRun ==
*In the video entitled [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/35/The+Rant+-+Scenesters+and+Snobbery The Rant - Scenesters and Snobbery], you can see [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|figurine sets]] one and two on top of the television.
*In the video entitled [http://loadingreadyrun.com/videos/view/70/Sleep+Dep+Experiment Sleep Dep Experiment], Morgan says he's been making [[stnanks]].

== "The Lost Experience" ABC's Official Blog ==
In [http://blogs.abc.com/inside_the_experience/ Speaker's "Reader Mail 2"], after one question was repeated one too many times, Speaker angrily responds, "Grah! What? Who? GAH! Is this my 'How do you type with boxing gloves on?' question?"
Later, Speaker posted a "Video Reader Mail" on YouTube, which prominently featured the [[Kick The Cheat]] doll in the background and referred to "e-mail personalities" having raspy voices (like [[Strong Bad]]).

== ManCrush ==

[[Homestar Runner]], [[Strong Bad]], [[The Cheat]], and [[Coach Z]] are all listed, currently rated at #[http://mancrush.com/mc/man/787 1102], #[http://mancrush.com/mc/man/1048 674], #[http://mancrush.com/mc/man/894 1271], and #[http://mancrush.com/mc/man/764 933], respectively.

== Mind Body Guide ==
*Strong Bad is the featured image of a slightly tongue-in-cheek tally of the body’s many muscles on [http://mindbodyguide.ca/articles/biological-literacy-how-many-muscles.php this site].
*Strong Bad Email [[suntan]] is quoted when the article states, "let’s not forget the cloits and dloits!"
*The [http://mindbodyguide.ca/articles/biological-literacy-how-many-muscles.php#note1 footnote] says "There are no such thing as cloits or dloits. This is a reference to anatomy according to Strong Bad, which is hilarious, and included here entirely for the sake of comic relief. Kind of like the whole article, come to think of it."

== More Awesome Than You! ==
*[http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com This] page (warning: explicit "under construction" graphic) the index.html page title is "More Awesome Than You PAY PLUS!", an obvious reference to [[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!]].
*The main logo has a picture of [[Trogdor]] on it.
*Seven of the sub-forums are marked as been in the "[[Trogdor|Burnination]]" parent forum. One of the child forums in the "Burnination" parent forum is entitled "[[Peasantry]]". Another is titled "[[theme park|Bowels of Trogdor]]". Yet another is titled "[[Planet K]] [[20X6]]". A child forum under the "Peasantry" forum is "Made-Up Animals", with the description: "[[animal|If you were a sim, what would you like as if?]]". The description for the "Playsets & Toys" forum references the catchphrase of the [[Cheat Commandos]].
*Several phrases used are similar, or based on Homestar Runner phrases. Examples include: "Game exploding in a [[pom pom|big fiery ball that is visible from space]]" and "[[Teen Girl Squad Issue 10|GameCube is no place for a mighty warrior.]]"
*One of the available objects is the Trogdor topiary from [[Weclome Back]] ([http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,5284.msg151811.html#msg151811]).
*Part of the forum footer reads "[[Powered by The Cheat]]".
*Another available object is the [[Store Toys#Kick The Cheat|Kick The Cheat]] toy ([http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,6188.0.html]).
*A member is named Li'l Brudder and has an avatar of Li'l Brudder and a signature containing Li'l Brudder quotes ([http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php?action=profile;u=2200]).

== Natrium42.com ==
In [http://natrium42.com/blog/?p=36 a blog post], Natrium42 uses [[dragon]] as the test Flash file for porting [http://gplflash.sourceforge.net/ GPLFlash] to the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo DS|Nintendo DS]].

== Neglected Characters ==
*[http://www.smbhq.com/nc/ This] is a site where the Neglected Characters of Mario games are honored. One of them, [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/guide.html Dr. Donez], answers questions regularly (much like [[Strong Bad Email]]) at [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/askdrd.html Ask Dr. Donez].
**In [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/e501600.html question 595], [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/v14011500.html question 1412], and [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/v18011900.html question 1842] he gets asked how he types with boxing gloves on his hands, which he responds differently each time.
*In one of Bowser's [http://www.smbhq.com/nc/election/radical/bowser/speeches.html speeches], Koopa asks Bowser, "How do you know Trogdor?" and he replies "We went to Burniniation classes together."

== Neopets ==
*[http://www.neopets.com Neopets] released a new avatar with the caption "Your Lupe A Splode" which is an obvious reference to [[video games]] and [[StrongBadZone]].
[[Image:Yourlupeasplode.gif]]
*In this avatar, the caption reads "Garlic'd!" at the end-an obvious Teen Girl Squad reference.
[[Image:Runaway garlic.gif]]
*Another avatar features a Scorchio (a dragon-like Neopet) with the caption "Burninate!", an obvious reference to [[Trogdor]].
[[Image:Scordrax.gif]]
*Neopets also has an avatar reserved for theneopetsteam, a staff username, which references the "a splode."
[[Image:Tntasplode.gif]]
*There is also a Petpet Laboratory, that can change your Petpet's image, and one thing that can happen is your Petpet's name can change to [[So and So]].
== NES Horsemen ==
*On [http://www.neshorsemen.com/ this site], [http://www.neshorsemen.com/oreview.html this page] has several references, including a variation on the "dot dot dot" quote from [[Under Construction]] and a reference to the [[Extra Real Dating Sim XR]] ("featuring the most polygonal of technoligies"). [[20X6]] is also mentioned.

== Nintendojo ==
As an April Fools prank, Nintendojo put up a [http://www.nintendojo.com/infocus/view_item.php?1143867894 fake list of characters] for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl. [[Trogdor]] is among the characters listed.

== NoSlang.com ==
The [http://www.noslang.com NoSlang.com] [http://www.noslang.com/spelling.php "commonly misspelled words"] page has a statement saying, "Since not everybody owns a copy of '[[local news#Easter Eggs|Strong Bad's Rythm  N' Grammar]],' we've tried to do our part to help by compiling a list of common internet misspellings." It also posted a "Happy Birthday Trogdor" link from January 13th through January 16th, 2006. And, in the Internet Slang Dictionary, one of the user-submitted words is h*r, meaning "[[homestar runner]]"

== [http://oldeenglish.org Olde English] ==
In their [http://www.oldeenglish.org/podcast/general-procrastination General Procrastination] sketch, Raizin was holding off going to battle by going on the internet and watching the new [[Strong Bad Email]]. (which really wasn't even an email, he opened up the Strong Bad bio 'toon and the email menu.)

==OrbiTouch==
On the website for [http://www.keybowl.com/kb/index?page=benefits OrbiTouch], a new, safe way to type, they mention that you can "Type with Boxing Gloves On" in the lower right-hand side of one of their pages.

==Panda Smash==

At 01:20 of [http://www.pandasmash.com/video.php?epi_id=134 A Tribute to Every Video Site], the scene shows the man and woman as [[Strong Bad]] and [[Marzipan]].

==Plush Puffs==

[http://www.plushpuffs.com/ Plush Puffs] list [[Mr. Shmallow (toon)]], [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]], and [[Meet Marshie]] as Company Training Videos on their [http://www.plushpuffs.com/aboutus/index.html about us page].

==Polas' Goodtime Retro Cafe==
In the [http://www.goodtimeretrocafe.com/other/commodore.html Commodore 64 "Classics"] review, [[Trogdor (song)|Trogdor]] lyrics are used as the opening paragraph for the review of the game Thantos.

==Progressive Boink==
*In [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/christmas100/index1.html The 100 Greatest Christmas Shows] list, the Homestar Runner Decemberween toons are grouped together and ranked at #79.
*In [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/costumes/ The 50 Worst Halloween Costumes] list, Strong Bad is among those as "Any costume that may lead to poor voice impressions".
*In [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/videogames/kyle.html Kyle's Top 20 Video Games] list (part of the site's [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/videogames/ 100 Favorite Video Games]), Kyle criticizes the voices of the enemies in Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (his 9th favorite game) as sound "identical to Strong Bad".
*In [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/hotties/jonhotties.htm Jon's Top 20 Most Beautiful Women] list (part of the site's ([http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/hotties/ 100 Most Beautiful Women: 2003]), Jon describes his #1 pick, Shakira, as being famous for "the ability to sing like both a Latina schoolgirl and Homsar in the same verse."
*The entry for [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/ihbfd/cheese.htm Cheese] (from the cartoon series "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends") in the [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/ihbfd.htm Internet Hanna-Barbera Fashion Database] describes the show as being "located just down the block from Trogdor the Burninator and across the street from Juggernaut calling people b****es."
*In a review of [http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/lambchopchanukah.html Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah], the character Charlie Horse's use of a computer is compared to Strong Bad in the form of an e-mail asking how he types with hooves on his hands. The e-mail is signed, "crapfully yours, crapface mccrappington, asbury park, nj."
*[http://hyspace.progressiveboink.com/volvagia.html Volvagia's HySpace profile] lists two reasons why he was revived by Ganondorf, one of them is to "burninate the countryside."

==Pure Pwnage ==
{{sitelanguagenotice}}
[[Image:Purepwnage_email.jpg|thumb|Jeremy from Pure Pwnage]]At the beginning of episode 10, Jeremy answers e-mails in the exact same style as Strong Bad does. The computer used says "[[Compy 386]]" in the corner.

http://www.purepwnage.com/ (WARNING: Contains language and derogatory terms!)

== PVP Online ==
[[Pan Pan]] shows up in a panda line-up on [http://www.pvponline.com/article/2696/Fri-Apr-21 pvponline.com], done by guest artist [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/ Howard Taylor].

== Rareware.com ==
In the [http://www.rareware.com/extra/scribes/24dec03/index.html December 24, 2003 edition] of the letters page Scribes, one letter states:

<blockquote>Can you answer emails in Flash like [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad]] does? I think it would be funny because we could all hear you speak with an [[sb_email 22|English]] accent, which us North Americans find amusing. :) Also, we could hear you groan when you get a bad one, like those other e-mails you get... you know, the ones that aren't sent by me.</blockquote>

The response:
<blockquote>''British'' accent, Arse, ''British'' accent. Anyway, no. That would be a terrible error.</blockquote>

== Real Ultimate Power ==
Parodies of [http://www.realultimatepower.net '''''Real Ultimate Power'''''] are everywhere. A fan [http://www.geocities.com/viggler/trogdor.html made one] featuring TROGDOR.

== Red vs Blue ==
*At [http://www.redvsblue.com Red vs Blue] they made a public service announcement about tattoos (It appears every 4 weeks or so in the season 1 archive). When Church suggests you get a tattoo of your favorite character from your favorite online comic (obviously referring to himself), Strong Bad's face appears on-screen instead.
*A Strong Bad and a Homestar sticker is also seen during the Red vs. Blue segment in the Halo 2 Limited Collectors Edition DVD, on the window of a door.

== Retarded Animal Babies ==
{{sitelanguagenotice}}
*In [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/181798 Retarded Animal Babies 10], when the characters get sucked into the internet, they walk by all sorts of Flash animation websites, including a Homestar menu page. They walk by it in disgust, saying "gay."

== RinkWorks Graffiti ==
Homestar is referenced twice on the [http://www.rinkworks.com/ RinkWorks] [http://www.rinkworks.com/graffiti graffiti pages].
*The text "[[50 emails#Homestar's attempts at DELETED|Baleted]]" can be seen [http://rinkworks.com/graffiti/index.cgi?g=12 here].
*An image of Strong Bad has been crudely pasted in to all the other crazy stuff going on [http://rinkworks.com/graffiti/index.cgi?g=14 here].

== Rocketboom ==
* On the [http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2005/03/rb_05_mar_15.html 3/15/2005] episode, we see a clip of the [[SXSW Panel - 14 Mar 2005|March 14th SXSW Panel]] and Amanda interviewing Homestar.
*On the [http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2005/12/rb_05_dec_05.html 12/5/05] episode of the v-log [http://www.rocketboom.com/ Rocketboom], Amanda Congdon is wearing a Homestar Runner shirt.
*On the [http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/archives/2006/04/rb_06_apr_12.html 4/12/2006] episode, after Amanda reports about a human clock, she comments that she still likes her [[Strong Bad Clock]] better.

== Sam & Max Season One ==
On the [http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/faq FAQ page for the new Sam & Max games], Homestar Runner is mentioned--praised, even.

== The Schumin Web ==
The [http://www.schuminweb.com/ splash page] for November 2005 showed an image of Ben Schumin dressed up as [[The Thnikkaman]]. The same image also appears in the [http://www.schuminweb.com/schumin-web/archives/splash-page.asp Splash Page Archives].

== Shenmue II : The Gang Edition ==
In the fan-movie [http://dynamic4.gamespy.com/%7Eshenmuedojo/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14850&sid=4d196b2cc178187c5528f347a593e744 Shenmue II : The Gang Edition], when Ryo arrives at Guilin, he is distracted by a The Cheat Talking Plush Doll, which is the guardian of the village where Shenhua lives. 
Later, Ryo kicks the Plush Doll, making it complain.

== Shoot the Cliché ==
Trogdor appears as one of the clichés in this game from [http://www.anothersite.co.uk another site].
[http://www.anothersite.co.uk/news.php?artc=131& Click here] to play the game.

== Something Awful ==
{{sitelanguagenotice}}
Strong Bad, Homestar, Strong Mad, The Cheat and Marzipan appear as grotesque caricatures in [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/flash-tub/tub-bites-vol.php Tub Bites vol. 2.]. The computer used in the toon appears to be a parody of the [[Compy 386]]. The first email is "[[DELETED|Recycle Binned!]]". Homestar returns Strong Bad's ''[[Wikipedia:Tag Team Wrestling|Tag Team Wrestling]]'' game, as well as some of his "[[Crap|crappy]] catchphrases" (the one used as an example is "[[Crap#Holy Crap! and Other Exclamations|holy crap!]]"). Also, this is reprised with an obvious parody of a "[[How do you type with boxing gloves on?]]"-style Strong Bad e-mail in [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/flash-tub/karnov-playset-2.php?page=5 Karnov Bites].
*The Easter egg in Tub Bites 2 is a parody of [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]], featuring calls from parodies of Strong Bad, the King of Town, Homsar, Coach Z and Strong Sad.

The update of March 1, 2007, [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/movie-reviews/steve-movie-blog.php Steve's Movie Review Blog], contains reference to the [[Strong Bad Email]]s. The article is written as if the writer is unfamiliar with internet trends; he writes that he just discovered the site, thinks the cartoon's title is "The Strong Bads", and thinks its web address is www.strongbad.com.

== South Park Studios ==
Somebody at South Park Studios is a fan, as a January 28, 2006 [http://www.southparkstudios.com/show/display_faq_search.php?section=2&id=38887&search_faq= FAQ update] contains the following:

'''Q. - How do you type with boxing gloves on?''' A. - I'm sorry, this is "Ask South Park" not "Ask StrongBad ''(sic)''."

== the show ==
On the [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/09/090706.html September 7, 2006 episode] of [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/ the show], zefrank included a link to [[duck pond]] as a "silly thing".
Moreover, on the [http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/05/050106.html May 1, 2006 episode], the game can be seen on zefrank's monitor in the background.

== Stinkoman 20X6 on VGMusic.com ==
*[http://www.vgmusic.com VGMusic.com] have done a remix of some of the Stinkoman 20X6 soundtrack. However, since VGMusic doesn't allow direct linking to MIDI files, the creator has put them up on his website for download. The links can be found here:
*[http://tyler.f85.net/midis/20x6_levelselect.mid Level Select]
*[http://tyler.f85.net/midis/20x6_levelstart.mid Level Start]
*[http://tyler.f85.net/midis/20x6_level1.mid Level 1]
*[http://tyler.f85.net/midis/20x6_boss.mid Boss Theme]
*[http://tyler.f85.net/midis/20x6_level2.mid Level 2]
*[http://tyler.f85.net/midis/20x6_level8.mid Level 8]
These files were sequenced by Tyler Prevost.

== The Straight Dope ==
The StrongBadZone was submitted for [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/ Weird Earl's] on [http://www.straightdope.com/ The Straight Dope], a category featuring strange and/or awesome sites.

== Stick RPG 2 ==
On the [http://www.stickrpg2.com/news.php#1147888194 news post for May 17], there is a line that says "what are you using, a 386?", with "386" being a link to [[invisibility]].

==Stick Shorts==
On [http://www.freewebs.com/stickshortsbyjonny/index.htm this site], [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJcCdDCY9es episode 11] includes a short that is about a guy who sees Homestar, and kicks him, which results in Homestar falling on the guy. This is also a coincidence, since this series is created by [http://www.freewebs.com/tehcartoonistproductions/ Teh Cartoonist Productions] like Charlie Clay and the Clay Crew. Even the Homestar sprite is the same as the one used in Charlie Clay.

== Strong Bad Pilots an F/A-22 Raptor ==
For a short time, Strong Bad could be seen on the Lockheed Martin [http://www.f22-raptor.com/ F/A-22 Raptor Team Web Site] [[:Image:sbf22.png|F/A-22 Raptor]].

==Suave==
[http://www.suave.net/~dave/trogdor.cgi This Suave page] is about Trogdor, Strong Bad, and The Cheat.

== Superdickery.com ==
*In a "Bizzaro letters" segment, one guy writes "Dear Strongbad: How do you type with boxing gloves on?" [http://www.superdickery.com/gabliam4-16.html]
*Also, the creator says "head a'splode" in a little blurb following [http://www.superdickery.com/other/256.html this comic cover]

== Technopets ==
On [http://technopets00.tripod.com technopets00.tripod.com], in the tpemail [http://technopets00.tripod.com/id36.html Icons], the e-mail message at the bottom says "Email me. Bad emails will be burninated, er burned"

== The Morning News ==
In an [http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/how_to/tricks_of_the_trade.php article] where they outline 30 tricks from 30 different trades; under cartographer it details this trick: Mapmakers will often use “copyright traps,” bits of information in their maps that are purposefully wrong. They might label a body of water '''“Lake Strongbad,”''' for instance, and then examine the next editions of competitors’ maps to see if the incorrect information makes an appearance.

==The-Coolest-Stuff-Ever.com==
[http://the-coolest-stuff-ever.com]This website is an obvious reference to homestarrunner.com. The name and main page both come from the Strong Bad Email [[credit card]], and they also have an Easter egg with a fan-made, Homestar Runner Space Invaders game.

== ThinkGeek ==
*[http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/722a/action/2111db4/ There is a picture on one page] showing some plastic toys dressed up for Halloween. One of the toys is dressed up as Strong Bad (or, as they call him, "Strong Bob").
*[http://www.thinkgeek.com/homeoffice/lights/91f2/ At the bottom of another page], a Kick The Cheat doll is shown in a short video.
*[http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/9505/ The advertisement for one of ThinkGeek's t-shirts] includes an image with handwriting that causes the shirt to read "im in ur MEDIEVAL VILLAGE BURNINATing ur PEASANTS".

== TV Squad ==

[[Wikipedia:Wil Wheaton|Wil Wheaton]] mentions a [[Flask|load-bearing flask]] in a [http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/02/12/star-trek-the-next-generation-the-battle/ Star Trek review].

== Uncyclopedia==
{{sitelanguagenotice}}
*On the ever-popular factually-inaccurate encyclopedia [http://uncyclopedia.org Uncyclopedia], the VfD (vote for deletion) template reads "Baleeted! This article is total crap. Please VFD."
*The template for articles that contain too much information reads: "This article contains way too much information. Absorbing all of it may cause one's head to asplode. You can help Uncyclopedia by removing stuff."
*According to [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Homestar_Runner%27s_face_is_seen_on_milk_cartons_worldwide. this article], Homestar Runner has gone missing. Several inside references.
* In [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:Errors.png this image], one of the error messages is the "[[:Image:this is real.png|Everything is fine. Nothing is ruined.]]" error from [[50 emails]].
* One of the user awards includes [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Template:Burninator Burninator].
*In the [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Template:Recentnews Recentnews] template, one of the news items reads that "An astremely astonishing asperiment has show that acessive asposure to '''[[StrongBadZone|Strong Bad Zone]]''' has an astraordinarily affect on grammar."
*If you attempt to restore [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Game:Zork/File_1 File 1] of [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Game:Zork Zork], you have some [[Grumblecakes]] in your inventory. You are also wearing the [[Kerrek]]'s belt.
*Fake (or at least, mostly fake) descriptions of the characters have been entered.
**'''[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner Homestar Runner]''': "A prolific actor (famous for playing the role of [[Matt Chapman]] in the 2000 movie "Flash Cartoonists")"
**'''[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Strong_Bad Strong Bad]''': One of "the most notable and prolific singer/songwriters of the past decade".
**'''[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Coach_Z Coach Z]''': "An athletic genius" and "a prolific writer and rapper".
**'''[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Pom_Pom Pom Pom]''': "A large, balloon-like alien from the planet Inflatrosis".
**'''[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Trogdor_the_Burninator Trogdor]''': "The son of the Friendly Giant and Puff, The Magic Dragon".
*[[homsar]] has been "sporked" from this Wiki (see [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Homsar here]). There is also an article on the [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Tandy_400 Tandy 400], as well as one on [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Homestar_Runner_Wiki this Wiki].
*[[50K RaceWalker]] is listed as the 43rd [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Worst_100_Computer_Games_of_All_Time worst computer game of all time].
*There are [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/You_have_two_cows/25#Category_.CF.80:_The_World_Wide_CoWeb 5 Homestar Runner variations] of the phrase "[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/You_have_two_cows You have two cows]", as well as a [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/You_have_two_cows/11 Coach Z] variation.
*The start of [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Game:Game_Online Game Online] is a direct rip-off of the start of [[Thy Dungeonman]].
*Two of the choices for [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Template:Monster the monster template] are "a [[The Yello Dello|Yello Dello]]", "a cavalry of [[dongrel]]s" and "a [[bear holding a shark]]".
*Two of the choices on the [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Template:Random/killed random "killed by" template] are "[[Trogdor|burninated]]" and "[[50 emails#Homestar's attempts at DELETED|BALEETED!]]"
*The page on [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Nowhere Nowhere] starts with the [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning#Flagrant System Error|Flagrant System Error]] message.
*The [http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Image:Beowulf.jpg Beowulf image] has Strong Bad (with [[Ab-Abber 2000|abs]], a [[portrait|key-sword-tar]], and a [[horned helmet]]) and The Cheat (again, with a horned helmet) teaming up to fight Trogdor.
*On the article about the made-up superhero , [[Uncyclopedia: Captain Obvious|Captain Obvious]], a picture of Homsar is there, and his shirt is depicted as "One of the shirts custom made by Captain Obvious."
*[http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Game:Do_NOT_click_any_links%21/click61 This page], part of a clicking game, reads "THIS PAGE HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN BY THE NCAA FOR [[Commandos in the Classroom|SEVERE CUSSING AND VERY ILLEGAL PONYFIGHTS]]."

== Uni Watch ==
*Uni Watch, a blog devoted to following the trends of sports logos, jerseys, and other sports-related designs, links to the e-mail [[redesign]] in the December 1 blog entry "Keep Your [[Pants]] On". The "little animation", as it is referred to, is mentioned as a "good commentary on logo updates". [http://www.uniwatchblog.com/2006/12/01/keep-your-pants-on/]

== Urban Dictionary ==
On July 1st, 2005, the main page "word of the day" on Urban Dictionary was biz cas fri. (It is misspelled as "bis cas fri.") [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bis+cas+fri&defid=801385]

Various other phrases and words are defined on the site (with varying degrees of accuracy in spelling and content) such as [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Teen+Girl+Squad Teen Girl Squad], [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Strong+Bad Strong Bad], [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=homestar+runner Homestar Runner], [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fhgwhgads fhqwhgads],
[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Pfargtl Pfargtl], and
[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Somebody+get+this+freaking+duck+away+from+me "Somebody get this freakin' duck away from me!"].

== Variousimmers ==
On [http://www.variousimmers.net this site] dedicated to modding [[Wikipedia:The Sims 2|The Sims 2]], two of the objects are a [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife]] ([http://www.variousimmers.net/vsimforum/showthread.php?t=518 here]), and a Strong Bad [[monument]] ([http://www.variousimmers.net/vsimforum/showthread.php?t=1568 here]).



== VG Mix ==
[http://www.vgmix.com/song_view.php?song_id=615 Here] there is a remix of the first racing tune from Rad Racer (which is also Stinkoman's theme). The title references to [[japanese cartoon]] and the song itself contains quotes from said e-mail.

== Visitmypiczosite.piczo.com ==
*On Life On Sedna's Weekly Fanstuff for [http://pic2.piczo.com/Visitmypiczosite/?g=23116139 The Last Week Of August], the official logo for Life On Sedna (See Comic Sightings) is drawn on a whiteboard. Also, a funny drawing of Homestar is there.


== Wikipedia's ==
* In Wikipedia's April Fool's Day Article 2005, Homestar in his Daisy Dukes was eventually added to the somewhat lengthy Wikipedia April Fool's Day 2005 article detailing a hostile takeover of Wikipedia by Encyclopedia Britannica. He was part of Wikipedia's "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:2005_Britannica_takeover_of_Wikimedia&oldid=11827614#New_corporate_structure new corporate structure]" as the Minister of Long Pants. He was then pictured lower on the page in the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:2005_Britannica_takeover_of_Wikimedia&oldid=11828885#Immediate_aftermath Immediate Aftermath]" section, then moved to the "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:2005_Britannica_takeover_of_Wikimedia&oldid=11833150#Related_Information Related Information]" section, then finally [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:2005_Britannica_takeover_of_Wikimedia&oldid=11833471 dropped] altogether. The page as it exists now can be found [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:April_1%2C_2005/2005_Britannica_takeover_of_Wikimedia here], and the edit history for the page [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:2005_Britannica_takeover_of_Wikimedia&action=history here]. Strong Bad was also named Minister of Deleting email, and is found directly under Homestar's listing.

*On another April Fools Day, the deleted tab on the home page was renamed "baleeted"

== Youtube ==

While [http://youtube.com YouTube] was down for maintenance on August 17 2006, pictures of the youtube offices were posted on the youtube homepage. Two of them showed a Kick The Cheat doll. [[:Image:Cheattube1.jpg|photo 1]], [[:Image:Cheattube2.jpg|photo 2]].

== ytmnd ==
{{sitelanguagenotice}}
Many Homestar Runner-related [http://ytmnd.com You're The Man Now, Dog] pages have been [http://ytmnd.com/search?q=homestar&x=0&y=0 created], such as [http://hatesomuch.ytmnd.com/ this one], which involves the [[Cheat Commandos]], [http://hr10versary.ytmnd.com/ this one] which is an anniversary site, [http://homestarspin.ytmnd.com/ this one], which includes a scene from [[dangeresque 3]], and [http://ytmnd.com/list/?search=freakin+duck these], which all reference [[Main Page 13]]. <s>[http://missingno.ytmnd.com/ OH NOOOOOOES!!! MISSINGNO!]</s>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060304101602/http://missingno.ytmnd.com/ (cache)] had one of the [[System Sounds]] looping.

==Zingtech==
The [http://www.zingtech.com/features/painting/ paintings] section of the website features an acrylic painting entitled [[Painting of a Guy with a Big Knife|"Guy With a Big Knife"]].

[[Category:Sightings]]

User talk:76.5.105.107

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:35:48 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3:

Hi there, please refrain from using edit summaries such as [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=The_Garage&diff=468040&oldid=468037&rcid=422964 this one]. We don't appreciate such hostility on this wiki. Thank you.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 01:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Please refrain from making edits like [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Answering_Machine&diff=prev&oldid=482151 the one] you made to [[Answering Machine]]. Vandalizing is not appreciated on this wiki. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 17:35, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Answering Machine

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:29:37 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: Reverted.

{{about|answering machine itself}} {{for|feature|Marzipan's Answering Machine}}
[[Image:Old Answering Machine.png|thumb|Old-tech]]

This was [[Marzipan]]'s first '''Answering Machine''', which first appeared in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 1.0]]. [[Strong Bad]] once used it to ask Marzipan where [[The Cheat]] was at in [[Where's The Cheat?]] before turning it into a prank call. In one of the made-up emails from [[personal favorites]], Strong Bad left such a good prank call on the machine that it exploded. Marzipan replaced it with the [[PhoneTime XL8]] in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]].

[[The King of Town]] also has an Answering Machine, which is seen at the end of [[The King of Town DVD]] commentary.

Strong Bad uses an answering machine to find his missing [[Lappy 486]] and a kick-awesome guitarist in [[Lappynapped!]].

[[Category:Electronics]]

Talk:Decemberween

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:05:47 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* O RLY? */ Reply.

{{featuredarticle}}

==Xmas addresses==

Despite the fact that Decemberween isn't supposed to Christmas, all of the Decemberween URLs end with "xmas2001" and such. Should that be mentioned?
*Not if "xmas2001" refers to the release date of the toon and not the event in the toon.

* There already is a comment to this effect; seems like it should be deleted. {{User:Bill/sig}}

==Aught Five Crap==

Shouldn't the new '05 Decemberween 'toon have come out by now? --[[User:Ookelaylay|אוקאלייליי (Ookelaylay)]] 15:33, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
:I hope it doesn't turn out to be ''Decemberween in July: The Sequel''. THAT would majorly suck. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 15:36, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
::Maybe they're saving it as a New Year's toon...? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::Hmm.... might be... --[[User:Ookelaylay|אוקאלייליי (Ookelaylay)]]
I sure hope they're working on something awexome, it's been stagnant since the fifth![[User:Trelawney|Trelawney]] 03:00, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
:I knew I'd find a talk page to vent about this. <s>To the best of my knowledge, all prior Decemberween 'toons were released before Christmas, right? Could this be the first year with NO Decemberween?!! Aaaaa!!!</s> (Maybe Strong Bad stole Decemberween. Somebody call Cindy Lou Cheat.) —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 17:42, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
::You'll also want to check [[Talk:Main Page#Update?]] for other discussions. And It's dot com knows a few forum links too... (Look up Homestar Coder's talk for those.) --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]
:::Yeah, I just bumped into that. And noticed there that 2003 didn't in fact have one in December. I don't know 'bout no July; personally, I'm lobbying for Decemberween in January. —[[User:AbdiViklas|AbdiViklas]] 19:20, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
:Oh no! Homestar Runner died! The good times are over!--[[User:Robert Benedicio|Robert Benedicio]] 20:03, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Maybe they just needed a sabbatical? If so, I hope they are enjoying it.[[User:71.115.222.77|71.115.222.77]] 19:45, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
:Indeed they are. They deserve a break. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 19:48, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

== Decemberween 2005? ==

I don't mean anything bad here, but I don't blame TBC for not having any Decemberween toons for '05, what with [[Wikipedia:War on Christmas|all the controversy.]]--[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 14:31, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

== O RLY? ==

"There were no Decemberween cartoons in 2003 or 2005." They made up for 2003 with [[Decemberween in July]] but they did nothing for 2005. I'll delete it.
:While they made up for the lack of Decemberween cartoon in 2004, it doesn't stop the fact that there wasn't one in 2003. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 20:05, 21 July 2007 (UTC)

Decemberween

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 20:05:27 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: While they made up for the lack of Decemberween cartoon in 2004, it doesn't stop the fact that there wasn't one in 2003.

[[Image:dween cast.png|thumb|220px|Fifty-five days after Halloween]]
'''Decemberween''' (also called [[what I want|X-berween]] and D'Ween) is a [[holiday]] celebrated by the people of [[Free Country, USA]] 55 days after [[Holidays#Halloween (October 31st)|Halloween]], on December 25. It bears many similarities to [[Wikipedia:Christmas|Christmas]], with colorful lights, garlands, and the giving of presents, but also has some obvious differences. Though Christmas carols have made appearances ("O Holy Night" in [[A Holiday Greeting]], "O Christmas Tree" in [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] and "Jingle Bells" in [[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes]]), their correct words are never sung and only the tune is used. [[Decemberween food]] has some unique variations on more recognizable cuisine. Instead of turkeys, the traditional meal is bunnies, much to [[Marzipan]]'s chagrin. The origins of the holiday are complicated, involving at least one Angel, two [[Wikipedia:Kobe Bryant|Kobe Bryants]], the [[Wikipedia:Santa Claus|Santa Claus]]-like Dr. Christmas, and a sailor named [[Archibald]]. Although the holiday's origins are explained in the pageant in [[A Decemberween Pageant]], only glimpses of it are seen in the [[toon]], leaving most of the story a mystery. Decemberween can also be celebrated in [[Decemberween in July|July]], time permitting. There were no Decemberween cartoons in 2003 or 2005.

==Decemberween Characters==
[[Image:xmas2002.png|thumb|220px|Decemberween will come soon!]]
*[[The Angel]]
*[[Dr. Christmas]]
*[[Archibald]]
*[[The King of Town (Decemberween)|The King of Town]]
*[[The Popular Vote]]
*[[Kobe|Kobe 1 and 2]]
*[[The First Decemberween]]
*[[Santaman]]
*[[Bad Graphics Ghost]] dressed as a Santaman
*[[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#Gift Exchange Lion|Gift Exchange Lion]]

==Decemberween Toons==
*[[A Holiday Greeting]] (although Decemberween isn't mentioned) (2000)
*[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] (2001)
*[[A Decemberween Pageant]] (2002)
*[[Decemberween In July]] (2004)
*[[Snowglobe|Snow Globe]] (2004)
*[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] (2004)
*[[Decemberween Short Shorts]] (2006)

===Decemberween [[Strong Bad Email|Emails]]===
*[[Decemberween Email Menu]] (2002)
*[[what I want]] (2006)

==References to Christmas==
Though Decemberween is the winter holiday celebrated in Free Country, USA, some characters still make references to Christmas.

*A Decemberween Pageant features the character Dr. Christmas.
*In [[Peasant's Quest]], the description of the [[Peasant's Quest Items|Super Trinket]] tells you that "It looks like it can either kill you or make you the hit of your Christmas party."
*In [[animal]], Strong Bad says if he was a made-up animal he'd want to be a [[Made-Up Strong Bad Animals#Deep Sea Fangly Fish|Deep Sea Fangly Fish]], the kind with "Christmas lights and custom lures".
*On the [[TV Time Toons Menu|toons menu]], the description for [[Happy Fireworks]] says "Strong Bad ruins Christmas. Wait, what?"
*Excluding "Decemberween Teen Girl Squad", "Decemberween in July", and "Decemberween Short Shorts", all of the Decemberween toons have the word "xmas", an abbreviation for Christmas, in the URL address.
*In [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]], [[Homsar]] remarks, "I'm the ghost of Christmas past", a reference to Charles Dickens' [[Wikipedia:A Christmas Carol|A Christmas Carol]].
*In [[Bug In Mouth Disease]], Homestar calls the King of Town "Santa".

{{decemberweennav}}

[[Category: Decemberween]]
[[Category: Lists]]

Where's an Egg?

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 17:50:28 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: I really think that's just a sign of the lies.

{{vgamenav|wheresanegg|50k Racewalker|Duck Guardian One}}

[[Image:wheresanegg.PNG|thumb|A renegade cop with nothing to lose and an egg on his mind.]]
[[Image:Where'sAnEggboxart.png‎|thumb|Where's an Egg? box art. Где – Яйцо?]]
''"In this hard-bolied  adventure game, you must help the Boise police force find a missing egg. Not in Mancuso's garage? Try Brodermaker's gymbag. Everyone's a suspect when 'Where's an Egg?' is the game that you are playing. And that's this game!!"'' -[[Videlectrix]]

'''Where's an Egg?''' is a game by [[Videlectrix]].

'''Date:''' Monday, July 16, 2007

'''Page Title:''' Where's an Egg?

==Instructions==
The object of the game is to find an egg that one of the suspects is hiding. The task is a variation on the [[Wikipedia:Knights and Knaves|Knights and Knaves]] puzzle, in which suspects either always lie or always tell the truth. After you think you know who or where an egg is, you go to that location and shoot the suspect, who will give up an egg if you have guessed correctly.

After clicking on the title screen, you are presented with several locations in a city. Clicking on the thumbnails will take you to those locations, at which you will encounter a suspect with an item. From the menu at the bottom of the screen, you can choose one of any of the items or suspects you've encountered. When you choose an item, the suspect will tell you the location where that item can be found or the suspect who has it. When you choose a suspect from your menu, the character on the screen will tell you where that suspect can be found or what item they have. Once again, they may or may not be telling the truth.

There are three other notable replies you may receive. If you ask a suspect about himself or about the items he carries, he will respond with a [[Wikipedia:smiley|smiley face]]. If you ask a suspect about anything after shooting him, he will respond with a red cross. Also, if you ask a suspect about an egg and he replies with a question mark, he does not have any information about the location of an egg.

== Strategy ==
Since a given suspect either always lies or always tells the truth, their reply about the location of an egg can be tested by asking them questions to which you know the answer. For example, if they give you information about an egg, you can ask them about an item and verify that the location or suspect with which they reply indeed corresponds to that item. If the answer they give is correct, then the location of an egg that they give is correct as well.

The above method can be modified by first asking about the first person or item you have seen, then if the suspect answers correctly, ask about an egg. Continue asking all the suspects the same question until you find a person who gives a correct answer and knows about an egg. If none are found, revisit your first person and ask about an egg. Then simply find the culprit and shoot them.

In some cases, a lying suspect may reveal themselves as such by giving the same answer for two different questions (e.g., suggesting that two different characters have a potted plant), or even answering with their own face when questioned about a different item.

Another strategy is to ask every suspect the location of an egg until you have two replies that agree. In that case, it is likely, though not certain, that the suspect they incriminate indeed has an egg.

In order to keep accurate track of which person matches which object, just quickly visit all of the locations before asking anyone a question. This will cause each person and their object to appear in the same order at the bottom of the screen. Once your have visited all locations, start asking each person where the egg is. Once you find someone who replies, figure out if they are a truth-teller or a liar by seeing if their responses properly match up people to their object. If they are a liar, move on to asking about the egg. If they tell the truth, you know who has the egg.

== Suspects, locations, and items ==
Suspects, locations, and items are randomly assigned for each game.
===Suspects===
<gallery>
Image:Where's an Egg - Suspects - Blonde Woman.png | <center>Blonde woman</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Suspects - Blue Hat.png | <center>Blue hat man</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Suspects - Maid.png | <center>Butcher</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Suspects - Butler.png | <center>Butler</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Suspects - John.png | <center>[[John McEnroe]]</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Suspects - Mechanic.png | <center>Mechanic </center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Suspects - Old Lady.png | <center>Old Woman</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Suspects - Kid Speedy.png | <center>Red-haired boy</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Suspects - Red Hat.png | <center>Red hat man</center>
</gallery>

===Locations===
<gallery>
Image:Where's an Egg - Locations - Aquarium.png | <center>Aquarium</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Locations - Theater.png | <center>Art museum</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Locations - Museum.png | <center>Bank</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Locations - Beach.png | <center>Beach</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Locations - Pier.png | <center> Bridge</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Locations - City.png | <center> City</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Locations - Desert.png | <center> Desert</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Locations - Siberia.png | <center> Icy mountains</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Locations - Forest.png | <center> Park</center>
</gallery>
===Items===
<gallery>
Image:Where's an Egg - Items - Egg.png | <center>An egg</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Items - Beer.png | <center>Beer</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Items - Bomb.png | <center>Bomb</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Items - Cat.png | <center>Cat</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Items - Duffel.png | <center>Gym bag</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Items - Pencil.png | <center>Pencil</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Items - Plant.png | <center>Potted plant</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Items - Slingshot.png | <center>Slingshot</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Items - Strawberry.png | <center>Strawberry</center>
Image:Where's an Egg - Items - Wrench.png | <center>Wrench</center>
</gallery>

== Endings ==
[[Image:Where's an egg loose screen.PNG|thumb|Lose screen]]
If you run out of time or shoot three characters who do not have an egg, the game ends. The character who did have an egg is shown running with it through the area they were in, and the main character is shown in the icy mountains wearing prison clothes and a ball-and-chain. He quickly turns into a skeleton.

[[Image:Where's an egg win screen.PNG|thumb|left|Win screen]]
If you successfully shoot the character who has an egg, a uniformed man (probably [[Wikipedia:Joseph Stalin|Stalin]]) awards you with a badge in front of [[Wikipedia:Lenin's Mausoleum|Lenin's Mausoleum]]. The screen pans up to the sky, where fireworks shoot off. If the game was completed with enough time left on the clock, different spaceships fly through the sky:
*901–940 seconds left — one spaceship
*941–970 seconds left — two spaceships
*971 or more seconds left — three spaceships, the last of which is exited by a cosmonaut

{{clear}}

== Fun Facts ==
===Trivia===
*This game was released more than two and a half years after its description was featured on the Videlectrix website. The [[main page message]] announcing its release read: '''new' videlectrix game!''
*The language used in the game is [[wikipedia:Russian language|Russian]], and is understandable to a native speaker, although there are various grammatical and stylistic errors (see [[#Translations|Translation section]]).
*After shooting someone who does not have an egg, you can still question them and they will reply with the symbol for the [[Wikipedia:International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross]] (indicating they require medical attention). The Red Cross has recently been [http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=016637&tid=001 trying to stop game creators from using their logo this way].
*In every game, there are either three or four suspects who tell the truth, and either three or four suspects who will give an answer when asked about an egg. Three is more common in both cases. 
*Each suspect has a theme song that plays when you visit them.
**If a suspect talks about another person, that person's theme plays in the right speaker.
**If you ask about another person, that person's theme plays in the left speaker.
**If you kill a suspect, their theme song volume is lowered.
**The victory music is all of the suspects' themes played on top of each other.

===Remarks===
[[Image:Eggpage2.jpg|thumb|Page 13 of the instruction manual]]
*A [[Videlectrix:eggction.html|page of the manual]] was also made available at the same time as the game was released.
*Although the Videlectrix description suggests that an egg may be in "Mancuso's garage", a garage is not one of the locations in the game, although there is a mechanic.

===Goofs===
*For the first second of the game, the timer reads 000, when its true value is 999. One second later, it changes to 998. If you manage to win in that first second, it will read 999 on the victory screen.

===Inside References===
*This is another mention of [[eggs]] and [[alcohol]].
*The main character wields a [[gun]].
*All of the suspects [[Lack of Visible Arms|lack visible arms]].
*[[Some Type of Online Auction]] was previously used to sell a half-eaten breakfast burrito in [[english paper]].
*The red-haired boy shares several features with both [[Kid Speedy]] and [[Ron Cumberdale]] from [[Peasant's Quest]].

===Real-World References===
*[[Wikipedia:Boise, Idaho|Boise]] is the capital city of the US state [[Wikipedia:Idaho|Idaho]].
*Brodermaker is a reference to video game company [[Wikipedia:Brøderbund|Brøderbund]], makers of the [[Wikipedia:Carmen Sandiego|Carmen Sandiego]] games.
**This game is also very similar, in some aspects, to the early Carmen Sandiego games.
*The music at the beginning of the game accompanying the Videlectrix logo is from the traditional Russian [[Wikipedia:The Volga Boatmen's Song|Song of the Volga Boatmen]].
*The three spacecraft that fly across the screen in the ending sequence are [[Wikipedia:Sputnik 1|Sputnik 1]], [[Wikipedia:Vostok 1|Vostok 1]], and [[Wikipedia:Voskhod 2|Voskhod 2]], commemorating three "firsts" of the Russian space program: the first artificial satellite, the [[Wikipedia:Yuri Gagarin|first man in space]], and the [[Wikipedia:Aleksei Leonov|first spacewalk]], respectively.
**The congratulation scene is reminiscent of the [[Wikipedia:Game_Boy|Game Boy]] and [[Wikipedia:NES|NES]] versions of [[Wikipedia:Tetris|Tetris]] (A game that is famous for having come out of Russia), in which the player was shown rocket and shuttle lauches of spacecraft at the end of a game depending on how well the player did.
*Gameplay bears certain superficial similarities to the boardgame [[Wikipedia:Cluedo|Clue]], being a [[Wikipedia:Whodunit|whodunit]] wherein a specific accusation must be formulated from a set of distinct suspects, items and locations.
*The scene where the main character is stuck in icy mountains with a ball and chain is a reference to the old Russian practice of [[Wikipedia:Siberia|exiling criminals to Siberia]], which is a cold, mountainous region of Russia.

===Translations===
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5 style="border-collapse:collapse"
|- bgcolor=#eeeeee
! Location !! Message !! Transliteration !! Translation !! Notes
|-
| Loading screen || телевизионный электрический || televizzionniy elektricheskii || Videlectrix || ''Literally:'' "televisual electric"
|-
| Title || Где – Яйцо? || Gde Yaitso? || Where's an egg? || Russian has no article, so it is impossible to make a distinction between "the egg" and "an egg" and the title could refer to either. The dash in the title is incorrect; such a dash is only used to separate a predicate from a noun phrase (an action from an object) instead of the present tense of the verb "to be", which does not exist in Russian.
|-
| Inscription above the columns of the gray building || берег || Bereg || Bank || The word has the sense of "riverbank", as opposed to a financial service institution, which would be "банк" (Bank).
|-
| When you discover who had an egg || виновник || vinovnik || criminal ''or'' guilty person ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | When you win the game || поздравление || pozdravlenie || congratulations ||
|-
| ЛЕНИН || LENIN || [[Wikipedia:Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]] || An entrance to [[Wikipedia:Lenin's Mausoleum|Lenin's Mausoleum]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | When you lose || гулаг || gulag || [[Wikipedia:Gulag|Gulag]] || The name given to the Soviet labor camps
|-
| игра законченный || igra zakonchenniy || game over ||
|}

==External Links==
*[[Videlectrix:wheresanegg.html|Play Where's an Egg?]]
*[[Videlectrix:egg7.swf|Play Where's an Egg? (Flash file)]]
*[[Videlectrix:eggction.html|View the auction for the instructions]]
*[[Forum:11947|forum thread re: "Where's An Egg?"]]
{{subtitlesLinks|wheresanegg}}
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== The Short Start ==

Oh, hello

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Talk:An Important Rap Song

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 16:53:59 GMT

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==MP3==
Someone post a mp3 of the song LOL i laughed so hard

:Here you go: [http://www.homestarrunner.com/songs/Too%20Many%20Knives.mp3] {{User:Trey56/sig}} 23:29, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

== Song lyrics ==

Since this is a song, I think the transcript should show the lyrics in lyric style, like they've been done on other pages. How is that done, exactly? And how do we handle the visuals separately from the lyrics? (Or do we?) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 23:38, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

:Hmm... I'd say do the lyrics like:

Poo-ha ha ha ha

Poo ha ha ha ha ha ha

Or however it goes, and then

Poo-ha ha ha ha

''{Cut to Bluebry's house}''

Poo ha ha ha ha ha ha

You know, something like that maybe. But, there's probably some standard I'm overlooking. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 23:40, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
: For most songs, we write them like this:

Well you're a rich kid, living in the suburbs 
and there's not a whole lot to do. 
You're strolling to the kitchen and what do you find? 
A bunch of knives cold staring at you.

: And the visuals are separate. That's really how this one should have been transcribed. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 02:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::Which I've just done... I agree, it does read a lot easier that way. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 12:28, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

== Humans! Ahhh! ==

Should we mention that this is the first time the Brothers Chaps animated a human? This is the first time we get to see Mike's skill as a real life artist! (ha ha ha.) --[[User:Strong Rose|~Rose]] 23:53, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

:We see his real life skillz all the time! Anyway, don't forget [[best thing]].{{User:Loafing/sig}} 23:56, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

:Hmm... well... It sorta counts. But that was supposed to be done in a different style, like some other guy drew it. And this is more realistic. (again, ha ha ha.)--[[User:Strong Rose|~Rose]] 00:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Don't forget [[for kids]]. That one was fairly realistic. [[User:71.231.56.40|71.231.56.40]] 00:23, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:I don't think this is the first. Remember the guy from the Senor Cardgage commercials? The middle aged guy? And remember the girl from the PBTC segment in Strong Badathon? [[User:Spyrox6|Spyrox6]] 00:50, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I think this is worth a mention, in that it's the first time a musician-type guy has been animated (outside of TGS). All the other guys have been live-action: Limozeen, Tarantula... I will admit that Limozeen was animated in [[best thing]], but that was the point and the "real" Limozeen was still live action. I'm pretty sure that Crack is the first in this category to have his "real" version animated. - [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 01:02, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

:But how do you know this ''was'' the "real" version of Crack Stuntman? Maybe it was an animated rap video. : ) [[User:65.26.154.192|65.26.154.192]] 01:24, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

::Technically, this is the first time TBC animated an ''actual'' human. best thing had cartoons in it. This is fairly realistic. And I'm pretty sure the real Crack Stuntman stood up in this episode. [[User:Strong Devon|Strong Devon]] 01:36, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:::Regardless of whatever sort of convoluted way you guys make this a breakthrough, I don't think it deserves a mention on the page. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 01:57, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::::I think it does. It really is the first time a human has been animated. Oh well, whatever -- [[User:Abelhawk|Abelhawk]] 02:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:::::Excluding Limozeen, Balding Man, the Videlectrix Guy, Don Knotts, Teen Girl Squad, or Kid Speedy... some more than others. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 02:15, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::::::When I first saw it, I thought it was notable, but now I agree with Joshua. It's like an internal TTATOT.--[[User:Bobo the King|Bobo the King]] 03:59, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:Can we call it the first realistic 3-D animation of a human? TGS had a 3D episode, but it was stick figure 3D. {{User:Csours/sig}} 11:05, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::In what way are either 3D? - [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 11:21, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:::The animation on Crack Stuntman isn't really much more realistic than Limozeen-in-space... the only remotely 3D part of Crack's animation was him nodding his head in the "LOUD BASS" bit, and that was done with the same techniques they've done for years to make Strong Bad's head turn from side to side... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 12:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::::TBC do humans pretty often. Crack Stuntman was probably meant to be a cartoon, like Limozeen and TGS. Not really notable. --{{User:NevaDie/sig}} 12:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:I think it's the first human that isn't based on one of the Chaps, and isn't the guy from the Senor Mortgage commercial. I always forget to sign my things. --[[User:CertifiedArborist|CertifiedArborist]] 15:31, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::Not that this is likely to settle anything, but it may be notable for the discussion that Crack Stuntman is animated in the Cheat Commandos style- fixed thickness lines, grainy bitmap backgrounds, etc. So it's almost certain that Crack was intended to be a cartoon (assuming that Cheat Commandos is a cartoon in the HR universe) rather than a "real" person like the central Homestar crew. --[[User:Fiasco|Fiasco]] 17:26, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:the assumption that crack stuntman is a 'real' human is made because he claims to be the 'voice' of gunshaver. fictional cartoons are usually voiced by 'real' people.  {{User:Csours/sig}} 21:23, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::Well, of course Crack is a 'real' person. I'm just saying the depiction of him in the video is meant to be a toon. Consider that in the '80s, Cheat Commandos' biggest inspiration, G.I. Joe, featured professional wrestler Sgt. Slaughter as a cartoon character and as a live action host. And Crack Stuntman looks like Duke. And... and... well, I'm not sure. But I can taste the parallel. Can you taste the parallel? --[[User:Fiasco|Fiasco]] 18:52, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
I am convinced. I withdraw my arguments and categorize this as "it sounded good in my head." I do still think this is the "real" Crack Stuntman, by which I mean the only version we'll ever see. - [[User:Point7Q|Point7Q]] 11:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
:Wait, the Videlectrix Guy, Don Knotts, Teen Girl Squad and Kid Speedy are humans? --[[User:Trogga|Trogga]] 05:51, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
::I'd like to take this moment to say that Strong Mad (even though he has no neck) is about as "human" as Crack [[User:MisteR t|mister t]] 04:36, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
:HOLY CRAP!! I relized I was wrong a long time ago, and was going to post it, but I kept forgetting. I didn't relize it would be such a big topic! Sorry about all this. --[[User:Strong Rose|~Rose]] 00:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC), the no0b who started it all. :(

== Just Wonderin' ==

About what time did this toon come out, eastern time? [[User:Homestar-winner|Homestar-winner]] 00:43, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:I watched it shortly after 6:30 PM, and the first edits here are about then. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 08:58, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

== First mention ==
I noticed something. If the "Poo-ha-he-ha-he" is supposed to be Crack Stuntman laughing to the word "Poo", then wouldn't that be the first mention of the word "Poo" (aside from the Poopsmith)? All I remember is everyone either saying "Crap" or "Whatzit". [[User:Spyrox6|Spyrox6]] 01:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:"Poo-ha-hoo-ha-hoo" (or whatever) is just him imitating the sound of drums, not laughing at the word poo.--{{User:NevaDie/sig}} 04:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::Im laughing at it. I think its making fun of fake white rappers that try too hard, getting the words wrong. {{User:Csours/sig}} 11:07, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

== Beats ==

Doesn't this sound sort of like that rap (I think it's Puff Daddy or P.Diddy or whatever) Losing My Head? Or is it just me?--[[User:CertifiedArborist|CertifiedArborist]] 01:55, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::Heh, I can't imagine any two raps sounding the same :P -- [[User:Abelhawk|Abelhawk]] 02:06, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

I'd say that the first section, the "2 Many Knives" bit is cribbed from "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash - compare "Kids don't play wit' 2 many knives" with "Don't push me 'cause I'm close to the edge"

==Break==

The way he says "break" sounds like a specific Cheat Commandos cartoon. [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 02:10, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

:Well, it could be in [[Let us give TANKS!]], when Gunhaver says "Thanksgiving break." I'm sure this is a complete and utter coincidence, though.--{{User:NevaDie/sig}} 12:11, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

::It would be fair enough, really, since Gunhaver is voiced by Crack Stuntman.. -- [[User:Mithent|Mithent]] 17:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

== Cheap Commandos? ==

When Crack is introducing himself, it also sounds like he says "Cheap" (Or Chief) Commandos.
Yes/No/Maybe? --[[User:Jrgilby|Jrgilby]] 02:47, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:Maybe. It's hard to tell. I'll wait for confirmation from someone on that one. [[User:0rion|0rion]] 19:56, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:I hear "cheap" but only once I had seen this, definitely not "chief" though [[User:DumbMuscle|DumbMuscle]] 22:29, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

==Email Styles==
I really think the line "Kidz don't play wit' 2 many knives, c'mon, c'mon" sounds almost identical to Strong Bad's "Can you see that I've got e-mail styles, c'mon, c'mon" from [[senior prom]]. Somebody agree with me on this one!--{{User:NevaDie/sig}} 04:21, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:I was just thinking that, but it's probably a coincidence. {{User:Shwoo/sig}} 09:08, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::I agree. It does sound very similar. [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 16:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

== Clout? ==

Whassa clout mean? D'AAAAAAAAMM A CODFISH!
:http://m-w.com/dictionary/clout – see definition 4 in particular. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 11:20, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

:It means influence. [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 17:07, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

:Unrelated to homestar, had I not read this article, I would have missed a government test question dealing with Russia's "clout" on the world stage. So thanks.

==Arthur==

The animation of the pictures on the dollar bills is similar to the intro of Arthur. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwzuQIgIQqk] (at 0:13). [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 16:02, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

==King of the Hill==

Crack Stuntman resembles the characters from King of the Hill. [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 16:02, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Both King of the Hill and Crack Stuntman are drawn in "realistic style" with black lines and no shading, but that's the only thing they share. Also, there's no thematic reason why TBC would make a King of the Hill reference in a kid's public service announcement parody. Not a reference. [[User:71.231.56.40|71.231.56.40]] 19:27, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

not really... KOTH characters are all ugly, while Crack is arguably sexy. ''This message was left unsigned by [[71.104.226.62]]''

Holy crap... Who said that? {{User:Visorbot 386/sig}}

[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:King_of_the_Hill_alley.jpg]] [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/Image:AnImportantRapSong.PNG]] I'm not a registered user, so I can't post screenshots. Just compare these two. Not the same at all. [[User:71.231.56.40|71.231.56.40]] 19:49, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
==Blubry==

If I remember right, I think that a user worked on this transcript. -{{User:Viklas/sig}} 11:13, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

== Not exactly a politician ==

Rather than get into revision war, I figured I'd just take this straight here. One Fun Fact caught my attention on this article:

*This toon is a parody of various [[Wikipedia:Public service announcement|public service announcements]] in which prominent media figures (celebrities, politicians, etc.) attempt to give advice to children in the form of catchy songs, rap, etc. Common examples include campaigns against smoking and drug use.

If anything I'd say that this is ''much'' more along the lines of the public service announcements at the end of Saturday morning cartoon shows (such as G.I. Joe and Captain Planet) than political announcements. I think the fact is terribly misleading as it stands now. [[User:0rion|0rion]] 20:02, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:I agree, because it showed the very end of a Cheat Commandos episode, followed by the rap. Come to think of it, it did kinda remind me of those Captain Planet-type announcements.--{{User:NevaDie/sig}} 20:49, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::I agree with the Saturday Morning Cartoon fact. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 21:17, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
:::Ditto. The cartoon fact. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 21:18, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
::::I think that makes sense too: how does this version sound? {{User:Trey56/sig}} 21:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
<blockquote>This toon is a parody of various [[Wikipedia:Public service announcement|public service announcements]] at the end of cartoon shows (such as ''[[Wikipedia:G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (TV series)|G.I. Joe]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:Captain Planet and the Planeteers|Captain Planet]]'') that attempt to give advice to children in the form of catchy songs, rap, etc. Common examples include campaigns against smoking and drug use.</blockquote>

I don't think that in this case it is specifically one or the other. I certainly don't remember captain planet or G.I. Joe rapping or singing. I seem to remember Paula Abdul singing. I don't remember any rapping about safety on TV in general. Rather, this seems to be a mismash of Public Service Announcements, After School Specials, end of show safety announcements, and even In-Class learning tools. I can't think of a particularly short way of summarizing this, but I think it does the toon injustice to refer to it as a direct parody of any of these.

::Well, I went ahead and changed it, per this discussion. If there are any major disagreements, we could always [[STUFF]] this one. Although it seems as though we're in reasonable tandem, so that probably won't be necessary. [[User:0rion|0rion]] 04:13, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
:::The revision sorta killed the joke to me. --{{User:Ang the Ephemeral/sig}} 06:19, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Actually, when I wrote that original fun fact, the politician reference I had in mind was Arnold Schwarzenegger, then Chairman for Bush Sr.'s position of President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports (1990-93). He and other political figures would occasionally appear on these Saturday morning PSAs saying things like "Hi, I'm (politician), here to remind you to just say No to drugs" and similar messages. They basically would try to serve as role models to children. They weren't allowed to campaign politically in these PSAs, though, and to my knowledge they still aren't. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 04:51, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

::Wouldn't this fact be better in the Real World References rather than the Explanations section? [[User:MisteR t|mister t]] 04:44, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

== Delay ==

:Did anyone else notice that the new stuff bubble didn't appear for this toon until today (the 26th)? --[[User:CertifiedArborist|CertifiedArborist]] 00:25, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

== Incorrect Location!? ==

In the locations section, it lists Blue Laser Cottage. I assume this means that Blue Laser is supposedly in the cottage. However, The Commander and Minions appear to be in the Cheat Commandos HQ, as evidenced by Gunhaver's picture on the wall. This same background was used for the CC HQ in [[Let us give TANKS!]], when Gunhaver was ''staying behind'' at the base. Also, the Blue Laser Cottage was 'splown up. [[User:EYanyo|EYanyo]] 04:32, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

:Naw. Compare the kitchens shown in Tanks and Rap Song. They're obviously the same room.{{User:Bluebry/sig}} 04:35, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
::Yeah, okay. I got you now. I think when I first looked at it, Reynold's Parent's House was also there, so I thought it meant that Blue Laser Cottage is where Blue Laser and his minions were. In that case, is it notable that Blue Laser is in the Cheat Commandos HQ? [[User:EYanyo|EYanyo]] 03:46, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

== Possible Real World Reference ==

The lines "Meet a bunch of kids from Alabama/ beach volleyball slamma jamma!" may be a reference to a popular cheer for the Crimson Tide. (The Crimson Tide are the football team for the University of Alabama, and the cheer itself goes "Ramma jamma yella hamma, give 'em Hell, Alabama!") Crack's mispronunciation of certain things might explain why it's "slamma jamma" instead of "ramma jamma," but I also don't think the odds are very good that TBC would be familiar with that cheer so it may just be coincidence.

Just puttin' it out there.
:I think they were just rhyming things with "Alabama". {{User:Shwoo/sig}} 12:12, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

== Grandmaster Flash ==

I was wondering if anyone else noted the similarities to Grandmaster Flash's classic of rap, "The Message," particularly the way the line "Kids, don't play with too many knives," relates to the refrain "Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge." Dig:

[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/33/The_Message.ogg OGG Sample]

(Or perhaps you have to be of a certain age?)

Wonder if this merits mentioning in the article?

:I just watched this cartoon and the very first thing I thought of was that Grandmaster Flash tune...especially that Poo ha ha ha part.
:(and yes, perhaps you do have to be of a certain age) [[User:Ceilidthbear|Ceilidthbear]] 14:37, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

== Reversion Comment ==

There's a comment under "Goofs" stating that the second Pistols for Pandas visor is just a reversion of the first. However, I feel that this was more of an intended effect than a goof that TBC missed. Does it really belong there?

:It's a fuzzy area when you're talking about music videos, but since Crack is wearing both visors at the same time and they're not completely symmetrical on his head (ie. intentionally mirrored), I think it's more likely that he was just supposed to be wearing two identical visors and the cheap way to get the second one there was just to flip it horizontally.
:Keep in mind that there are other precedents for this sort of thing happening, too - [[Let us give TANKS!]] has a scene where one of the Blue Laser Minions has a fork stuck in one eye, but when he turns to face the other direction, the fork switches eyes. This is again due to the horizontal flip.
:That said, this seems like a common enough occurrence that we can validly debate about why it keeps happening - are TBC consciously doing the flip, hoping nobody will notice? Are they doing it to make fun of similar animation goofs elsewhere? Are they not aware of the goofs? Do they simply not care? Unfortunately, we don't know what they're thinking, and it's usually a bad idea to speculate in the article. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 06:52, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

== Can anyone think of an example where this happened? ==

OK, I offer a preliminary slap in the back of the head to anyone who tries to push this into "breaking the 4th wall" category, but was there ever a cartoon where the voice of the cartoon came out at the end and said "Hi, I'm the voice of such and such?" We mentioned Seargent Slaughter, but there, they just animated a pro-wrestler, and the Spongebob guy does some live action promos...but never...actually acknowledges who he is, he pretends to be a pirate. The idea of a cartoon character's voice stepping forward in person, to a child, seems at first tantamount to Mickey Mouse taking off his head mask in front of kids at Disney World, but somewhere in the back of my head I vaguely remember, "Hi, you might remember me as the voice of such and such," then uses both their voice, and the cartoon voice for the PSA point. Was it the Roger Rabbit guy? Too long here, I know, but can anyone think of an example?
:Perhaps being the voice of "gun-shaver" is Crack's only claim to fame. [[User:MisteR t|mister t]] 04:40, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

== Poo hahahaha ==

Was that human guy laughing at the word poo? I'm laughing right now!--[[User:74.234.58.172|74.234.58.172]] 13:55, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

By the way, that was me who said that above, I just wasn't logged in.--[[User:Ava|Ava]] 13:56, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
:See [[Talk:An_Important_Rap_Song#First_mention|above]]. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 15:25, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

==Baywatch ref?==
The pink letters scrolling to the left with the beach in the background looks like a ref to baywatch. But I'm not sure. [[User:Gerkuman|Gerkuman]] 22:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

==TR-909?==
How sure are you that's a real TR-909 making the beats (see Trivia), for all we know it could be a VST, or samples, or clone...{{unsigned|69.55.193.129|1:50, 30 March 2007 (UTC)}}

:Hm, that was added {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=An_Important_Rap_Song&diff=435794&oldid=435793 here}}. You raise a good point, as it could easily be from [[Wikipedia:ReBirth RB-338|ReBirth RB-338]] or something like that (assuming that the sounds are unique to the TR-909). -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 01:59, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

== Sound Quality ==

OK, so there's been this fact in the [[An Important Rap Song#Remarks|Remarks]] section saying that the sound quality is significantly higher than in most other cartoons on the site. I really think this fact is questionable. Isn't the whole thing subjective? Can different people have differing opinions on the sound quality of this toon? And now someone has adding to it, saying that the character videos of [[The King of Town]] and [[Marzipan]] also have better sound. To be honest, I could not hear any difference at all. This fact should be removed. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 23:52, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

:I agree with you, however, methinks it need be STUFFed. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 23:53, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
::Perhaps there is a technical reason for the claim that the quality is better (like a higher bitrate). Let's ask around about that before sending it to STUFF. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:09, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

== There's a difference? ==

I don't get out much so I'm kinda curious about something. In the hip-hop lingo, what's the difference between "Fresh" and "Fly"? - {{User:Ren Foxx/sig}} 18:50, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
:There used to be an explanation on this, but it was [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=An_Important_Rap_Song&diff=435731&oldid=435729 removed]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 18:54, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
::I put it back 'cause it's interesting (on the assumption that it's true; if it's not true, someone please say so). — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:58, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
:Well, according to [http://www.urbandictionary.com/ urbandictionary.com], "fresh" means "cool, in style", whilst "fry" means "cool, in style". The joke is they mean the same thing. For example, the TV Show ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'' and The Offspring's ''Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)''. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 18:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
::I agree. I believe that the joke of it is that there is no difference, thus is why he says "And trust me. There is a difference." Simply because he isn't exactly the smartest character on Homstar Runner. -Some person who does not yet have an account.

==Riggity Roll!==

Does anyone else thing Gunhaver changing the cathphrase to "Riggity Roll", possibly be beacuase of Crank Stuntman, who simply forgot then changed it? (After all, he can't remember his charecters name...)
-{{User:HeyMama/sig}}
:He would have had his lines memorized from a script, so I don't think it's possible... but who's Crank Stuntman? -- [[User:ChurchPunk|ChurchPunk]], 10:03 PM, March 31, 2007 (EST)
::[[Crack Stuntman]] does the voice of [[Gunhaver]] on the Cheat Command-show. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}}
:::No, I don't think it's Crack's bad knowledge of the show, and it's the script reason I think so. It seems improbable Crack'd remember it for, what, four toons and suddenly forget it. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 02:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
::::Not remembering a character's name right could definitely be easy to do, depending on how the voice acting is done. A lot of times, especially with low budget stuff, people are just handed a paper with lines on it to read into the mic. No direction, no being told what you're saying a line in response to, nothing even resembling a script, and no actual dialogue with the other voice actors. Just read an entire episode's worth of lines, one after the other, then go home. Lot of low budget stuff, especially crappy computer games, you can really tell they did it that way, because their inflection will be off. Especially on one-word lines, like "who?" or "what?". Like "I figured out who murdered Joe!" "Who?" (inflected more like "who are you talking about? I don't know anyone named Joe," than the obviously intended "who was it that killed him?")

::::So anyway, a catchphrase, like "rock rock on!" would be said a lot, and the voice actor would probably remember it. But most characters don't say their own name that often. And if everyone's lines are all recorded seperately, and Stuntman never watches the show, he could conceivably have never heard Gunhaver's name actually said out loud, and may not even see it in print that often, if it's not written on his line-sheet. [[User:Arrkhal|Arrkhal]] 06:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

:::::I also don't think it's a flub. You don't memorize lines for an animated show; you read them. Stuntman would have the copy in front of him. The only way a flub makes sense is if he was completely unwilling to record the correct line, and so the producers had no choice but to use the flub, animate his arms in a funny way as he said it, animate the other Commandos' reactions to it, and record Silent Rip's line (which could possibly have been an ad lib if the recording session included more than one voice actor, but still). I think it makes more sense simply to attribute it to Gunhaver, not Stuntman. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 15:04, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

== Plunges? ==

I'm looking at the definition [http://www.webster.com/dictionary/plunges in Webster's], and I can't really see where any of them fit. All of the definitions listed mention plunging ''into'' or ''off of'' something, which is not really the case here. [http://www.webster.com/dictionary/lunges Lunge], on the other hand, seems to fit the situation exactly. I'm curious as to how you're reading these definitions, Bluebry. {{User:Laramie/Sig}} 12:06, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

== The Sneeze? ==

In the popular humor blog [http://www.thesneeze.com The Sneeze] there has been a multi-instalment joke about a conversation the author had with his 4 year-old son. He asks, "Please put your pants on," and the son answers, "Fine. Pickles!" I'm not sure if the opening segment is a reference to this or not.

Other than putting pants back on... meh, I'd say it's a stretch. If BLC said "Fine. Pickles!", then I'd have considered it a reference. [[User:71.231.56.40|71.231.56.40]] 19:02, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

== Inside References error ==

"Although not explicitly stated as such, the knives that Reynold's brother finds are rather big."
*I dissagree. They are merely in the foreground. [[User:MetaStar|MetaStar]] 07:10, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

:With the background seen outside the frame if you look at the flash or have one of the viewer scripts, you can scale the knives to their appropriate size next to Reynold's brother. They're about 80% of the shown size (on each dimension). Still pretty big, at least the left two are. Of course it's real hard to define 'big' in terms of Cheat sized and shaped beings. [[User:70.146.127.129|70.146.127.129]] 15:47, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

"Bubs foot isn't giant, it's just in the foreground." [[User:KanineKommander|KanineKommander]] 19:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

== Summertime? ==

Did anyone else think that the lyrics might have been inspired by/poking fun at The Fresh Prince's [http://www.lyricsfreak.com/w/will+smith/summertime_20146987.html Summertime]? It didn't sound the same, but nevertheless I thought the lyrics seemed sort of modeled after it.--[[User:H-ko|H-ko]] 06:35, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

== The other Crack? ==
I noticed that during the lines:
Well you're a rich kid, living in the suburbs,
and there's not a whole lot to do.
Crack points to his name printed on his shirt on the word "do". Coincidence, or does this PSA have a deeper message? [[User:Arkyopterix|Arkyopterix]] 22:36, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
:Definitely noticed this. Seemed ''extremely'' blatant to me. I mean, "you're a rich kid living in the suburbs and there's not a whole lot to do"? Plus the fact that the ''actual'' message of the song is an extremely non-issue that an ironically placed allusion to a real issue seems somewhat appropriate (and quite funny). Don't really know if it's worth mentioning or anything. [[User:68.223.138.23|68.223.138.23]] 04:53, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

::Wait, I don't understand. He points to his name. So what? --{{User:Jangles5150/sig}} 19:52, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
:::They think he's referring to crack. Like, the drug. Personally, I think it's a ridiculous notion. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 19:55, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

== Thiiiiis is Crack Stuntman ==

I don't know if it's worth noting or not, but the way "BLAAAAH'm Crack Stuntman" is said is very similar to the way "Thiiiiis is Crack Stuntman" is said in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 14.2]]. On the one hand, each character has a particular way of talking, and noting it each time they speak that way seems redundant. On the other hand the dragged out greeting seems to be a gimmick for Crack Stuntman, so should it be noted somewhere? — [[User:moeroris|moeroris]] ([[User talk:moeroris|talk]]) 18:51, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

== Senior Prom email song ==
The rhythm of the line "Kids don't play wit 2 many knives" is very similar to the e-mail song in the easter egg at the end of [[Senior Prom]]. Has anyone else noticed this?
[[User:74.114.133.55|74.114.133.55]] 05:13, 3 May 2007 (UTC) Unregistered User - Shard

== Numbers? ==

The numbers on the dolla (34678234678 and 67834jq8nds respectively) must mean something, right? If they were totally random, why do nine, five, and zero not apear, and why are the numbers always in order? Do they refer to dates (3/4/67, 8/23/46, 6/78 mean anything to anyone?) or possibly a representation of musical notes since it is base eight? Or am I looking too far into this?

== The Song MP3... ==

I've noticed that the song is a direct link...and I'd really want to download the song, but because the link is in flash, and it isn't in a zip folder, I can't download it. Does anyone have a copy of the song as an MP3 possibly? If so, I'd really appriciate it if you posted a link to a file hosting site (like filesend.net) with the song on it, so people with computers that play mp3 files in their browser can download it.
:That's easy to fix, simply right click the link and choose 'Save Link As...' or something similar, and it'll save as a .mp3. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}}

video games

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:28:35 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: If it doesn't change, there's no real point in noting.

{{sbenav|94|army|the bet}}
{{aboutemail}} {{for|list of all Homestar Runner games|Games}}
[[Image:videogames.png|thumb|"One day technology will catch up with my advanced thinking."]]

Taylor R. wants to know what Strong Bad would be like in a video game. Strong Bad explains that it would depend on what system he was on.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, [[Atari Strong Bad]], {{Film|Vector Strong Bad}}, [[Minor Game Characters|3-D Shield Guy]], [[Minor Game Characters|Rhino]]

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

{{Comp|Compy 386}}

'''Date:''' Monday, January 12, 2004

'''Running Time:''' 3:04

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

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc Three}}

== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Email is like a prison. A prison with no walls... and no toilet.

''{reading}''

<blockquote class="compy email">Hey Strong Bad, 
 
I was just wondering what you would 
be like in a video game and what it 
would be like. 
 
From, 
Taylor R. 
Queen Creek, AZ</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "AZ" as "Alcatraz."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa. Somebody on the inside. ''{shakes head}'' Get out soon, Taylor. ''{typing}'' What would I be like in a video game? Well, that all depends on what system we're talking about. Like, if it was on one of those really old machines...

''{Cut to Atari 2600-style game, with an empty green rectangle imposed on a black screen.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' ...the graphics would probably only look ''kinda'' like me.

''{A red square appears representing Strong Bad.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And I'd run all around a futuristic maze—

''{The square starts moving around the screen and some green blocks and blue glowing barriers appear.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' —collecting things that look ''nothing like'' me.

''{A yellow square the same size as Strong Bad's square appears in the centre of the maze.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Man, that'd be pretty awesome!

''{The red square approaches the yellow square and touches it, thereby "collecting" it. The words "secret collect!" appear on the screen. Cut back to the Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Ooh! Ooh! I could also be in one of those 3-D vector games.

''{Cut to screen of said game. A corridor ending with a wall is outlined in red. Some moving arrows appear on the walls on either side.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And there'd be this awesome, huge, 3-D version of my head floatin' around.

''{A vectorized version of Strong Bad's head appears on the screen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Like, it looks so awesome, girls would probably try to make out with the screen

''{Lipstick lips appear on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' and we'd have to program it to be like:

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD''': BACK OFF BABY

''{As it speaks the words appear on the screen, then fall down and disappear.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And in this one, the player wouldn't control me...

''{Cut to Strong Bad at the Compy, shaking the camera}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 'CUZ YOU CAN'T CONTROL ''ME!!''

''{Cut back to the vector game.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Instead, you'd be some kinda 3-D shield guy with a shield...

''{A generic-looking guy with a shield appears on the bottom of the screen.}'''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Some kind of ''spikey''-headed 3-D cyber-shield guy... with a cyber-shield.

''{The appropriate changes are made so the shield guy is now spikey-headed and holding a striped "cyber-shield."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And you'd have to block my perplexing 3-D geometric attacks, or face ''certain 3-D doom''!

''{Vector Strong Bad spits out a rhombus, which the cyber-shield guy blocks. Vector Strong Bad spits another rhombus, and this one hits the cyber-shield carrier in the face, causing it to explode.}''

'''VECTOR STRONG BAD''': YOUR HEAD A SPLODE

''{Again, the words appear on the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Naturally, there'd be some problems with bad translation.

''{Cut back to Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' On the other hand, it might be cool to be in one of those text-based adventures. You know, for those intellectual people with better imaginations.

''{Cut to a black screen with a green arrow at the top.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' It'd be like...

''{reading text}''

<blockquote class="tandy email" style="background-image:none">Ye find yeself in yon dungeon. Ye see a FLASK 
Obvious exits are NORTH, SOUTH, and DENNIS. 
 
What wouldst thou deau?</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad doesn't say the last sentence.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And you'd be all like...

<blockquote class="short tandy email" style="background-image:none">Get ye flask</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And it'd say,

<blockquote class="short tandy email" style="background-image:none">You can't get ye flask!</blockquote>

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And you'd just have to sit there and imagine ''why on Earth'' you can't get ye flask! Because the game's certainly not going to tell you.

''{At this the screen adds "I'm certainly not going to tell thou."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And there's no precious graphics to help you out, either!

''{At this the screen adds "Graphics, shmaphics." and a few seconds later, " . . for sooth!" Cut back to the computer.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' But oh, man. The best thing ever would be if I was in one of those brand new super-photorealistic games that take like tons of migs and megs of memories just to play it.

''{Cut to a blue screen. A 16-bit version of Strong Bad appears.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' I'd look super-cool, runnin' around on some grass, maybe.

''{The background changes to a 16-bit field against a blue sky.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' Where there'd be like, um... a rhino there, too.

''{A rhino falls down from the sky and some music starts playing.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' A ''hungry'' rhino!

''{A food bowl appears in front of the rhino and it starts whining, jumping and turning red. Strong Bad runs around.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And I'd have to, I guess... feed him.

''{A box labeled "FOOD" appears. Strong Bad brings it to the rhino's bowl and it calms down, eating the food.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And, umm... snakes?

''{Snakes pop up, wriggling up and down the screen. The rhino charges. Cut back to Compy 386.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So hopefully one day technology will catch up with my advanced thinking, so all the ladies can start making out with their TV screens.

''{Strong Bad stops typing; he turns around as he continues talking}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Until next time, Taylor, this one's for you, and all my peoples got sent up the river.

''{He pours his [[Cold One]] on the floor.}''

''{[[The Paper]] comes down. After about five seconds, the four games appear in their boxes.}''

== Easter Eggs ==
*Clicking on the ''[[StrongBadZone]]'', ''[[RhinoFeeder]]'', ''[[Thy Dungeonman]]'', and ''[[Secret Collect.]]'' boxes will give you a closer image of each box and (if JavaScript is enabled) a pop-up of the game itself.

== Fun Facts ==

===Explanations===
*Strong Bad's statement about bad translation of ''StrongBadZone'' is a reference to the ubiquitous bad translation of Japanese-made [[Nintendo|NES]]-era games, the most infamous of which gave rise to the phrase, "[[Wikipedia:All your base are belong to us|All your base are belong to us]]," which was from the arcade game ''[[Wikipedia:Zero Wing|Zero Wing]]''.
*When Strong Bad says "migs and megs of memories," he's talking about [[Wikipedia:Megabyte|megabytes]] of computer memory.
*When Strong Bad mistakes Arizona for Alcatraz and says "Whoa... Somebody on the inside," he is talking about the famous jail on [[Wikipedia:Alcatraz Island|Alcatraz Island]] (which actually hasn't been in use since 1963).
*Secret Collect is playable on the [[FunMachine]], while Rhino Feeder is playable on the Super FunMachine. The names of these systems are most likely references to the [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|NES]] and [[Wikipedia:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]], respectively.
**However, the jump in graphics quality between the two games is more a reference to the graphics advances between the [[Atari 2600]] and its successors, the [[Wikipedia:Atari 5200|Atari 5200]] and [[Wikipedia:Atari 7800|7800]].

=== Trivia ===
*The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#bio menace|bio menace]]".
*Originally you could play the four games by clicking on them at the end of email. This has been changed as they are now accessible from the [[Scrolling Shooter Games Menu]].
*Even though Strong Bad threw out his Tandy long before this e-mail the text game he created seems to be on it instead of his Compy.
===Remarks===
*When Strong Bad says "YOU CAN'T CONTROL ME!" and he shakes the camera, you can still change the contrast on the computer.
*The ''StrongBadZone'' game contains the "BACK OFF BABY!" sequence, though it's only accessible when played with a [http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/flash.html seek bar] or [[Viidelectrix|on the Nintendo Wii]].
*Although this email was supposed to be about if Strong Bad was in a video game, ''Thy Dungeonman'' has nothing to do with him at all.
*Strong Bad mispronounces the word "ye" in "You can't get [[ye flask]]!" When "ye" is used as an article, it is properly pronounced as "the."
*Strong Bad mentions that you can't control him, yet you play as him in Rhino Feeder and in Secret Collect. You also get to play as him in the Egg Throwing Game, Fishing Challenge '91, and Strong Bad's Treat Snatcha.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Video games a prompt goof.png|thumb|Oops!]]
*When Strong Bad pours the drink out for Taylor, you can see all of the dust left over from the [[army|last email]], though it was not visible in the rest of the email.
*When Strong Bad clears the screen after reading the email, the a> covers the text above for one frame.
*When Strong Bad shakes the camera after saying "BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CONTROL ME!", look closely at the top of the Compy and you can see a thin white line above it.

===Real-World References===
*Strong Bad's intro is possibly a reference to Pete Rose's book, "My Prison Without Bars," which was released the week before this email.
*The graphics in ''StrongBadZone'' closely resemble [[Wikipedia:Nintendo Virtual Boy|Virtual Boy]] games that used vector graphics, such as [[Wikipedia:Red Alarm|''Red Alarm'']]. The Virtual Boy used only black, and three shades of red. See the [[#Commentary Transcript|DVD commentary]] below for several other titles that [[The Brothers Chaps]] liken it to.
*When Strong Bad pours the Cold One on the carpet at the end, it is a reference to the modern gangsta practice of pouring out a 40-ounce beer "for my dead homies."

===Fast Forward===
*''StrongBadZone'' is featured in [[Main Page 21]], the vector graphics page, which resembles the arcade game ''BattleZone''.
**The phrase "[[A Splode]]" is used several times later on.
*[[Ye Flask]] appears again in [[Thy Dungeonman]], [[Thy Dungeonman II]], and [[Thy Dungeonman 3]]
*Even though game text says "graphics shmaphics", they added graphics for [[Thy Dungeonman 3]].

== DVD Version ==
*You obviously can't play any of the four games. As well, the game boxes don't automatically come up. Instead, you must access them via the hidden Strong Bad Icon on the Compy 386 screen.
**For the DVD, the Easter egg consists of samples of music from each game in turn.
*Strong Bad's Cold One continues pouring after The Paper comes down.
*The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.

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

'''MATT:''' So this is an email we've been getting since probably the first week that we did Strong Bad Emails.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, and—

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' Remember when we—

'''MIKE:''' For whatever reason, we always shied away from it.

'''MATT:''' Yeah.

'''MIKE:''' And then, for whatever reason, we just came up with the idea.

'''MATT:''' This was like the Japanese cartoon one, we got that a lot.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah. Sometimes it just clicks when you read it and some, you just think of a good idea and sometimes you think of bad ideas, like maybe we'll get a really good idea for how to answer the "How do you type with boxing gloves?" email. Dark... dark night.

'''MATT:''' Umm—

'''MIKE:''' So our friend, uhhh, and, uhh—

'''MATT:''' Collaborator.

'''MIKE:''' Compat-compatriot. ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' Contemporary.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Jonathan Howe, we, uhh, I don't know—he threw all these together in, like, three or four days, maybe.

'''MATT:''' Less than that, probably, yeah, we told him—

'''MIKE:''' Hey, we had done it early in the—

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' —when we were doing this e-mail.

'''MIKE:''' I mean like midweek, probably. Tuesday or Wednesday, we, uhh—

'''MATT:''' Yeah. Those are really good-looking kissy lips.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks, man.

'''MATT:''' I like that.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Jiggles the camera.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, he gets really close up to it.

'''MIKE:''' Umm, so this is, y'know, like a vector game, like Tempest—

'''MATT:''' Battlezone.

'''MIKE:''' Battlezone... yeah.

'''MATT:''' The original Star Wars game.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah.

'''MATT:''' Ohh... there you go.

'''MIKE:''' He said, "Your head a splode".

'''MATT:''' I think we were gonna make it ori—if you, when you killed him, he said, "My head splow up". ''{Mike laughs}'' That was the other thing he was going to say. Umm, so yeah, we figured if we were going to do the, uh, this is all sort of—comes from Mike and I if we ever to make a video game—

'''MIKE:''' Don't tell 'em.

'''MATT:''' Never mind.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' Nu-huh—

'''MATT:''' ''{slightly more insistently}'' Never mind.

'''MIKE:''' ''{laughs}'' We're not going to tell you.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' I'm gonna need you all to sign a non-disclosure agreement before I reveal this. Umm, so this is sort of, uhh... I remember... what was it called? Vampire, I think, was one of the text games I played earlier on, and that's what had parapets in it. Was the first thing that—

'''MIKE:''' Oh yeah, I remember parapets, yeah.

'''MATT:''' ''{simultaneously}'' And I had no idea what para-I remember, like, getting the dictionary out and, because, I thought that would, like, when I'd fin-found out what parapets meant—

'''MIKE:''' That was how you won the game.

'''MATT:''' Yeah, then—

'''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' That was like— ''{laughs}''

'''MATT:''' I would like, it was like the key to it, and I'm just like, "What? It's just like a wall, tower in a castle?" Umm... ''{long pause}'' That rhino looks great, too, Mike.

'''MIKE:''' Thanks, Matt.

'''MATT:''' I think that noise, the noise the rhino makes ''{Mike laughs}'' is just that string on a key—on the synthesizer. There's like, it's supposed to sound like strings of a guitar, like when you're sliding your fingers down, yeah, so are the snakes, and they're just really slow ones and really fast ones. Fret—fret noises, that's what I'm—

'''MIKE:''' Fret magic.

'''MATT:''' Fret magic, really, magazine. Bio Menace, that was a Psygnosis game.

'''MIKE:''' Yeah, with, uh, what was the other one?

'''MATT:''' ''{menacingly}'' Blood Money.

'''MIKE:''' Blood Money.

===Fun Facts===
*[[Wikipedia:Tempest (game)|Tempest]] and [[Wikipedia:Battlezone|Battlezone]] are arcade games from 1980. They were famous for their colored vector graphics, which were very innovative for their time. "The original Star Wars game" probably refers to [[Wikipedia:Star Wars (arcade game)|Star Wars]], the arcade game from 1983, which also features color vector graphics.

== External Links ==
{{preforumsbemailextlinks|94}}*[[Podstar:sb_email_video_games.m4v|download "video games" for the iPod]] (see [[Podstar Runner]])
{{Strong Bad Email}}[[Category: Emails With DVD Commentary]]
[[Category:Podstar Runner]]

Talk:Where's an Egg?

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:57:36 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Names of People, Places and iTems */

==Character themes==

I just noticed something. Every character has their own variation on the theme that plays in that person's presence. Whenever you ask a character about another character, or they answer a question about that character, that character's theme will be played along with the theme of the character you're speaking with. But when only items and places are involved in the question (or the occasional super-bad liar who answers a question with him/herself when it's patently not true), you'll hear only the one character's theme. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:53, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
: Though sometimes it'll fail to play both themes together... --{{User:Jay/sig}} 16:57, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
: Oh, yeah, and when you win, it'll play what sounds like all the themes together. --{{User:Jay/sig}} 17:03, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

==Multiple endings==

I've found that depending on how quickly I finish the games. So far, I've found four:
*Fireworks only — 900 seconds or less left
*Fireworks and a white satellite-looking spaceship — 901-940 seconds left
*Fireworks, a white satellite-looking spaceship, and a yellow/brown spaceship — 941-970 seconds left
*Fireworks, a white satellite-looking spaceship, a yellow/brown spaceship, and a gray/green spaceship with an alien coming out — 971 or more seconds left
I'm unsure whether there are any other endings for amounts of time left much smaller than the above. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 17:12, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

:My guess is that the 3rd one is a space lab and the "alien" that comes out is a cosmonaut performing a space walk.

:I managed to win a few times just by shooting at everyone immediately. My best time is 994 and all I get is the sputnik, the rocket and the space lab.

:[[User:Nsayer|Nsayer]] 18:08, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Those aren't just any "spaceships", those are definitely meant to refer to the Sputnik satellites.

== Locations, suspects, and items ==
Here are my attempts at identifying the locations, suspects, and items. I'm not sure of all of them, especially the ones with question marks. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 18:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
===Locations===
*Aquarium
*Forest
*Museum (?)
*Siberia (thanks, [[Special:Contributions/70.116.132.84|70.116.132.84]])
*City
*Desert
*Beach
*Movie theater
*Pier

===Suspects===
*Butler
*Blue hat man
*Maid
*Blonde woman
*[[Wikipedia:John McEnroe|John McEnroe]] (I think — recall that Homestar [[:Image:Homestar JohnMcEnroe.PNG|previously dressed up as him]])
*Mechanic
*Old Woman
*[[Kid Speedy]]
*Red hat man

===Items===
*[[Egg]]
*Potted plant
*Strawberry
*[[Alcohol|Beer]]
*Pencil
*Bomb
*Duffel bag
*Monkey wrench
*Slingshot
*Cat

I think once the locations, items, suspects are re-ordered, we can pull the stub tag off the article. Lots of great info and we have the basics now. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 22:19, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

== Item Talk ==

I have noticed, if people talk about an item when you question them about the egg, talk about the item. They will then tell you a person, and a place. If the person is at that place with the item, they usually have the egg. If they ARN'T at that spot, the one who gave you the info usually has the egg. Anyone have this not happen? (Notice I said USUALLY)--[[User:Bobmuffins|Bobmuffins]] 18:35, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

This is true, because all characters either always lie or always tell the truth [[User:68.54.84.110|68.54.84.110]] 19:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

== Painfully dumb question... ==

How do you play the game if you don't speak or read Russian?
:Actual game play requires no knowledge of Russian, since it done completely with pictures. The Russian writing is meaningless or poorly done, anyway. {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 19:21, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

- Hey; erm, I have no real idea about wiki ettiquete but I just wanted to say that the Russian is all more or less correct and certainly not meaningless. Here goes: The title, 'gde yaitso' indeed means 'where is the/an egg?' (although the dash in the middle is not needed) - the reference to 'gde yaichko' that is made on the corresponding wiki article on this topic is wrong; 'yaichko' is a diminuitive form roughly equivalent to 'eggy'. 'Gde yaitso' i.e. as written in the game is the best translatoin for 'Where's an Egg?'. On the loading screen, 'televizionniy elektricheskiy' - 'televisual electrical' is fairly senseless but apart from that, the rest of the russian is correct. When you shoot the egg-haver, 'vinovnik' (criminal) appears, and then 'pozdravlenie' (congratulations). If you get it wrong, 'vinovnik' again appears, followed by 'gulag' (russians tend to use the simpler word 'lager'' but gulag is a russian acronym) and then 'igra zakonchenniy' - the only real example of incorrect grammar. It means 'game over' but should be 'igra zakonchennaya' to account for the feminine gender of 'igra'. Hardly 'meaningless or poorly done'. I was pretty surprised with the quality of the russian, to be honest
:: Since it clear you know Russian, and I definitely do not, I would bow to your superior knowledge. In this case, I would say writing up this information in the wiki directly would be much appreciated. (Perhaps under a translation section?) {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 20:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

The Russian text is only used for the title screen and the "congraturatory" address. "Dialogue" in the game itself is handled through pictograms ("Blue Rabbit's Climate Chaos" comes to mind, although this is much more simplistic). Basically, you go around "investigating" each area, confirming which characters are where and which items they're holding, and questioning the characters about other characters and items; if you find someone who's lying, odds are he/she is the culprit, and you do what any good renegade Russian detective would: you shoot them! ^_^--[[User:Tenka Muteki|Tenka Muteki]] 19:22, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

: Actually, I find that about half the suspects lie, whether they have the egg or not. But really, since everyone either always lies or always tells the truth, all you have to do is find someone who gives you a clue about the egg and says even one other true thing. (Don't bother asking anyone, truthteller or liar, about him/herself or his/her own item, though.) --{{User:Jay/sig}} 20:20, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

==Too many colors==
When you hover over a button, it gradients from gray to yellow (and back again when you remove) Thats waaaaay too many shades of yellow for a game like this. Maybe put this in remarks or goofs. I have bad edit etiquette :P

==Screen shot==
Since the game is out for reals and looks different from the preview shot that was originally up, shouldn't we use a screen shot of actual game play? Do we include both images on the page? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 20:47, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
:I went ahead and replaced the old image with the new one, since that's what we did with [[Kid Speedy]]. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 21:02, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

== Maid ==
[[Image:Where's an Egg - Suspects - Maid.png|thumb|Totally a butcher.]]
Which person is supposed to be the maid? Process of elimination of all the other characters left a person who appears to be a butcher.--[[User:Another Freakin' Guy Named Daniel|Another Freakin' Guy Named Daniel]] 21:26, 16 July 2007 (UTC) Also, which one is supposed to be the movie theater? Process of elimination left what resembles the Lincoln Memorial.

== Ending Screen ==

That's not a police station, it's Lenin's Mausoleum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenin%27s_Mausoleum)
:Apparently we don't know too much 'bout Russia. Thanks for pointing that out! {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 21:47, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Also the word vinovnik (виновник) would be better translated as "guilty person". Criminal is prestupnik (преступник) in Russian.

We would probably use "culprit" in English.--[[User:Tenka Muteki|Tenka Muteki]] 23:35, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

== Suspect and location images ==

While the suspect and location images were originally icons, they have now been overwritten with full-sized images. Personally, I prefer the icons for three reasons:
#The full body characters are much taller than the rest of the images, which makes the table look a little lopsided.
#The icon images are pixel-for-pixel, whereas there are some cropping issues with the full-sized images (compare the {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/images/archive/5/5b/20070716220648%21Where%27s_an_Egg_-_Suspects_-_Maid.png butcher icon}} with the {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/images/5/5b/Where%27s_an_Egg_-_Suspects_-_Maid.png full-body butcher}})
#We don't need to illustrate every component of the game completely, just give an icon for identification purposes.
Does anyone agree, or are we happy with the staus quo? {{User:Trey56/sig}} 22:30, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
: I think the table is fine as is, especially with the ability to expand the locations to a larger size. Perhaps making the size of the icons closer to the same size (using the item icons as a guide)? {{User:Wbwolf/sig}} 22:36, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

::The icons are fine by me, alhtough the cropping issues can easily be fixed. If you think reverting back to icons is the better choice, by all means, go for it. I don't see a problem with keeping the locations as full shots, however. {{User:FireBird/sig}} 22:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

== Names of People, Places and iTems ==

Using a decompiler, the names are '''Jessifer, Pall, Brodermaker, Mancuso, Damella, Deark, Gubby, Les and Joeff'''. The places are called '''Seward Lane, Hollway, A Room, Gym, Bank, Gumption Road, Upstairs, Nearby and Under'''. The items are called '''Bottle, Ball, Butterfly, Dog, Gym Bag, Fanny Pack, Frying Pan, Candlestick and Laptop'''. Not sure which is which. I might have another look later on when I'm home from school.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 22:42, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

:That's crazy :P Especially since some of those names bear little resemblance to the items... {{User:Trey56/sig}} 22:55, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
::I'm more surprised they put all the names there. By the way, nice work on the [[looking old]] reference. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 23:57, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

== The Manual ==

The manual page is really funny in the way, that its English translation is more correct then the original Russian text :)

* The word at the top of the page "Узнать" (Uznat') is correct, it really does mean "Find out";
* The line "Кто лежит?" (Kto lezhit?) is a mistake and actually means here "Who is lying on the ground?" rather then "Who is telling lies/lying?". This is because in English the verb "to lie" can mean both of those things, but in Russian it's "лежать" (lezhat') for "lying on the ground" and "лгать" (lgat') for "telling the lies/lying". So the line should be "Кто лжет?" (Kto lzhet?);
* The line "Кто говорит правду?" (Kto govorit pravdu?) is correct, it does mean "Who tells the truth?";
* The line "Кто имеет яйцо?" (Kto imeet yaico?) is a bit incorrect and means "Who owns an egg?". "У кого яйцо?" (U kogo yaico?) could be translated as "Who has the egg?"

Another note: The Arbat ST. (location of the seller) is a well-known street in Moscow (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbat_Street).

Talk:Who Said What Now?

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:56:03 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* The old game */ Reply, hopefully ending this.

Does anyone know where I can find that fan music video for Strong Sad's line? I always liked it. --[[User:VolatileChemical|VolatileChemical]] 04:20, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

:I know where you can find it. It's called "Strong Bad Rocks Out" by [[The Skate Party]]. You can listen to it (or download it) using a link on my forum. Here's the URL: [http://www.strongfans.com/portal/show_entry.asp?TYP=2&EntryID=169] Enjoy! {{User:The Paper/sig}} 14:43, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

::Or go here- http://newgrounds.com/portal/view/187036. [[User:Ookelaylay|Ookelaylay]] 20:59, 12 Aug 2005 (UTC)

==The tab==
the tab has 3-type-D animation, ie, when you pull it, it comes up horizontal, when its at rest its at a diagonal angle. {{User:Csours/sig}} 09:07, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

== Is That A Cold One? ==

i always thought that the "dink" heard during strong bads say was a cold one bottle cap coming off. and i still think it is. should i put this up in stuff? -{{User:Homsar7/sig}}
:I think it's pretty hard to say what it is, as there's no visual to match it to. Anything at all is pretty much speculation. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]]

==Name Change==
This game is now called "Who said what?" I think it's because of the copyright issue thing. - {{User:The Joe/sig}} 21:42, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
:Noted and moved. Thanks for the update! --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 21:44, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
::Is it worth noting somewhere in the article the reason for the name change? {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 00:21, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
:::Doubtful. That's not really part of the encyclopedic significance. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 00:24, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
::::I think it's an important part of the game's history. But we should wait how everything turns out before we add it.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 00:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
:::::Yeah. When did it change? Boy, this is getting to be an interesting week. --[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 22:40, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

==Picture==
Now that the game has been changed, is it permissible to put a picture of the new game up? {{User:Geshmalderborgen/sig}} 22:04, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
:I should think so, yes. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 22:11, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

== Locked? ==

Somehow I ended up logged out, and when I noticed this page on RecentChanges, I noticed it was locked. The only explanation given is that it was "at the request of [[Karen Wagner]]"... I suppose, looking at the above comments, I might have a guess why it was locked (copyright issues?), but that said, how accurate is my guess? And does it still need to be locked? --{{User:Jay/sig}} 23:49, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
:Also, the image was removed per KW (according to the history) and now has been restored. a) are we allowed to do this and b) can someone please explain what's going on? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 05:07, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
::Well, it's a new image. Different image. But I should probably check first... *sweatdrop* I've commented it out for now, until I get an okay... --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 05:13, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
Is it still appropriate for this page to be locked?{{User:Bryanc/sig}} 16:06, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
:It probably doesn't need to be locked for too much longer, but we're trying to tread through this issue carefully, so hold on a little longer... {{User:Trey56/sig}} 16:19, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Is there a particular reason long-time members are locked as well? I've seen quite a few Wikipedia pages, such as [[Wikipedia:High School Musical]], which were locked only to nonmembers and newbies. If we can lock it for those people only I have an idea for a picture to use in the template. (I know this should go in its own talk page but I didn't know what to call the template) [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 03:27, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
:We don't need a semi-protected template, thanks. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 03:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

i need to add a "view the old version" link (to spin and say) [[User:slipknot6477]]
:No, we're not going to do that. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:17, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
why not?
:For reasons that are already listed on this page in various threads. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:26, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

::In other words, [[looking old|legal reasons]] not to be discussed at the current time. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 23:28, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

== Request for article link change ==

The line ''The game is a parody of Mattel's "See 'n Say."'' should, I think, instead of linking to Mattel's wiki entry, should more appropriately link to the [[Wikipedia:See 'n Say|See 'n Say]] page. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 11:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
:Done. {{User:Phlip/sig}} 12:17, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
::Cool, thanks! Also, I don't mean to be knit picker, but I was hoping that the Mattel link would go away or look a bit better, since having the word be half link/half text doesn't look as pleasing as if it looked like: [[Wikipedia:Mattel|Mattel's]]. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 05:24, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
::That is odd. Isn't the appended bit normally swallowed into the link, or is that only for inside links? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 10:06, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
:::Mine swallows both internal and external links, except any with an "'s". Then it just goes '''Blue Words Here'''<nowiki>'s</nowiki>. Dunno why. *shrugs* --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 18:42, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
::::My guess is that extra characters are automatically apparended to the link when they are only letters. My guess is that the apostrophe breaks that "autolink". I personally don't like that feature and opt to link it myself. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 03:11, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
:::::But don't. The link is to the noun, not the possessive, and shouldn't be linked as though it were. Also, we should avoid piped links when possible. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:10, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
::::::True. The link is a noun and not the possessive, but it just looks soooo much prettier! Lol. And we rename things all the time! Oh is that what you mean by avoiding piped links when possible? But I like piped links! They're my frieeend! ... *awkward silence* Right. Anyway, I just think form over function might be a nice idea in this very... isolated... case. Yeah. Isolated. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 02:22, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

== Add some links ==

Would it be appropiate to add links to the original version? I couldn't add them myself because the edit buttons appear to be hidden.
:I don't think we should. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 00:23, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
::If anything, we should put it on [[Secret Pages]], but only after this page and the other pages involving the toy are unprotected, and the copyright issue is resolved {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 00:27, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
:::I think we should pretend "Sp*n 'N S*y" never existed and it has always been Who Said What?. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 00:29, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
::::I concur. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:31, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
Well, there are places where the forbidden name is used, such as the [[Third Games Menu]] and [[Why Come Only One Girl?]]. Also the old [[Handheld Games Menu]] mirrors. I say that we don't do anything more until we get the Chapmans' ok. - {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 00:42, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
:That is likely for the best. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 02:43, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
How can [[Secret Pages]] and [[Astro-Lite 2600]] include links to Lite Brite if it is a registered trademark of Hasbro? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 15:30, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

::That issue hasn't yet surfaced as a problem (and hopefully never will). {{User:Trey56/sig}} 15:59, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
Is it possible for us to pretend this game was always this state without creating the impression Kidelectrix predates Videlectrix? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 19:59, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, you're doing a damn good job of erasing The Game That Apparently Must Not Be Named from history, let me say. I came across this page and thought, "Ah, it's been changed", but then found no reference to [that game]. I know how obsessive you fanboys are at documenting every little thing about Homestar Runner, so I frantically searched for any reference at all to [that game] on the wiki, but found none, and thought to myself, "Have I gone mad? Did I just imagine [that game]? Why on earth isn't there a reference to it?" Nothing made sense until I found this talk page, from which the situation can be inferred.

Pandering to the dictates of the Chaps aside, I don't see why there shouldn't be a reference to it on this site. It isn't affiliated to homestarrunner.com, so there can't be any ramifications, can there? Well, there's my bit. Thanks for causing so much confusion. --[[User:84.67.250.92|84.67.250.92]] 22:16, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
:Hey, no problem. Unfortunately, it's not going to change anytime soon, at least not until the dust finally settles. You may think we're pandering fanboys—and that's fine, you can think that if you want—but really we're being respectful of them and their request. Also, I think it shows poor discretion if one's bottom line in making decisions is "Meh, what's the worst that can happen?". In cases like that, it's almost always better not to find out. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:58, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
::Wait, why is this an issue? Is it because of the copyright on the original errm... thing by mattel? I got lost. Suddenly everyone's acting like we need to clean up after a murder. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 23:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
:::The nature of the issue is such that we won't be discussing it at present; however, in due time we will explain the full reasoning behind everything. I know it's frustrating, but we are asking for your patience for a while longer. Thanks for your cooperation. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 23:49, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
::::I understand. When a legal issue comes up like this, the best thing to do is exactly what you and all the other sysops and admins are doing. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 03:44, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
:::::If I may chip in my thoughts on this, to avoid confusion (i.e. the aformentioned "Kidelectrix predates Videlectrix!?!" thing), whenever it is deemed we can edit this again, we could simply say "This game is an edited version of an older game, with Homsar's quote and the Kidelectrix name added" or something--we can be ambiguous and not say anything about the older game's content, just say that this one is a new version of an older game. [[User:Evan|Evan]] 00:05, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
::::::Here's my two cents: Evan's plan is a good one for now, but in the future, should there ever be a resolution, we can give a full explanation as to what happened to the (BLEEEEEEEEP). --[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 04:17, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

== About a Fun Fact ==

I don't like the word "parody". Please change the text "This game is a '''parody''' of Mattel's See 'n' Say" to something else. Thank you. Remember: YOU made me hate this word. {{unsigned|76.184.188.124|17:32, 8 March 2007 (UTC)}}
:Look for a second at the [[ahd:61/94/P0079400.html|definition]] of the word, the relevant part of which I will highlight here: "An artistic work that imitates the characteristic style of another work for comic effect." That is ''exactly'' what this game is. But never mind that. TBC, via their representative, ''specifically'' asked us to use that word. It stays. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 18:00, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

== They're s'posed to what? ==

Where can I find out more about the copyright issue? Did Mattel try to sue them or something? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 23:40, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
:We don't know. All we know is [[Talk:Who Said What Now?#Add some links|this was always "Who Said What"]], and the rest doesn't need to be elaborated on. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 23:59, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
::I don't know if we can pull that off since the original name is still used in [[Secret Pages]] and [[Old Flash Stuff]]. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 22:03, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

==Homsar==
Hey, Homsar has a line but it's not translated to text!

'''HOMSAR:'''AaAaAh, My cheese is 50 cent!

-Ben from the fanstuff wiki

:<s>You can just put it on the page you know :)</s> This must be an addition to the original because I've noticed that all of the timings for the subtitles are out of sync now.{{User:Bryanc/sig}} 23:45, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
::Nevermind, I didn't realize the page was locked from editing.{{User:Bryanc/sig}} 23:54, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
::An administrator will need to add this.{{User:Bryanc/sig}} 02:07, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

== Stuff To Add ==

*The [[Handheld Games Menu]] still calls this game Who Said What?
*Include a link in Marzipan's quote to [[The Only Girl]]. Thank you for your time. [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 05:40, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

:The first one would fit better on [[Handheld Games Menu]] than on this page, I think. As for the second one, we usually don't link characters' speech in transcripts. I tried figuring out a different way to work it in, but nothing came to me. Any suggestions? {{User:Trey56/sig}} 05:53, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
::I'd say add is as a fun fact:
::*Marzipan's line refers to the fact that she is considered [[The Only Girl|the only female lead]].
::Feel free to reword to make it sound better. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 13:17, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
:::I think that sounds prooty grood — I {{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Who_Said_What_Now%3F&diff=451063&oldid=449987 added it}}. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 15:55, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
::::Another thing to mention is that Homestar doesn't have a mouth on his picture. I'm still cheesed off that this page is protected in the first place (I'm not going to ask why). Can we just ban it from annonies? Or is it that bad? --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 00:55, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
:::::Please see [http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=Talk%3AWho_Said_What_Now%3F&diff=461958&oldid=461925]. Sorry about this, and thanks for understanding.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 00:58, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

== New Fun Fact ==

I noticed that the characters on the buttons resemble the character designs from the back page of the FAQ. Just puttin' this up here, in case you want to STUFF it. [[User:76.184.199.4|76.184.199.4]] 02:07, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
:What part of the FAQ? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 02:12, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

::Oh, you mean the static characters on the last page — they're very close, but I can find subtle differences in all of them except Pom Pom... {{User:Trey56/sig}} 03:59, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

== For kids? ==

Anyone else notice that Homsar's picture in this resembles the one used in [[For Kids]] in [[Whaddaya Know, Haddi-Man?]]'s theme song? -[[User:Free Bagels|Free Bagels]] 01:20, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

== Fact/Goof ==

Is it a fact or a goof that the narrator refers to every character with a "the" infront of their name except for The Cheat?
It should be "the The Cheat says..." -[[User:JamesDean|JamesDean]] 19:35, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
:you forgot the KOT and the poopsmith, both of whom have [[integral article]]s. not a goof or a relevant fact. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:40, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
::The King and Poopsmith are not ''always'' integral like The Cheat is, though. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 19:43, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
:::still, they are mostly, as evidenced by their page names [[The King of Town|'''The''' King of Town]] and [[The Poopsmith|'''The''' Poopsmith]]. Ergo, still not relevant. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 19:47, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
::If this toon were created today, then it might be different, but it was from way back when they hadn't firmed up the whole integral article thing. As such, it's not really that notable. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:03, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

==Homsar's line==

Would it, erm, hurt if we could at least say "Assumably, Homsar's line was recorded later than the rest, hence the difference in sound quality" or something? It looks kind of silly as it is. D: [[User:Evan|Evan]] 23:57, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
:I think it's fine as it is. It's not silly at all.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 00:06, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

== The old game ==

Wow, since when was this changed? I think it used to be a Spin 'n Say, because that redirects here. Where you pulled a string and the quotes cycled through 11 different guys. [[User:75.46.60.77|75.46.60.77]] 17:20, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
:The name changed a little over four months ago, and then the game itself was updated about two months ago, because of the work of outside forces. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:29, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
Yeah. M*ttel got [[The Brothers Chaps]] to change it because they felt their copyrights were being skimped. (M*ttel manufactures Sp*n 'n S*y, ya know.) [[User:71.231.56.40|71.231.56.40]] 21:53, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
:None of that is a secret; we are just choosing not to discuss the details at present. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 21:59, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

um... who said what nows article is crazy and we need to get the spin and say/who said what now thing finished. most of its discussion is with secret pages. we got to get this settled in a pole home. [[User|slipknot6477|slipknot6477]]
:We ''have'' finished the page and the only problems are people who continue to bring it up. I'm not sure what you mean by "pole home", but there is no need to continue discussion about the previous happenings of Who Said What Now?. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 15:56, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Talk:the paper

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:07:24 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Dribbling a football */

== 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]]

== 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)

== 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.

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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.

Talk:the paper

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:45:04 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Homestar's Blackout */

== 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]]

== 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)

== 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.

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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)

== 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

== 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)

== 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)

== 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.

Talk:the paper

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 11:16:48 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Anyone else hear "Wu-Tang"? */ Reply.

more armies

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Wed, 30 May 2007 21:50:22 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Fun Facts */ Invisi-comment.

{{sbenav|172}}
[[Image:Homestar Frank Bennedetto more armies.png|thumb|"The Homestarmy has a career for you in the no-armed forces!"]]

Strong Bad gives us a tour of his Vaguely Military Career Fair.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}/[[Tito]], {{film|Strong Mad|}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Coach Z}}, {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|The Poopsmith}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Firebert}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Gymnasium]], [[Strong Badia]], [[The King of Town's Castle]]

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' Monday, May 21, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:40

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' Bring to me a suitable email, that I may check it down.

<blockquote class="lappy email"><div>
subject: Strong Badia's Army</div>
Mr Strong Bad 
I have three sons that wish to join the Strongbadia army. 
Do you have any pamphlets, brochures, video information 
that could assist. 
Yours, 
Paul, Perth 
Western Australia
</blockquote>
''{He says "Mr" as "Mere" and says "Hey, I am no mere Strong Bad, okay?!" after reading "Mr Strong Bad". He also reads "Paul, Perth" as one name.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{clears screen, typing}'' Look Perthy Paul, I've been over this already: Strong Badia doesn't have/need''{pronounces have-slash-need}'' an army. When we need muscle, we farm it out to our favorite band of shady missionaries, er I mean mercenaries, MERCENARIES! In fact, if your sons are so bonzer to enlist, they can ''{doesn't type}'' just ''{typing}'' swing by their booth at our Vaguely Military Career Fair, which just happens to be starting right now!

''{Cut to a wide shot of The Cheat next to Strong Bad. Strong Bad turns around to face him.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, it's not for three weeks. Okay.

''{Cut to a black screen reading "2 weeks later...". Cut to Strong Bad in his basement.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Introducing...

''{Cut to The Cheat on the couch, with a cane, a bowtie, and a top hat reading "Tito". He turns left and right and waves.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ...Tito the Tophaticent! And his beautiful assistant,

''{Cut to a wide shot of the basement, revealing Strong Mad standing behind the couch with two basketballs in his singlet. He waves. Silhouettes of Strong Bad and Strong Sad are visible.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Strong Mad with two basketballs shoved down his singlet!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Yaaaay!! ''{claps}''

''{Cut to a black screen reading "1 week later...". Cut to Strong Bad sitting at a booth in the gymnasium, wearing an eyepatch and a taped-on mustache. On the booth is a muffler, a stack of brochures, and a pipe. Coach Z walks by.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Excuse me, Ganglo-Saxon. You look like the type of kid that gets his lunch handed to him daily. Well, if you'd like to be the lunch-handerer ''{raises his glove, revealing a robotic claw taped to it}'' for a change, then boy, do the On Point Kings have a brochure for you!

''{Strong Bad puts the brochure on the table. It has the On Point Kings logo on top of a camouflage-style background.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' It's a Roman trifold ''{opens brochure}'' printed on 65-pound cardstock.

''{The camera zooms in on the various features of the brochure.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' 14-point Helvetica, laid out using QuarkXpress! A ''pirated version'' of QuarkXpress!

''{Flips open to another side of the brochure, which shows photos of the On Point Kings in action.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' We specialize in black ops, brown ops, and the occasional beige op.

''{Cut to footage of Strong Badia, where a hopscotch grid has been drawn on the dirt. Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat are there, all wearing fake mustaches. "CLASSIFIED" has been stamped on the screen. The Cheat starts hopping along the squares.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, The Cheat! Go for sixies! ''Sixies!''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the booth.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' How do you ever expect to get an ''{shows off his features as he says them}'' eye patch, mustache, or robotic arm like this— clank, clank— unless you join up with a shady band of missionaries? Oh, crap, I did it again! ''{camera moves away}'' Mercenaries, I meant mercenaries! ''{screen pans right and fades out}'' We do bad stuff!

''{Cut to The King of Town at his booth. He is asleep and snoring while he is fed Giblet Gravy through a mask and tube. There is a TV on his table, as well as a sign reading, "Out to lunch Watch video" and an arrow pointing to the TV. Two posters are on the wall. Cut to the video, which shows a silhouetted The Poopsmith slowly climbing up the King's castle.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The drive... the power... the skills... the motivation... the power again...

''{The Poopsmith has reached the top of the castle. He grabs his shovel.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The fortitude...

''{The Poopsmith holds the shovel by his side.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The strive...

''{The Poopsmith holds the shovel up to the dark, cloudy sky as lightning flashes.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The ideals...

''{Lightning strikes the shovel, which gives The Poopsmith dark gloves, a gas mask, a club, and a shield.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The list of attributes...

''{Zoom out on The Poopsmith, revealing a black and white poster with five Poopsmiths with the same gear. A King of Town logo is in the center and the words "The Municipality" are at the top.}''

'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' ''{voiceover}'' The Municipality. ''{words appear as the King says them}'' Honor. Valor. Buttor.

''{Cut to Homestar Runner's booth. Homestar is wearing an orange bowl on his head and is wielding an orange spoon. The table has the popcorn machine, Frank Bennedetto, behind a sign reading "Not free popcorn, memorial statue". There are two posters on the wall, one depicting Homestar wearing the same outfit, with the caption "Do You Has?", and another depicting the orange bowl and spoon, with the caption "Boond You Like?"}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say, young man! Say, young man, young man, young man, young man, young man, young man, young man! ''{points at viewer}'' You look like you come from a long line of five bucks-havers. Well, the Homestarmy has a career for ''you'' ''{points}'' in the no-armed forces!

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

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say, you good at video games? I'm not good at video games. ''{chuckles}'' The last time I fired up one of my old Sega tapes, it made me a waffle. ''{zoom in}'' Say, you like pamphlets? ''{holds up a book of "Game Program Instructions" by Videlectrix}'' Here's a pamphlet! ''{tears book in half}'' Here's two pamphlets!

''{Cut to the original wide shot.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Say, you got a girlfriend? Well, what if your girlfriend was a ''{holds up spoon}'' wooden spoon and an ''{bowl flies off his head}'' orange plastic bowl? ''{lowers eyelids}'' That'd be really weird, man. What kind of screwed-up kid are you? ''{angry}'' We don't recruit your kind! ''{waves spoon}'' Get out of here!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad at the Lappy.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' So that's fair, right Dinkum? You send your coolest son off to join the On Point Kings. He'll have to be jumped in. You send your fat son off to join The Municipality. He'll have to be ''{short pause}'' pooped in. And then you send your step-headed red-child off to certain doom in the Homestarmy. He's gonna wanna be jumped out. Well, I gotta go find the bicycle pump. Tito the Tophaticent's beautiful assistant's looking a little...lopsided.

''{Strong Bad gets up and leaves. [[The Paper]] comes down with an odd, sick-sounding noise; it is crumpled and torn. Strong Bad peeks in from the right side of the screen.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh. That's a bad sign.

''{Strong Bad leaves again.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Shady missionaries.png|thumb|Fairly Religious Overtones!]]
*Click on "Shady Missionaries" to see a [[Taranchula]] album of the same name.
* When Homestar says "The last time I fired up one of my old [[Sega tapes]], it made me a waffle", click anywhere on the screen to bring up a picture of a [[wikipedia:waffle iron|waffle iron]] with a [[Wikipedia:Sega Genesis|Genesis]]-like controller and cartridge attached to it.
*At the end, click on "Tito the Tophaticent's" to see a video clip:
:''{The Cheat, in his Firebert outfit, is standing in front of a sign that bears the Cheat Commandos logo and reads "Meet TV's Firebert!" After a long pause with cricket sounds, he takes out a fine tip red permanent marker and angrily replaces "Firebert" with "Trogdor." He smiles and sighs happily as a large crowd of people gathers around and mumbles to each other. The only discernible phrases are "Oh, Trogdor, man, it's Trogdor" and "He looks taller."}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*[[wikipedia:Mercenary|Mercenaries]] are hired soldiers not currently a member of any national armed forces organization, while [[Wikipedia:Missionaries|missionaries]] preach religious teachings.
*Strong Bad uses stereotypical examples of [[wikipedia:Australian English|Australian English]] in his reply, "bonzer" (meaning excellent) and "fair dinkum" (meaning true or genuine).
*[[wikipedia:Black ops|Black ops]] are covert operations which involve activities of a legally or ethically questionable nature.
*Giblet gravy is [[Wikipedia:gravy|gravy]] with the [[Wikipedia:giblets|giblets]], or internal organs, of turkey or chicken. It is usually served with the type of poultry from which the giblets came.
*"Jumping in" is a typical gang initiation ritual where new members are attacked by several gang members at once. The new member must fight back to prove himself before being accepted.
*"Step-headed red-child" is a [[Wikipedia:Spoonerism|spoonerism]] of [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=red-headed+stepchild "redheaded stepchild"], an expression used to refer to a social outcast.
*"Ganglo-Saxon" is a [[portmanteau]] of "gangly" and "[[Wikipedia:Anglo-Saxon|Anglo-Saxon]]".
*The brochure for the On Point Kings states that the version of QuarkXPress is registered to "B4KDØR H4XXØR" on the third inside page. This is a reference to [[wikipedia:Hacker|computer hackers]] who use "[[wikipedia:Backdoor|backdoors]]" to crack software copy-protection.

===Trivia===
[[Image:On Point Kings brochure.png|thumb|"Bro, sure!"]]
*The label on the [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#dark seed|dark seed]]".
*This email contains another instance of [[Strong Mad smiling]].
*Apparently, The Cheat himself voices Firebert on the [[Cheat Commandos]] cartoon (Which is no surprise, as Firebert appears to be the only Cheat Commando incapable of speech).

===Remarks===
*The [[font]] [[wikipedia:Helvetica|Helvetica]] is not present anywhere on the On Point Kings' brochure. Part of it is actually set in Coolvetica, a knockoff version.

===Goofs===
*Coach Z's emblem is backwards.
*At the end, after Strong Bad goes away, the right edge of the table disappears.

===Inside References===
*This email makes several references to [[army]]. These include:
**Strong Bad's claim that he already said Strong Badia has/needs no army.
**The memorial to [[Frank Bennedetto]], the only casualty of [[The Battle of Strong Badia]].
**The Cheat does not receive any visitors until he replaces "[[Firebert]]" with "[[Trogdor]]". In [[army]], Strong Bad had commented that Firebert was not a good [[Cheat Commandos|commando]] name.
**A poster at Homestar's booth is captioned with "Do you has?" In [[army]], Homestar asks Strong Bad, "Do you has what it takes to join the Homestarmy?" This poster is also available as a [[Downloads|downloadable]] [[wallpaper]].
**In [[army]], Homestar tells his troops to give five bucks to the Homestarmy. Here, he states, "You look like you come from a long line of five-bucks-havers."
*The Cheat's [[Tito]] costume is from [[part-time job]].
*The music during the Tito scene is from [[Strongest Man in the World]].
*[[The Municipality]] was previously mentioned in [[disconnected]].
*The Paper's poor condition is a reference to [[montage]], where it's stated that "The Paper stuck around until email #173, at which time Strong Bad upgraded to an inkjet printer" (this email is #172).
**The sound it makes is an extended version of the one from [[Sick Day]].
* The [[On Point Kings]] were first referenced in [[origins]].
*[[The smashed muffler]] and a pipe are sitting on Strong Bad's recruiting stand.
* In his "[[Homestarmy]]" monologue, Homestar mentions [[Sega tapes]].
*The time displayed on the scoreboard is [[Pi|3:14]].
*Homestar's line about pursuing a career in the "no-armed forces" references Homestar's [[Lack of Visible Arms|lack of visible arms]].
*Strong Bad's costume, from when he is running the On Point Kings booth, features a [[mustache]].
*The sound The Cheat makes in the beginning of the Firebert Easter Egg is similar to the one he made in [[mile]] after Strong Bad left.
*The skeleton costume visible on the hands of the "shady missionary" on the cover of Taranchula's album was also worn by the guitarist in their [[Moving Very Slowly (video)|Moving Very Slowly music video]].

===Real-World References===
*The Municipality video closely resembles a commercial for the [[wikipedia:United States Marine Corps|US Marines.]]
**Similarly, the Poopsmith's shield has "Pooper Fi" written on it, a parody of "[[wikipedia:Semper fidelis#The United States Marine Corps|Semper Fi]]" a motto of the US Marines.
*[[wikipedia:Joe Piscopo|Joe Piscopo]] is an American comedian known for his work in ''[[wikipedia:Saturday Night Live|Saturday Night Live]]''.
*[[wikipedia:QuarkXPress|QuarkXPress]] is a page layout application for Mac and Windows.
*The pamphlet for the Homestarmy features the cover art for the [[Atari 2600]] version of ''[[wikipedia:Space Invaders|Space Invaders]]''.
*Strong Bad's mercenary costume closely resemblances that of [[wikipedia:Major_Bludd|Major Bludd]], a mercenary from the [[Wikipedia:G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (TV series)|G.I. Joe]] cartoon series.

==External Links==
{{sbemailextlinks|172|{{{2|11481}}}}}

{{Strong Bad Email}}

Subtitles talk:dna/de

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Wed, 30 May 2007 21:39:41 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3:

This translation still needs work, concerning the DNA/dan/mountain dwa pun. I marked all passages that still need work with "???" Also, what's The Cheat's gender? I used the neutral form for now. {{User:The Commander IN COMMAND/sig}} 21:38, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
:The Cheat is a male, I believe. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 21:39, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Homestar's Star

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:22:39 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: Talk:homestars star moved to Talk:Homestar's Star: In case we keep it, it should use proper grammar.

{{ttbd}}
==Inclusion==
Really now. Is this necessary? I say '''not'''. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:14, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Well i'm not sure i just wanted more appriciacion-SS is cool
:I can understand that, but really, this is too minor for an article. We should baleet. {{User:Heimstern Läufer/sig}} 17:41, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
::Why not merge with homestar? -SS is cool- thur 18:41
:::Then why didn't you write this stuff there first? If you wanna merge it then this article needs major cleanup. Also a list of notable appearances, of which I can only think of one off the top of my head and that's trogdorcon. If not, then we really should '''just delete'''. {{User:DeFender1031/sig}} 17:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Homestar's Star

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:22:39 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: homestars star moved to Homestar's Star: In case we keep it, it should use proper grammar.

{{tbd}}
[[Homestar Runner]] has a white star on his red shirt. Prior to [[Marshmallow's Last Stand]], according to it's [[Marshmallow's Last Stand#Commentary Transcript|commentary]], Homestar was unaware this star was removable and assumed that if it was removed, you could see his "portions." Ever since, we have only seen his star removed one other time, in [[different town]]. This tearing off of the star by Homestar seems to mark the star as his trademark. Homestar seems to wear the star as a mark of pride. In the commentary for [[flashback]], it was revealed that this star was originally to be on a shirt belonging to [[Strong Bad]], but Strong Bad tore it apart after [[Marzipan]] got Homestar a similar shirt.

Homestar's Star

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Thu, 24 May 2007 19:21:56 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: Massive clean-up.

Talk:DNA Evidence

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sun, 20 May 2007 15:33:59 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /**/A Missing Component

== Article name ==

I think that we should move the article for the toon to [[DNA Evidence]] and just use the {{tl|abouttoon}} and {{tl|for}} disambiguation notices for the top of the page, rather than having a separate disambiguation page. My reasons: (1) the toon is more important than the running gag, now that all the appearances of the gag have been included into the toon, (2) it will make it easier to cite the toon in the future, which will be necessary for the article much more often than for the gag, (3) it will look better in {{tl|toonnav}} at the top of [[Date Nite]] and the other one (currently [[The King of Town DVD]]), although we could just do a workaround by substituting the template or using a parserfunction in {{tl|toonnav}}. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 23:19, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

:I agree. It should be moved to [[DNA Evidence]].{{User:Loafing/sig}} 23:22, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
::'''AGREE'''/10 {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 23:32, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Agree. That seems to be a worthy proposal. --[[User:Chiron|Chiron]] 23:37, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

== Detective ==

When Homestar was running around in his little detective outfit, isn't that a lack of visible ar- wait, it was already referenced. Oh well. "It's gonna cost you an arm and a leg!" --[[User:Chiron|Chiron]] 23:37, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
:His arm being visible inside that sleeve (so to speak) is going to answer a lot of questions about invisible arms vs telekinesis, eh?

== Goofs ==

I actually saw this: When Marzipan first walks up to Bub's concession stand, She did not have her toga on. After I got off and got back on a short time later, She was wearing her toga when she walked up to Bub's's.

I noticed this too. I added it. If anyone disagrees, go ahead and remove it. ;) [[User:DNA Evidence|DNA Evidence]] 02:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Dangeresque, Also? ==

Strong Bad seems to be reprising his role of Dangeresque while he is being interviewed by Strong Sad - he's wearing the glasses, he's in the [[smoky office]], he even says the catchphrase. Should this be mentioned in the Cast section? [[User:Not Horse Woman|Not Horse Woman]] 00:03, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:I even heard some of the Dangeresque music at one point! [[User:Neox|Neox]]
::ONE point? --[[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]]
:::Well, of course. He even says "I'm gonna have to jump!" at the end. No question he was being Dangeresque.--{{User:NevaDie/sig}} 21:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

::::Looks like I'm gonna have to jump! ahh...change it!

::::Done and Done! =] [[User:89.1.242.169|89.1.242.169]] 14:56, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

== Homestar's teeth ==

On Strong Sad's chart, Homestar is shown smiling with teeth showing. Where should this fact go? -[[User:72.26.64.24|72.26.64.24]] 00:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:I was bold and stuck it in Remarks. If that isn't appropriate, you can move it. -[[User:HotBees|HotBees]] 00:15, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Delete ==

Could one of y'all sysops delete [[DNA Evidence]] because the actual toon is called [[The DNA Evidence]] and I was going to move [[DNA Evidence (running gag)]] back to [[DNA Evidence]]. {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 00:47, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:Precedent is to name the articles by whatever the [[Toons|Toons Menu]] calls it, even if that's different to the title card in the toon. The menu calls this toon just "DNA Evidence", without the "The". Look at [[KOT's VOQPCS!]] and [[A Folky Tale]]... {{User:Phlip/sig}} 00:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

==Edit Conflict'd==

I thought it was just the transcript we couldn't touch. [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 01:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah it happens even when I try to edit ANOTHER section. --[[User:Addict 2006|Addict]] [[User talk:Addict 2006|2006]] 02:16, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

== Dang!==

The cleaner on Coach Z's Janitator cart was called "DANG!". This could possibly be in reference to a product called [http://www.easyoffbam.us/ BAM] in North America which has an onomatopoea for a brand name. Thoughts? [[User:PlasticDiverGuy|PlasticDiverGuy]] 01:32, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:Meh, seems TTATOT to me, cleaning products with catchy monosyllabic names are fairly common. [[User:Not Horse Woman|Not Horse Woman]] 02:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::I think "DANG!" and "BAM" are pretty similar.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 02:53, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:The last time I checked, "dang" wasn't an onomatopoeia... [[User:EYanyo|EYanyo]] 02:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::Dang isn't onomatopoeia by itself, but the adding of the exclaimation mark, especially on a cleaning product, suggests it's a made-up one, like using "Zonk!" on the 60s Batman show. - [[User:PlasticDiverGuy|PlasticDiverGuy]] 03:07, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Uh, no. "Dang!" is an interjection. Not an onomatopoeia at all. When was the last time you heard something go "Dang!" when it hit the floor? --{{User:Lux Acerbus/sig}} 04:28, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::::True enough, it's an interjection, but the name "Dang!" might be a reference to "BAM" by EasyOff and that was why I put it here in the first place. There aren't any other spray-on cleaning products I can think of or find with a more similar name. - [[User:PlasticDiverGuy|PlasticDiverGuy]] 05:39, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:::::Also, the same product is marketed in the UK and South Africa under the name "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cillit_Bang BANG]", which might be relevant. --[[User:Johnny Ord'nary|Johnny Ord'nary]] 08:23, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::::When's the last time they made a cultural reference to something outside of the western hemisphere? Furthermore, I don't know that "bam" is more of a possibility than [http://www.shoutitout.com/clean-stains-home.aspx?box=0&tab=trigger] "shout." --[[User:71.203.169.248|71.203.169.248]] 09:58, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::::I dunno, Lux, ''I'' usually say "dang" when I hit the floor, and a few other words to boot. --[[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]]
:I think that by this point it's pretty clear [[TTATOT]]. 'Nuff said. [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 10:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Dangeresque 3 ==
Since SB is dressed like Dangeresque, maybe the famed Dangeresque 3, if there is ever one, will be about the DNA evidence. just a guess, though. -{{User:Zerlock1124/sig}}
:I'm pretty sure that this toon marks the culmination of the DNA evidence gag. [[User:EYanyo|EYanyo]] 02:55, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::I think that that was a pun because of the setting and Strong Bad's style of talking--[[User:Brad|Brad]] 22:01, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

==Approved Comics==

Both of the easter egg comics appear to bear the mark of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comics_Code_Authority Comics Code Authority]. While the mark is fairly close to the real thing, the text of the mark on comic books in real life reads, "Approved by the Comics Code Authority". The text in the comics in this toon do not match that text. - [[User:PlasticDiverGuy|PlasticDiverGuy]] 02:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Old Maid Marzipan? ==

"Old Maid Marzipan" sounds more like a reference to "Maid Marian" than just simply "Old Maid." Do you think it's both maybe? --[[User:Abelhawk|Abelhawk]] 02:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:Possibly. I think it's just more of an old-timey reference to an unmarried woman, rather than a card game. Any thoughts?--{{User:NoMayonnaise/sig}} 04:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::If [[colouring|Goody Marzipan]] didn't merit a mention (even being wrongfully gunned down in STUFF), I don't see why this should. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:08, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Office Space again! I said Office Space again! ==

I realize this has been voted down several times already in previous toons/emails, but, yeah, I'm just gonna go ahead and point out what I believe is another oblique reference to Bill Lumbergh of [[Wikipedia:Office Space|Office Space]]: Strong Bad's message on the Lappy starts with "Hi. Yeah, go ahead and...", which is very similar to Bill's manner of speaking. And in this case (as with previous turned-down references), the context is clearly similar to that of Office Space, where Strong Bad writes as sort of a manager, presumably to someone he views as a subordinate. That's where the similarity ends, granted, but I believe there is a definite similarity there. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 04:19, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:And of course, it's possible (not entirely likely, but possible) TBC have seen our discussions and included this just to vex us. =3 --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::Personally, if you ask me, I think they've been messing around with us for quite some time now. :) Especially with non-sequiturs like [[Drive-thru]]. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 04:24, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Heck, THIS toon is a pretty big indication of their liking to vex us. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 04:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Dorian, i think it's likely. They've said that they use the wiki a lot. Plus... Who knows that they're not actually one of the users on the wiki... How do we know they're not... YOU! [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 04:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::::I just think the idea that TBC, who for the most part are pretty anonymous behind Homestarrunner.com and (to my knowledge) have never directly interacted with the wiki, might be sitting there wondering what they can throw out there that'll totally mess with our minds and get us buzzing over here... I just find that really amusing. :) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 04:28, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Has anyone considered that maybe they're just trying to be funny? [[User:Danny Lilithborne|Danny Lilithborne]] 20:24, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:TBC? Funny?? Naaah, couldn't be. ;) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 20:29, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm gonna have to ask you to stop assuming these are references to Office Space, okay? --{{User:Bigscarymike/sig}} 04:10, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
:Allow me to re-word that for you. "Yeah, I'm going to need you to stop assuming these are Office Space references, mmk?" --{{User:CX360/sig}} 13:29, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

== Loose end ==

This cartoon explained almost everything, except why Pom Pom wanted Homestar to bring him the DNA evidence in "From Work." [[User:BethEnd|BethEnd]] 04:28, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:Umm, what about why it was in the movie they were watching? It left that out too. [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 04:29, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::Hence the subtitle "Your questions sorta answered!". :) Don't read too much into it. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 04:30, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Hmm, actually, strong sad DID say "just like in the movies". [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 04:39, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:Heh, or how marzipan got the pink TAMPERED test tube --[[User:Neumannz|Zatchman]] 13:41, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

I think Bubs just filled it with whatever soda or coloring he had around the stand. [[User:BethEnd|BethEnd]] 14:57, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Or how about why Strong Bad wanted the DNA evidence to continue experiments on The Cheat when he knew that it was Strong Sad's DNA he was preventing Bubs from analyzing. {{User:Jeadly/sig}} 16:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

THAT was just a flat-out lie to Strong Sad to cover himself. --[[User:Abelhawk|Abelhawk]] 19:10, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Another question that's been bugging me: Couldn't Strong Bad just get some more of Strong Sad's DNA and start his investigation again, or am I reading too much into this? {{User:The Chort/sig}} 17:47, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

== Twin Peaks ==

Ok I tried to say this was a reference to Twin Peaks. Am I doing something wrong? Why is this being removed when I add it?
:Because it's TTATOT. Countless shows have "previously on" segments. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 05:17, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::I understand that, but Twin Peaks has the trademark jazz and fingersnap "previously on Twin Peaks" segments. This wouldn't be the first time Twin Peaks was referenced by TBC either.
:::Maybe true, but it's still TTATOT. jazz and fingersnaps are common to detective shows. [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 05:21, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::::That's fair enough. I just know that as a Twin Peaks fan, this reference seems to scream out at me. :) Apologies for being anonymous. Gotta look into getting a user ID.
:::::Umm, it's the link at the top right of the page. ANY hrwiki page. [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 05:24, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:::::You should! [[Special:Userlogin|Creating a username]] is free and has [[HRWiki:Why create an account?|many benefits]]. Also, I don't know anything about Twin Peaks, but you do have a point that the show has been explicitly referenced in the past. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 05:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::::::thx... created an account. I know it wasn't rocket science, but hey I hadn't gotten around to it before now. :)
:::::::YAY! now you should remember to sign your talk posts with four tildas: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> so that it leaves your user name and a timestamp. Like these right here: [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 05:34, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Mild Mannered Alter-Ego ==
Could this phrase be a reference to Calvin and Hobbes? That's where I first saw it. I'm amazingly out of the loop on popular culture though, so I could be wrong. --[[User:James|JamesGecko]] 06:42, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:I'm not sure, but I think it was first used to describe Clark Kent, Superman's mild-mannered alter ego. I do know that it's a cliche in superhero comics. {{User:Shwoo/sig}} 06:44, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::Yes, it translates back to early Superman, where Clark was described as a "mild-mannered reporter". --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Superman is the ultimate source I believe. It also translates to Unix geeks, where the concept of a "super-user" exists, (one with root access on their account, see man (8) sudo). Unix admins often refer to non-priveledged users as "mild-mannered".{{User:Bryanc/sig}} 07:21, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Maybe we should mention the Superman/Clark Kent/Kal-El thing on the article, it is a clear reference. {{User:Slipstream/sig}}
:Seems to me to be more like a generic reference to superheroes and their alternate identities. The "mild-mannered" bit also applies to Spiderman/Peter Parker and numerous other heroes, although it is correct to say that Superman started the trend. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 18:25, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== toothéd ==

It seems at least notable to me to mention Homestars teeth.

I totally understand the arguments against and why the references have been removed.

I still think it's worthy of note, as his teeth aren't a normal thing.

{{User:Bryanc/sig}} 08:43, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:TBC are definately playing with our minds... [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 08:45, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:Are those his teeth? I thought it was just hatching. {{User:Mee/sig}}

:It's just the back of the side of his mouth. It shows even on his normal model, when his mouth's open. --[[User:Abelhawk|Abelhawk]] 19:13, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Do You Think...? ==

Do you think that this started out as: 
a. Just something in one of the SBEmails that just stuck around (4 votes) 
b. Was planned as a running joke (0 votes) 
c. Planned as a big toon (0 votes) 
d. Something entirely different (0 votes) 

Personally, I think it was something in one of the SBEmails that they just decided to run with. (In other words, option A.) 
--[[User:ArgentAngel|ArgentAngel]] 10:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:Voting isn't necessary here, unless you think you can go into the past and change TBC's motive with your willpower. ¤ {{User:The Mu/sig}} 17:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:Well, I'm just curious as to what people think. --[[User:ArgentAngel|ArgentAngel]] 22:06, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::Probably a topic better suited for the forum. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:11, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== French ==

Two things. First of all, Strong Sad's pronunciation, is that a foreign pronunciation? He has in the past accentuated in either French or Japanese.
However, the French word for "due" is "dû." Is Homestar trying to say "Mountain Dû" and "tastes like dûdû?" Obviously it's a mistranslated pun, but it's [[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php/unnatural#Trivia not the first time.]]--[[User:71.203.169.248|71.203.169.248]] 10:48, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Strong Sad's pronunciation of "Marzipan" is not French. I don't know what it is, but it's certainly not French.
Moreover, "dû," the past participle form of "devoir," is not pronounced like "doi." [[User:Pensivepoet.babblingbard|Pensivepoet.babblingbard]] 23:49, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:I think the pronunciation of Marzipan is a reference to Strong Bad's old accent. At least, it sounds just about the same as when SB said it in [[The Reddest Radish]]. - [[User:Wrath|Wrath]] 15:10, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

==Taxidoimied Strong Bad==

The scene where Homestar hangs up his coat and hat on the 'statue' of Strong Bad suplexing a cougar is from 'your funeral' where it's one of the ways SB wants to be preserved - and apparently part of a sbemail "fantasy" segment. How does that work? Did SB actually die and come back to life during that email?
:No, it was clearly a fantasy because of Strong Bad's changing his mind back at the Lappy. Not sure how it works here though. - {{User:Joshua/sig}} 16:09, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::Not to mention, the "previously on..." segment is literally just a series of clips from previous emails, regardless of how they fit in to whatever passes for a reality in the H*R universe. :) Whoever qualifies as the director of the toon (in-universe) just took the clips verbatim. (Obviously, that's true out-of-universe as well.) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 18:28, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Previously.... ==

Didn't Bonus Stage once do an intro that looks very similar to this toon's intro? {{User:Homestar-winner/sig}} 11:22, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:Twice, actually, but it's just a coincidence. [[User:Hagurumon|Hagurumon]] 14:42, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::Let's not forget [[fingers]] and [[retirement]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 18:16, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

==Clue==

Isn't the plot for this similar to that of the board game [[Wikipedia: Clue|Clue]]? [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 16:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

:Not really. Do you see "Marzipan in Da Basement with Eggs" anywhere? Clue focuses on traveling from place to place and making conjectures, not going to different people and interviewing them. ¤ {{User:The Mu/sig}} 17:04, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Fun facts ==

Two things I noticed in the Fun Facts section (I want to hear your opinion first, so I didn't edit it)

Strong Sad looking up at the toon title in the beginning of the toon breaks the fourth wall.
:I believe he was looking up to some kind of banner that is part of his presentation. "Coincidentally" the banner is also used as the toon title. So it wouldn't necessarily be a Fourth Wall break since the sign actually "existed". --[[User:80.135.88.26|80.135.88.26]] 16:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::There's a fourth-wall break somewhere in there, whether it's Strong Sad or the banner itself. If the banner shifts out of the title screen and into Strong Sad's scene, then the banner itself has broken the fourth wall. If Strong Sad is looking at an element that is physically outside his scene, then he's breaking the fourth wall. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 18:32, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::Decline. I see nothing. [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 21:38, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:::After looking at it in more detail, I agree that it's not clear he's breaking the fourth wall here. Strong Sad has been known to do so before, but in those cases it's really obvious. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 22:14, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

This cartoon is the conclusion to the DNA Evidence story arc.
:I agree, it looks like this - On the other hand this seems exactly the kind of statement to me that would seduce TBC into making even more DNA evidence references, just to annoy the wikians :) So maybe we should be careful with claims like these. --[[User:80.135.88.26|80.135.88.26]] 16:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
::I would have worded it: "This cartoon is based on the DNA Evidence running gag that appeared in five straight Strong Bad Emails, starting with X." I agree that declaring it the END of the story arc may be premature, since we don't know what TBC's plans are for this gag. I'm sure we'll see an occasional reference to it from here on out. :) {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 18:32, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Continuity ==

"Well, it all started several weeks ago."
"Well, it all started a few weeks ago."
"Yeah, I went over to Strong Bad's the other day."
This whole thing occurred in TWO days, didn't it? One day when the DNA evidence went around, and then Coach Z 'took it to work the next day.' Then again, they may just be referring to when the emails happened, which was, as of now, 'several weeks ago,' etc. --[[User:Abelhawk|Abelhawk]] 19:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

::Agreed. This is a fourth-wall break. They're clearly referring to several real time weeks ago, which happened to be two days their time. [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 21:33, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Keep it rusty ==

This is one of those rare cases when you can [[:Image:Keep It Rusty.ogg|hear]] what's actually being said by slowing down the audio. I'm going to change the transcript and subtitles now. ¤ {{User:The Mu/sig}} 19:18, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
:I agree, it sounds like "rusty," not 'rustic."
::I have no opinion one way or the other. I asked the guys in the channel when i was doing the write up and "rustic" seemed to be the consensus. I have no idea which it is, and will let you guys fight it out. [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 20:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

== Reference to email #12? ==

As you might have noticed on the Lappy's screen, does the email Strong Bad receives in [[credit card]] seem to ring a bell? I know the message on the screen is slightly similar.

I was thinking the same thing. I was planning to mention this fact in Inside References, but now I don't have to!
"Whatever happened to Duke Nukem?"-[[User:Neox|Neox]]

== Test Tube Reoccurance ==

Underlings was the only email to not specifically use the term DNA evidence in dialogue, but the test tube on the "You-reek-a" shirt does look exactly like the one used to hold the DNA evidence. worth mentioning? [[User:71.104.226.62|71.104.226.62]] 00:32, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

:Not really. It's a generic test tube. ¤ {{User:The Mu/sig}} 00:35, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
== deep breaths ==
is it just me or do the voices sound a little "off" and obviously "breathy" as compared to the normal voices. specifically marzipan, whose voice sounds different and missy is apparently blowing into the mic on purpose. {{User:TheDude/sig}} 01:47, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

==4th wall break==

Homestar's voiceover at the very beginning is a 4th wall break. [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 02:04, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

== Homestarms! ==

I think this is pretty clear proof of the idea that Homestar has invisible arms, and doesn't use telekinesis or whatever. When Homestar drinks the DNA evidence, the arms of his trenchcoat move and bend like a real (visible) arm would, and the sleeve is even open as if there was an arm in it.

:Yes this was added to the main homestar article. pleas sign your posts. [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 15:17, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

== Angry Strong Sad or Strong Sad laughing ==
hey has anyone seen Strong Sad angry or laughing before this came out?
[[user:Dayle14|Dayle14]] 16:42 17 May 2007
:Yes, see [[Strong Sad Smiling]]. Angry? Not except for in [[rough copy]]. [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 15:43, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
::You could also check [[Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship#Strong Sad's Revenge|their relationship page]] for other less-than-Strong Sad actions against Strong Bad. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 18:15, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

== 24 Reference ==

The "Previously on HomestarRunner.com" opening is a direct reference to the opening sequence of 24 with the main character narrating and the color of the background and typeface. I was going to include it but there was a note that said not to. I think the reference is strong enough to warrant inclusion especially considering in the past there was a separate narrator. - {{User:BlackWidower/sig}} 17:52, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:No, a lot of shows use the same thing. [[TTATOT]] [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 17:57, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:Look at it this way. The opening sequence of "24" is a direct reference to most other serialized TV dramas. Not noteworthy here. --{{User:Bigscarymike/sig}} 18:01, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
::But to see the colors and narration? How many other shows use that? I just don't feel it's a coincidence. - {{User:BlackWidower/sig}} 18:16, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:::[[wikipedia:Star Trek|A]] [[wikipedia:Boston Public|lot]] [[wikipedia:Boston Legal|have]] [[wikipedia:Law and Order|used]] [[wikipedia:CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|it.]] just to name a few. [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 18:22, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

== Closed STUFF ==

{{stuffcloseddecline}}

=== A tall, cool glass of STUFF ===
{{stufffact|Homestar mentioning "a tall, cool glass of Mountain Dwa" is a reference to [[other days]], when Strong Bad prompted his motivational-lecture attendees to "make yourself a tall, cool glass of [[piemonade]]."}}
{{stuffverdict|19:05, 16 May 2007 (UTC)|05:35, 17 May 2007 (UTC)|overwhelmingly declined|24|2|DNA Evidence}}

== It'll cost ya...==
Anybody think that Marzipan doesn't care that getting the DNA evidence examined costs so much because shedoesn't have armsor legs? Just thought that was possible. {{User:Visorbot 386/sig}} 19:01, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:Yep. It's even mentioned in the Inside Refs. I thought that line was hilarious, personally. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 19:03, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
::I agree. That was pretty funny--[[User:Brad|Brad]] 21:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

==Homer Simpson?==

This is '''really''' stretching it but on to occurences Strong Sad works out something, repeats it with a long "eh". Homer Simpson has done the same thing when he hears something imortant - I dunno it maybe a coincidence [[User:MJN SEIFER|MJN SEIFER]] 21:29, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

== Hat and Trenchcoat ==

I think that Homestar wearing a hat and trenchcoat while looking for evidence could be a reference to Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective by the author Arthur Conan Doyle.--[[User:Brad|Brad]] 21:51, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
:I happen to have a hat and trenchcoat. It's a reference to ME! --{{User:Bigscarymike/sig}} 04:04, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
:I'd say its more of an allusion to Private Investigators and general mystery or noir genre than Sherlock Holmes. The hat and coat aren't really typical [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Estatua_de_Sherlock_Homes_en_Londres.jpg Holmes garb]. {{User:Jeadly/sig}} 19:33, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
This is already noted in the email "funeral", where it first appears. We don't need to say it again, do we? {{User:Visorbot 386/sig}} 21:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

== Stage directions in transcript ==

It seems we're paying (neurotically) close attention to placing stage directions at exactly the dialog point at which they occur. I'm all for accuracy, but I'm concerned it makes the transcript harder to read. --{{User:Bigscarymike/sig}} 04:06, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

:A couple questions for clarification: (1) Are you talking about the lines in italics and braces between lines of dialogue? (2) Are you talking about this toon only, or a trend throughout all of the recent transcripts? If yes to both, then I think you bring up a good point, and we should perhaps talk about it at a more prominent location, like [[HRWiki talk:Standards]]. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 04:10, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
::(1) Yes. (2) I was referring specifically to this toon, and the later revisions to the transcript that moved these action descriptions to break up lines of dialog. I haven't noticed if it's a trend or not, but I'm all for a standards discussion on the topic. --{{User:Bigscarymike/sig}} 04:23, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

== Thermite ==

Anyone want to point out the fact that termite could be a pun on [[Wikipedia:Thermite|thermite]], an explosive chemical reaction that could certainly be used to down-burn a flight of stairs? [[User:Ppk01|Ppk01]] 15:54, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

==Super Hero Bubs/Coach Z==

Now that Strong Bad, Bubs, and Coach Z have their own super heroes, could this be the sign of another series of toons featuring Strong Badman? The Freedom Champions of the USA (FCUSA). [[User:Retromaniac|Retromaniac]] 16:02, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

:This sounds like a good topic for the Forum. :) {{User:Homestar Coder/sig}} 16:08, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

::Have you noticed that the superhero versions of Coach Z and Bubs resemble Deutschman's body (as seen in [[haircut]] easter egg)? Nah! I already checked, and the positions are different.

== This changes EVERYTHING! ==

As the Inside References state, the "part elephant or rhino" thing is a reference to Strong Sad's [[Soolnds|soolnds]]. He says on [[Strong Sad's Journal]] that his feet are not elephant feet; that elephants have elephant feet while he has soolnds. But at the rhino, despite that he seems to have been giving that information the entire time. Maybe they '''''AREN'T''''' soolnds after all. It seems Strong Sad has something to hide...
[[User:Neox|Neox]]
:By "rhino" I think he means "hippo". No rhinoceros are mentioned in this toon.{{User:Bryanc/sig}} 20:49, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
:Or, they aren't elephant feet because he is not an elephant. If DNA evidence proves he has elephant DNA, which is not established, then he is still not an elephant, anymore than your DNA being a 98% match to a monkey makes you a monkey. The end result of this line of reasoning is speculation of how Strong Sad received elephant or hippo DNA, and perhaps sheds light on why Strong Bad is so reluctant to discuss his parents, but as that is an absolutely inappropriate topic on SO many levels for this talk page, I suggest we allow it to drop. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 20:47, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you so much.{{User:Visorbot 386/sig}} 21:23, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

== A Missing Component ==

Did anyone notice that they never explained why Pom Pom wanted the DNA Evidence on his disk by 5? --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 15:33, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

DNA Evidence

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sat, 19 May 2007 14:57:59 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Remarks */

{{toonnav|Big Toon|DNA|Date Nite|The King of Town DVD}}
[[Image:DNA Evidence.png|thumb|"...and that's why I believe the DNA evidence had been tampered with."]]

{{about|toon}} {{for|running gag|DNA Evidence (running gag)}}

Strong Sad attempts to solve the mystery of the [[DNA Evidence (running gag)|DNA Evidence]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homsar}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|Pom Pom}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, [[Strong Badman]] (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[The Field]], [[Strong Badia]], [[The Movie Theater]], [[Marzipan's House]], [[The Office]], [[Strong Sad's Room]], [[The Garage]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Smoky Office]], [[Computer Room]], [[Coach Z's Locker Room]]

'''Date:''' Tuesday, May 15, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 5:35

'''Page Title:''' All your questions....sort of answered!!

==Transcript==
''{Yellow letters reading "Previously on HomestarRunner.com" on a black background zoom out slowly.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': ''{voiceover}'' Previously on HomestarRunner.com... ''{Pronounces "previously" with a short e}''

''{Fade to a scene from [[strong badathlon]], set in the field. Marzipan and Homsar are sitting around a wooden table with a pink and white tea set on it. Faint music and snapping noises can be heard in the background.}''

'''MARZIPAN''': And that's why I believe the DNA evidence had been tampered with.

''{The music continues. Cut to a clip from [[unnatural]] that takes place in Strong Badia. Strong Bad and The Cheat are seen sitting around a yellow table with a red and black tea set on it.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': And that's when I tampered with the DNA evidence!

''{The music continues. Cut to inside the movie theater, from [[the movies]]. Strong Sad is sitting in a seat next to Pom Pom.}''

'''MOVIE''': ''{voiceover}'' The DNA evidence was gone!

''{The music continues. Cut to an excerpt of [[your funeral]], inside Marzipan's house. Strong Bad's statue of him wrestling a cougar is sitting by a couch with Homestar's trench coat and bowler hat hung on it. Homestar is standing in the middle of the room. Marzipan leans her head into the scene}''

'''MARZIPAN''': Did you find the DNA evidence?

''{The music continues. Cut to the office, as seen in [[from work]]. Strong Bad is sitting at his computer. Pom Pom is halfway off the screen. He leaves followed by Homestar.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': I'll have that DNA evidence on your desk by five.

''{The music continues. Cut to the Easter Egg from [[rough copy]], inside Marzipan's house. Homestar is sitting on the couch. The lights are off.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': DNA evidence.

''{The music continues. A guitar comes in to the music and begins playing a jazzy tune. Cut to a purple background with "The DNA Evidence" written in block letters. The camera pans down to Strong Sad. Mumbling is heard in the background. Strong Sad has a Easel on his right with "DNA Evidence" written across the top and a diagram of different characters and links between them.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Attention! Your attention please!

''{cut to Homsar with his mouth open on the other side of the room. Homsar gulps and closes his mouth. The mumbling stops. Cut back to Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': After extensive investigation, I'm ready to release ''{raises his right hand and turns his head toward the chart}'' my findings. I first spoke with...

''{Cut to Marzipan in her kitchen}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Marzipan. ''{Pronounces it "Marcy-pon"}''

'''MARZIPAN''': Well, it all started several weeks ago.

''{Cut to Marzipan's living room. Marzipan is walking in wearing a toga. There are muddy footprints on the carpet.}''

'''MARZIPAN''': ''{voiceover}'' I came home from my toga-yoga class to find that my house had been broken into and that the culprit had left behind some DNA evidence.

''{As she walks, the couch moves onto the screen. The cushions are disarranged and the "Thank You" picture on the wall is crooked. The muddy prints stop at the couch. Something made of glass is just visible behind one of the cushions. Cut to Strong Sad holding a pen and his notebook in Marzipan's kitchen.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': What was it? Hair particles? Skin flakes? Blood crispies?

''{Cut back to toga Marzipan in front of ransacked couch.}

'''MARZIPAN''': ''{voiceover}'' No, it was a little test tube just full of green DNA evidence.

''{As she says this, toga Marzipan pulls out a test tube filled with green liquid from the couch. Cut to close up of Marzipan inspecting the tube. Cut back to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Oh. Just like in the movies. ''{he writes something down}''

''{Cut to front of Marzipan's house, toga Marzipan is walking out holding the test tube.}''

'''MARZIPAN''': ''{voiceover}'' So I immediately took it to Bubs to be analyzed...

''{Cut back to Marzipan in her kitchen}''

'''MARZIPAN''': ...and ''this'' ''{holds up a tube filled with purple liquid and stamped "TAMPERED WITH!"}'' is all I got back.

''{Right scroll to Bubs in the garage.}''

'''BUBS''': Well, it all started a few weeks ago. I just got finished teaching my...

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand. Bubs is walking inside wearing a toga.}

'''BUBS''': ''{voiceover}'' ...toga-yoga class ''{Bubs takes off toga}'' when old-maid Marzipan showed up.

''{Toga Marzipan walks on to the screen.}''

'''MARZIPAN''': Hey, Bubs. Can you analyze this ''{she holds up the test tube}'' DNA evidence for me?

''{Cut to inside of stand. Bubs is silhouetted on the left.}''

'''BUBS''': Sure thing! But it's gonna cost you an arm and a leg.

'''MARZIPAN''': Not a problem.

''{Marzipan hands over the test tube to Bubs. Cut to Strong Sad in the garage.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': So, what did you find out when you analyzed it?

''{Cut back to Bubs}''

'''BUBS''': Oh, ''that''. Well, next thing I know...

''{Cut to inside of stand with silhouette}''

'''BUBS''': ''{voiceover}'' ...Strong Bad shows up.

''{Strong Bad pops up from under the counter.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Hey, Bubs. One green apple snow cone please.

'''BUBS''': Coming right up!

''{Bubs moves out of view. Cut to shelf with four push-spout jars labeled "Red", "Purple", "Green Apple", and "Blue". All contain various levels of said color liquid, except for the "Green Apple", which has a hole in the bottom. Some soft music begins to play. Scene zooms out slowly.}''

'''BUBS''': Ooh. Er.

''{Cut to bubs holding an unflavored snow cone in one hand and the evidence in the other.}''

'''BUBS''': Uh. ''{Looks at snow cone.}'' Blaaaah. ''{Looks at evidence.}''

''{Bubs pours the evidence over the snow cone. Music stops. Cut to outside of stand}''

'''BUBS''': Here ya go. One... ''{turns head to the side}'' cough, cough... ''{looks back at Strong Bad}'' green apple snow cone.

''{Bubs hands the cone over to Strong Bad. Cut to Strong Sad, writing something down. He stops and looks up.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': You served the DNA in a snow cone?!

''{Cut to Bubs}''

'''BUBS''': And it sold ''{raises arm}'' like hotcake!

''{Bottom scroll to the smoky office. Strong Bad is sitting at the desk leaning back in his chair. He has the cool shades on, and there is a lit cigarette in the ash tray on the desk.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Yeah, I bought the DNA snow cone.

''{Cut to Strong Sad in the smoky office, writing with the pad and pen.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': You ''knew'' it had the DNA evidence in it?!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Well, yeah.

''{Cut to side of Bubs' Concession Stand. Strong Bad is standing there wearing his shades. Marzipan walks up wearing a toga.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' I overheard that Marzipan had some DNA evidence, and I figured I could use it to continue my genetic experiments on The Cheat.

''{As he says this, Strong Bad leans to the right. Marzipan holds up the tube and talks to Bubs. Strong Bad rubs his hands together and jumps off toward the back of the stand. Cut to shelf with snow cone flavoring. Green Apple is relatively full.}

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' So I sprung into action.

''{Strong Bad appears and punctures the bottom of the Green Apple container with a pencil before ducking down again. The liquid pours out. Cut to inside view. Soft music starts again.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Bubs-keep, one green-app snoke, on the rocks. And keep it rusty.

''{Cut back to Strong Bad in office.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': By the time I got home, it was all melted.

''{Cut to computer room. Strong Bad walks in from the right, still wearing the shades, and carrying a glass of green liquid.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ''{voiceover}'' So I put it in a glass on my desk and went downstairs ''{Strong Bad puts the glass on the desk and walks offscreen}'' to do one of my high-impact toga-yoga videos.

''{Cut back to office}''

'''STRONG BAD''': And that's the last I saw of it.

''{Cut to Strong Sad, writing something down.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': You left it on your desk, eh? ''{he looks up}''

''{Right scroll to Homestar in his living room.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Yeah, I swung by Strong Bad's the other day. ''{frowns}'' The old lady had me out looking for some kind of ''{brightens up}'' Dan evidence.

''{Cut to computer room. The glass is still on the desk. Homestar walks on from the right, wearing a hat and trenchcoat.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Strong Bad! I'm wearing a hat and trenchcoat! ''{Notices the glass}'' Ooh! A tall, cool glass of Mountain Dwa.

''{Cut to close-up}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Don't mind if I dwa! ''{He drinks the evidence.}'' Glug, glug, glug.

''{After a short pause, Homestar spits it out. Cut to dripping The Cheat.}''

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

''{Cut back to Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Oh, sorry, The Cheat. That stuff tasted like dwa-dwa.

''{Cut back to The Cheat wiping himself off with a white towel.}''

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

''{Cut to Strong Sad, writing something down}''

'''STRONG SAD''': So he wiped his face off with a gross towel, eh? ''{he looks up}''

''{Right scroll to Coach Z in the locker room, looking upset.}''

'''COACH Z''': You figured it out, Strong Sad! My cover is blown! I am actually ''{Pats his chest and puts his hands on his hips. Heroic halo appears briefly around him, accompanied by a sound effect.}'' Damp Towel Man! ''{Raises hand to his mouth}'' And also his mild-mannered alter-ego, Dan Towelman.

''{Cut to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Coach Z, no one's ever heard of those people.

''{Cut to Coach Z}''

'''COACH Z''': Damp Towel Man is a super hero. He collects damp towels from across the galaxy.

''{Cut to computer room, where a now green-spotted towel rests on the desk. Coach Z comes on from the left wearing a black mask and a towel tied on like a cape.}''

'''COACH Z''': Moist Molecules! A green-stained damp towel! The rarest and most powerful kind.

''{Cut to the office. A janitorial cart rolls onto the screen from the left, with the towel on it.}''

'''COACH Z''': ''{voiceover}'' So I took the towel to work the next day to see if it could clean up microwave lasagna stains.

''{Coach Z walks by with a vacuum cleaner and starts humming. Homestar shuffles by from the right, muttering to himself.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER''': Stupid DNA evi''dence''! Where am I supposed to find evi''dence'' by five o' clock?

''{Cut back to Coach Z in the locker room}''

'''COACH Z''': But when I got back to my cart, it was gone! I suspect it was my nemesis, ''{shakes his fist}'' Dry Ragamuffin! Or his mild-mannered alter-ego, Dreyfus Ragámoofin. ''{Pronounced "rah-GAH-moo-fin"}''

''{Cut back to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD''' Coach Z, you have a real sucky imagination.

''{Cut back to Coach Z.}''

'''COACH Z''': That I do, my boy, that I do. Though I ''did'' notice that...

''{Cut to the office, close up of muddy boots. Strong Bad can be seen on the right sitting at his desk. Coach Z's vacuum is moving back and forth. Scene zooms in slowly.}''

'''COACH Z''': ''{voiceover}'' ...Strong Bad had some muddy boots sitting under his kyorbicle.

''{Cut back to Coach Z in locker room.}''

'''COACH Z''': I didn't find that at ''all'' suspicious.

''{Bottom scroll to the smoky office.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': First of all, those were ''not'' muddy. I'd been stomping around in pecan pie all morning. Marzipan's allergic to pecans, you know.

''{Cut to Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD''': So it was ''your'' DNA evidence!

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

'''STRONG BAD''': Uhh, no. It was yours.

''{Cut to Strong Sad, whose eyes are now bugging out. Scene zooms in rapidly.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': ''Whaaaaaat?!''

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Yeah, I was just swiping the change from...

''{Cut to Marzipan's living room, Strong Bad, wearing the "muddy" boots, has the test tube in the back of his pants, and is on the couch, pulling coins from it.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': ...Marzipan's couch cushions. And I must've accidentally dropped it.

''{The test tube pops out of Strong Bad's pants and lands on the couch. Cut back to Strong Bad in smoky office.}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Man, I was ''{holds up hand with thumb close to the main part of the glove}'' ''this'' close to finding out if you're really part elephant or part hippo or something.

''{Cut to angry Strong Sad}''

'''STRONG SAD''': I am ''not''!

''{Cut back to Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD''': Well, now I guess we'll never know for sure. Now if you'll excuse me. ''{Dangeresque music starts}'' The stairs of this building have been burned down by termites. So it looks like I'm gonna have to jump!

''{Strong Bad jumps off the screen. Fade to black. Fade in to close-up of the bottom of Strong Sad's bed. Strong Sad pulls a box from underneath it. The box contains a picture frame, a red birthday card with a drawing of Strong Bad on it, a roll of film, a snow globe, and a corked test tube of green liquid. Strong Sad grabs the test tube. Cut to close-up of Strong Sad smiling.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Yes. The world will ''never'' know for sure. Oh-ho-ho-ho...

''{Cut closer}''

'''STRONG SAD''': ...Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho...

''{Cut closer and angled}''

'''STRONG SAD''': ...Ooh-hoo-ho-ho-ho-ho...

''{Cut even closer}''

'''STRONG SAD''': ...Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha...

''{Cut to Strong Bad stealing change from Marzipan's couch. Pan left to see Strong Sad peeking through the window}''

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{voiceover}'' ...Ooh-hoo-hoo-hoo...

''{Cut to Marzipan giving the test tube to Bubs. Pan up to see Strong Sad on the roof.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{voiceover}'' ...Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha Ah-ha-ha-ha...

''{Cut to Coach Z's cart. Strong Sad comes up from behind it and reaches for the towel.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{voiceover}'' ...Hah-ha-ha-ha-ha...

''{Cut back to Strong Sad standing in his room, holding the test tube.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': ''{voiceover}'' ...Woo-ho-ho-ho...

''{Cut to wide angle view with Homsar standing next to Strong Sad.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': ...Ah-ha-ha-ha Woo-ha-ha—

''{Record screech. Strong Sad looks down and finally notices Homsar there.}''

'''STRONG SAD''': Oh. Hi. You're not gonna say anything, are you?

''{Cut to close-up of Homsar}''

'''HOMSAR''': DaAaAa, these Easter pants are getting ''way'' too tight. ''{His hat flies off his head on "pants", slides backwards on "way", and performs a backflip off his mouth on "too tight".}''

''{Two ascending notes play, accompanied by the screen turning black except for a small circle around Homsar's eyes. Fade to black. "THE END" appears on a purple background in block letters, zooming out slowly.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Damp towel man.PNG|thumb|"Moist Molecules!"]]
*Click on the Z on Coach Z's medallion after he reveals that he's Damp Towel Man to see a Strong Badman comic.
*Click on the Z again in the scene he mentions Dry Ragamuffin to see another Strong Badman comic, starring a character that resembles Bubs.

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*This cartoon is based on the [[DNA Evidence (running gag)|DNA Evidence running gag]] that appeared in six straight emails, beginning with [[strong badathlon]].
*"Old maid" is a term used to disparagingly describe an older, unmarried woman.
*"On the rocks" means to pour over ice, usually said when ordering an [[Alcohol|alcoholic]] beverage.
*[[Wikipedia:Ragamuffin|Ragamuffin]] is a term used to describe a child wearing shabby clothing.
*"Costing an arm and a leg" is an idiom used to convey an extremely high price.
*"Selling like hotcake[s]" means to sell very well.

===Trivia===
*The text on the [[Lappy 486]] reads:
<blockquote class="email" style="background-image:none">
Hi. Yeah, go ahead and very safely enter most of your 
credit card numbers onto this Lappy. It will safen it all 
out. 
 
Thanks, 
The Strong Badagement</blockquote>
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#3DFX drivers|3DFX drivers]]".
*The bottle of cleaning fluid on Coach Z's Janitator car is labelled "DANG!" This may be a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Cillit Bang|Cillit Bang]] range of cleaning products, a brand that gained popularity through spoofs of its overly enthusiastic spokesperson Barry Scott.

===Remarks===
*Strong Sad is able to write in his notebook without any problems, but in [[rough copy]], he had trouble writing a mere sentence on a single page of the same notebook.
*The puncture that Strong Bad makes is well above the bottom of the green apple bottle, but all the liquid leaks out anyway.
**Also, the puncture in the glass is physically impossible. If Strong Bad poked the glass hard enough to make a hole, the whole bottle would've shattered. He would've had to use a glass cutter to make a hole that big while keeping the glass intact.
*Homestar's trenchcoat seems to be unaffected by gravity, as it remains stiff and straight even as he bends over.
*Strong Sad writes [[Left Handedness|left-handed]] for the entire toon except when interviewing Coach Z where the pen is in his right hand. He is right handed in [[rough copy]].
*The purple liquid in the test tube Marzipan got back is more-then-likely Bubs' grape snow cone flavor.

===Goofs===
*The smoke from the office only wafts in the first few shots before Strong Bad speaks his account of what happened at Bubs' Concession Stand.
*There are footprints leading to the couch, but there is no trail away from the couch.

===Fixed Goofs===
*When this toon was first released, when Marzipan was walking up to Bubs' Concession Stand, she was not wearing her toga. This was fixed less than an hour after the toon was released.

===Inside References===
*This is another mention of [[Mountain Dew]].
*Homestar's mispronunciation of DNA, and Coach Z's "mild mannered alter-ego" are references to [[Dan]].
**Furthermore, Coach Z's alter-ego's last name is an example of [["Man" pronounced as "m'n"]].
*The box Strong Sad pulls the DNA Evidence out of in the last scene is from [[The Secrets That I Keep]].
*Strong Bad's glasses, the line "Looks like I'm gonna have to jump!", and the background music in the respective scenes are from the [[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]] series of films.
*Marzipan's response to the cost of "an arm and a leg" and the way the arm of Homestar's coat moves as he takes a drink are references to their [[lack of visible arms]] and, in her case, legs.
*Homsar mentions [[Pants|pants]].
*This is yet another instance of both [[Strong Bad Smiling|Strong Bad]] and [[Strong Sad smiling]].
*Coach Z's janitor cart reads "JANITATOR", similar to [[Trogdor|Trogdor the Burninator]].
*The vacuum cleaner and Coach Z's line about cleaning up lasagna are references to [[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]].
*Strong Bad's belief that Strong Sad may be part elephant or part hippo stems from Strong Sad's [[soolnds]].
*The Cheat was seen wet before in [[bottom 10]], and also on [[Strong Bad's Website]].



===Real-World References===
*The entire structure of the toon, with a detective interviewing several people when he ultimately is the culprit, is a nod to [[wikipedia:Film noir|film noir]], a style of American film that peaked in the late 1940s and early 1950s.


== External Links ==
*[[HR:DNA.html|watch "DNA Evidence"]]
*[[HR:DNA.swf|view the Flash file for "DNA Evidence"]]
*[[Forum:11443|forum thread re: DNA Evidence]]

{{subtitlesLinks|dna}}

[[Category:Toons]]

Eggs (toon)

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sun, 06 May 2007 00:40:18 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: The point is, we didn't see any more pieces. We see it break perfectly in two.

{{abouttoon}} {{for|inside joke|Eggs}} {{for|hidden items in toons|Easter egg}}
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{{watch|eggs.html}}
</td></tr></table>
[[Image:Easter egg toon.png|thumb|Sometimes things just don't turn out the way you want them to.]]

An unfinished cartoon featuring the main cast as Easter eggs.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Pom Pom}}, {{film|Marzipan}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}

'''Places:''' Striped Room

'''Date:''' April 9, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 0:35

'''Page Title:''' This was gonna be glutemate great!

== Transcript ==
''{Open to a message reading:}''

<blockquote>This unfinished little gem was made 
six years ago for Easter. The idea was 
that it would be good and awesome. 
 
Sometimes things don't turn out the 
way you want them to.</blockquote>

''{A beat starts up during a cut to a striped room. Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, Marzipan, and Strong Bad are in this room, in the form of Easter eggs. Strong Bad is upside down. The eggs rock back and forth for a while. After a while, the egg of Strong Bad hops offscreen and then hops back into the foreground, making a rustling leaves sound on each bounce. It then flips over, and bounces several times. The egg then breaks in two (accompanied by a glass-breaking sound), and the other eggs stop rocking. The text "see?" appears in the bottom-right corner of the screen.}''

==Fun Facts==

===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia:Glutamic acid|Glutamate]] is an [[Wikipedia:Amino acid|amino acid]].

===Trivia===
*This toon was originally linked to only as an [[Easter egg]] from the "email soon" [[Main Page Messages|Main Page message]] button for the [[from work|169th]] [[Strong Bad Email]].
*This toon has an [[Irregular Loading Screens|irregular loading screen]] that says, "legging..."
*[[Homestar Runner#Homestar's Eyes|Homestar's eyes]] look straight into the camera in this toon.

===Remarks===
[[Image:20070409_Eggs_toon_broken_Strong_Bad.png|thumb|Missing something?]]
*In [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], [[The King of Town]] comments that Strong Bad has "a head like a big ol' round ol' red ol' nasty ol' egg."
*There is no back button at the end of the toon.
*The Strong Bad shells don't match up completely, suggesting that there is a middle piece missing.

===Goofs===
*The page title misspells "glutamate" as "glutemate".

===Inside References===
*This toon prominently features [[Eggs|eggs]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:eggs.html|watch "Eggs"]]
*[[HR:eggs.swf|view the Flash file for "Eggs"]]
*[[Forum:11142|forum thread re: Eggs]]
[[Category:Secret Pages]]

Talk:Viidelectrix

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sat, 05 May 2007 15:34:30 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Wiimote */

== Menu ==
Is it just me, or is the menu modeled after the Wii Menu? --[[User:Color Printer|Color]] [[User talk:Color Printer|Printer]] 13:08, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

:That could be very possible considering that Viidelectrix is designed ''specifically for the Wii''. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 13:10, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
:Good, I'm glad I'm not going crazy. :p --[[User:Color Printer|Color]] [[User talk:Color Printer|Printer]] 13:12, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
:Yeah, I'm fairly certain that the menu is indeed based on the Wii Channels menu. Maybe someone should add that to the article... [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] 18:46, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

== obvious or not ==

In my mind, this might fall under the category of explaning the joke, but does anything think that an explanation is needed on the this page to let the reader know that the name Videlectrix has been changed from Vi to Vii to reference the wii. {{User:Invisible_Robot_Fish/sig}} 15:07, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

:No, I feel that that's excessive. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 17:59, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

== Latin: Vii = Wii ==

Here's an interesting tidbit:
In Latin, the letter 'w' doesn't exist, but the sound of the letter 'v' sounds like a 'w' as in the word 'Wii' (we). [[User:66.57.81.101|66.57.81.101]] 09:08, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
:That's true in a lot of Indo-European languages. Correct me if I'm wrong. {{User:Shwoo/sig}} 09:10, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

I was going to do this, but you beat me to the punch. I'm seriously reminded of Latin when I see this. ¤ {{User:The Mu/sig}} 21:01, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
:I seriously doubt it has anything to do with this. All that's happening is that they put "ii" behind the V in Videlectrix to refer to the Wii. Think "Vee-delectrix" rather than "Vid-electrix", for pronunciation anyway. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 06:27, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

It might also be worth noting that in Latin, "vi" (with only one i) (pronounced "Wii") means "power" or "force". Interesting tidbit? I think so. Unintentional? Probably very yes. -[[User:SonicFan|WhatIsThatThing]] 23:51, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

==New Games==

When do the 2 new games come out? {{User:Viklas/sig}} 17:35, 12 February 2007 (MTC)

== Nintendo Power ==

Is it worth mentioning in the article that the most recent issue of Nintendo Power featured Viidelectrix in the Community section?
:It's already mentioned on [[Magazine Sightings#Nintendo Power|Magazine Sightings]]. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 00:09, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

== New Games ==

I see the new games already came out, that would be cool. IF I HAD A Wii! :P Meh, at least these games are cool. I enjoy this version of SBZone and Duck Guardian rather than the other ones. {{User:Darkangel/sig}}

:I like them too, but talk pages are supposed to be used for discussing the ''article'' itself. This sort of idle chit-chat is better suited for the forum. A relevant thread can be found at http://forum.hrwiki.org/viewtopic.php?t=10457. {{User:The Chort/sig}} 21:02, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

== Uhh... I think it's bwoken. ==

I just now tried to get on to Trogdor! on my Wii, but the two new games somehow became not there anymore...
This happens on my computer, too. Anybody know what's going on?
:My computer took off the new games as well. Maybe they are fixing goofs? I guess we'll just have to wait it out. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 21:37, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
::Seems to be working just fine for me here. {{User:KieferSkunk/sig}} 21:45, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
:::Yeah, the two new ones aren't showing up.--{{User:X66x66/sig}} 22:07, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
::::Yeah. They're gone. --[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 00:05, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
== Back Online? ==

Does anyone think that TBC are going to put the Trogdor and DG1 soon? Maybe in today's update or Thursday (because they sometimes do minor updates on Thursdays [[User:Homestar-winner|Homestar-winner]] 09:31, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

:They didn't. - {{User:Gtxm78/sig}} 02:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

== Wiimote ==

Am I the only one who finds it weird the Homestar games call the remote a wiimote, G4 calls it a wiimote, but normal wii games just call it a wii remote? [[User:Bad Bad Guy|Bad Bad Guy]] 04:34, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
:"Wiimote" is the popular but ''unofficial'' name. It's basically a "Re = Wii" pun. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 15:34, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

== I KNOW WHY THEY TOOK TROGDOR AND DG1 OFF! ==

beacuse the new internet channel on the wii dosent let u use the dpad

:Let's take a deep breath and calm down. [[sugarbob|Do you know how many Internet etiquette laws you're breaking by typing in all caps like that?]] Well, you're breaking one: Don't type in all caps. {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 05:22, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

:omg yes it still does ask wiicade --{{User:Color Printer/sig}} 13:24, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:51:41 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Forum-Appropriate Topics */

{{Main Page Talk}}

__FORCETOC__

== Main Page Templates ==
Is there a page for the Main Page templates I can copy for the [http://flash.wikia.com Flash Wiki?] Or is it part of the .css file?

:The classes used for the Main Page templates are indeed part of the [[MediaWiki:Common.css|CSS]] file. If you wish to use this code, you'll have to attribute it to HRWiki in accordance with our [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ creative commons deed]. — {{User:Lapper/sig}} 21:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

::I promise I will. But can somebody copy the code for me? PLEASE? [[User:63.230.104.26|63.230.104.26]] 22:29, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

:::Click on CSS in Lapper's post for the CSS file itself. You can copy it from there. And, by the way, it's not really "code", it's a style sheet which styles HTML markup. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 05:52, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

== Update... March 8 ==

Theres a new quote of the week by the KOT >.> --[[User:124.185.236.202|124.185.236.202]] 17:21, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
:Thanks! — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 19:31, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

== Toon: ==
Perhaps, for every page that has links to a Toon, it should have "Toon:". Like how it is for every toon that has a link to an email. This could help make all of the pages cleaner and presentable towards everyone that comes here.--[[User:Dr. Watson|Dr. Watson]] 20:48, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
:I don't think that's necessary. They're all toons. We use the email label to highlight them, for some reason. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
::Then why not just get rid of the email label. Maybe it's just me, but I was noticing that it would look better either way. Either way meaning, also with the toon label, or with out the email label.--[[User:Dr. Watson|Dr. Watson]] 20:59, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Dr. Watson is right. It would look better, probably without the 'toon' or'email' label or whatever. {{User:Visorbot 386/sig}} 01:53, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
:Actually, I've seen it without the email label (generally right before I add it), and I just don't like it. It doesn't look as good. I think it needs it oftentimes because, in a list, it looks slightly off, due to the lowercaseness of the email titles. Also, toons, games, and other such items have more title-like names, whereas the emails are titled with just simple words. The email qualifier in the title makes it look better. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 03:57, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

== Two That Need To Be Revisited ==

I've been checking up on [[HRWiki:Spoken Articles]] and [[HRWiki:Favicon]] for a long time now to see if anyone else cares about them besides me. Both of these projects began about a year ago, were overshadowed by other issues, and forgotten. I've been trying to get these pages noticed again (a posted note on Spoken Articles about a month ago yielded no response), but it seems they might be in limbo forever. I'd like to revisit these projects again and make the decisions that we put off. Are Spoken Articles beneficial and useful? Should we change our favicon and, if so, what to? These are unsettling questions that we shouldn't forget about. Let's not let these projects gather dust. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 21:12, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
:I've been dying to help out with the Spoken Articles. We ''do'' need to bring these projects back! new sig!--{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 21:48, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
::Thank you! If it were socially acceptable (or even possible) to hug you, I would! Now I hope ''this'' topic doesn't get ignored or I might just have to resort to asking users in their talk pages to help me out on this one. If we start these projects up again, we can finally resolve some of these issues. By the way, your sig looks great. It changed on my userpage, too. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 21:53, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
:::Why, thank you. Heh heh, yeah. Just some advice though: once you get a microphone, make sure it is a headset. I have a real good headset, and it only cost me 12 dollars at Wal-Mart. Because normal mics sometimes tend to be unclear. Good jokes, {{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 21:59, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
::::The hug thing? I just say that a lot. It has nothing to do with you personally. As for the advice, thanks for it. If we can get a couple more people in here (or better yet, a couple dozen people), maybe the ball could get rolling again with these projects. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 22:05, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
:::::I've always been confined to gnome work around here. I'd love to finally do something major, but I don't own a microphone of any kind, so I guess I could help with the Favicon thing. — {{User:SamFisher1022/sig}} 18:08, 11 March 2007
::::::<laughs> Join the club. I don't own a microphone either. But by the looks of it it should be pretty easy to get one. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 22:16, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
I intend to pick the favicon discussion up very soon, but I think the spoken articles project fell by the wayside because it should have. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 01:34, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
:Ah, c'mon, Dot Com. We'll do it one day. When the Wiki is a little more wealthier. Brightstar, I know, I was just teasing you. ;-). I like the favcon as it is, actually. --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 01:44, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
::Dot Com, we may not actually record many articles, but this is giving us an excuse to work on the FAs to make them perfect. Once you see how great they look, maybe you'll see our point in this. As for the favicon, Yellowdart, we need to change it because of copyright reasons. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 01:48, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

== Suggestions for articles ==
Question: does anyone think I should make some kind of article on how things like "Marshie", "Musty", and Delicious "Bag" all have quotes around a word? They are all food items, and it seems like more than just a coincidence...feedback?--{{User:NevaDie/sig}} 20:59, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

== NEW EMAIL! ==
I new email was put up litterally like 5 minutes ago from when I am typing this. I THINK I MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST VIEWER TO SEE IT! WOO! It's called '''FUNERAL'''. --[[User:TheDenzel|The Denzel]] 01:36, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
:Actually, it's called [[your funeral]]. I wonder if TBC had heard about the Bluffton bus accident when they made this. It really made me think of it... -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 01:41, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
::As I have no idea what you're talking about, I think it's likely that's irrelevent to the email. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 02:02, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
:::Umm... don't worry about it. It's most likely irrelevent and if you don't know what it is, that's a good thing. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 02:08, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
== Problems ==
My friend (Supremoace970 on the HRFWiki) is having viewing problems and cannot view anything on the H*R site? Any info? {{User:Count X/sig}} 07:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
* I seem to be having the same problem. Argh! The site has been giving me trouble the past couple weeks, but nothing this bad. --[[User:Positatewithoutpizzaz|Positatewithoutpizzaz]] 08:43, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

== New weeklies ==

There's a new Quote, Fanstuff, and sketch book.
That will be all.
--[[User:Collin Diver|Collin Diver]] 22:33, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

== Homestar Runner (body of work) ==

I'd like to go ahead and move [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon)]] to [[Homestar Runner (body of work)]] soon. I'm posting here to give some visibility to the discussion linked below. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
:''Please direct any comments to [[Talk:Homestar Runner (body of work)#body of work (revisited)|Talk:Homestar Runner (Flash cartoon) → body of work (revisited)]].''
::This is now done. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 08:39, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
:Note: ''There is a discussion on appropriate linking [[HRWiki talk:Manual of Style#Body of work|here]].''

== Conjecture template ==

Anyone think it's time to make one of those templates that says that the title of an article isn't official? I got the idea from [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Template:Conjecture Wookiepedia's template], and I think it would apply to a bunch of articles, like [[Balding Man]], [[Shadowy Figure]], and others. {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 20:30, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
:I'm... hesitant. I don't really like th' idea... I can't say why, but it just doesn't sit right with me. Templates aren't supposed to stay on pages for an extended period of time. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:36, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
::I don't think we need it. We ought to be able to word an article such that merely reading it leaves you with the correct impression of whether the title is a name or not. We could also move those to "Balding man" and "Shadowy figure" so that it's easier to tell. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 20:55, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

== Whodunnit? ==
Who changed the captchas? There all H*R related now. Sweet! --SD...not signed in.

== April 1 Update? ==

Anybody spied an April Fools update yet on the main site?--[[User:AtionSong|AtionSong]] 14:22, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Nope. I think they keep updating late because of the baby. {{User:Strong Devon/sig}}
:Baby? -[[User:Brightstar Shiner|Like, it's totally Brightstar!]]
::[[Very, Very Little Girl]]. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 16:44, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
:::Do you still think they will update? I'm beginning to get doughtful. [[User:Homestar-winner|Homestar-winner]] 16:51, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
::::...or maybe not making an April Fool's joke is the whole joke... --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 17:09, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
:::::Well, they hardly EVER update on weekends, so I'm hoping for one tomorrow.--{{User:X66x66/sig}} 19:03, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
::::::UPDATED!!! {{User:The thing/sig}} 20:23, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
:::::::<nowiki>*</nowiki>raises eyebrow* That wasn't funny...--{{User:Color Printer/sig}} 20:25, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
::::::::Yeah, I think they'll just update tomorrow...maybe even late tomorrow.--Zephiel
:::::::::Dang! Still nothing?! Oh well... They'd better not skimp out on us tomorrow!... (just kidding!) Anyways, great job with that "Shut Down" screen immediately redirecting to the donations page! Already got a ton of dough, yo! [[User:4kai2lyn6|Not me at all]]

== April One side effect? ==

Hey, you guys know the neat little Capthca images put up for April One also work on pages that NEED them right? The move page to name one. Just saying, it's a little alarming. But, I've been known to overreact. OH MY GOD SOMEONE SENT ME AN EMAIL! {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 00:21, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
:Why is it alarming? They're still captcha images. They're still not machine-readable. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 00:26, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
::Willy on Wheels can now constructively edit twice as fast. ;-) But, seriosuly, I'm probably just overreacting. Although, I do think it kinda weakens security. Of course, there are sysops here a lot, so, yeah. {{User:Bluebry/sig}} 00:28, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
:::This is a seriously alarming affair. I recommend weeping into your pillow. Often. Numerously. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 00:58, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

== Getting nervous ==

I admit that I freak out easily, but the lack of an April Fools joke, and a lack of anything on Monday is making me nervous. Are they okay? --[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 18:41, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
:Look, The Brothers Chaps aren't the only people in their family. If something bad happened, then another member of their family would probably tell us on the website. Don't forget, they have a baby now. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 18:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

I know. I just... Boy, am I a jerk. Never mind. --[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 18:47, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
:No, no, it's okay. Everyone's a little nervous that nothing's come up in a few weeks. I sure hope nothing bad really ''did'' happen... -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 20:27, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
::A few weeks? The latest update was on March 26, a mere 7 days ago. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 20:32, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
:Remember that really long Summer break thing when they updated really infrequently? Maybe they're like on a trip or something. It is spring Break here in America, anyway. - [[User:Zephiel|Zephiel]]
::People, relax. These is a couple of folks with busy lives outside their jobs. There have been times, and there will again be times, when a very long time will pass with no updates. There's absolutely no sense in getting nervous. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 21:28, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
:::I agree with Qermaq. I'm sure they are busy, so they'll probably just update later. We can wait another week (even though some of us don't want to). --[[User:Collin Diver|Collin Diver]] 22:45, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

== April 3 update? ==

the HSR webpage says the last update was april 3.
What was it? don't they normally only say they've updated it when something is released?
this page doesnt even list anything as april 3 -[[User:JamesDean|JamesDean]] 05:55, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
:My nearest guess would be the [[Store]] update(s). --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 05:56, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

== New EMAIL!! ==
A new email was posted not five minutes ago! YES! It's called [[from work]]--{{User:NevaDie/sig}} 21:25, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

New one just out. [[hr:sbemail169.html|Number 169]]. --[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 21:26, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

== how on earth are people this obsessive? ==

I like the cartoon, and I have to admit that I'm glad that this wiki exists, because I look up stuff every now and again, but the level of detail in this things is really staggering considering that it's all centered on this funky little internet cartoon. Crazy times.
:It's not as much of a devotion of time to homestar runner, as it is lack of anything else to devote time to. [[User:DeFender1031|DeFender1031]] 08:23, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
::Well, while that is partly true, I'd add that since there are many contributors, only a few minutes of new material a week isn't a terrible chore to document. That said, it's a hobby for some, as stamp collecting or skateboarding is for others. {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 08:52, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
: Meh. I enjoy it. There's nothing wrong with being a little obsessive with your fandom.{{User:Bassbone/sig}} 08:55, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

==A New EMAIL!! ==
''rough copy''
http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail170.html

== Okay, what is the deal. ==

I know I am not a big contributor to the wiki as a random IP editor, but I have noticed something on the Wiki that should not be. On the Main Page there is an updates section where it shows all of the recent add-ons to www.homestarrunner.com, but suddenly on this talk page there are users celebrating the new add-on to the website like it is the best thing that has ever happened to them. I just think the update notifications should be only on the Main Page. [[User:74.245.20.195|74.245.20.195]] 00:21, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
:Actually, they ''are'' supposed to be only on the Main Page. The problem is that many new users and IPs do not know that they are supposed to add the update to [[Template:whatsnew]], so they put the notice on this page instead. Then, usually a more experienced editor sees the notice, and does what needs to be done. {{User:Has Matt?/sig}} 00:26, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

::'''EDIT CONFLICT:''' Usually they're random users (a good portion of which is IPs who neglect to sign their comments, see above) who either don't know how to edit templates or don't know that the "What's New" template isn't protected. Also, on a talk page, items can be discussed, whereas we can't have discussion on the Main Page. ¤ {{User:The Mu/sig}} 00:28, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

== And what, pray tell, might those be? ==

Hi everyone! I just logged on quickly and, well... what are those light-gray numbers in parentheses on the "Recent Changes" page? They ''are'' new, right? I haven't been missing them this '''whole''' thyme, have I? Does it have to do with that MediaWiki 1.9 thing? {{User:4kai2lyn6/sig}} 18:53, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
:It is new to MediaWiki 1.9. It represents the number of bytes added to or taken away from a page. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 18:54, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
::Oh, that's cool. Thank you! {{User:4kai2lyn6/sig}} 18:56, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
:::So bytes are roughly equivalent to characters? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 19:00, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
::::It might actually be characters, I always assumed it was bytes. Or are you just telling me of in a clever way? --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 19:03, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
:::::No, I always assumed it was characters, and dunno if you're actually be correct (having never been told directly by some software programmer, or something). --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 19:10, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
::::::<s>[http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=User:Super_Martyo_Brother/userbox&curid=26391&diff=447733&oldid=447729&rcid=401608 It's bytes]</s> Nevermind. Maybe it is characters. After a recount, I realized that it was net 0. --{{User:Super Martyo Brother/sig}} 22:09, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
:::::::Yeah, I think it's characters. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 22:13, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
::::::::{{p|l=http://www.hrwiki.org/index.php?title=HRWiki:Sandbox&curid=1159&diff=447765&oldid=447764 It's bytes.}} — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 22:52, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
::::::::In case anyone cares and didn't know, historically encoding one character == one byte (ascii), but one byte isn't enough for more than the standard western alphabet. Enter the tangle of modern encodings, I believe UTF8 is the one used on this wiki. In UTF8 the width of one character may be 1 byte, but may be 2 or 4 bytes, so in layman terms "åbç" is longer "abc", in terms of bytes.{{User:Bryanc/sig}} 05:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::So interesting. Mind sharing with the hoi-polloi what use all this is? {{User:Qermaq/sig}} 02:21, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::::::::::To get an idea of the extent of the changes, before looking at the page? I don't know. {{User:Shwoo/sig}} 02:13, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::::It's useful in a more fast-pased environment like Wikipedia, of course. But if you see someone "fixing a spelling error" and you see ''-2,306'', you know to jump on the diff. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 02:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::::::::::::'Bout time we got these (and the undo button by the way). Now vandals don't have a chance! Yay! --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 03:00, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
I dunno... Do we even ''want'' this feature enabled? To me it seems to just take up space while providing a very slim benefit about once every 400 edits for something that we'd catch anyway. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 05:23, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:I've been using it on IRC for a while now, and I really like it. I've been waiting for it to make it's way into RC. Too bad that it's mostly grey and hard to read, though.{{User:Loafing/sig}} 05:30, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::I admit it's useful on the IRC channel, at any rate. But the IRC channel makes it somewhat redundant (I look at that to know when to refresh ''here''). On the other hand, it's potentially useful for those who don't use the IRC RC, for the same reasons as the IRC one. So... I guess I'm neutral to it. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 05:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:::I'm abivalent as well. It's nice to see the really big red deletions, but I could easily live without anything. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 05:34, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::::I think the red ones are more useful than the gray ones. Is there any way to just print out the red ones? --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 05:36, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:::::That's a good idea. Another one — how easy would it be to make the numbers an option in Preferences? {{User:Trey56/sig}} 05:40, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::::::It would be nicest if media wiki came with those options standard (that and separate features for RC and watchlist). However, I dunno how hard it is, but i don't think adding to the prefs might be trivial. --[[User:Stux|Stux]] 06:19, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:::::::I don't have a problem with them, but I don't mind disabling them either. -- [[User:Tom|Tom]] 17:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::::::::I created a preference to turn the display of these numbers on and off. The default setting is off. If you want to enable them, look in your [[Special:Preferences|preferences]] at the bottom of the "Misc" tab. — [[User:It's dot com|It's dot com]] 04:33, 26 April 2007 (UTC)
:::::::::Cheers dot com, preferences are the best for everyone. I don't know why anyone looking at recent changes wouldn't want this info, but hey that is their preference.{{User:Bryanc/sig}} 05:12, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

== New quote/fanstuff/sketch of the week ==

Just thought I should say so, since it seems I was the first one to notice. I'm in a hurry or I would add the information to the articles.--[[User:Tally Solleni|Tally Solleni]] 22:24, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

== Secret Collect ==

I seem to be noticed sooner here, so: Has anyone else noticed Secret Collect lately? It appears to have been fixed. --[[User:Jnelson09|Jnelson09]] 20:49, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
:Fixed? It was broken? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 20:53, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

== Forum-Appropriate Topics ==

I'm thinking of maybe removing all forum-appropriate topics from toons and emails and the like. Would this be a good idea, or is it just left best as it is? --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 21:45, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

:I wouldn't go through any previously existing posts looking for them — for example, a lot of them are leftover from days before we were so strict about this, and we'd like to keep those for historical reasons. But it would be great to keep an eye out for and remove any new posts that fit that category. {{User:Trey56/sig}} 21:48, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
::Alright, that seems fair. Good thing I checked before I started, that could have been nasty. :P --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 21:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

:::Okay, cool. By the way, I assume you're talking about articles' talk pages, right? {{User:Trey56/sig}} 21:50, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
::::Yes. The "Great email!" and "I think they're stalling!" topics. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 21:51, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Talk:Main Page

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:49:55 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Forum-Appropriate Topics */

Talk:Main Page

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:45:51 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /**/Forum-Appropriate Topics

gimmicks

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:13:30 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: So?

{{sbenav|33|flag day|weird dream}}

[[Image:sbemail33.PNG|thumb|This does not look good for Strong Bad.]]

The beginning of the end of the [[Tandy 400]]: Mike W. misses the days that Strong Bad would answer emails without some sort of gimmick. Then the computer [[Explosions|explodes]].

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Sad's Room]]

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

'''Date:''' Monday, June 24, 2002

'''Running Time:''' 1:16

'''Page Title:''' TANDY 400!!

{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}

==Transcript==

'''STRONG BAD:''' Super great, super great... Check your email! Diggity...

<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad, 
 
Do you remember when you would answer emails and 
be funny without some sort of gimmick? I do, I miss 
those days. 
 
With a lot of crap, 
 
Mike W 
Everett, MA</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad pronounces MA as "ma."}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yep. I remember those days, Mike. Those were good days... ''{sniffs}'' good days. ''{The email shrinks to the center of the screen with a powering-down noise.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Mutters}'' What the...crap? ''{The monitor sparks sharply}'' Whoa! Whgjht?

''{silence}''

''{The computer spontaneously explodes in Strong Bad's face covering his head in soot and ash. He flies across the room screaming, and breaks through the wall into Strong Sad's room. He groans and opens his eyes and sees Strong Sad standing above him upside down.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, jeez! Are you okay?

''{Strong Bad stands up.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' What, yeah, no, I'm fine! ''{brushes burnt wrestling mask parts backwards}'' Nothing happened; I'm fine!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Did your terrible computer explode?

'''STRONG BAD:''' No, shut up! Look, I'm gonna need to borrow like nine hundred dollars.

'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, I hope that's for a new computer. You could get one like yours at a garage sale for like... ''{chuckling}'' fifteen dollars.

'''STRONG BAD:''' I SAID SHUT UP!!! ''{sulkily}'' I ''liked'' that computer.

''{Strong Bad walks through the wall back to his room.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ...I hope some of that money's for buying me a new poster. You don't seem too broken up about that.

''{Cut to what's left of the Tandy 400. [[The Paper]] comes down.}''

==Easter Eggs==

*At the end of the email, click on the contrast buttons to make the broken monitor spark and flash. Pressing the left contrast button causes the broken bulb-like component in the center to flash bright white. Pressing the right contrast button causes the green wire to jump and spark.

==Fun Facts==
===Trivia===

*This is the first instance of [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning]].
*This email marks the first appearance of Strong Sad's new mouth movement style.

===Remarks===

*When you pause during the explosion, you can see that the "explosion" is just glass shards overlapped on the screen.
*When Strong Bad is talking to Strong Sad, his mouth seems unusually small.
*The spinning fan inside the exploded Tandy at the end doesn't seem to be attached to anything else, and is just floating in midair.
*Most computers need fans, but gears of that size are never found in a computer, although this might be joke referring to Strong Bad's taste for old computers.
*As of [[sisters]], the Tandy's exploded screen is shown as if it was never shattered, but instead it is shown as slightly cracked.

===Goofs===
[[Image:Tandy 400 Exploding.png|thumb| Misplaced head and glass shards.]]
*When you click the left contrast button at the end of the email, the rainbow star logo disappears until the animation is done, along with the word "Contrast."
**As well, the contrast buttons, the back link and a glass shard from the Tandy's monitor remain on top of the flash of light.
*When the Tandy explodes, Strong Bad's reflection is incorrect. It is located at the top of the computer screen, at the same angle the computer is.
*When Strong Bad is flying through the air and crashes into the wall, where Strong Sad's room's wall meets the floor, the bottom-left corner of it protrudes more than it should.
*As Strong Bad is flying, the last thing you see in the background is a door. When he is in Strong Sad's room, the last thing before the wall is now a window.
*It is unusual for the back link to be on the screen, since the [[Wikipedia:Cathode ray tube|picture tube]] of Tandy is facing the table and most likely broken.

===Inside References===

*Strong Bad receives another email signed with the word [[Crapfully Yours|crap]]; this is the last time he reads such a signature without expressing his displeasure at it.

===Real-World References===

*The opening song is based on the song [[Wikipedia:Super Freak|"Super Freak"]] by [[Wikipedia:Rick James|Rick James]].
*As Strong Bad flies across the room, he passes the same door and window several times. Repeating backgrounds are common in low-budget animation.

===Fast Forward===

*This email would later appear in [[personal favorites]], which is odd because, at the end of this email, it seems like Strong Bad is very broken up about the explosion.
*The gear and fan would appear inside the shotgunned [[Compy 386]] in [[virus]].

==DVD Version==

*Instead of clicking on the contrast buttons to make pieces of the computer short-circuit/explode, the malfunctions happen without user interaction.

==External Links==

*[[HR:sbemail33.html|watch "gimmicks"]]
*[[HR:sbemail33.swf|view the Flash file for "gimmicks"]]

{{Strong Bad Email}}
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]]

Quotes Packs

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:04:08 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: This is for offical quotes in the quote pack.

'''Quotes Packs''' are sound files with funny things characters have said, available for download in the [[Downloads]] section.
==Classic Quotes==
===[[Homestar Runner]]===
*"Hey, stupid. I brought you this stuff!" (from [[Where's The Cheat?]])
*"I know. Can you believe it?" (from [[Fluffy Puff Commercial]])
*"Homestarrunner.net...it's dot com!!" (from [[First Time Here?]])
*"This does not look good for Homestar Runner." (from [[50 emails]])
*"That is one ugly bird." (from [[helium]])

===[[Strong Bad]]===
*"Somebody get this freakin' [[Ducks|duck]] away from me!" (from [[Main Page 13]])
*"The [[Double Deuce]]!" (from [[the bird]])
*"Meedly meedly meedly me!!" (from [[guitar]])
*"Stiny, get me a danish!" (from [[superhero name]])
*"I'm buying you a [[Pizza|pizza]]." (from [[Everybody to the Limit]])
===Other Characters===
*'''[[Strong Sad]]''': "This is getting frustrating!" (from [[1 step ahead]])
*'''Strong Sad''': "I'm sad that I'm flying." (from [[Main Page 15]])
*'''[[Coach Z]]''': "Joooorb!" (from [[A Jorb Well Done]])
*'''Coach Z''': "The King's gone mad with power!" (from [[Where's The Cheat?]])
*'''[[Marzipan]]''': "Coach Z, this is nasty." (from [[The Best Decemberween Ever]])
*'''Marzipan''': "Put that freakin' sandwich down." (from [[Where's The Cheat?]])
*'''[[Bubs]]''': "Don't you talk to me." (from [[Where's The Cheat?]])
*'''Bubs''': "Grabbin' your butt? That's not very ladylike!" (from [[1 step ahead]])

===[[The King of Town]]===
<blockquote>We are sorry. The King of Town has never 
said anything funny.</blockquote>

===[[Homsar]] (Easter egg)===
*"What is it, Strong Bad?" (from the email [[homsar]])
*"I'm the original ladies' man." (from [[The House that Gave Sucky Treats]])
*"Oh no! I think this is my favorite!" (from [[The House that Gave Sucky Treats]])
*"Oh, no. You shanked my Jengaship." (from [[Where's The Cheat?]])
*"Hey, Tubbs. I just lost my Jengajam." (from [[Where's The Cheat?]])
*"I'm saving the best for last!" (from [[your friends]])
*"And also with you!" (from [[Pumpkin Carve-nival]])

[[Category:Downloads]]

Date Nite

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:25:15 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Inside References */ Reword.

{{toonnav|Big Toon|datenite|Strongest Man in the World|The King of Town DVD}}
[[Image:Marzipan eyelashes Homestar Date Nite.png|thumb|"Whoa-ho, Marzipan! You look like a fox's mother!"]]

Homestar and Strong Bad attempt to ruin Marzipan and The Cheat's date.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's L'est Stand]], [[The Stone Bridge]], [[USS Flirtini|USS ''Flirtini'']], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' April 24, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 4:17

'''Page Title:''' Meet me on down at the Chez Perez!

==Transcript==
''{Scene in Marzipan's house, where Marzipan is applying mascara while looking in a hall mirror. She is already wearing lipstick. After a second, Homestar enters from the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa-ho, Marzipan! You look like a fox's mother!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Still looking in mirror}'' Homestar, if you're trying to say I'm a foxy mama, that's actually ''more'' offensive.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Right, right. You know what I mean. The more offensive one. So where are we goin' tonight? ''{leans over}'' The Chez Perez? ''{"Chez" is mispronounced to rhyme with "Perez"}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Still looking at the mirror}'' Uh, no. I have a hot date with The Cheat, thank you very much. I suspect ''you'll'' probably stay home and run in place or something.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well I ''was'' planning to—you WHAT?! ''{Eyes bug out}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad's basement, where The Cheat is applying a fake mustache with Strong Bad looking on}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You WHAT?! ''{Starts quivering with rage}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' I can't believe this, The Cheat!

''{Cut to a close-up of Homestar in Marzipan's house}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I can't believe you're The Cheating on me! ''{Pull back to include Marzipan, still at the mirror}'' So what are you saying? That you—gulp—"want his bod"?

''{Cut back to a close up of Strong Bad in his basement}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You can't even call that thing a bod! At best it's a broom or a—

''{Cut back to Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —Trivial Pursuit cheese wedge!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Turning away from the mirror and brandishing mascara brush}'' Look, Homestar, it's just a date. This has always been an open relationship.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa-ho-ho-says you. I've turned down more foxes' mothers than I can count just to stay loyal to you!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Dryly}'' So, four, then?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, that's rich. Ms. Smarty Pants, eh?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mr. Smarty Spots, huh? Well—

''{Scene starts switching between locations as Strong Bad and Homestar alternate words}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —why—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —don't—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —you—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —just—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —go a—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —head—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —and—

''{Cuts to Strong Bad and Homestar inexplicably together in Marzipan's house, yelling:}''

'''STRONG BAD AND HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —GET OUTTA MY FACE!

''{Both open their eyes}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Looking around}'' Wait, what?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Simultaneously}'' What the crap...?

''{Cut back to Strong Bad's basement where Marzipan and The Cheat are standing in front of the couch.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Come on, the Cheat. Let's go.

''{The Cheat crooks his arm as if to allow Marzipan to loop her arm through it. Marzipan stands next to him and leans over as if taking his arm in hers, and the two exit together.}''

''{Cut to title screen, a pink square on a light blue background. The letters "Da" and "ni" appear on the left side of the square, one on top of the other, then a large "Te" appears on the right to form the words "DaTe" and "niTe".}''

''{Cut back to Marzipan's house, this time to the living room. Homestar and Strong Bad are drinking 'old Ones, Strong Bad sitting on the couch, Homestar lying on the floor with his feet on the couch. Strong Bad is shaking his head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. Man. Seriously, Strong Strong, we's ''gotta'' do something about ''this''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ordinarily, I just drown my sorrows in video games, but for ''this'', ''{Close up of Strong Bad}'' maybe I should drown them in... drowning ''them''! ''{Smiles}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Sitting up}'' Uh, maybe let's not kill anybody. We should just try and ruin their date.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Explain to me how drowning them wouldn't ruin their date.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Mainly, I just want to keep 'em from making out.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Dropping 'old One bottle, starts rubbing his arms}'' Ewww! The disgust! It won't wash off!

''{Scene transitions to Marshmallow's Last Stand, where The Cheat and Marzipan are sitting in a booth, holding menus. Both the menus and a sign near the door read "Marshmallow's L'est Stand".}''

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' Why, yes, The Cheat, I would be ''very'' comfortable with you saying something about my figure. Thank you for asking first.

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Puts down menu}'' Ew. Not ''that'' comfortable.

''{Homestar comes running up in his waiter uniform from Summer Short Shorts}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah, good evening, ungodly couple. ''{The Cheat puts down his menu}'' My name is Waiter, I will be your Homestar for this evening. Can I start you two off with a glass of "Breaking Up", or perhaps "Never Seeing Each Other Again" with capers?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Angry The Cheat noises, waving a fist}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why, yes, The Cheat, I ''would'' be comfortable with you "cleaning my clock"! Thanks for asking first!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Angrier The Cheat noises, more threatening gestures}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahhhh! ''{Takes off in a cloud of dust, after a few seconds, pops down from the top border}'' Can I settle up with you guys? My shift's over.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Angry The Cheat noises, more threatening gestures, Homestar ducks offscreen}''

''{Cut to later, close up of Marzipan with a plate with crumbs and a small piece of marshmallow.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Mmmmm, my almond-encrusted Chilean sea marshmallow was just delicious. ''{Cut out to include the Cheat sitting in front of an empty hot dog wrapper with ketchup and a couple of french fries around it.}'' How was your hot dog?

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

''{Strong Bad runs up, dressed up as an Italian chef}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Fake Italian accent}'' Oh-a, it's-a me! ''{Close up}'' The chef-a! A-which-a one o' you guys ordered the smack-in-the-face-a?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Annoyed}'' I thought this was a French restaurant.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Regular voice}'' Oh. Ummmmmmmmm, uh... Sn-snails?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Come on, T.C., let's blow this marshmallow stand. ''{Marzipan and the Cheat get up and walk away offscreen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, y'know, I--I didn't really research this role.

''{As the screen blacks out, Strong Bad's fake mustache falls off}''

''{Fade in to Marzipan and The Cheat crossing The Stone Bridge in the moonlight}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Excited The Cheat noises, gesturing}''

''{They stop at the top of the bridge}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's so crazy! I've always wanted to see Ira Glass and Ira Flatow wrestle, too.

''{From out of the water comes a periscope, apparently made out of cardboard tubes and duct tape. Cut to the view of Marzipan and The Cheat from the periscope. A repetitive sonar-like "boo" sound is heard in the background}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This has been such a great date, The Cheat. I don't know what could possibly ruin it.

''{Cut to inside of cardboard submarine. Strong Bad is looking away from the periscope with Homestar standing right behind, wearing a sailor hat and simulating sonar noises. Water is streaming down the walls and dripping from the ceiling.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Verify our range to target! Flood tubes three and four! Hunt for Red October!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aye aye, sir! ...Boo!

''{Cut to surface. The "submarine" surfaces. It is a cardboard box with the words "USS FLIRTINI" on the side. Strong Bad and Homestar pop out, revealing fireworks duct-taped to the insides of the box flaps.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' FIRE!

''{Homestar and Strong Bad light a match and the BMW Lighter, respectively, and light the fireworks. View changes to include the bridge and its occupants. After a couple seconds, the fireworks simultaneously propel the submarine backwards offscreen and fly forwards.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER AND STRONG BAD:''' WAAAH!

''{The fireworks execute a loop in the air, and fly past Marzipan and The Cheat, startling them. Cut to a view of the sky where the fireworks go off in a grand display. Marzipan and The Cheat's silhouettes can be seen in the foreground.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Ooooh, it's so romantic...

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Sighs}''

''{Marzipan and The Cheat lean close to each other}''

''{Cut to view of the surface of a large body of water. Homestar and Strong Bad are leaning out the top of the "submarine" as the fireworks flash, singing as it sinks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' Come to the place where the tropical breezes blow... ''{Last word is garbled as he is submerged}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Singing along}'' Da da da da dada dadada dada daaaaaaah...

''{Cut to Marzipan's front hall, later. The sound of the front door opening and closing is heard, followed by Marzipan walking down the hall until she finds Homestar, running in place angrily. Homestar notices her, and stops mid-step.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Sulkingly}'' Oh, if it isn't Marzipan. ''{Steps down}'' Oh, I'm sorry, or was it "The Marzipan", now?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, you'll be happy to know it didn't work out between us. I found out the Cheat is declawed, and I just don't think I could be with someone that supports that kind of cruelty.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Delighted}'' And now you've come crawlin' back to the ol' fox's father!

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, I just came to change outfits for my next date with Bubs at the all-night waffle place!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You WHAT?! ''{Eyes bug out}''

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand. Bubs is straightening a black bow tie, while Coach Z is standing behind him wearing hair curlers and brandishing a rolling pin.}''

'''COACH Z:''' You WHORT?!

''{Cut to end screen, the pink box on light blue background, with the word "end" in the box. After a few seconds, "back" appears at the bottom.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Rage-o.png|thumb|Public RAGE-O]]
*At the end, click on the period to hear the public radio station on the [[booOOMbox]] in Strong Sad's room:
:''{Cut to close-up of booOOMbox}''

:'''RADIO ANNOUNCER''': And join us next Saturday at some civic hall auditorium for "Public Rage-o."

:''{A flyer for the Public RAGE-O appears}''

:All your favorite public radio superstars will be in action. Watch as Ira Glass and Ira Flatow duke it out in a no-holds-barred lumberjack match. And special guest Garrison Keillor wrestles his own soothing voice... ''{cut to Strong Sad looking nonplussed}'' ...in a steel cage.

:''{The Public Radio Sounds music plays}''

:'''STRONG SAD''': Oh, geez, I ''gotta'' pledge more next year. They're ''really'' getting desperate.

==Fun Facts==
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===Explanations===
*"L'est" is a contraction of the French word for "the" and the French word for "is" or "east". "Chez" (which Homestar [[Foreign Words|mispronounces]]) means "At the home of" and is often used in names of French restaurants.
*Marzipan's statement, "Come on, T.C., let's blow this marshmallow stand." is a reference to the idiom [[wiktionary: blow_this_popsicle_stand|"blow this popsicle stand"]].
*The phrase "in the Squared Circle" (from the Easter egg) comes from the old tradition of fights being held inside of a crowd of onlookers who would form a circle around the combatants. When the official square shaped fighting area was introduced, this nickname developed.
*Strong Bad and Homestar sing Strongbadia's national anthem as they sink, just as many other naval vessel crews do when going down with the ship.

===Trivia===
*Marzipan's mascara tube reads "Hot Vegan".
*Strong Bad and Homestar are drinking [[Cold One|'old ones]].
*The bubbles made when the USS ''Flirtini'' is sinking makes the same sound as when [[Pom Pom]] speaks.
*The tape in the booOOMbox in the Easter egg reads "normal [[Wikipedia:Tape bias|bias]]".

===Remarks===
*The synopsis asks if Homestar and Marzipan are finally going on a date, but they went out in the email [[date]].
*In the Mascara's reflection in the mirror, the words are typed backwards, but not reversed like it would be in a real mirror.
*Coach Z wears curlers in this cartoon, suggesting he does have hair. Though he appears bald when he loses his hat in [[caffeine]], he has been shown having a moustache and afro when he was younger.
*This toon includes another (so-called) "submarine" besides the [[Nuclear Class Submarine "Soccermom"]].
*Homestar (who was speaking for [[Cardboard Marzipan]] at the time) asked The Cheat if he wanted to go on a "secret hot date" with her in [[Happy Fireworks!]]

===Fixed Goofs===
*When first released the fireworks were still visibly attached to the USS ''Flirtini'' as it sank after they had been launched. This has since been fixed.

===Inside References===
*In [[long pants]], Marzipan says that everybody claims her figure looks like a broom.
**In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2]], Homestar calls Marzipan, "You old broomstick!"
*The Cheat is again compared to cheese (in this case, a Trivial Pursuit cheese wedge), as was the case in [[huttah!]].
*Instead of actually gulping, Homestar merely "says" his gulp, which is what [[Fightgar]] did when [[Gunhaver]] ordered him to do some "undercover work" in [[Shopping for Danger]].
*"Seriously, Strong Strong" is a nod to Homestar's classic line, "[[Seriously|Seriously, Pom Pom]]."
*This is another instance of [[Strong Bad smiling]].
*The candle and romantic music are from [[do over]].
*Homestar's "L'[[Eggs|egg]]" hat is similar to his hat in [[Summer Short Shorts]], which simply read "Egg".
*The stone bridge where Marzipan and The Cheat go at night is from [[personal favorites]].
*The rockets are Fthoom-Bang brand bottle rockets duct-taped together just like in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], in which Strong Bad refers to them as "Explosives".
*While the USS ''Flirtini'' is sinking, the song that Strong Bad sings and Homestar hums is the [[Strong Badia National Anthem]].
*Coach Z being portrayed as a mother appeared in [[garage sale]].
*This also is another instance of [[mustaches]].
*During the Easter egg, the [[Public Radio Sound]] music from [[radio]] is heard.

===Real-World References===
*''[[Wikipedia:The Hunt for Red October|The Hunt for Red October]]'' was the first novel by [[Wikipedia:Tom Clancy|Tom Clancy]], which was later made into a [[Wikipedia:The Hunt for Red October (film)|film]]. The book and the film deal heavily with submarine warfare.
*[[Wikipedia:Ira Glass|Ira Glass]] and [[Wikipedia:Ira Flatow|Ira Flatow]] are [[Wikipedia:Public broadcasting|public radio]] hosts. Glass hosts ''[[Wikipedia:This American Life|This American Life]]'' on [[Wikipedia:Public Radio International|Public Radio International]], Flatow hosts ''[[Wikipedia:Talk of the Nation - Science Friday|Talk of the Nation - Science Friday]]'' on [[Wikipedia:National Public Radio|National Public Radio]].
*[[Wikipedia:Garrison Keillor|Garrison Keillor]] hosts ''[[Wikipedia:A Prairie Home Companion|A Prairie Home Companion]]'' from [[Wikipedia:American Public Media|American Public Media]].
*[[Wikipedia:Trivial Pursuit|Trivial Pursuit]] is a board game in which players earn game pieces sometimes called "cheese wedges" for answering trivia questions correctly.
*A [[Wikipedia:Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|lumberjack match]] is a match in professional wrestling in which other athletes, usually [[Wikipedia:Job (professional wrestling)#Jobbers|jobbers]], stand around the outside of the ring in order to prevent a ring-out.

==External Links==
*[[HR:datenite.html|watch "Date Nite"]]
*[[HR:datenite.swf|view the Flash file for "Date Nite"]]
*[[Forum:11290|forum thread re: "Date Nite"]]

Kissyboots

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:20:30 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: No she doesn't, she was holding one, not playing it.

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|+<big>'''Kissyboots'''</big>
|-
| align=center colspan=2 | [[Image:Kissyboots.png|230px]]
|- valign=top
! Origins
| [[Teen Girl Squad Locations|Teen Girl Squad universe]]
|- valign=top
! Genre(s)
| [[Wikipedia:Rock music|Rock]]
|- valign=top
! Members
| [[Cheerleader]] (lead guitar) [[So and So]] (keyboard) [[What's Her Face]] (bass guitar) [[The Ugly One]] (drums)
|- valign=top
! Backup
| [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#A Shark|A Shark]]
|- valign=top
! Discography
| Ooncha Ooncha (2005) it's over!! (2005)
|- valign=top
! Producer
| N/A
|- valign=top
|}

'''Kissyboots''' is a band featured in [[Teen Girl Squad]]. The band members are:
*[[Cheerleader]] (singer and pretend-to-play-guitarist)
*[[So and So]] (keyboardist)
*[[What's Her Face]] (begrudging bass guitarist)
*[[The Ugly One]] (drummer)

[[Image:TGS_Kissyboots.png|thumb|220px|left|Teen Girl Band]] The genesis of the band took place in class at school with all four members present, in the week of their school's Battle of the Bands. The name ''Smartly Pretty'' was originally suggested by So and So, but was overruled by Cheerleader, who came up with the present name. After practices in [[Mrs. So-and-so-erson's Walk-in Closet]] they were ready for their debut at the Battle of the Bands, which was less than spectacular due to the swift and brutal deaths of band members meted out by [[Strong Bad]]'s imagination.

At the end of Kissyboots' brief run, [[Image:smartly_pretty.png|thumb|220px|left|"Augh! Bleh! Ewww! Grugh! No."]] all the original members except for Cheerleader had been replaced by [[Minor Teen Girl Squad Characters#A Shark|a shark]], who broke into the band by inexplicably replacing What's Her Face's bass mid-performance and eating her "most of me". It is assumed that the shark then ate Cheerleader at the end of the song, as chomping noises were heard, and Cheerleader sings "everybody died 'cept me" and after the chomping she says "oh, crap".

=== Discography ===
*Ooncha Ooncha (single, 2005)
*it's over!! (single, 2005)

=== Appearances ===
*'''Debut:''' [[Teen Girl Squad Issue 8]]

==Fun Facts==
*Cheerleader is holding what looks like a [[Wikipedia:Jackson Guitars|Jackson]] [[Wikipedia:Jackson King V|King V]], although it may be a [[Gibson Flying V]].
*Neither Cheerleader nor What's Her Face have a strap on their guitar, and the guitars don't seem to be plugged in.

[[Category:Teen Girl Squad Characters]]
[[Category:Bands]]

Date Nite

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:58:07 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: It wouldn't be a reference if it was shown after it was made.

{{toonnav|Big Toon|datenite|Strongest Man in the World|The King of Town DVD}}
[[Image:Marzipan eyelashes Homestar Date Nite.png|thumb|"Whoa-ho, Marzipan! You look like a fox's mother!"]]

Homestar and Strong Bad attempt to ruin Marzipan and The Cheat's date.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's L'est Stand]], [[The Stone Bridge]], [[USS Flirtini|USS ''Flirtini'']], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' April 24, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 4:17

'''Page Title:''' Meet me on down at the Chez Perez!

==Transcript==
''{Scene in Marzipan's house, where Marzipan is applying mascara while looking in a hall mirror. She is already wearing lipstick. After a second, Homestar enters from the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa-ho, Marzipan! You look like a fox's mother!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Still looking in mirror}'' Homestar, if you're trying to say I'm a foxy mama, that's actually ''more'' offensive.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Right, right. You know what I mean. The more offensive one. So where are we goin' tonight? ''{leans over}'' The Chez Perez? ''{"Chez" is mispronounced to rhyme with "Perez"}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Still looking at the mirror}'' Uh, no. I have a hot date with The Cheat, thank you very much. I suspect ''you'll'' probably stay home and run in place or something.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well I ''was'' planning to—you WHAT?! ''{Eyes bug out}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad's basement, where The Cheat is applying a fake mustache with Strong Bad looking on}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You WHAT?! ''{Starts quivering with rage}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' I can't believe this, The Cheat!

''{Cut to a close-up of Homestar in Marzipan's house}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I can't believe you're The Cheating on me! ''{Pull back to include Marzipan, still at the mirror}'' So what are you saying? That you—gulp—"want his bod"?

''{Cut back to a close up of Strong Bad in his basement}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You can't even call that thing a bod! At best it's a broom or a—

''{Cut back to Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —Trivial Pursuit cheese wedge!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Turning away from the mirror and brandishing mascara brush}'' Look, Homestar, it's just a date. This has always been an open relationship.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa-ho-ho-says you. I've turned down more foxes' mothers than I can count just to stay loyal to you!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Dryly}'' So, four, then?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, that's rich. Ms. Smarty Pants, eh?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mr. Smarty Spots, huh? Well—

''{Scene starts switching between locations as Strong Bad and Homestar alternate words}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —why—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —don't—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —you—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —just—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —go a—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —head—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —and—

''{Cuts to Strong Bad and Homestar inexplicably together in Marzipan's house, yelling:}''

'''STRONG BAD AND HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —GET OUTTA MY FACE!

''{Both open their eyes}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Looking around}'' Wait, what?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Simultaneously}'' What the crap...?

''{Cut back to Strong Bad's basement where Marzipan and The Cheat are standing in front of the couch.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Come on, the Cheat. Let's go.

''{The Cheat crooks his arm as if to allow Marzipan to loop her arm through it. Marzipan stands next to him and leans over as if taking his arm in hers, and the two exit together.}''

''{Cut to title screen, a pink square on a light blue background. The letters "Da" and "ni" appear on the left side of the square, one on top of the other, then a large "Te" appears on the right to form the words "DaTe" and "niTe".}''

''{Cut back to Marzipan's house, this time to the living room. Homestar and Strong Bad are drinking 'old Ones, Strong Bad sitting on the couch, Homestar lying on the floor with his feet on the couch. Strong Bad is shaking his head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. Man. Seriously, Strong Strong, we's ''gotta'' do something about ''this''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ordinarily, I just drown my sorrows in video games, but for ''this'', ''{Close up of Strong Bad}'' maybe I should drown them in... drowning ''them''! ''{Smiles}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Sitting up}'' Uh, maybe let's not kill anybody. We should just try and ruin their date.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Explain to me how drowning them wouldn't ruin their date.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Mainly, I just want to keep 'em from making out.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Dropping 'old One bottle, starts rubbing his arms}'' Ewww! The disgust! It won't wash off!

''{Scene transitions to Marshmallow's Last Stand, where The Cheat and Marzipan are sitting in a booth, holding menus. Both the menus and a sign near the door read "Marshmallow's L'est Stand".}''

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' Why, yes, The Cheat, I would be ''very'' comfortable with you saying something about my figure. Thank you for asking first.

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Puts down menu}'' Ew. Not ''that'' comfortable.

''{Homestar comes running up in his waiter uniform from Summer Short Shorts}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah, good evening, ungodly couple. ''{The Cheat puts down his menu}'' My name is Waiter, I will be your Homestar for this evening. Can I start you two off with a glass of "Breaking Up", or perhaps "Never Seeing Each Other Again" with capers?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Angry The Cheat noises, waving a fist}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why, yes, The Cheat, I ''would'' be comfortable with you "cleaning my clock"! Thanks for asking first!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Angrier The Cheat noises, more threatening gestures}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahhhh! ''{Takes off in a cloud of dust, after a few seconds, pops down from the top border}'' Can I settle up with you guys? My shift's over.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Angry The Cheat noises, more threatening gestures, Homestar ducks offscreen}''

''{Cut to later, close up of Marzipan with a plate with crumbs and a small piece of marshmallow.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Mmmmm, my almond-encrusted Chilean sea marshmallow was just delicious. ''{Cut out to include the Cheat sitting in front of an empty hot dog wrapper with ketchup and a couple of french fries around it.}'' How was your hot dog?

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

''{Strong Bad runs up, dressed up as an Italian chef}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Fake Italian accent}'' Oh-a, it's-a me! ''{Close up}'' The chef-a! A-which-a one o' you guys ordered the smack-in-the-face-a?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Annoyed}'' I thought this was a French restaurant.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Regular voice}'' Oh. Ummmmmmmmm, uh... Sn-snails?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Come on, T.C., let's blow this marshmallow stand. ''{Marzipan and the Cheat get up and walk away offscreen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, y'know, I--I didn't really research this role.

''{As the screen blacks out, Strong Bad's fake mustache falls off}''

''{Fade in to Marzipan and The Cheat crossing The Stone Bridge in the moonlight}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Excited The Cheat noises, gesturing}''

''{They stop at the top of the bridge}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's so crazy! I've always wanted to see Ira Glass and Ira Flatow wrestle, too.

''{From out of the water comes a periscope, apparently made out of cardboard tubes and duct tape. Cut to the view of Marzipan and The Cheat from the periscope. A repetitive sonar-like "boo" sound is heard in the background}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This has been such a great date, The Cheat. I don't know what could possibly ruin it.

''{Cut to inside of cardboard submarine. Strong Bad is looking away from the periscope with Homestar standing right behind, wearing a sailor hat and simulating sonar noises. Water is streaming down the walls and dripping from the ceiling.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Verify our range to target! Flood tubes three and four! Hunt for Red October!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aye aye, sir! ...Boo!

''{Cut to surface. The "submarine" surfaces. It is a cardboard box with the words "USS FLIRTINI" on the side. Strong Bad and Homestar pop out, revealing fireworks duct-taped to the insides of the box flaps.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' FIRE!

''{Homestar and Strong Bad light a match and the BMW Lighter, respectively, and light the fireworks. View changes to include the bridge and its occupants. After a couple seconds, the fireworks simultaneously propel the submarine backwards offscreen and fly forwards.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER AND STRONG BAD:''' WAAAH!

''{The fireworks execute a loop in the air, and fly past Marzipan and The Cheat, startling them. Cut to a view of the sky where the fireworks go off in a grand display. Marzipan and The Cheat's silhouettes can be seen in the foreground.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Ooooh, it's so romantic...

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Sighs}''

''{Marzipan and The Cheat lean close to each other}''

''{Cut to view of the surface of a large body of water. Homestar and Strong Bad are leaning out the top of the "submarine" as the fireworks flash, singing as it sinks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' Come to the place where the tropical breezes blow... ''{Last word is garbled as he is submerged}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Singing along}'' Da da da da dada dadada dada daaaaaaah...

''{Cut to Marzipan's front hall, later. The sound of the front door opening and closing is heard, followed by Marzipan walking down the hall until she finds Homestar, running in place angrily. Homestar notices her, and stops mid-step.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Sulkingly}'' Oh, if it isn't Marzipan. ''{Steps down}'' Oh, I'm sorry, or was it "The Marzipan", now?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, you'll be happy to know it didn't work out between us. I found out the Cheat is declawed, and I just don't think I could be with someone that supports that kind of cruelty.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Delighted}'' And now you've come crawlin' back to the ol' fox's father!

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, I just came to change outfits for my next date with Bubs at the all-night waffle place!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You WHAT?! ''{Eyes bug out}''

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand. Bubs is straightening a black bow tie, while Coach Z is standing behind him wearing hair curlers and brandishing a rolling pin.}''

'''COACH Z:''' You WHORT?!

''{Cut to end screen, the pink box on light blue background, with the word "end" in the box. After a few seconds, "back" appears at the bottom.}''

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Rage-o.png|thumb|Public RAGE-O]]
*At the end, click on the period to hear the public radio station on the [[booOOMbox]] in Strong Sad's room:
:''{Cut to close-up of booOOMbox}''

:'''RADIO ANNOUNCER''': And join us next Saturday at some civic hall auditorium for "Public Rage-o."

:''{A flyer for the Public RAGE-O appears}''

:All your favorite public radio superstars will be in action. Watch as Ira Glass and Ira Flatow duke it out in a no-holds-barred lumberjack match. And special guest Garrison Keillor wrestles his own soothing voice... ''{cut to Strong Sad looking nonplussed}'' ...in a steel cage.

:''{The Public Radio Sounds music plays}''

:'''STRONG SAD''': Oh, geez, I ''gotta'' pledge more next year. They're ''really'' getting desperate.

==Fun Facts==
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===Explanations===
*"L'est" is a contraction of the French word for "the" and the French word for "is" or "east". "Chez" (which Homestar [[Foreign Words|mispronounces]]) means "At the home of" and is often used in names of French restaurants.
*Marzipan's statement, "Come on, T.C., let's blow this marshmallow stand." is a reference to the idiom [[wiktionary: blow_this_popsicle_stand|"blow this popsicle stand"]].
*The phrase "in the Squared Circle" (from the Easter egg) comes from the old tradition of fights being held inside of a crowd of onlookers who would form a circle around the combatants. When the official square shaped fighting area was introduced, this nickname developed.
*Strong Bad and Homestar sing Strongbadia's national anthem as they sink, just as many other naval vessel crews do when going down with the ship.

===Trivia===
*Marzipan's mascara tube reads "Hot Vegan".
*Strong Bad and Homestar are drinking [[Cold One|'old ones]].
*The bubbles made when the USS ''Flirtini'' is sinking makes the same sound as when [[Pom Pom]] speaks.
*The tape in the booOOMbox in the Easter egg reads "normal [[Wikipedia:Tape bias|bias]]".

===Remarks===
*The synopsis asks if Homestar and Marzipan are finally going on a date, but they went out in the email [[date]].
*In the Mascara's reflection in the mirror, the words are typed backwards, but not reversed like it would be in a real mirror.
*Coach Z wears curlers in this cartoon, suggesting he does have hair. Though he appears bald when he loses his hat in [[caffeine]], he has been shown having a moustache and afro when he was younger.
*This toon includes another (so-called) "submarine" besides the [[Nuclear Class Submarine "Soccermom"]].
*Homestar (who was speaking for [[Cardboard Marzipan]] at the time) asked The Cheat if he wanted to go on a "secret hot date" with her in [[Happy Fireworks!]]

===Fixed Goofs===
*When first released the fireworks were still visibly attached to the USS ''Flirtini'' as it sank after they had been launched. This has since been fixed.

===Inside References===
*In [[long pants]], Marzipan says that everybody claims her figure looks like a broom.
*The Cheat is again compared to cheese (in this case, a Trivial Pursuit cheese wedge), as was the case in [[huttah!]].
*Instead of actually gulping, Homestar merely "says" his gulp, which is what [[Fightgar]] did when [[Gunhaver]] ordered him to do some "undercover work" in [[Shopping for Danger]].
*"Seriously, Strong Strong" is a nod to Homestar's classic line, "[[Seriously|Seriously, Pom Pom]]."
*This is another instance of [[Strong Bad smiling]].
*The candle and romantic music are from [[do over]].
*Homestar's "L'[[Eggs|egg]]" hat also appeared in [[Summer Short Shorts]].
*The stone bridge where Marzipan and The Cheat go at night is from [[personal favorites]].
*The rockets are Fthoom-Bang brand bottle rockets duct-taped together just like in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], in which Strong Bad refers to them as "Explosives".
*While the USS ''Flirtini'' is sinking, the song that Strong Bad sings and Homestar hums is the [[Strong Badia National Anthem]].
*Coach Z being portrayed as a mother appeared in [[garage sale]].
*This also is another instance of [[mustaches]].
*During the Easter egg, the [[Public Radio Sound]] music from [[radio]] is heard.

===Real-World References===
*''[[Wikipedia:The Hunt for Red October|The Hunt for Red October]]'' was the first novel by [[Wikipedia:Tom Clancy|Tom Clancy]], which was later made into a [[Wikipedia:The Hunt for Red October (film)|film]]. The book and the film deal heavily with submarine warfare.
*[[Wikipedia:Ira Glass|Ira Glass]] and [[Wikipedia:Ira Flatow|Ira Flatow]] are [[Wikipedia:Public broadcasting|public radio]] hosts. Glass hosts ''[[Wikipedia:This American Life|This American Life]]'' on [[Wikipedia:Public Radio International|Public Radio International]], Flatow hosts ''[[Wikipedia:Talk of the Nation - Science Friday|Talk of the Nation - Science Friday]]'' on [[Wikipedia:National Public Radio|National Public Radio]].
*[[Wikipedia:Garrison Keillor|Garrison Keillor]] hosts ''[[Wikipedia:A Prairie Home Companion|A Prairie Home Companion]]'' from [[Wikipedia:American Public Media|American Public Media]].
*[[Wikipedia:Trivial Pursuit|Trivial Pursuit]] is a board game in which players earn game pieces sometimes called "cheese wedges" for answering trivia questions correctly.
*A [[Wikipedia:Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|lumberjack match]] is a match in professional wrestling in which other athletes, usually [[Wikipedia:Job (professional wrestling)#Jobbers|jobbers]], stand around the outside of the ring in order to prevent a ring-out.

==External Links==
*[[HR:datenite.html|watch "Date Nite"]]
*[[HR:datenite.swf|view the Flash file for "Date Nite"]]
*[[Forum:11290|forum thread re: "Date Nite"]]

Date Nite

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:38:13 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Inside References */

{{toonnav|Big Toon|datenite|Strongest Man in the World|The King of Town DVD}}
[[Image:Marzipan eyelashes Homestar Date Nite.png|thumb|"Whoa-ho, Marzipan! You look like a fox's mother!"]]

Homestar and Strong Bad attempt to ruin Marzipan and The Cheat's date.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Marzipan}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Bubs}}, {{Film|Coach Z}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Marzipan's House]], [[Strong Bad's Basement]], [[Marshmallow's Last Stand (place)|Marshmallow's L'est Stand]], [[The Stone Bridge]], Submarine U.S.S. ''Flirtini'', [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' April 24, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 4:17

'''Page Title:''' Meet me on down at the Chez Perez!

==Transcript==
''{Scene in Marzipan's house, where Marzipan is applying mascara while looking in a hall mirror. She is already wearing lipstick. After a second, Homestar enters from the right.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa-ho, Marzipan! You look like a fox's mother!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Still looking in mirror}'' Homestar, if you're trying to say I'm a foxy momma, that's actually ''more'' offensive.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Right, right. You know what I mean. The more offensive one. So where are we goin' tonight? ''{leans over}'' The Chez Perez?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Still into mirror}'' Uh, no. I have a hot date with The Cheat, thank you very much. I suspect ''you'll'' probably stay home and run in place or something.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Well I ''was'' planning to—you WHAT?! ''{Eyes bug out}''

''{Cut to Strong Bad's basement, where The Cheat is applying a fake mustache with Strong Bad looking on}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You WHAT?! ''{Starts quivering with outrage}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' I can't believe this, The Cheat!

''{Cut to a close-up of Homestar in Marzipan's house}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I can't believe you're The Cheating on me! ''{Pull back to include Marzipan, still at the mirror}'' So what are you saying? That you—gulp—"want his bod"?

''{Cut back to a close up of Strong Bad in his basement}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You can't even call that thing a bod! At best it's a broom or a—

''{Cut back to Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —Trivial Pursuit cheese wedge!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Turning away from the mirror and brandishing mascara brush}'' Look, Homestar, it's just a date. This has always been an open relationship.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Whoa-ho-ho-says you. I've turned down more foxes' mothers than I can count just to stay loyal to you!

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Dryly}'' So, four, then?

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, that's rich. Ms. Smarty Pants, eh?

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mr. Smarty Spots, huh? Well—

''{Scene starts switching between locations as Strong Bad and Homestar alternate words}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —why—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —don't—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —you—

'''STRONG BAD:''' —just—

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —go a—

''{This time, scene cuts to Strong Bad's face in front of the mirror in Marzipan's house}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' —head—

''{Cuts back to Homestar one more time for:}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —and—

''{Cuts to Strong Bad and Homestar inexplicably together in Marzipan's house, yelling:}''

'''STRONG BAD AND HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' —GET OUTTA MY FACE!

''{Both open their eyes}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Looking around}'' Wait, what?

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Same}'' What the crap...?

''{Cut back to Strong Bad's basement where Marzipan and The Cheat are standing in front of the couch.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Come on, the Cheat. Let's go.

''{The Cheat crooks his arm as if to allow Marzipan to loop her arm through it. Marzipan stands next to him and leans over as if she does, and the two exit together.}''

''{Cut to title screen, a pink square on a light blue background. The letters "Da" and "ni" appear on the left side of the square, one on top of the other, then a large "Te" appears on the left to form the words "DaTe" and "niTe".}''

''{Cut back to Marzipan's house, this time to the living room. Homestar and Strong Bad are apparently drinking Cold Ones, Strong Bad sitting on the couch, Homestar lying on the floor with his feet on the couch. Strong Bad is shaking his head.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh. Man. Seriously, Strong Strong, we's ''gotta'' do something about ''this''.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ordinarily, I just drown my sorrows in video games, but for ''this'', ''{Close up of Strong Bad}'' maybe I should drown them in... drowning ''them''! ''{Smiles}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Sitting up}'' Uh, maybe let's not kill anybody. We should just try and ruin their date.

'''STRONG BAD:''' Explain to me how drowning them wouldn't ruin their date.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Mainly, I just want to keep 'em from making out.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Dropping Cold One bottle, starts rubbing his arms}'' Ewww! The disgust! It won't wash off!

''{Scene transitions to Marshmallow's Last Stand, where The Cheat and Marzipan are sitting in a booth, holding menus. Both the menus and a sign near the door read "Marshmallow's L'est Stand".}''

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' Why, yes, The Cheat, I would be ''very'' comfortable with you saying something about my figure. Thank you for asking first.

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

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Puts down menu}'' Ew. Not ''that'' comfortable.

''{Homestar comes running up in his waiter uniform from [[Summer Short Shorts]]}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ah, good evening, ungodly couple. ''{The Cheat puts down his menu}'' My name is Waiter, I will be your Homestar for this evening. Can I start you two off with a glass of "Breaking Up", or perhaps "Never Seeing Each Other Again" with capers?

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Angry The Cheat noises, waving a fist}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Why, yes, The Cheat, I ''would'' be comfortable with you "cleaning my clock"! Thanks for asking first!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Angrier The Cheat noises, more threatening gestures}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ahhhh! ''{Takes off in a cloud of dust, after a few seconds, pops down from the top border}'' Can I settle up with you guys? My shift's over.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Angry The Cheat noises, more threatening gestures, Homestar ducks offscreen}''

''{Cut to later, close up of Marzipan with a plate with crumbs and a small piece of marshmallow.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Mmmmm, my almond-encrusted Chilean sea marshmallow was just delicious. ''{Cut out to include the Cheat with an empty hot dog wrapper with ketchup and a couple of french fries in and around it, respectively.}'' How was your hot dog?

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

''{Strong Bad runs up, dressed up as an Italian chef}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Fake Italian accent}'' Oh-a, it's-a me! ''{Close up}'' The chef-a! A-which-a one o' you guys ordered the smack-in-the-face-a?

'''MARZIPAN:''' ''{Annoyed}'' I thought this was a French restaurant.

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Regular voice}'' Oh. Ummmmmmmmm, uh... Sn-snails?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Come on, T.C., let's blow this marshmallow stand. ''{Marzipan and the Cheat get up and walk away offscreen}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, y'know, I--I didn't really research this role.

''{As the screen blacks out, Strong Bad's faka mustache falls off}''

''{Fade in to Marzipan and The Cheat crossing [[The Stone Bridge]] in the moonlight}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Excited The Cheat noises, gesturing}''

''{They stop at the top of the bridge}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' That's so crazy! I've always wanted to see Ira Glass and Ira Flatow wrestle, too.

''{From out of the water comes a periscope, apparently made out of cardboard tubes and duct tape. Cut to the view of Marzipan and The Cheat from the periscope. A repetitive sonar-like "boo" sound is heard in the background}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' This has been such a grand date, The Cheat. I don't know what could possibly ruin it.

''{Cut to inside of cardboard submarine. Strong Bad is looking away from the periscope with Homestar standing right behind, wearing a sailor hat and simulating sonar noises. Water is streaming down the walls and dripping from the ceiling.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Time to fire all rigs to target! Flood tubes three and four! Hunt for Red October!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Aye aye, sir! ...Boo!

''{Cut to surface. The "submarine" surfaces. It is a cardboard box with the words "USS FLIRTINI" on the side. Strong Bad and Homestar pop out, revealing fireworks duct-taped to the insides of the box flaps.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' FIRE!

''{Homestar and Strong Bad light a match and the [[BMW Lighter]], respectively, and light the fireworks. View changes to include the bridge and its occupants. After a couple seconds, the fireworks simultaneously propel the submarine backwards offscreen and fly forwards.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER AND STRONG BAD:''' WAAAH!

''{The fireworks execute a loop in the air, and fly past Marzipan and The Cheat, startling them. Cut to a view of the sky where the fireworks go off in a grand display. Marzipan and The Cheat's silhouettes can be seen in the foreground.}''

'''MARZIPAN:''' Ooooh, it's so romantic...

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{Sighs}''

''{Marzipan and The Cheat lean close to each other suggestively}''

''{Cut to view of the surface of a large body of water. Homestar and Strong Bad are leaning out the top of the "submarine" as the fireworks flash, singing the Strong Badia National Anthem as it sinks.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Singing}'' Come to the place where the tropical breezes blow... ''{Last words is garbled as he is submerged}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Singing along}'' Da da da da dada dadada dada daaaaaaah...

''{Cut to Marzipan's front hall, later. The sound of the front door opening and closing is heard, followed by Marzipan walking down the hall until she finds Homestar, running in place angrily. Homestar notices her, and stops mid-step.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Sulkingly}'' Oh, if it isn't Marzipan. ''{Steps down}'' Oh, I'm sorry, or was it "The Marzipan", now?

'''MARZIPAN:''' Well, you'll be happy to know it didn't work out between us. I found out the Cheat is declawed, and I just don't think I could be with someone that supports that kind of cruelty.

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{Delighted}'' And now you've come crawlin' back to the old fox's father!

'''MARZIPAN:''' No, I just came to change outfits for my next date with Bubs at the all-night waffle place!

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' You WHAT?! ''{Eyes bug out}''

''{Cut to Bubs' Concession Stand. Bubs is straightening a black bow tie, while Coach Z is standing behind him wearing hair curlers and brandishing a rolling pin.}''

'''COACH Z:''' You WHORT?!

''{Cut to end screen, the pink box on light blue background, with the word "end" in the box. After a few seconds, "back" appears at the bottom.}''

==Easter Eggs==
*At the end, click on the period to hear the national radio station on the [[booOOMbox]] in Strong Sad's room:
:'''RADIO ANNOUNCER''': And join us next Saturday at some civic hall auditorium for "Public Rage-o." All your favorite public radio superstars will be in action. Watch as Ira Glass and Ira Flatow duke it out in a no-holds-barred lumberjack match. And special guest Garrison Keillor wrestles his soothing voice in a steel cage.
:''{The [[Public Radio Sounds]] music plays}''
:'''STRONG SAD''': Oh, geez, I ''gotta'' pledge more next year. They're ''really'' getting desperate.

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*"L'est" is a cognate of the French word for "the" and the infinitive "to be." "Chez" (which Homestar [[Foreign Words|mispronounces]]) means "At the home of" and is often used in names of French restaurants.

===Trivia===
*Marzipan's mascara tube reads "Hot Vegan".
*Strong Bad and Homestar are drinking [[Cold_One|'old ones]].
*Marzipan strokes her right eye with mascara 18 times.

===Goofs===
*After the rockets are fired, they are clearly visible attached to the ''U.S.S. Flirtini'' as it sinks.

===Inside References===
*In [[long pants]], Marizpan also claims she is not a broom.
*While the "USS FLIRTINI" is sinking, the song that Strong Bad sings and Homestar hums is the [[Strong Badia National Anthem]].
*The rockets are Fthoom-Bang brand bottle rockets duct-taped together just like in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]], in fact, The Cheat and Strong Bad make the exact same mistake about forgetting to remove the "Fthoom" when the "Bang" was all that was needed (which is ironic, considering Strong Bad yelled at The Cheat for his mistake in [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]]).
**[[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon]] also has Strong Bad in a [[Cardboard Boxes|cardboard box]].
*During the Easter egg, the [[Public Radio Sound]] music from [[radio]] is heard.
*Homestar's "L'egg" hat also appeared in [[Summer Short Shorts]].
*The Cheat is again compared to cheese (in this case, a Trivial Pursuit cheese wedge), as was the case in [[huttah!]].

===Real-World References===
*''[[IMDB:tt0099810|The Hunt for Red October]]'' was a film about submarine warfare.
*[[Wikipedia:Ira Glass|Ira Glass]] and [[Wikipedia:Ira Flatow|Ira Flatow]] are [[Wikipedia:Public broadcasting|public radio]] hosts. Glass hosts ''[[Wikipedia:This American Life|This American Life]]'' on [[Wikipedia:Public Radio International|Public Radio International]], Flatow hosts ''[[Wikipedia:Talk of the Nation - Science Friday|Talk of the Nation - Science Friday]]'' on [[Wikipedia:National Public Radio|National Public Radio]].
*[[Wikipedia:Garrison Keillor|Garrison Keillor]] hosts ''[[Wikipedia:A Prairie Home Companion|A Prairie Home Companion]]'' from [[Wikipedia:American Public Media|American Public Media]].
*[[Wikipedia:Trivial Pursuit|Trivial Pursuit]] is a board game in which players earn game pieces sometimes called "cheese wedges" for answering trivia questions correctly.
*A [[Wikipedia:Professional wrestling match types#Lumberjack match|lumberjack match]] is a match in professional wrestling in which other athletes, usually [[Wikipedia:Job (professional wrestling)#Jobbers|jobbers]], stand around the outside of the ring in order to prevent a ring-out.

==External Links==
*[[HR:datenite.html|watch "Date Nite"]]
*[[HR:datenite.swf|view the Flash file for "Date Nite"]]
*[[Forum:11290|forum thread re: "Date Nite"]]

Talk:Date Nite

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:25:59 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Mario */

== Secret Hot Date ==

Is there a connection between the "secret hot date" Cardboard Marzipan invited the Cheat on and the "hot date" they actually went on? Is the fact that there are fireworks in both of the cartoons relevant? {{unsigned|75.85.125.208|22:58, 23 April 2007}}
:Might even mention the end of [[do over]] in relation to this too. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 06:53, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

== Irony ==

Is it worth mentioning that Strong Bad proposes that they drown the Cheat and Marzipan, but in the end it is Homestar and Strong Bad who are drowned? {{unsigned|75.85.125.208|22:58, 23 April 2007}}

:That's along the lines of explaining the joke, something not normally done around here unless it's rather obscure. Also, please sign your talk page posts with four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>){{User:Bassbone/sig}} 07:20, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

== Public Rage-o flyer ==

The broken glasses could be a play off of the glasses Ira Glass wears. (They look quite similar) Anyone else think so? -Cappy Red [[User:68.5.95.211|68.5.95.211]] 08:32, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:Yeah, I thought the same thing. Weird when you see radio people on TV. It's always like "I don't know what I would have expected him to look like, but it just ain't that." {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 08:58, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::Yes, the first rule of thumb for all radio personalities is to [[:Image:deadlypallor.png|look]] absolutely nothing like how they sound. =3 {{User:Trey56/sig}} 08:59, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:::Oh yeah, forgot we'd already had a lesson on that. Glass actually comes ''close'' to what you'd (I'd) expect him to look like, but just not quite. {{User:ACupOfCoffee/sig}} 09:11, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

== 8-Bit resemblence ==

i'm not suggesting anybody uses this, but does any one else notice any echoes of Black Mage from 8-bit theater in Strong Bad when he's discussing the drowning of Marzipan and the Cheat? especially the "Explain to me how drowning them wouldn't ruin their date" line. it's funny, but that's just me.
--[[User:Neumannz|Neumannz]]

== Mario ==

I obviously thought of Mario when Strong Bad said "Itsa me, the chef-a", but I don't know if it's really that clear. [[User:Danny Lilithborne|Danny Lilithborne]] 09:51, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:Mario has a bad Italian accent too, yes. --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 09:53, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
:One of Mario's catchphrases is "It's-a me! Mario!" I thought of Mario as well. {{User:Shwoo/sig}} 10:06, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
::Stereotypical Italian, probably. I thought it was Mario as well, but an Italian seems more practical. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 10:25, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

rough copy

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 20:05:32 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Remarks */ +link

{{sbenav|170}}
[[Image:Sbemail170 rough copy.PNG|thumb|"Hooray! The orders are violently flying in!"]]

Strong Bad attempts to sue Malinko for using him and The Cheat in a comic, Homestar makes a not-fortune in flavored water, and Strong Sad gets his revenge.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Senor Cardgage}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[Marzipan's House]] (Easter Egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' April 16, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:33

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a singsong voice}'' Sweetheart, get dressed and brush your teeth! It's time for email!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: comics</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
I would like to Draw a few comics about you and the cheat. 
But 1st i'd need to know what type of promblems you and 
the cheat would be faced with. Once i get a rough copy i'd 
send it to you to see how you like it. I hope you interested. 
-Malinko-
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "promblems" and "I hope you interested" as written.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Malinko, I hope ''you'' interested in getting sued into the middle ages by The Cheat and me. Cause that's what would happen if you drew a few comics about us. ''{clears screen}'' Just like that time Homestar started selling Strong Bad flavored water. ''{pronounces "flavored water" queasily, types in wavy blue-green font}'' We shut that mess down on the quickfast.

''{Cut to Homestar Runner in The Field with a stack of bottles labeled "SB2O". Homestar is holding a bottle.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I got your Strong Bad water right here! S-B-two-oh. Bottled at the source. Pure as a mountain goat.

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat approach; The Cheat is wearing a suit and tie and dragging a briefcase.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, The Cheat, let's sue him!

''{The Cheat opens the briefcase, which is filled with colored water balloons. Strong Bad and The Cheat start pelting Homestar with the balloons.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hooray! The orders are violently flying in!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, I've got the best lawyer soft tacos can buy. And his aim with those waterbombs is crazy good! He can hit Strong Sad from like three football fields away.

''{Cut to Strong Sad taking notes on a notepad at the athletic field, which has the Jolly Dumple painted in an end zone and a sign next to the sideline reading "FIELD 3".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{taking notes}'' Note to self: ''{flips page}'' get—big—ger— ''{flips page}'' note—boo— ''{flips page}'' —k.

''{Water balloons come flying from behind the trees in the distance, hitting Strong Sad and knocking him on his face.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Mercy me!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I think we were suing him for custody of his not-so-thin mints that day.

''{Zoom out to reveal The Cheat standing next to Strong Bad, holding up a manila envelope.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ahoy! An unmarked manila envelope. Must be that weaselly Malinko's comic.

''{The Cheat snaps the envelope open. Strong Bad pulls a white piece of paper out of the envelope and looks at it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh my!

''{Close-up of the paper, which has two scribbles labeled "Strong Bad" and "the Cheat", a few stains, and the signature "-m"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Rough copy is right! ''{turns the paper from side to side}'' Uh, you don't need my help finding promblems for these guys, Malinko.

''{Close-up of The Cheat}''

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

''{Close-up of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' These don't look anything like us! Man, that kid was going to have so few pants on after we got done suing them off him. And now he's gonna strut around all on-panted waving his pant-covered legs in our faces. ''{he waves his leg}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{throws paper up in the air}'' You're a genius, The Cheat! Now ''that's'' what I pay you for. Open up. ''{holds up a taco and The Cheat opens his mouth wide}'' Up. Ah! Ah! Ah! ''{throws the taco in The Cheat's mouth, who gulps it down}'' There you go.

''{The Cheat opens his mouth again and claps his paws together making The Cheat noises, imitating a seal.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, okay. One more. ''{throws another taco in The Cheat's mouth, who gulps it down}''

''{Cut to silhouettes of Strong Bad and The Cheat as Malinko drew them, walking in front of a cloudy sky.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ooch. Eetz. Ouch. Atch.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat standing in The Field, now revealed to be wearing barbed wire.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now we look just like Malinko's cat-scratchings. Our case is air-tight. Why stop at pants? We could probably sue that black zip-up hoodie off him now too!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{turns around and makes The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, this stuff ''does'' make me feel pretty tough. Ooh, in fact... we should star in own action-packed credit sequence called, "Rough Copy!".

''{A "ROUGH COPY!" title screen appears with Strong Bad and The Cheat wearing barbed wire and holding revolvers. Big band music plays. Cut to Strong Bad, who runs across a row of 2-D silhouetted buildings. The screen reads, "with STRONG BAD" in the corner. Cut to the Cheat, who fires two rounds from his revolver. The screen reads, "and THE CHEAT" in the corner.}''

''{Two strips of video appear on the screen, one with Strong Bad walking down a sidewalk, and one with the Cheat tossing a taco in his mouth. Cut to a horizontally split screen with Strong Bad pointing his revolver in each one. Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat riding down a highway in the [[Gremlin]]. Strong Bad is hanging out the passenger-side window with his revolver drawn, and The Cheat is standing on the roof of the car.}''

''{Cut to white silhouettes of Strong Bad and The Cheat holding their guns, with the text "ROUGH COPY!" above them and "Promblem-Packed Action!" below them. The music ends.}''

''{Cut to Strong Sad speaking to Strong Bad and The Cheat at The Field. Strong Bad and The Cheat are still wearing barbed wire, and Strong Sad is wearing reading glasses and carrying a very large "Bigger Noootebook".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hello, gentlemen. I'm here representing my client, Malinko. ''{zoom in on Strong Sad}'' It would seem you are infringing on his ''highly'' intellectual property. ''{points upward on "highly"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You gotta be joking! There's nothing intellectual abou—

''{Strong Sad begins pelting Strong Bad with snowballs, and Strong Bad yelps in surprise and tries to cover his face.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Where did you get snowballs this time of year?! ''{Strong Sad continues hitting him with snowballs}'' How did you fit them in that notebook?

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{holds a snowball aloft}'' I've been saving these in the freezer since I was eight! ''{throws snowball at Strong Bad, who yells}''

''{The screen dims, and Homestar Runner pops in front, holding a bottle of "Malinko Drinko".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Drinko some Malinko! Crystal clear like domestic beer.

''{Cut back to the Lappy. Strong Bad shakes snow off his head and grumbles.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Can't you see Malinko? All this hot legal action is tearing our non-existent friendship apart! Looks like we'll just have to settle out of court.

''{Strong Bad turns away from the Lappy and starts eating a Zagnut bar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mmm. That's some good settlement. ''{chews}''

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

==Easter Eggs==
[[Image:Not-so-thin mints.PNG|thumb|Those mints are not so thin.]]
*When Strong Bad turns away from the computer to respond to The Cheat, click the text on the screen to see a box of Not So Thin Mints.
*At the end of the email, click the candy bar to see Senor Cardgage talk to Strong Bad.
:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{leaning in from the right}'' Hey, Grendolyn! Don't bogart that settlement now!
*At the end of the email, click the wall plug to see a clip of Homestar Runner sitting on the couch.
:''{Homestar is sitting on Marzipan's couch looking sad. Windy noises.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{after quite some time, sighs}'' DNA evidence.

==Fun Facts==
{{checkstuffpage}}

===Explanations===
*[[SB2O|SB2O]] is a play on H2O, the molecular formula for water.
*Domestic beer is beer made in one's own country. This is most likely a disparaging comment referring to hugely mass-produced American beers which have a reputation for being [http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/22308/ watery and bland].
*The Cheat's clapping his hands together indicating he wants another taco is the manner in which trained seals clap their flippers together to indicate to their trainer that they want more food.
*To "[[Wiktionary:bogart|bogart]]" means "to hold on to something for longer than one's turn". The phrase is coined after [[Wikipedia:Humphrey Bogart|Humphrey Bogart]].


===Trivia===
*The floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#LHX attack chopper|LHX attack chopper]]".
*This is the first time The Cheat's teeth were visible when he fully opened his mouth. The only other 'toon where he fully opened it was [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]].
*If you view the Flash file, you can see a little bit of the [[No Loafing sign]] in the scene where Strong Bad is complaining about Malinko's pants.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad and The Cheat seemingly [[Wikipedia:Hammerspace|pull the soft tacos out of nowhere]].
*This is the first time Strong Sad has been [[Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship|physically violent]] toward Strong Bad.
*When Strong Bad and The Cheat first walk across the field, only the barbed wire they are carrying and the parts of them sticking out from above and beneath it are silhouetted against the sky, whereas the rest of their bodies are clearly visible in all the other shots with them holding the wire.
*According to [[record book]], Strong Sad actually can write using [[Inconsistencies within the Homestar Runner universe|extremely small letters]].

===Goofs===
*During the second Lappy scene (just after Strong Bad and The Cheat waterbomb Homestar), the ripple effect from clicking on the Lappy's screen can be seen outside the screen area.
*At the end of the Senor Cardgage Easter egg, Strong Bad's glove moves independently of his arm. Right at the end, the arm snaps into position.
*At the end of the Senor Cardgage Easter egg, Strong Bad's left cheek doesn't move with his head.
*At the end, the cheek changes sizes before snapping back into place.
**This is a glitch of Flash tweening, as an object that is not a symbol (i.e. Strong Bad's mask design without the head or mouth) sometimes does not get recognized as a moveable object, so all that can be done is to scale it bigger or smaller.

===Inside References===
*This is the sixth Strong Bad Email in a row to mention [[DNA evidence]]. Unlike the previous occurrences, the gag appears in an Easter egg rather than the main cartoon.
*This email makes reference to [[pants]], [[goats]], [[guns]], and [[alcohol]].
*[[The Jolly Dumple]] can be seen on the football field.
*The scene of Strong Bad and The Cheat silhouetted against the sky is similar in appearance to the scene of Strong Bad marching down to Bubs' in [[isp]].
*Strong Bad's reaction to Homestar's "flavored water" is similar to his reaction to Homestar's bread sing alongs in [[origins]]. In each case, he types "flavored water" and "bread sing alongs" in moving green text. 
*The intro is similar to [[Homestar Quiz]], specifically when you get 7 answers correct.
*The Cheat's attorney outfit is from [[sb_email 22]].
*Strong Bad is eating a [[Zagnut Bars|Zagnut bar]], seen previously in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], [[kind of cool]], and [[flashback]]. Senor Cardgage is known to carry [[Aldi Bag|a bag]] full of them.

===Real-World References===
*"Not-so-thin mints" are a reference to Thin Mints, a type of [[Wikipedia:Girl Scout cookie|Girl Scout cookie]].
**The Strong Sad logo on the box resembles the [[Wikipedia:Trefoil|trefoil]] logo of the [[wikipedia:Girl Scouts of the USA|Girl Scouts]].
*The Cheat and Strong Bad's "action-packed credit sequence" is extremely similar to the opening credits of the PC game, ''[[Wikipedia:Sam & Max Hit the Road|Sam & Max Hit the Road]]'', which are referred to in the game as "a pleasantly understated credit sequence".


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

Talk:Main Page

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:03:04 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* And what, pray tell, might those be? */

Talk:Main Page

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 18:54:35 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* And what, pray tell, might those be? */

FCUSA

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:07:31 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: Common abbrev. diserves redirect.

#REDIRECT [[Free Country, USA]]

Free Country, USA

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:28:24 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: No, it's just a string of contradictions.

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|+<big><big>'''Free Country, U.S.A.'''</big></big>
|-
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|-
| align=center | [[Image:FCUSAMaybe.PNG|125px|FCUSA from space... probably.]] FCUSA from space... probably.
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|-
| '''Language''' || [[Wikipedia:English language|English]]
|-
| '''Nominal Monarch''' || [[The King of Town]]
|-
| '''Population''' || [[Characters|19, at least]]
|-
| '''Currency''' || [[Wikipedia:United States Dollar|U.S. Dollar]] ([[Free Country, USA#Economics|probably]]) [[lackey|Pencil Shavings]] ([[Free Country, USA#Economics|sometimes]]).
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'''Free Country, USA,''' is where the [[Homestar Runner universe]] is centered. All of the [[:Category:Main Characters|main characters]] live, work, and play here.

==Geographical Features and Locations==
[[Image:The Empty Field Of Green.png|thumb|The thriving hub that is Free Country, USA]]

Free Country, USA features a verdant [[The Field|field]] that typically serves as a central link between the various features of the landscape. At the center of the field itself is [[The Stick]], which functions as a landmark and a meeting place for [[Strong Bad]] and whomever he chooses to meet there. The edge of the field is lined with what appear to be trees. They represent the edge of Free Country. Probably also somewhere in or near the field is a stream with a picturesque [[personal favorites|stone bridge]]. Rounding out the natural features are mountains (usually seen only from a distance), a [[The Pond|pond]] and, apparently, a seashore with a wharf. The foothills of these mountains are likely located in the nearby [[Spooky Woods|woods]], as they contain at least one [[Cliffs|cliff]].

Specific locations in Free Country are treated with a certain ambiguity. Somewhere at the edge of The Field is the [[The Athletic Field|Athletic Field]]; logically, [[Coach Z's Locker Room|Coach Z's locker room]] is near the Athletic Field. Somewhere near there is [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]. Other locations include a "Town Hall" (see below) and the Marshmallow Stand, a once-popular haunt for [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]] that has not been seen in a while but is presumably still around somewhere.

The toon [[Summer Short Shorts]] features a sequence with Pom Pom that reveals that Bubs' Concession Stand, as well as a dense forest, is very near Strong Badia. The forest may or may not be the [[Spooky Woods]] that is only seen at night in Halloween-themed episodes.

===Characters' Homes===

As with Free Country's locations, the homes of different characters do not exist in rigidly established locations. With the exception of Coach Z's locker room and [[The Cheat|The Cheat's]] home (which is also the [[King of Town]]'s grill and therefore always near the [[King of Town's Castle|King of Town's castle]]), [[Marzipan's House|Marzipan's house]], [[Homestar Runner's House|Homestar's house]], and the [[House of the Brothers Strong|house of the Brothers Strong]], as well as the King's castle itself are all found in locations that have no clear geographical relation to each other.

Some clues exist concerning this, however. In [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 9.2]], Strong Bad (as Cableman Jorge) asks Marzipan to buy a "hundred-foot spool of coaxial cable" in an attempt to get free cable service; this would imply the two houses are rather close to each other. In [[The King of Town DVD Commentary]], Strong Bad claims that The King of Town does not live in the castle, but in a "run down and creepy" "two bedroom job... next door" to him. Also, the similar designs of the exteriors of Marzipan's and Homestar's houses may be a hint that they were built from the same blueprints, as houses within a development often are. In the email [[unnatural]], a gigantic [[Bubs]] silhouette is seen walking from a silhouette of Strong Badia to The King of Town's castle, making it in several steps. This suggests that the castle is actually very close to Strong Badia.

==Flora and Fauna==

The flora of the land is somewhat sparse. Though individual trees are seldom seen up close in Free Country, they are presented as being [[Wikipedia:deciduous|deciduous]] as opposed to [[Wikipedia:conifer|evergreen]] (other than [[Decemberween]] trees), evidenced by the barren branches seen during Free Country's autumn. Shrubs and the occasional bush make appearances from time to time; some bushes have been known to have [[Senor Cardgage]] emerge from them in some instances, though these events are not considered dangerous so much as they are creepy. Flowers are incredibly rare and have only been seen in a couple of cartoons.

Fauna is in even shorter supply. Save for the [[Sea Creatures#Fish|fish]] in the pond, a few [[Insects|crickets]], [[Bees|bees]], at least one [[Fat Bluebird|bird]] (others have been heard), [[The Bug|fly]], and [[Gavin|cockroach]], plus the characters themselves, no other animal life has yet been seen in Free Country, USA.

The [[King of Town]] at one point had [[The King of Town's Sheep|sheep]]. Whether he still owns them or ate them all is open to debate.

==Politics==
[[Image:The KoTs Castle Grand.PNG|thumb|150px|The King of Town's Castle]]
Free Country appears at first glance to be a [[Wikipedia:monarchy|monarchy]] since it is nominally ruled by [[The King of Town]]. However, since Free Country is a [[Wikipedia:municipality|municipality]] and not a kingdom, the King of Town would technically be a [[Wikipedia:lord|lord]]. As well, the self-conferred sovereign's reign is not recognized by the populace. Therefore, Free Country could be considered to be in a state of [[Wikipedia:Anarchy|anarchy]], where there is no accepted centralized government but the members of the community co-exist with loosely established rules that maintain order.

To this end, Free Country can muster a meager police force consisting of [[Homestar Runner]], [[Pom Pom]], [[Coach Z]], and [[Bubs]] to ensure that anyone engaged in criminal behavior (to date, only [[Strong Bad]] and [[The Cheat]]) are [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon|placed firmly]] in [[Jail|jail]] (a large cardboard box). Since there is no need for an army (nor a government to stand one up), Free Country has no official military. It is, however, home to the [[Homestarmy]], a meager militia that includes a [[Frank Bennedetto|popcorn machine]] and is led by Homestar Runner. The Homestarmy once attempted to conquer Strong Badia (see below), but appears to represent no cohesive political movement (other than expressing discontent stemming from "playing second fiddle to a two-bit [[Wrestleman|wrestleman]] and his yellow dog").

Besides the King's castle (which would be the seat of government if the King's rule had any legitimacy), there seems to be a "Town Hall" of sorts, which has been used for various purposes, including a [[The Interview|newsroom]], [[Strong Bad is in Jail Cartoon|police station]], and a set for the ''[[Dangeresque (film series)|Dangeresque]]'' films, though not for actual political administration.

The name and the currency used may imply that this town is in the United States of America, and in one email Strong Bad makes reference to living in "the States" when addressing a Canadian writer. Yet any further details, regarding what state or town "Free Country" is in is never mentioned. They may have to pay taxes, however, as evidenced by [[A Decemberween Pageant]] and [[Arcade Game]].

More recently, the King of Town has expressed an intention to exercise actual power, going so far as to mobilize his own military force headed up by [[The Poopsmith]], as seen in [[disconnected]]. This would suggest that the King of Town wishes to return Free Country to a more [[Wikipedia:Feudalism|feudal]] style of governance.

===Strong Badia===
[[Image:Strongbadia.png|thumb|150px|Strong Badia]]
Within Free Country's borders, the territory of [[Strong Badia]] exists as an autonomous enclave. Strong Badia has a [[flag day|flag]], a [[Strong Badia National Anthem|national anthem]], and has even had to [[The Battle of Strong Badia|defend its autonomy]] from [[Homestarmy|outside aggression]], as seen in [[army]]. Whether or not Strong Badia is a "real" country is open to debate, since the permanent population of Strong Badia is a [[Tire|tire]] and it's only the size of a backyard. A few email senders called Free Country by this name because the characters talk about Strong Badia more often than Free Country.

==Other Territories==

Mentioned from time to time (and seen only via the depicted map) are other territories outside Free Country. If the circuitous path of Homestar's [[In Search of the Yello Dello|journey]] to [[Potamia]] for [[The Yello Dello]] is to be believed, Free Country borders the territory of [[Far Off Lands]]. Very little, if anything, is known about these territories or their relation to Free Country, although [[Prance]] is known to make at least one [[Hairstyle Runner|Homestar Runner-related product]].

==Economics==

The economics of Free Country are as ambiguous as the locations and politics of the territory. The local currency is [[Wikipedia:Federal_Reserve_notes|U.S. dollars]], although this official currency is augmented by a strong barter system that allows trade of goods and services (further suggesting that the government has no central banking power); most local commerce occurs at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]]. Pencil shavings have been accepted by [[Bubs]] at least twice, in [[lackey]] and [[secret identity]]. In the e-mail [[flag day]] a coin is visible that resembles a quarter. It is the same color, appears to be the same size, and has a face and words on both sides of it as well as words on the top and bottom of the coin. The date on it would be on the wrong side, though. The face on this coin is Strong Bad's. This implies that it is Strong Badian money, which implies Strong Badia is its own country. Strong Bad could be making this coin up because it has some of the words of the song he is currently singing printed on it. It seems that there is some crabbing industry, as there are crab traps at the wharf (which often claim baby seals), even though this supposed wharf has never been seen.
[[Image:Bubs Last Stand.PNG|thumb|150px|Bubs' Concession Stand]]
===Employment===
:''Main article: [[Occupations]]''
Bubs works at his stand as a general fix-it man. [[Homestar Runner|Homestar]], [[Strong Bad]] (though Homestar and Strong Bad apparently took their athletic careers more seriously at one time), and [[The Cheat]] (when not doing freelance Flash work) work in some kind of an [[The Office|office]], at least occasionally. Homestar also hosts [[The Show]]. [[Strong Bad]], in addition, had a "part, part, part, part, very part time job" as a giant [[Tragic Clown Dog]] mascot at [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] in [[part-time job]]. He quit that job, however, when he realized that he needed to rush back to Marzipan's house to finish his email before the [[Lappy 486|Lappy]] lost its battery charge. [[Coach Z]] is presumably some kind of a coach and a gym class teacher. [[The King of Town]] employs [[The Poopsmith]] for reasons he does not care to disclose as well as a [[The Little Chef Guy|chef]], a [[The Blacksmith|blacksmith]], a [[The Hornblower|hornblower]], a [[The Bishop|bishop]], and a [[The Knight|knight]]. Marzipan, The Cheat, and Strong Mad are in a band named [[Cool Tapes]], which tours and sells 7's for [[Pi|pi]] dollars. Marzipan additionally runs a kindergarten class which includes Homestar, [[Homsar]] and [[Strong Mad]]. It has not been revealed whether the remaining characters have jobs.

==Free Country Through Time==

In addition to its current, contemporary depiction, Free Country has been shown in the past and possibly in the future.
[[Image:1936field.png|thumb|150px|Old-Timey Free Country]]
===Old-Timey Free Country===

In the [[Old-Timey|1930s]], Free Country was characterized by dirt roads, picket fences, carnival tents, antiquated Industrial Revolution-era factories, and even a [[Cholera Acres Cemetary|graveyard]], only the latter of which may have survived the passage of time. As with the rest of the USA during this time period, Free Country was [[Wikipedia:Great Depression|economically depressed]], with the population being forced to subsist on dry meal, water soup, and parsnips. Commerce, such as it was, was located at a [[Parsnip Depot|dilapidated depot]].

There was a growing, through sponsorship funds, radio (name still unknown) which had a drama - "The Fish Was Delish Progrum", in which Sir Strong Bad already was building up his showman career. It probably has grown into what is known as Public Radio Sounds (PRS).

And, though there is some debate as to whether or not Free Country was still under [[Wikipedia:Prohibition|Prohibition]] during this time period, some residents enjoyed the occasional nip of [[Wikipedia:Alcoholic beverage|hooch]] regardless.

[[Image:Freepetrydishusa.PNG|thumb|right|150px|Home to a bunch of plucky parameciums]]

===Free Petry Dish, USA===
In the email [[highschool]], Strong Bad claims that the entirety of Free Country, USA was, in the past, merely on a petri dish, with all its inhabitants being single-cell organisms. However, considering his purported "unphotographic memory", it's unlikely that such a place ever truly existed.
[[Image:planetk.png|thumb|150px|20X6 Free Country]]

===Futuristic Free Country?===

In the futuristic year [[20X6]], Free Country may or may not be one and the same as [[Planet K]], which looks much like the current Free Country. If so, Free Country will grow to feature significantly more architecture to the extent of having a full city (a quality the territory currently lacks). Nothing is yet known about the economic or political state of this ultramodern version of Free Country, though there is a significantly higher frequency of fights and challenges faced by its residents, which include various robots. They appear to be located in the same region, however, as Strong Bad buries a time capsule that is later discovered by Stinkoman.

==Estimated Real-World Location==

Viewers of Homestar Runner have variously speculated about the "real" location of Free Country, USA, though it is generally assumed [[The Brothers Chaps]] prefer to leave its location undetermined.

Each time the world is seen from space, the shape of the United States is easily recognizable. The characters speak with American accents, type with American spelling, celebrate many American [[Holidays|holidays]], and make references to elements of American culture (such as its [[Presidents|presidents]]). Most obvious is the fact that "USA" is in the name. On a side note, America is widely known as a "free country." Therefore, it seems safe to conclude that Free Country, USA is somewhere in America. This may be the closest one can come to determining a location for Free Country, USA, as many of the following observations are contradictory to one other.

*The scene in the [[Theme Song Video]] where Homestar runs around the planet and a star appears on a United States map would lead one to believe it's possible that Free Country is somewhere in northern Nebraska.
*In the email [[radio]], the [[Crazy Go Nuts University|CGNU]] radio station's call letters are given as [[Radio Stations and Shows|WSBD]]. Real-world radio designations would place Free Country east of the Mississippi river.
*Free Country is likely in a northern latitude or high altitude given the snowy weather around [[Decemberween]].
*In the email [[anything]], Homestar refers to his two liter bottle of [[Mountain Dew]] as "soda", which is a term more used in the northeast and in the west. In parts of the Upper Midwest it is frequently called "pop".
*The Brothers Chaps themselves live in Atlanta, Georgia, making it possible that Free Country is located in the Southeast.
*In [[Homestar Presents: Presents]], Marzipan references baby seals and crab traps at the wharf, suggesting that Free Country is near the ocean, or at least a salt-water body.
**This might just show that there is a large lake nearby.
*In [[Homestar vs. Other Little Girl]], Homestar claims he does ''not'' live in Texas, meaning he must live somewhere else.
*In the end of [[Where the Crap Are We?]], Homestar thinks he and Strong Bad are in Massachusetts, which would indicate that they are not from there.
*In [[Welcome Back]], [[Cool Tapes]] did a midwest tour, indicating that they may be from around there.
*In [[colonization]], [[Strong Bad]] and [[Bubs]] share some "cold Hardee's he had lying around", which implies that Free Country may be in the Eastern half of the USA (In the Western half of the US, "Hardee's" is called "Carl's Jr.").
*In the email [[keep cool]], the temperature was 98º, but in all the Decemberween episodes, there is snow, suggesting that:
**Free Country is not near any water, since the temperature doesn't vary much in places around water, and
**Free Country is in a state where the climate varies greatly.
*In the email [[retirement]], [[Strong Bad]] tells the audience to "feast their Dust Bowl-ravaged eyes" on his show. This suggests that they might be in the Great Plains area.

== Trivia ==
*The [[Strong Bad Email]] [[flashback]] marked the first (and so far, only) time that a character actually said the name "Free Country, USA."

[[Category: Places]]

Free Country, USA

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 14:25:09 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: Nah.

Talk:"Man" pronounced as "m'n"

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:37:36 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Delete? */ Delete.

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==Last names==
I think that including Rondleman and Bob Statesman is over-the-top. Last names are usually pronounced with m'n. Those last names just don't fit the gag. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 22:25, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
:Well, Rondleman and Statesman aren't words you see every day. Rondleman might not fit, as it is a name, but Statesman isn't an actual name, and would be more commonly pronounced with the "man" pronounced like the regular word, if that mede any sense. {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 22:30, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
::Nevertheless, Statesman still functions as a name. I don't think I would ever hear it pronounced "Bob States-man" in verbal American English. —[[User:BazookaJoe|BazookaJoe]] 22:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
In any case, Cableman should stay. It's usually cable-man when I hear it. {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 22:44, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

==Capitalizing==
*Should we capitalize "pronounced as"? Most (probably all) of our articles are capitalized, why should this one be left out? --{{User:Theyellowdart/sig}} 23:43, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
:*cough*[[Names ending in -erson]][[Foods used as phones]]*cough* {{User:Dr._Clash/sig}} 01:08, 1 March 2007 (UTC)

== Delete? ==

er, why in the HE** does this page exist?!!! i mean, who cares if man is m'n? sure, it's a running gag, but who cares? I mean, wtf? If i knew how to delete pages, i would delete this 1 instantly. ''STUPID-PAGE DEUCE!!!!!'' bell out. [[User:Im a bell|Im a bell]] 02:03, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
* oh, and I reached this page randomly [[User:Im a bell|Im a bell]] 02:05, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
*seriously, WHO WOULD VISIT THIS PAGE?! [[User:Im a bell|Im a bell]] 02:05, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
:There's no reason to yell. Generally, running gags get pages if they're moderately interesting and appear in several toons. M'n has these qualities and ''is'' worthy of it's own page, so you don't have to repeatedly bash it with comments like that. -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 02:27, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
::'''O'''_'''O''' ahem... sorry {{User:Im a bell/sig}} 00:04, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
:::It's okay. We just don't like it when people do that sort of thing. No problem, really. ^_^ -{{User:Brightstar Shiner/sig}} 00:06, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Nevertheless, this IS a pointless page. Prouncing m-a-n with an unstressed a in compound words ending with those letters is normal. Why are we commenting on it?
:So you would say "Superm'n" as opposed to "Superman"? And this is normal to you? --[[User:DorianGray|DorianGray]] 18:32, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
:Yeah, Um, DorianGrey, have you ever been to Baltimore? Because I live there, and that is how we talk: Pronouncing "man" as "m'n". And it is an unneccecary page. --[[User:Jangles5150|Jangles5150]] ([[User_talk:Jangles5150|words]]+[[Special:Contributions/Jangles5150|helps]]) 18:38, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
::While I don't agree with your methods, I do agree this page is unnecessary, I have a feeling it's a part of Hometsar's speech impediment. '''Delete'''. --{{User:TotalSpaceshipGuy3/sig}} 13:37, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Limozeen

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 14:57:35 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: Already listed

{{Infobox Band |
band_name=Limozeen |
image= [[Image:limozeen.jpg|230px|"WE'RE FROM THE BAND LIMOZEEN!"]] |
origin= N/A |
genre=[[Wikipedia:Hair metal|Hair metal]] |
member=[[Larry Palaroncini]] [[Gary Palaroncini]] [[Perry Palaroncini]] [[Mary Palaroncini]] |
backup=N/A |
discography=[[Because It's Midnite]] (2003) [[Nite Mamas]] (2003) [[haircut#Easter Eggs|Box]] (2004) [[The Knowledge Hat]] (2004) [[Respek Knuckles]] (2004) [[bottom 10#Transcript|Feed The Childrens]] (2005) [[Summer Short Shorts|Brain Sister]] (2006) [[coloring#Transcript|Colorin' (Outside The Lines)]] (2006) |
producer=[[Teeg Dougland]] |
}}
'''Limozeen''' is a [[Wikipedia:Hair metal|hair]] [[Heavy Metal|metal]] band that [[Strong Bad]] admires; he even has an autographed picture of one of the members. Their name was born from the email [[band names]] and their logo is reminiscent of [[Wikipedia:AC/DC|AC/DC's]], having the same font and lightning bolt in the center. There was a [[Limozeen: "But they're in space!"|cartoon]] based on the band that was set in [[Outer Space|outer space]], but its cancellation was announced in the pilot episode by [[Teeg Dougland]], the band's producer. Limozeen has made some strange albums, including one called ''Feed the Childrens''. Strong Bad featured one of the songs on this album as number two in his [[bottom 10]] because the lyrics mainly consisted of "la la's", "na na's", and "doot do's."

The members of Limozeen are played by [[The Brothers Chaps]] and their friends while wearing outrageous [[wikipedia:1980's#Trends and Fashions|80's-style]] blonde wigs and clothing. In some cases, the same person plays all the members of the band. In the [[Limozeen Thanksgiving E-Cards]], four different people played the members of Limozeen. In the email [[flashback]], [[Matt Chapman]] is everybody in Limozeen, while in [[monster truck]], all the members are played by [[Donnie Chapman]].

==Members==
* [[Larry Palaroncini]] (Vocals/guitar)
* [[Gary Palaroncini]] (Guitar)
* [[Perry Palaroncini]] (Bass)
* [[Mary Palaroncini]] (Drums)

==Songs==
*[[Because It's Midnite]]
*[[Nite Mamas]]
*Box ([[haircut]])
*Feed The Childrens ([[bottom 10]])
*Brain Sister ([[Summer Short Shorts]])
*Colorin' (Outside The Lines) ([[coloring]])

==Zeenin' Across the Country 2001==
Tour stops as listed on the discontinued Limozeen T-shirt that was available in the [[Store]].
<table width="80%">
<td width="33%" valign="top">
* Dempsey
* Stuggard
* Bundt
* Umbridge
* Shoigut
* Gund[[Names ending in -erson|erson]]
* Hageltown
* [[Strong Bad's Vacation Spots|Pantsburg]]
* Yondersville
* Seeding
</td>
<td width="33%" valign="top">
* Gertersburg
* Hullysack
* Loughleyton
* Highmark
* Eastley
* Northtime
* Lope
* Thubley
</td>

<td width="33%" valign="top">
* Fourborough
* Brand[[Names ending in -erson|erson]]
* Oaklidge
* Bunnerd
* The Villas
* Shuppleton
* [[Dan]]apolis
* Menders
* Crambley
* Broiter Grove
</td>
</table>
Another known Limozeen tour is the 1989 Limozeen "Ladies, We're Staying in Room 302 at the Ramada" Tour.

===Fun Facts===

*Gertersburg is a play on [[Wikipedia:Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg]].
*Dempsey could refer to boxing legend [[Wikipedia:Jack Dempsey|Jack Dempsey]].
*[[Wikipedia:Bundt cake|Bundt]] is a type of cake.
*Broiter Grove was also mentioned in [[secret identity]] as the place where Strong Bad has his second family.
*A lope is a horse's easy gait, consisting of long running strides or leaps, and is a variation of a [[Wikipedia:Canter|canter]]".

==Complete Filmography==
*'''Debut:''' Email [[band names]] (logo)
*Email [[flag day]] (Special guest at the Pablo Phoenix concert)
*Email [[monster truck]] (First seen)
*Email [[flashback]]
*Email [[haircut]]
*Email [[best thing]]
*Email [[bottom 10]]
*[[Limozeen Thanksgiving E-Cards|Thanksgiving e-cards]]
*[[The Cheatar]] (Gary only)
*Email [[death metal]] (Larry only)
*[[Summer Short Shorts]]
*Email [[coloring]]
*Email [[4 branches]]

==Quotes of the Week==
{{qotwstart}}
*{{qotw|"She was only 2017-She was a low res beauty queen-She was a brain sister-Texas Instruments all day-She remembers how they used to duet-Tha'll think you know what I mean."|[[Summer Short Shorts]]|Mirror:brainsister.mp3}}
|}

{{Template:Limozeen}}
[[Category:Limozeen]]
[[Category:Bands]]

rough copy

TotalSpaceshipGuy3 — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:48:28 GMT

TotalSpaceshipGuy3: /* Remarks */ Reword.

{{sbenav|170}}
[[Image:Sbemail170 rough copy.PNG|thumb|"Hooray! The orders are violently flying in!"]]

Strong Bad attempts to sue Malinko for using him and The Cheat in a comic, Homestar makes a not-fortune in flavored water, and Strong Sad gets his revenge.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Senor Cardgage}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[The Field]], [[The Athletic Field]], [[Marzipan's House]] (Easter Egg)

{{Comp|Lappy 486}}

'''Date:''' April 16, 2007

'''Running Time:''' 3:33

'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486

==Transcript==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{in a singsong voice}'' Sweetheart, get dressed and brush your teeth! It's time for email!

<blockquote class="lappy email">
<div>subject: comics</div>
Dear Strongbad, 
I would like to Draw a few comics about you and the cheat. 
But 1st i'd need to know what type of promblems you and 
the cheat would be faced with. Once i get a rough copy i'd 
send it to you to see how you like it. I hope you interested. 
-Malinko-
</blockquote>

''{Strong Bad reads "promblems" and "I hope you interested" as written.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Well Malinko, I hope ''you'' interested in getting sued into the middle ages by The Cheat and me. Cause that's what would happen if you drew a few comics about us. ''{clears screen}'' Just like that time Homestar started selling Strong Bad flavored water. ''{pronounces "flavored water" queasily, types in wavy blue-green font}'' We shut that mess down on the quickfast.

''{Cut to Homestar Runner in The Field with a stack of bottles labeled "SB2O"}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I got your Strong Bad water right here! S-B-two-oh. Bottled at the source. Pure as a mountain goat.

''{Strong Bad and The Cheat approach; The Cheat is wearing a suit and tie and dragging a briefcase.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, The Cheat, let's sue him!

''{The Cheat opens the briefcase, which is filled with colored water balloons. Strong Bad and The Cheat start pegging Homestar with the balloons.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hooray! The orders are violently flying in!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Man, I've got the best lawyer soft tacos can buy. And his aim with those waterbombs is crazy good! He can hit Strong Sad from like three football fields away.

''{Cut to Strong Sad taking notes on a notepad at the athletic field, which has the Jolly Dumple painted in an end zone and a sign next to the sideline reading "FIELD 3".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{taking notes}'' Note to self: ''{flips page}'' get—big—ger— ''{flips page}'' note—boo— ''{flips page}'' —k.

''{Water balloons come flying from behind the trees in the distance, hitting Strong Sad and knocking him on his face.}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Mercy me!

''{Cut back to the Lappy}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' I think we were suing him for custody of his not-so-thin mints that day.

''{Zoom out to reveal The Cheat standing next to Strong Bad, holding up a manila envelope.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Ahoy! An unmarked manila envelope. Must be that weaselly Malinko's comic.

''{The Cheat snaps the envelope open. Strong Bad pulls a white piece of paper out of the envelope and looks at it.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh my!

''{Close-up of the paper, which has two scribbles labeled "Strong Bad" and "the Cheat", a few stains, and the signature "-m"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Rough copy is right! ''{turns the paper from side to side}'' Uh, you don't need my help finding promblems for these guys, Malinko.

''{Close-up of The Cheat}''

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

''{Close-up of Strong Bad}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' These don't look anything like us! Man, that kid was going to have so few pants on after we got done suing them off him. And now he's gonna strut around all on-panted waving his pant-covered legs in our faces.''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{throws paper up in the air}'' You're a genius, The Cheat! Now ''that's'' what I pay you for. Open up. ''{holds up a taco and The Cheat opens his mouth wide}'' Up. Ah! Ah! Ah! ''{throws the taco in The Cheat's mouth, who gulps it down}'' There you go.

''{The Cheat opens his mouth again and claps his paws together, imitating a seal.}''

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

'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay, okay. One more. ''{throws another taco in The Cheat's mouth, who gulps it down}''

''{Cut to silhouettes of Strong Bad and The Cheat as Malinko drew them, walking in front of a cloudy sky.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Utz. Eetz. Ahtz. Atch.

''{Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat standing in The Field, now revealed to be wearing barbed wire.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Now we look just like Malinko's cat-scratchings. Our case is air-tight. Why stop at pants? We could probably sue that black zip-up hoodie off him now too!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{turns around and makes The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, this stuff ''does'' make me feel pretty tough. Ooh, in fact... we should star in own action-packed credit sequence called, "Rough Copy!".

''{A "ROUGH COPY!" title screen appears with Strong Bad and The Cheat wearing barbed wire and holding revolvers. Big band music plays. Cut to Strong Bad, who runs across a row of 2-D silhouetted buildings. The screen reads, "with STRONG BAD" in the corner. Cut to the Cheat, who fires two rounds from his revolver. The screen reads, "and THE CHEAT" in the corner.}''

''{Two strips of video appear on the screen, one with Strong Bad walking down a sidewalk, and one with the Cheat tossing a taco in his mouth. Cut to a horizontally split screen with Strong Bad pointing his revolver in each one. Cut to Strong Bad and The Cheat riding down a highway in the [[Gremlin]]. Strong Bad is hanging out the passenger-side window with his revolver drawn, and The Cheat is standing on the roof of the car.}''

''{Cut to white silhouettes of Strong Bad and The Cheat holding their guns, with the text "ROUGH COPY!" above them and "Promblem-Packed Action!" below them. The music ends.}''

''{Cut to Strong Sad speaking to Strong Bad and The Cheat at The Field. Strong Bad and The Cheat are still wearing barbed wire, and Strong Sad is wearing reading glasses and carrying a very large "Bigger Noootebook".}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, hello, gentlemen. I'm here representing my client, Malinko. ''{zoom in on Strong Sad}'' It would seem you are infringing on his ''highly'' intellectual property. ''{points upward on "highly"}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You gotta be joking! There's nothing intellectual abou—

''{Strong Sad begins pegging Strong Bad with snowballs, and Strong Bad yells.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Where did you get snowballs this time of year?! ''{Strong Sad continues hitting him with snowballs}'' How did you fit them in that notebook?

'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{holds a snowball aloft}'' I've been saving these in the freezer since I was eight! ''{throws snowball at Strong Bad, who yells}''

''{The screen dims, and Homestar Runner pops in front, holding a bottle of "Malinko Drinko".}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Drinko some Malinko! Crystal clear like domestic beer.

''{Cut back to the Lappy. Strong Bad shakes snow off his head and grumbles.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Can't you see Malinko? All this hot legal action is tearing our non-existent friendship apart! Looks like we'll just have to settle out of court.

''{Strong Bad turns away from the Lappy and starts eating a candy bar.}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Mmm. That's some good settlement. ''{chews}''

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

==Easter Eggs==
*When Strong Bad turns away from the computer to respond to The Cheat, click the text on the screen to see a box of Not So Thin Mints.
*At the end of the email, click the candy bar to see Senor Cardgage talk to Strong Bad.
:'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' ''{leaning in from the right}'' Hey, Grendolyn! Don't bogart that settlement now!
*At the end of the email, click the wall plug to see a clip of Homestar Runner sitting on the couch.
:''{Homestar is sitting on Marzipan's couch looking sad. Windy noises.}''
:'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{after quite some time, sighs}'' DNA evidence.

==Fun Facts==
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===Explanations===
*[[SB2O|SB2O]] is a play on H2O, the molecular formula for water.
*Domestic beer is beer made in one's own country. This is most likely a disparaging comment referring to hugely mass-produced American beers which have a reputation for being [http://nymag.com/restaurants/features/22308/ watery and bland].
*The Cheat's clapping his hands together indicating he wants another taco is the manner in which trained seals clap their flippers together to indicate to their trainer that they want more food.
*To "[[Wiktionary:bogart|bogart]]" means "to hold on to something for longer than one's turn". The phrase is coined after [[Wikipedia:Humphrey Bogart|Humphrey Bogart]].


===Trivia===
*The floppy disk container reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#LHX attack chopper|LHX attack chopper]]".
*This is the first time The Cheat's teeth were visible when he fully opened his mouth. The only other 'toon where he fully opened it was [[The House That Gave Sucky Treats]].
*If you view the Flash file, you can see a little bit of the [[No Loafing sign]] in the scene where Strong Bad is complaining about Malinko's pants.

===Remarks===
*Strong Bad and The Cheat seemingly [[Wikipedia:Hammerspace|pulled the soft tacos out of nowhere]].
*This is the first time Strong Sad has been [[Strong Bad and Strong Sad's Relationship|physically violent]] toward Strong Bad.
*When Strong Bad and The Cheat walk across the field, only the barbed wire they are carrying and the parts of them sticking out from above and beneath it are silhouetted against the sky, whereas the rest of their bodies are clearly visible in all the other shots with them holding the wire.
*According to [[record book]], Strong Sad actually can actually write using extremely small letters.

===Goofs===
*During the second Lappy scene (just after Strong Bad and The Cheat waterbomb Homestar), the ripple effect from clicking on the Lappy's screen can be seen outside the screen area.
*At the end of the Senor Cardgage Easter egg, Strong Bad's glove moves independently of his arm. Right at the end, the arm snaps into position.
*At the end of the Senor Cardgage Easter egg, Strong Bad's left cheek doesn't move with his head.
*At the end, the cheek changes sizes before snapping back into place.
**This is a glitch of Flash tweening, as an object that is not a symbol (i.e. Strong Bad's mask design without the head or mouth) sometimes does not get recognized as a moveable object, so all that can be done is to scale it bigger or smaller.

===Inside References===
*This is the sixth Strong Bad Email in a row to mention [[DNA Evidence|DNA evidence]]. Unlike the previous occurrences, the gag appears in an Easter egg rather than the main cartoon.
*This email makes reference to [[Pants|pants]], [[Goats|goats]], [[Guns|guns]], and [[Alcohol|alcohol]].
*[[The Jolly Dumple]] can be seen on the football field.
*The scene of Strong Bad and The Cheat silhouetted against the sky is similar in appearance to the scene of Strong Bad marching down to Bubs' in [[isp]].
*Strong Bad's reaction to Homestar's "flavored water" is similar to his reaction to Homestar's bread sing alongs in [[origins]]. In each case, he types "flavored water" and "bread sing alongs" in moving green text. 
*[http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bogart&defid=988065"Bogart"] was previously used as a verb in [[Homestar Presents: Presents]].
*The song at the beginning is similar to [[Homestar Quiz]], specificially when you get 7 answers correct.
*The Cheat's attorney outfit is from [[sb_email 22]].
*Strong Bad is eating a [[Wikipedia:ZAGNUT|Zagnut]] bar, seen previously in [[3 Times Halloween Funjob]], [[kind of cool]], and [[flashback]]. Senor Cardgage is known to carry [[Aldi Bag|a bag]] full of them.

===Real-World References===
*"Not-so-thin mints" are a reference to Thin Mints, a type of [[Wikipedia:Girl Scout cookie|Girl Scout cookie]].
**The Strong Sad logo on the box resembles the [[Wikipedia:Trefoil|trefoil]] logo of the [[wikipedia:Girl Scouts of the USA|Girl Scouts]].


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