Arcade Game
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- This article is about the toon. For the the arcade machine, see TROGDOR! Arcade Machine. For the game on the arcade machine, see TROGDOR!.
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Strong Bad, Strong Mad and The Cheat play a TROGDOR! arcade game in the basement.
Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The Cheat, Trogdor
Places: Computer Room, Basement of the Brothers Strong
Date: Monday, March 17, 2003
Running Time: 1:41
Page title: Quite Exciting This Computer Magic!
DVD: Everything Else, Volume 1
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Transcript
{We start with a familiar scene, the Compy. Except Strong Bad isn't there, and there's a sticky note on the screen saying "in da basement -sb".}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {offscreen} Strong Bad! {walks up to the computer} Hey Strong Bad, can I borrow your fondue pot again? Oh. You're not here. I'll get to the bottom of this!
{He sits down at the Compy and starts typing. While he says everything correctly, he misspells "Strong Bad".}
Dear Stong Bah,
Where are you?
Your friend,
Homestar
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {notices the note} Oh! "In da basement. From SB." Ohhh, that must stand for Stong Bah.
{He stands up and heads for the basement. Upon arriving he finds Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat playing TROGDOR! the arcade game.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey guys! Whatcha playin'?
STRONG BAD: Uh, playin'? No, we're, uh, we're doing The Cheat's taxes.
STRONG MAD: W-2!!!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Bo-ring. I don't wanna play that.
{Homestar walks off. The game blips.}
STRONG BAD: Argh! Stupid peasant.
{He kicks the arcade machine, which says, in a computer voice, "Trogdor!".}
STRONG BAD: Whoa! Pretty cool! {kicks it twice more, with the same results} All right, who's next?
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Okay, fine.
{Strong Bad gets off the stool to let The Cheat on, but he just looks at Strong Bad, and makes more noises.}
STRONG BAD: Oh, right. Here ya go, little buddy.
{He lifts him onto the stool and the theme music begins playing. As soon as it's over...}
STRONG BAD and STRONG MAD: TROGDOR!
{The game says "Trogdor!" and The Cheat begins playing.}
STRONG BAD: Whoa, nice move! You're a master!
{The Paper comes down with a link to play the Trogdor arcade game. After a little while, Homestar comes back with a stack of papers.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, can you guys do my taxes next? ... You guys? ... Man, that's one big adding machine.
Easter Eggs
- If you wait for Homestar to come by and ask them to do his taxes - after he says, "Man, that is one big adding machine" you can click on the TROGDOR! game to make it say "Trogdor."
- You can click on the top of Homestar's pile of papers to see his expenses:
Homestar Runner's
2002 Expenditures
________________________
$150 - pork b/w beans
$2,000 - witch's brew
$4,000 - refinance my hat
$2.07 - Marzipan gift
$1,000 - Fluffypuffs
$500 - monthly protection
to SB
$500 - monthly protection
to SM
$500 - monthly protection
to The C.
$75 - straps and practice
- When you have Homestar's expenses displayed, you can click and hold on the last item in the list "straps and practice" to see a picture of something that looks like a hand-drawn baseball card. It bears a resemblance to the Kewpie Dan drawing from The House That Gave Sucky Treats.
Fun Facts
Explanations
- Strong Mad says "W-2!", which is an IRS tax form.
- An adding machine is a calculator with a printer.
- Homestar paying Strong Mad, Strong Bad, and The Cheat "monthly protection" suggests that the three are bagmen for a protection racket.
Trivia
- The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "manhunter new york".
- The top paper in Homestar's stack of papers says "Important Document #402".
- Homestar's total expenditures for one month (as listed) add up to $8727.07.
Remarks
- On the Monday following the show, there was no new Strong Bad Email. Instead, there was a post-it note that said "In da Basement". The note included a link to the aformentioned toon short.
- In 2002, Homestar paid a total of $18,000 for "protection", as he paid Strong Bad, Strong Mad, and The Cheat $500 dollars each per month. His other expenditures make up less than 29% of the total $25227.07.
- The Cheat plays the game left-handed.
- Some of the sounds used in this toon are slightly off from their game counterparts. The peasant burnination sound is higher pitched and the squished peasant sound is played faster.
- Strong Bad has two identical stools (one for his computer and one for the TROGDOR! game.)
- There is a metal plate at the near bottom of the machine, which is used as a door in most arcade machines to protect the coins collected. However, there are no coin slots, and The Cheat did not put in any coins to start a new game. This would indicate that the machine has been set to free play mode, in which coins are not be required to start the game.
- "Straps and Practice" is also the name of a song by Matt's band, "The New You".
Glitches
- At the start, the Compy's contrast knob is there. When Homestar comes in it is missing, but you can click it anyway. It doesn't do anything either time.
- When Strong Bad kicks the arcade machine, the kicking sound effect comes as his leg is pulling back, not as it is hitting the game.
- The clickable area on the "Back" text at the end of the toon extends much farther to the left.
Inside References
- Pork b/w beans refers to the Strong Bad Email helium, in which Marzipan and Homestar discuss the subject briefly.
- "Hey Strong Bad, can I borrow your fondue pot again?" refers to 50 emails.
- This is another appearance of the Witches' Brew.
- This is another instance of the misspelling Stong Bad.
Real-World References
- The page title "Quite exciting this computer magic" is a quote from the movie This is Spinal Tap. One of the band members (Viv Savage) says it while playing a game similar to Missile Command on a TRS-80 Color Computer in the tour bus.
Fast Forward
- Cans of pork b/w beans would later be seen in the Strong Bad Email business trip.
DVD Version
- The expenses and "straps & practice" Easter eggs are now viewable separately from each other by pushing the angle button on your remote.
- Instead of clicking on the arcade machine to make it say "Trogdor!", after Homestar comments on it being a big adding machine, the "Trogdor!" sound plays automatically once.
