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Strong Bad Email #42
Somebody asks Strong Bad what he would look like as an action figure.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: {singing} Doo doo do doo, doo duh doo DOO!
{reading}
Hey Strong Bad, If someone made a Strong Bad action figure, what kind of awesome stuff would it be able to do? Kyle Rechsteiner San Mateo, CA
{Strong Bad says "Can Mateo, Scan Mateos".}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Oh man, Kyle. My action figure would have it all. First of all:
{cut to a screen where Strong Bad's action figure appears as he details it}
STRONG BAD: {voiceover} It'd look exactly like me...
{the action figure first appears; it is considerably taller, buffer, and with a much smaller head than the actual Strong Bad}
...you know, in terms of his physique, and the relative size of his head to his body, it'd be exactly the same. And of course I'd come armed to the teeth with my Chinese throwing croissant! Then, I'd be able to shoot sparks from my mouth, you know like, khfkhfkhffffkhfk, it'd make a noise like that. And when you push down on my head, there'd be PFF! Double deuce action! And then of course, you could take the head off, too, and there'd be a hole where you could pour like, motor oil, or grapefruit juice, or whatever kinda junk you wanna put in there. And then, turn out the lights, glow-in-the-dark abs, man! Oh! Oh! And get it wet, and you get SEVERE KNIFE FIGHT DAMAGE, like magic appears! But that's not all! UH-OH! {the action figure's leg falls off} Battle damage! And finally, switch to the dispenser fist to ooze radioactive goo!
{Cut back to the Compy 386}
STRONG BAD: {typing} I think those things would sell like hotcakes, man. Ooh! Especially if they SMELLED like hotcakes! Anyways, I tried to make one of my own one time and it didn't turn out as good as my imagination.
{Strong Bad holds up a peanut with pipe cleaners for arms and a painted face with cheap plastic glue-on eyes}
STRONG BAD: Basically all it has is... smells-like-peanut action. I'm lookin' for some licensees.
{Strong Bad starts playing with the action figure}
STRONG BAD: Doo doo doooo! {starts speaking for the figure} Hey Homestar, get away from here! Holy crap!
{The Paper comes down.}
Easter Eggs
- At the end you can click on the ugly Peanut Strong Bad and see the package of the cool Strong Bad action figure. Keep clicking to see some more characters as action figures. The characters and package blurbs are:
- Strong Bad
- Exciting Action Man!
- Chinese Throwing Croissant!
- Severe Double Deuce Action!
- Smells Like Hotcakes!
- If you zoom in on it, you'll see that the "M" is partially transposed over the "E". In fact, the entire "smells like hotcakes" sticker has poorly spaced text, perhaps due to a missing font when the flash file was created.
- Coach Z
- Green Colored Hero!
- High-Pitched Super Sonic Whistle!
- Butt-Patting Action
- Strong Mad
- Action Toy!
- He's The Biggest One!
- Friends With The Cheat!
- Pom Pom
- Action Fighting Guy!
- Secret Cell Phone!
- The Ladies Choice!
- Strong Sad
- Action-Like Figurine!
- Atomic Calligraphy Pen!
- Extreme Whining And Crying!
- Homestar
- Super Action Doll
- Spiked Battle Marshmallows
- No Arms! Like Real Life!
- Peanut Strong Bad
- Homemade Peanut Warrior
- Museum Quality
- Smells Like Peanut Action!
- Strong Bad
- All the toys are made by Cheap as Free Toys, are for ages 3-5, and cost $11.01.
Fun Facts
Trivia
- After sb_email 22, this is the second time that Strong Bad does not say the word "email" before checking the email.
- All of the toys are labeled $11.01. They are priced this way because Matt Chapman's birthday is November 1st. (This was revealed by Mike in the flag day commentary.)
Remarks
- At the beginning, Strong Bad is humming the same tune that is in the background when it shows the action figures. This is the same tune that plays during the Ab-Abber commercial in suntan. This tune also plays in army in the Firebert action figure easter egg.
Inside References
- The "Chinese Throwing Croissant" is likely a reference to the end of 3 Wishes, when Strong Bad starts to ramble on about how the horns in his drawing look like croissants and how he'd really like one right about now.
- When you push on its head, it supposedly has "Double Deuce" action. This is referring to the bird.
Real-World References
- All of the action figures are modeled strongly after the Masters of the Universe (i.e. He-Man) line. In particular, they all have:
- Identical bodies from the same toy mold with a different head and paint job for different characters (except Strong Mad)
- Exaggerated muscles
- Limited poses and movement (except for rotating limbs)
- "He's the Biggest One!" could be a reference to the They Might Be Giants song "The Biggest One" in which the narrator says (wait for it) "I'm the biggest one."
- The sparking mouth was actually used in some 80's toys, such as the Ghostbusters Banshee.
