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'''Strong Bad Email #27'''
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[[Image:sbemail27.PNG|thumb|"So majestic, yet so wicked awesome."]]
Brandon Hofer asks Strong Bad what his second wish would be if he had three wishes.
Brandon Hofer asks Strong Bad what his second wish would be if he had three wishes.
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):'''  [[Strong Bad]]
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):'''  {{Film|Strong Bad}}
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__FORCETOC__
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'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]]
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'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]]
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'''Date:''' Monday, May 13, 2002
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'''Running Time:''' 1:32
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'''Page Title:''' Tandy 400!!!
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{{dvd|strongbad_email.exe Disc One}}
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== Transcript ==
== Transcript ==
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got an email. I got an awesome email. ''{stops singing}''
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{singing}'' I got an email. I got an awesome email. ''{stops singing}''
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<pre>Dear Strong Bad,
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<blockquote class="tandy email">Dear Strong Bad,<br />
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If you had three wishes, what would the second  
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If you had three wishes, what would the second <br />
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one be?
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one be?<br />
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Much Crap,
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Much Crap,<br />
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Brandon Hofer
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Brandon Hofer<br />
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Judson College
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Judson College<br />
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Elgin, IL</pre>
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Elgin, IL</blockquote>
   
   
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Geez, I didn't need your freaking life story man. ''{typing}'' Augh, that's an easy one Brandon. Horns. No question. I'd wish for a pair of horns. Here, check it out.
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Geez, I didn't need your freaking life story, man. Augh, ''{typing}'' That's an easy one Brandon. Horns. No question. I'd wish for a pair of horns. Here, check it out.
''{Strong Bad bends to the desk and starts drawing. He draws a picture of himself with horns and holds the paper up to show it}''
''{Strong Bad bends to the desk and starts drawing. He draws a picture of himself with horns and holds the paper up to show it}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at how great I would look man. So majestic, yet so wicked awesome. Like I could maybe go on tour with some heavy metal band and like be their mascot you know and come out on stage, and have some type of laser fight with the lead singer and all the fans will go nuts. Oh man, that would be great.  
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Look at how great I would look, man. So majestic, yet so wicked awesome. Like I could maybe go on tour with some heavy metal band and like be their mascot you know and come out on stage, and have some type of laser fight with the lead singer and all the fans will go nuts. Oh man, that would be great.  
''{He puts away the picture of himself with horns.}''
''{He puts away the picture of himself with horns.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay you guys, so until next week, it's not required that you sign your email "Crapfully yours" or "With a bunch of crap" or "Crap in the times" or "Crap is so great", "Everything is crap", "My middle name is Crapperson". You know, you could just put "Sincerely"... or "Yours truly", that's another good one. Come on guys, I'll still read them.
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Okay you guys, so until next week, it's not required that you sign your email, "Crapfully yours," or, "With a bunch of crap," or, "Crap in the times," or, "Crap is so great," "Everything is crap," "My middle name is Crapperson." You know, you could just put, "Sincerely"... or, "Yours truly," is another good one. Come on, guys. I'll still read 'em.
''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''
''{[[The Paper]] comes down.}''
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''{He picks up the picture of himself with horns again.}''
''{He picks up the picture of himself with horns again.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' You know these horns kinda look like croissants the way I drew them. Maybe my third wish will be for a couple of croissants. Yeah, like heat it up with some butter melting on the top.
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'''STRONG BAD:''' You know these horns kinda look like croissants the way I drew 'em. Maybe my third wish will be for a couple of croissants. Yeah, like, heated up with some butter melted on the top.
''{He puts away the picture and clears his throat.}''
''{He puts away the picture and clears his throat.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' I got to get The Cheat to get me some of those... some of those... ''{with a heavy french accent}'' croissants.
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'''STRONG BAD:''' I gotta get The Cheat to get me some of those... Some of those... ''{with a heavy French accent}'' croissants.
== Fun Facts ==
== Fun Facts ==
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*With the exception of [[butt IQ]] and [[CGNU]], this is the only e-mail with a capital letter in its name.
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===Trivia===
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*This is the first (but far from last) time that Strong Bad complains about people giving "crappy" closings to their e-mails.
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*This is the first mention of [[croissants]].
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*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "Strong Bad wishes he had croissants crammed into his head. Or something like that."
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===Remarks===
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*The title of this email is one of only two to contain a word with an initial capital letter as part of a lowercase word, the other being [[what I want]]. ([[CGNU]] and [[butt IQ]] also contain capital letters, but in those cases they are part of an initialism.)
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*The last line appears to be a separate audio file (the Flash file pauses shortly after playing it).
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*Strong Bad produces the pencil and paper out of [[Hammerspace|nowhere]].
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===Goofs===
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*When Strong Bad draws the picture of himself with horns, the pencil doesn't reflect on the screen.
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*When Strong Bad holds up the drawing of himself with horns, you can still click the contrast buttons through his boxing gloves.
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*The enter key is not heard being hit when Strong Bad clears the screen for the first time.
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*Even though Strong Bad used a pencil to draw himself with horns, the picture seems to be done with dark blue ink, suggesting a ball-point pen.
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===Inside References===
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*This is the first (but far from last) time that Strong Bad objects to getting "[[Crapfully Yours|crappy]]" closings in his emails.
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*This email has an instance of [[Names ending in -erson]].
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===Real-World References===
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* The intro song is a reference to a line in [[Wikipedia:Lionel Richie|Lionel Richie's]] "[http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/lionel_richie/say_you_say_me.html Say You, Say Me]", "I had a dream, I had an awesome dream."
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* The reference to being a heavy metal band's mascot who has battles with the band on stage is a reference to Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie. A tradition at [[Wikipedia:Iron Maiden|Iron Maiden]] concerts is for a man in a giant Eddie costume on stilts to come on-stage mid show and appear to battle with the band members.
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*I Love You
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===Fast Forward===
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*Strong Bad refers to striped horns looking like croissants again in an Easter egg in [[being mean]].
== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail27.html watch "3 Wishes"]
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{{sbemailextlinks|27|youtube=mulqieLjowE}}
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*[http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail27.swf view the flash file for "3 Wishes"]
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{{Strong Bad Email}}
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Revision as of 05:55, 24 February 2018

Strong Bad Email #27
watch CGNU 1 step ahead
"So majestic, yet so wicked awesome."

Brandon Hofer asks Strong Bad what his second wish would be if he had three wishes.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad

Places: Computer Room

Computer: Tandy 400

Date: Monday, May 13, 2002

Running Time: 1:32

Page Title: Tandy 400!!!

DVD: strongbad_email.exe Disc One

Contents

Transcript

STRONG BAD: {singing} I got an email. I got an awesome email. {stops singing}

STRONG BAD: Geez, I didn't need your freaking life story, man. Augh, {typing} That's an easy one Brandon. Horns. No question. I'd wish for a pair of horns. Here, check it out.

{Strong Bad bends to the desk and starts drawing. He draws a picture of himself with horns and holds the paper up to show it}

STRONG BAD: Look at how great I would look, man. So majestic, yet so wicked awesome. Like I could maybe go on tour with some heavy metal band and like be their mascot you know and come out on stage, and have some type of laser fight with the lead singer and all the fans will go nuts. Oh man, that would be great.

{He puts away the picture of himself with horns.}

STRONG BAD: Okay you guys, so until next week, it's not required that you sign your email, "Crapfully yours," or, "With a bunch of crap," or, "Crap in the times," or, "Crap is so great," "Everything is crap," "My middle name is Crapperson." You know, you could just put, "Sincerely"... or, "Yours truly," is another good one. Come on, guys. I'll still read 'em.

{The Paper comes down.}

{He picks up the picture of himself with horns again.}

STRONG BAD: You know these horns kinda look like croissants the way I drew 'em. Maybe my third wish will be for a couple of croissants. Yeah, like, heated up with some butter melted on the top.

{He puts away the picture and clears his throat.}

STRONG BAD: I gotta get The Cheat to get me some of those... Some of those... {with a heavy French accent} croissants.

Fun Facts

Trivia

  • This is the first mention of croissants.
  • The YouTube description for this email is "Strong Bad wishes he had croissants crammed into his head. Or something like that."

Remarks

  • The title of this email is one of only two to contain a word with an initial capital letter as part of a lowercase word, the other being what I want. (CGNU and butt IQ also contain capital letters, but in those cases they are part of an initialism.)
  • The last line appears to be a separate audio file (the Flash file pauses shortly after playing it).
  • Strong Bad produces the pencil and paper out of nowhere.

Goofs

  • When Strong Bad draws the picture of himself with horns, the pencil doesn't reflect on the screen.
  • When Strong Bad holds up the drawing of himself with horns, you can still click the contrast buttons through his boxing gloves.
  • The enter key is not heard being hit when Strong Bad clears the screen for the first time.
  • Even though Strong Bad used a pencil to draw himself with horns, the picture seems to be done with dark blue ink, suggesting a ball-point pen.

Inside References

  • This is the first (but far from last) time that Strong Bad objects to getting "crappy" closings in his emails.
  • This email has an instance of Names ending in -erson.

Real-World References

  • The intro song is a reference to a line in Lionel Richie's "Say You, Say Me", "I had a dream, I had an awesome dream."
  • The reference to being a heavy metal band's mascot who has battles with the band on stage is a reference to Iron Maiden's mascot Eddie. A tradition at Iron Maiden concerts is for a man in a giant Eddie costume on stilts to come on-stage mid show and appear to battle with the band members.

Fast Forward

  • Strong Bad refers to striped horns looking like croissants again in an Easter egg in being mean.

External Links

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