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Below is a chart showing the visuals that occur during the [[Ballad of The Sneak]]. | Below is a chart showing the visuals that occur during the [[Ballad of The Sneak]]. | ||
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- | | || An [[ | + | | || An [[1936|old-timey]] introduction reading '''"The Ballad of The Sneak" as preformed by Da Vinci's Notebook''' is shown. |
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- | |I know a lively fellow,<br>who is really quite unique.<br>He's small and smart and yellow,<br>with a rodent-like physique. || One member of [[The Barbershop Trio]] is onscreen with a stack of barrels in the background. He is quickly joined | + | |I know a lively fellow,<br>who is really quite unique.<br>He's small and smart and yellow,<br>with a rodent-like physique. || One member of [[The Barbershop Trio]] is onscreen with a stack of barrels in the background. He is quickly joined with the remaining two members and they sing. |
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- | |He doesn't play the cello,<br>and he never deigns to speak.<br>He's The Strong Bad's Leporello,<br>and they just call him The Sneak! || | + | |He doesn't play the cello,<br>and he never deigns to speak.<br>He's The Strong Bad's Leporello,<br>and they just call him The Sneak! || Zooms out to reveal the trio's whole bodies and more barrels. Towards the end of this scene, all members outstretch their arms to their left and look upwards in that direction. |
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|If you've got a caper<br>then you know who to call. || [[The Sneak]] walks along a wall, passing a boot. | |If you've got a caper<br>then you know who to call. || [[The Sneak]] walks along a wall, passing a boot. | ||
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|It's The Sneak! || The Sneak instantly turns around so that only his tail and back legs are showing. Another "it's the sneak" appears below the circle. | |It's The Sneak! || The Sneak instantly turns around so that only his tail and back legs are showing. Another "it's the sneak" appears below the circle. | ||
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- | |Who's the Dapper Swindler<br>out of Tammany Hall? || A wanted poster of The Dapper Swindler unrolls on a wall. It's a picture of a mobster with The Sneak's nose and mouth. Above it is the text ''WANTED''. Below is the text ''"THE DAPPER SWINDLER" known in the Northwest Territories as The Sneak''. | + | |Who's the Dapper Swindler<br>out of Tammany Hall? || A wanted poster of [[The Dapper Swindler]] unrolls on a wall. It's a picture of a mobster with The Sneak's nose and mouth. Above it is the text '''WANTED'''. Below is the text '''"THE DAPPER SWINDLER" known in the Northwest Territories as The Sneak'''. |
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- | | | + | |Mo-mo-lo-de-oh-do || A picture of a door and stairs in onscreen. A sign nearby reads "TAMMANY HALL." There's a caption underneath the picture that reads, "Boss Tweed gives The Sneak what-for!" One member of The Barbershop Trio's head pops up in the bottom-left part of the screen and sings the line. |
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|It's The Sneak! || The Barbershop Trio member leaves as a the picture changes. The door is open and a leg is sticking out with the word "PROHIBITION?" written on the pants. It has "boot"-ed The Sneak, who is flying away. A piece of paper with the words "HOOT- SMALLEY TARRIFF" is falling down. | |It's The Sneak! || The Barbershop Trio member leaves as a the picture changes. The door is open and a leg is sticking out with the word "PROHIBITION?" written on the pants. It has "boot"-ed The Sneak, who is flying away. A piece of paper with the words "HOOT- SMALLEY TARRIFF" is falling down. | ||
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| || A drum appears over the picture, which becomes faded. The drum is hit. | | || A drum appears over the picture, which becomes faded. The drum is hit. | ||
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- | |That charming little | + | |That charming little whatzit<br>who's The Strong Man's greatest pal? || [[The Guy at the Depot]] is playing a banjo while sitting on a haystack. The Sneak walks by behind him. |
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|It's The Sneak! || A hand pops out of the haystack holding a sign that reads "it's the sneak!" | |It's The Sneak! || A hand pops out of the haystack holding a sign that reads "it's the sneak!" | ||
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|Doo-wacka-doo-wacka-doo || The Sneak does a different dance and the words "doo wacka doo wacka doo" appear on the upper-left, one word at a time. | |Doo-wacka-doo-wacka-doo || The Sneak does a different dance and the words "doo wacka doo wacka doo" appear on the upper-left, one word at a time. | ||
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- | |It's The Sneak! || Cut to the [[Old Timey Radio]]. The | + | |It's The Sneak! || Cut to the [[Old Timey Radio]]. The text "IT'S THE SNEAK!" come out of it and stay underneath it as they are spoken. |
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| || A train whistle wearing an engineer's hat toots twice. | | || A train whistle wearing an engineer's hat toots twice. | ||
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- | |''{music}'' || [[ | + | |''{music}'' || [[1936 Strong Bad]], [[The Homestar Runner]] and [[Fat Dudley]] are dancing on a steel girder high above the city. The Sneak is crawling in the space underneath them. Another girder comes up and connects to the first one, and The Sneak continues crawling into it. |
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- | | | + | |''{music}'' || The Homestar Runner is standing next to a bottle of booch with a fence in the background. The cork pops off of the bottle and The Homestar Runner's body flies up with his feet staying on the ground, stretching out his legs. As The Homestar Runner goes up, a mooing sound is heard. |
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- | |It's The Sneak! || Cut to | + | |''{music}'' || [[Sickly Sam]] is doing the [[Wikipedia:Charleston (dance)|Charleston]] on a steel girder. The girder leans and Sickly Sam falls off. The girder then gets back to its correct position. |
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+ | |''{music}'' || A silhoette scene of two hills with flowers and a tree. The Sneak runs along the path. | ||
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+ | |Who's that jaunty jackanapes<br>with moxie and pizzaz?<br>It's The Sneak! (Yes, sir!) || The Sneak is riding a piano that is moving quickly past factories and circus tents. | ||
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+ | |It's The Sneak! || Cut to [[The Cliff]]. 1936 Strong Bad flies by in a biplane, spelling "the sneak" with smoke as he flies by. Then The Sneak comes by riding on the piano and it rolls of the cliff, taking The Sneak with it. | ||
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|Who's been drinking bootleg hooch<br>and listening to the jazz? || One member of the Barbershop Trio is shouting the words into a megaphone. | |Who's been drinking bootleg hooch<br>and listening to the jazz? || One member of the Barbershop Trio is shouting the words into a megaphone. | ||
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|Vo-vo-voh-de-oh-doh || The other two members of the Barbershop Trio stick their heads out of the megaphone and sing the line. | |Vo-vo-voh-de-oh-doh || The other two members of the Barbershop Trio stick their heads out of the megaphone and sing the line. | ||
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- | |It's The | + | |It's The— || The two members retract their heads back inside. The first member shouts the words into the megaphone. |
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- | | | + | |—Sneak!<br>Who captures all the— || The Sneak is standing in front of a [[Wikipedia:Phonograph|phonograph]]. Suddenly a blast comes out from it, causing [[The Cheat's Head Exploding|The Sneak's head to explode]]. |
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- | | | + | |—flapper girls' affections? || The Sneak is chasing [[1936 Marzipan]] in the 1936 field. A member of the trio is in the foreground, singing the line. |
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- | |Who made off with my Fluffy Puff confections? || A | + | |Who made off with my Fluffy Puff confections? || A fat The Sneak is holding his belly, looking sick. He is surrounded by cans of [[Fluffy Puff Air Puffed Sugar Delights|Fluffy Puff confections]] and little cupcakes scattered on the ground, some completely eaten, some nibbled, and some whole. A member of the Barbershop Trio's head is sticking out from the top and says the line. |
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- | |He's dastardly! || The Sneak is back in the circle. He wiggles his nose and grows | + | |He's dastardly! || The Sneak is back in the circle. He wiggles his nose and grows big curled mustache on his mouth. |
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|He loves catastrophe! || The Sneak's mustache grows bigger. | |He loves catastrophe! || The Sneak's mustache grows bigger. | ||
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- | |His schemes are masterly!<br>Takes tea at | + | |His schemes are masterly!<br>Takes tea at— || The Sneak's mustache grows even bigger and he also grows a large beard that hangs out of the circle. |
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- | | | + | |—half past three! || A 1936 Strong Bad wristwatch is shown. It is a regular wristwatch with 1936 Strong Bad in the middle and his hands telling the time. The time is 3:29. The minute hand moves forward to 3:30. |
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|That sneaky sneaker's sneakin' all over town! || The Barbershop Trio are back by the barrels, singing with their hats in their left hands. | |That sneaky sneaker's sneakin' all over town! || The Barbershop Trio are back by the barrels, singing with their hats in their left hands. | ||
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- | |Who dropped the Homestar Runner from his | + | |Who dropped the Homestar Runner from his— ||The Strong Man hops onto a see-saw that the Sneak is sitting on, causing him to fly off into the background. |
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- | | | + | |—flying machine?<br> |
+ | Is it The Sneak? || A badly injured The Homestar Runner with bandages and clutches & The Sneak dance left and right among a fence background. | ||
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- | |(28 Skidoo!) It's The Sneak! || | + | |(28 Skidoo!) It's The Sneak! || A football player holds The Sneak as if he were a football, while running like a football player does. A football field is in the background. |
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- | |Who put a bengal tiger | + | |Who put a bengal tiger in the— || The Strong Bad leaps in the air while grabbing his behind, accompanied with cartoon sound effects. He eventually lands, and The Sneak comes up from the bottom left screen corner, with a piece of The Strong Bad's pants in his mouth. |
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[[Category:Music Video Visuals]] | [[Category:Music Video Visuals]] |