Editing Best Caper Ever

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[[Image:Best Caper Ever.png|thumb|"It doesn't touch!"]]

Strong Bad somehow manages to pull off the best caper ever... if he could only remember it.

'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Homestar Runner}}, {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Strong Sad}}, {{film|Bubs}} (Easter egg)

'''Places:''' [[The Arctic]], [[The House Of The Brothers Strong]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] (Easter egg)

'''Date:''' Monday, February 9, 2009

'''Running Time:''' 2:43

'''Page Title:''' Total Coincidence! Not Intentional!

==Transcript==
''{slow fade to a closeup of Homestar Runner}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man, what should I do today? ''{takes a deep breath and turns the other way}'' I just wonder what I should be doing today, you know? ''{shakes head}'' I just can't seem to stop wondering what I maybe might could be should be doing today.

''{cut to a long shot of Homestar standing alone on an ice floe, with an iceberg visible in the back}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Man. ''{the echo is heard; Homestar looks around}''

''{cut to a closer shot}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh, I know! I can pretend that one leg is shorter than the other again. ''{Homestar lifts his right leg and lets it swing freely}'' ''{softly}'' It doesn't touch.

''{cut to a long overhead shot of Homestar drifting which crossfades to a slightly grainy black and white picture with the legend Satellite Feed in the lower right corner}''

''{camera pulls back to reveal the TV is sitting in The House of The Brothers Strong}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So you have, like, no idea how we pulled this off? 

''{reverse shot of Strong Bad and The Cheat watching the television}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{uncertain The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' All right, let's retrace our steps.  We stole Homestar's melonade. 

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{nodding}'' ''{affirmative The Cheat noise}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You made pee-pee in said melonade.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{embarrassed affirmative The Cheat noise}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' And now he's on a tiny ice floe in the middle of the Arctic somehow.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{enthusiastic affirmative The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' I think we might be missing a couple key steps there.

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{shrugging}'' ''{uncertain The Cheat noises}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' Come on, man! This is like our best caper ever, and we don't even remember what we did!?

''{cut back to Homestar.  A black lump can be seen floating off to frame left.}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Okay. Bye, bloated sea lion carcass! ''{singsong}'' Thanks for stopping by! ''{cut to a medium shot}'' Marzipan, we've got to have them over more often.  They are a riot! ''{Homestar looks over his shoulder, annoyed}'' Hm! ''{He starts shaking his body erratically and grunting before taking out a satellite phone}'' Oh, That is it, satellite phone! You've poked me for the last time! ''{He tosses the phone into the ocean}'' You too, flare gun. ''{He takes out a flare gun and drops it into the ocean}''

''{cut back to Strong Bad and The Cheat, lying on the carpet}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' You're sure you don't remember like tricking Homestar into getting onto a cargo plane, ''{sketch of Homestar running towards a plane with a sign saying "Free Pile" appears over them}'' or maybe bribing some walruses, ''{sketch of The Cheat with feet giving money to three walruses appears and fade}'' or like experimenting with the folding of space-time? ''{sketch of a diagram of a black hole, The Cheat with [[Cool Shades|glasses]], and math equations}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{negative The Cheat response}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' So, the only thing we know for certain is that you made wee ''{a picture of a glass of melonade appears}'' in Homestar's melonade and now he's stuck ''{picture of a globe appears with a circle around it pointing to a tiny Homestar}'' on the other side of the globe of which we mysteriously have satellite coverage. ''{a satellite appears next to the globe}''

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{affirmative The Cheat noise}''

'''STRONG BAD:''' That's it, I'm taking you to the vet!

'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{leaps up, makes scared The Cheat noise}''

''{cut back to a medium shot of Homestar standing on the ice floe}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' All right.  At this point, I'm willing to admit that maybe, ''just maybe'', this ''{close-up of Homestar}'' isn't Marzipan's new patio. I should probably yell for help.

''{cut to a long shot}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Larry! ''{echo is heard}''

''{cut back to a close-up}'' 

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Larry sounds like the kind of guy that could help me out of this jam!

''{cut back to long shot}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' ''{voice breaking}'' Larry! ''{echo}''

''{cut back to close-up}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Homestar? ''{echo}''

''{cut to a medium shot.  Strong Sad is drifting in frame left, reading a book}''

'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, would you please keep it down? 

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, great! Strong Sad! You're a polar bear, right? 

''{close-up of Homestar}''

'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Use your frost breath to turn me into an ice cube, so future generations can thaw me out ''{cut back to a medium shot of the two of them}'' and marvel at my same length legs!

'''STRONG SAD:''' Boy, did I pick the wrong hemisphere to aimlessly drift through this year...

''{black card with an iceberg and the word "end." appears}''

==Easter Eggs==
*At the end, click on the period to see a scene with Strong Bad and The Cheat at Bubs' Concession Stand.
:''{The Cheat is on the counter of the stand, beside Bubs, while Strong Bad looks on. A sign is taped on the counter, reading, "BUBS A VET NOW! GET IT?"}''
:'''BUBS:''' ''{to Strong Bad}'' And I'm gonna need you to fill ''this'' up.
:''{He takes out a trash can, which has a fill line drawn on it and a "Grody Sample" label taped to it}''
:'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoa-ho-ho. Sorry, The Cheat.
:'''BUBS:''' ''{suddenly angry}'' I'm not looking at The Cheat!
:''{Strong Bad looks surprised}''

==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
*[[Wikipedia: Spacetime|Space-time]] is a mathematical model that combines space and time into a single entity.

===Remarks===
*When Homestar yells, his voice echoes, even though there is nothing for his voice to echo off of, unless there is some kind of a mountain range located behind the viewer.
*Homestar mentions a "bloated sea lion carcass" despite the fact that sea lions do not live in the Arctic Ocean.
*The Cheat bends his arms as if he had hands.
*The globe showing where Homestar is resembles more of the United States globe, rather than that of [[Free Country, USA]]. There also appears to be no Arctic on the previously shown globes of the Homestar Runner world.

===Goofs===
*In the black-and-white satellite footage, the ice sheet that Homestar is standing on has a colored outline.
*When Homestar yells for Larry the water sparkles extend over the horizon.
*The running time for this short is listed as 2:43 on the [[New Stuff]] menu, but 3:09 on the [[Toons#Shorts|Shorts]] menu.

===Inside References===
*The Cheat tainted Homestar's [[melonade]] by [[peeing]] in it.
*One of the people to whom Homestar called for help was [[Homestar Runner and Homestar Runner's relationship|himself]].

===Real-World References===
*The "Total Coincidence! Not Intentional!" title is referring to the cartoon's unfortunate timing; it was released the day after [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090207/ap_on_re_us/ice_floe_fishermen 134 people were rescued from a freeflowing sheet of ice] that broke off into [[Wikipedia:Lake Erie|Lake Erie]].

==External Links==
*[[HR:bestcaper.html|Watch "Best Caper Ever"]]
*[[HR:bestcaper.swf|View the Flash file for "Best Caper Ever"]]
*[[Forum:15095|forum thread re: "Best Caper Ever"]]

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