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Strong Bad Email #77
Strong Bad discovers the awesomeness of black marker on stomach. Who needs pecs when you've got abs?
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The King of Town, Marzipan, The Announcer, Strong Sad, Homsar (easter egg)
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: {singing} I met her in the summertime. Her name was... {high pitch singing} e-mail!
{reading}
Hey Strong Bad, I thought you looked cute as a Japanese cartoon with the blue hair and everything. ^_~ I was thinking you might look even better if you got out in the sun and got a nice tan. I've heard that a nice tan really helps your muscles stand out. Meg, KS
{Strong Bad says "EEEO HE! I think that's how you say that..." for "^_~"}
STRONG BAD: {typing} That's a good point, KS. With the summer months all up on us, I'll probably be going shirtless more often than usual. I know one thing the ladies love more than a regular Strong Bad is a lightly toasted Strong Bad. {clears screen} And I guess it'll help to accentuate my abdominal muscles and my abs, and my cloits. They're already bulging all over the place as it is, but I guess a little more definition wouldn't kill me.
{Cut to Strong Bad lying on a towel, sunbathing in the field. Next to him are buckets labeled 'Animal Phat - "it's lard, yo!"' and 'cocoa butter'}
STRONG BAD: Alright c'mon sun, show me what you got. Don't pull no punches neither. I want the real radioactive stuff.
{enter stage right, The King of Town, wearing round sunglasses}
THE KING OF TOWN: {Sniffs} Oh there it is!
STRONG BAD: {rising from his towel} There what is?
THE KING OF TOWN: Ooh nothing. Hi Strong Bad. How are you this day?
STRONG BAD: Well, I was certainly better before you showed up. I'm still doing pretty good.
THE KING OF TOWN: {sneakily stealing the cocoa butter while Strong Bad isn't looking} Oh good, Oh, well that's all I wanted to know. I guess I'll be moving to a different smell-- place. {shoots off stage left taking the cocoa butter}
STRONG BAD: What the-? Hey! He took my cocoa butter!
{The King of Town peeks back in and grabs the Animal Phat with his invisible hands}
STRONG BAD: What? Aw!
{The words 6-8 hours later in the Compy 386 font appear on screen. Cut to Strong Bad sunbathing again. His chest is now extremely pink. Marzipan enters with a large green oriental style umbrella}
MARZIPAN: Strong Bad, how long have you been laying here?
STRONG BAD: I dunno, six, maybe eight hours.
MARZIPAN: You know, you're supposed to flip over every 15 minutes or so...
STRONG BAD: What? Who wants a tan on their back? There's no abs to accentuate. Not like up here. {stands, admiring his non-existant abs} Ooh, check it out, Ab City, USA, {Shaking hips. We can see that Strong Bad's back is lily-white.} do do do.
MARZIPAN: Strong Bad, I don't see a single ab.
STRONG BAD: What are you talking about, it's like a cold one brewery over here, there's so many six-packs. {producing a sharpie marker} check it out, {drawing abs onto his chest} one, two, threefourfivesix. Oops, forgot the hatching. {adds shading}
MARZIPAN: Aren't you supposed to have pecs?
STRONG BAD: Don't need em! That's why they call me Double A. All Abs.
MARZIPAN: That's weird.
{Marzipan exits stage right}
STRONG BAD: Whoa, I bet I could make some serious dough off this idea. I could be like, a thousandaire, or at least a hundredaire.
{cut to fake ad, with Strong Bad's Ab-Abber 2000 zooming in slowly}
ANNOUNCER: Introducing the all new Strong Bad Ab-Abber 2000! Get results like the the professionals in {words appear on screen} Minutes! Nay! Seconds! Just listen to this guy over here!
{cut to Strong Sad holding the Ab-Abber 2000}
STRONG SAD: {sounding like he is reading off of a tele-prompter} Since using Strong Bad's Ab-Abber Two Thousand {pronounces thousand as Thous And} the ladies have been all up ons. {talking to someone off camera} All up ons? I don't even know what that means?
STRONG BAD: {off camera} Well, Strong Sad, it means they really like you.
STRONG SAD: But they don't! Especially now with all this sharpie on my stomach.
STRONG BAD: Just read the lines man.
{Strong Bad's hand appears on camera holding what appears to be a plush lobster}
STRONG BAD: Do you want to see Gooblies again or what?
STRONG SAD: You leave Gooby out of this!
{Cut to: Close up of the Ab-Abber 2000 box with words 'Act Now!' flashing at the top of the screen}
ANNOUNCER: Act now and recieve the Cloitserizer {words appear at bottom of screen} Abs-solutely free! {words disappear} Max out your {words appear flashing in center screen} Cloits and Dloits!!?! with the ease of a thousandaire. Strong Bad's Ab-Abber 2000. {words appear} "They'll be all up ons!"
{The Paper appears}
Easter Eggs
- Click on the little "G" tag (right side, up near Strong Bad's hand) on Strong Sad's lobster Gooblies to see a Homsar Celebrity testimonial.
EASTER EGG TRANSCRIPT
HOMSAR: AAAaaaAAAAaaa!!! I'm just in time for the murder mystery!!!
- Click on the marker at the end of the email to see the instructions for Strong Bad's Ab-Abber.
Fun Facts
Trivia
- According to the commentary on the DVD, Matt actually once had a stuffed lobster named Gooblies.
- According to the commentary the sunglasses the KOT is wearing actually belong to Marzipan.
- According to the commentary the sunglasses were based on an old pair Matt had, which he broke while shooting the Fhqwgads karaoke video for the DVD.
- The cloitsterizer was actually an item that Matt and Mike saw a kid dragging in a thrift store.
Remarks
- The first bucket says "Animal Phat". Phat is a slang word meaning cool, although it's intended to mean actual fat in this case. This ties in with the second phrase on the bucket: "It's lard, yo!", both a reference to the fact of the bucket's contents and the whole ridiculous slang/rap thing.
- Marzipan is carrying one of those toothpick umbrella things you get with tropical drinks, only hers seems to be much larger than normal.
Real-World References
- The facial hair on the man in the instructions is very similar to the style usually adopted by Frank Zappa.
when strong sad is doing the commercial he mentions that he used a "Sharpie" which is actually a brand of marker
