island
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Strong Bad Email #52
Strong Bad imagines the lurking horrors of being stranded on an island with Homestar.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Homestar Runner
Places: Computer Room, The Island
Computer: Compy 386
Date: November 25, 2002
Running Time: 1:56
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: Strong Bad Emails are a part of this balanced breakfast.
{reading the email}
Dear Strong Bad,
What would you do if you where stuck
on an desert island with Homestar
Runner?
Yami Yugi
England
{Strong Bad says "were" instead of "where" and "a" instead of "an".}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Well Yami Yugi {says the name hesitantly}, I suspect it would be like most cartoons. You know, we'd start to go nuts after a while and I would look at Homestar and he would look like a big steak. And then Homestar would look at me and I'd look like {stops typing} you know {starts typing again} some kinda brownie sundae. {clears screen} So we'd chase each other around the island, trying to eat each other. And at some point my foot would look like a sandwich and I'd put salt on it and try to eat it and it's like, "Oh! It's my foot!!" {clears screen} But that's a best-case scenario. I'm sure in real life it would be much more annoying and painful with Dumpface involved. {he types "Dumpface" but says "Homestar"}
{cut to Homestar and Strong Bad on an island}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, Strong Bad.
STRONG BAD: What?
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Are we rescued yet?
STRONG BAD: You're gonna need to get rescued in a second if you don't quit asking me that.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Ohhhhhhhh... Hey, Strong Bad.
STRONG BAD: What?
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Is there ice cream yet?
STRONG BAD: You're gonna need to get ice cream in a second if you don't quit asking me that. You know... 'cause I'm gonna hit you...and you'll need the ice cream to... stop the swelling.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, Stinkoman.
STRONG BAD: Um... did you just call me Stinkoman?
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Yes, sir, I did.
STRONG BAD: Geez. You don't happen to have a gun on your side of the island, do you?
HOMESTAR RUNNER: No. Hey, Strong Bad, check this out! {turns away}
STRONG BAD: Oh, don't start with that—
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Toons! {An ocean liner passes by with a loud "toot"}
STRONG BAD: Homestar—
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Games! {An angry-looking, red-eyed, Moby Dick-style white whale, with harpoons embedded in its body, emerges from the left side of the water. It spurts water from its blowhole and then goes back into the water.}
STRONG BAD: Don't do another—
HOMESTAR RUNNER: E-mail! {A propeller plane with a "WEAR A BIKINI" banner attached to it flies by}
STRONG BAD: Ugh!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Man, I love doing that. {A bottle washes up on the island.}
STRONG BAD: Whoa, check it out. A message in a bottle. {takes a piece of paper out of the bottle and reads it} What?
January 20, 1985
Super
XIX
Bowl
Stanford Stadium
Stanford, California
Miami San Francisco
VS.
Dolphins 49ers
Super Bowl Nineteen... Miami Dolphins vs. San Francisco 49ers... {sarcastically} Great.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: We're saved!
STRONG BAD: This is the worst deserted island ever.
{The Paper comes down}
Easter Eggs
- At the end you can click on Strong Bad and Homestar to make them turn into various things.
- Strong Bad:
- Some kinda brownie sundae
- Hot dog
- "Pinner" plate of marshmallows, with a derby, eyepatch and cigar from Meet Marshie
- San Fransisco 49ers helmet
- Homestar:
- A big steak
- Stack of pancakes
- Guitar from new hands
- Miami Dolphins helmet
- Strong Bad:
Fun Facts
Remarks
- Strong Bad says "Yami Yugi" easily when he reads the email, but seems to have trouble the second time. Or maybe he just doesn't like Yu-Gi-Oh. (See Real-World References)
- Amazingly, Strong Bad misses the obvious opportunity to make fun of Yami Yugi's spelling.
Goofs
- Homestar's Main Page joke refers to Main Page 3 (see Inside References), but on the real Main Page 3, the plane actually flies past on "Store," not "E-mail."
- The San Francisco 49ers' helmet facemask is incorrect. They wore a gray facemask in 1984.
Inside References
- Homestar references Main Page 3 when he yells out "Toons," "Games," and "E-mail" and various things appear. (see Goofs for more)
- Strong Bad says, "This is the worst deserted island ever," which is a reference to The Best Decemberween Ever, where he says, "This is the worst Decemberween ever."
Real-World References
- The 49ers beat the Dolphins 38–16 in Super Bowl XIX.
- The name of the person who wrote the email, Yami Yugi, is also the name of a character from the popular anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!
Fast Forward
- Five emails hence, Strong Bad will create a Japanese cartoon character named Stinkoman.
- Strong Bad salting his foot is used again in interview.
- Strong Bad later dresses as a hot dog in part-time job.
DVD Version
- To make Homestar and Strong Bad transform into various things, select the hidden Strong Bad head to the left of Strong Bad.
- The DVD Version adds a hidden creator's commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection when watching this email.
Commentary Transcript
(Commentary by: Mike Chapman, Matt Chapman)
MATT: Welcome back, I'm Matt Chapman.
MIKE: I'm my brother Mike.
MATT: What?
MIKE: Isn't, uh, sorry.
MATT: Yeah? Go ahead.
MIKE: Oh, I don't remember what I was going to say. I like this email, though. I like the, um, visuals.
MATT: This is a lot, this is pretty much referencing, I mean it's done a lot in cartoons, but there's that one Bugs Bunny where he's on the desert island with those two—there's that one tall skinny guy and one fat short guy. That's where a lot of this comes from. I think they see each other as a steak and a hot dog. And I think that Bugs tricks one of them into eating his own foot at some point probably.
MIKE: This is the origin of the term Stinkoman too.
MATT: It's true. We were just screwin' around and I said the word Stinkoman.
MIKE: I think so. But I like that scene right there.
MATT: Yeah, Mike keeps talking about wanting to revisit this little desert island scene.
MIKE: It might be revisited by the time you're listening to this commentary.
MATT: Not if I have anything to say about it.
MIKE: Matt hates me.
MATT: I'm just kidding. Look, there it was! Yeah, see?
MIKE: He did, yeah. You haven't got a baboon in your pocket, have ye?
MATT: There you go, Mike.
MATT: Yeah, thanks. I love this. Those's actually are incorrect, aren't they? That's not exactly what he does on that menu page.
MIKE: Oh, maybe, yeah, maybe not. Look at those clouds. They're a little different than usual, aren't they?
MATT: Maybe. Oh, that's nice, that's—I remember Scott Edwards was over for that one. I think it snowed.
MIKE: Dave Brown, eh—
MATT: And then it snowed and we didn't have to go to school the next day.
MIKE: I think you're right.
MATT: No, it was great.
Fun Facts
- The Bugs Bunny cartoon in particular that Matt and Mike refer to is Wackiki Wabbit.
- This island hasn't been reused yet, but judging by some of the foreshadowing on other commentaries, it probably will be.
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