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Strong Bad Email #11 |
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When Mike wonders why Strong Bad doesn't rule the world, Strong Bad brings Strong Badia to the public eye for the first time.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat
Places: Computer Room, Strong Badia
Computer: Tandy 400
Date: Monday, January 28, 2002
Running Time: 0:40
Page Title: Tandy 400!!!
DVD: strongbad_email.exe Disc One
SBEmail Menu Description: Strong Bad checks in on/invents Strong Badia. Apparently it is behind a dumpster we've never seen before.
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: {muttering} Email, grumble grumble, email, grumble... {stops muttering}
If you are so evil, how come you don't rule
the world or at least some kind of field?
Mike, UK
{Strong Bad pronounces UK as "uck"}
STRONG BAD: What are you talking about, Mike, UK? {pronounces UK as "uck" again} I mean I've totally ruled that field out behind the—
{Cut to Strong Badia. It is windy and has a gray sky. A blue can rolls past.}
STRONG BAD: {offscreen} —dumpsters since like diaper school, man.
{Strong Bad appears and holds his arm up proudly.}
STRONG BAD: Aaaah, my kingdom continues to flourish. Uh, carry on, everyone.
{The Cheat appears from behind the white fence and approaches the tire.}
STRONG BAD: Hey! The Cheat! What, you wanna get banished? Don't touch that!
{The Paper comes down.}
STRONG BAD: What're you standing around for, man? Don't you have, like, some of my bidding to do?
Fun Facts
Trivia
- This is the first Strong Bad Email in which The Cheat appears.
- This is the first appearance of Strong Badia.
- This is the first Strong Bad Email where the sender gives a location outside of the United States.
- This is the second-shortest email, next to sb_email 22 with a running time of 0:34, and the shortest including Easter eggs, since sb_email 22's Easter egg puts its total running time at 0:58.
- The YouTube description for this email is "Strong Bad checks in on/invents Strong Badia. Apparently it is behind a dumpster we've never seen before."
Remarks
- The back button is on the right side of the screen instead of on the left side of the screen.
- Unlike in most toons, The Cheat has a blinking animation, like Homestar and Marzipan.
Goofs
- When the Paper comes down, its shadow is right behind it as if it were directly in front of a flat picture.
Inside References
- Strong Bad mentions diaper school.
Fast Forward
- Here, Strong Bad warns The Cheat not to touch the tire. Later, in date, it is revealed what security measures Strong Bad employs to prevent this from happening.
- In colonization, Strong Bad reuses the phrase "out behind the dumpsters" in reference to Strong Badia.
DVD Version
- The DVD version features hidden audio commentary. To access it, switch the DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
Commentary Transcript
(Commentary by: Mike Chapman, Strong Bad)
STRONG BAD: Dun dun DUUUN!
MIKE: OK, so I've been joined in the commentary booth by Strong Bad—
STRONG BAD: Mr. SuTo.
MIKE: Mr. SuTo, apparently, is his new name, so—
STRONG BAD: Supreme Total. It's the shortness for Supreme Total.
MIKE: Oh, SuTo. Mr. SuTo.
STRONG BAD: Yeah.
MIKE: Mr. Supreme Total Strong Bad.
STRONG BAD: Remember when it used to be windy in Strong Badia all the time?
MIKE: And the sky was always gray.
STRONG BAD: Yeah.
MIKE: The sky's sometimes still gray—
STRONG BAD: Not anymore! Now—now that I've taken over, things have—
MIKE: Brightened up.
STRONG BAD: Yeah. This is before I had the Bear-Shark. I just had verbally—to verbally abuse The Cheat. This a short email!
MIKE: Yeah, get outta here.
STRONG BAD: OK, I'm outta here!
Fun Facts
- Strong Bad references the Bear-Shark.
External Links
- watch "i rule"
- watch "i rule" on YouTube
- watch "i rule" on the old Flash site
- view the Flash file for "i rule"