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- | [[Image:Shotgunned menu.png|thumb|250px|"What kinda shady Bubs business you running here anyways | + | [[Image:Shotgunned menu.png|thumb|250px|"What kinda shady Bubs business you running here anyways?"]] |
- | + | <blockquote> '''''Strong Bad:''' You're a shady, shady character Bubs.''<br> | |
- | <blockquote>''' | + | '''''Bubs:''' It's cool in the shade! </blockquote>''[[Bubs]] has been known to engage in all forms of '''shady, crooked, and sometimes downright illegal business practices''', from simple overpricing to trading in stolen organs. |
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- | [[Bubs]] has been known to engage in all forms of '''shady, crooked, and sometimes downright illegal business practices''', from simple overpricing to trading in stolen organs. | + | |
==Bait and Switch== | ==Bait and Switch== | ||
- | + | *Email [[theme park]] — Bubs tells Pom Pom that he can only win prizes if he gets the rings '''inside''' the [[Xtra Cold Ones]] bottle after Pom Pom flawlessly threw three rings over it. | |
- | *Email [[theme park]] | + | *Email [[different town]] — Strong Bad imagines that Bubs would use ''imitation'' chocolate for his [[Bubs's Flamethrowers|flamethrowers]] that shoot chocolate hundred-dollar bills. |
- | *[[ | + | *Email [[looking old]] — A sign at the stand says "<s>1</s>0% OFF ALL iTems!" |
- | *Email [[looking old]] | + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]] — Bubs offers 10% off at the concession stand and immediately follows it with the disclaimer "discount will not be honored". |
- | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 15.2]] | + | *[[Most in the Graveyard]] — Bubs admires his great-great-grandpappy's cousin Harold who "discovered the bait and switch". |
- | *[[Most in the Graveyard]] | + | *[[Donut Unto Others]] — Bubs claims his doughnuts fight cavities and clean teeth before quickly adding "The American Dental Association does not approve the preceding statement." |
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+ | ==Copyright Infringement== | ||
+ | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Bubs hints that his black market sells pirated DVDs. | ||
==Counterfeiting== | ==Counterfeiting== | ||
- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] | + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Bubs implies that his black market sells fake IDs. |
==Debt Evasion== | ==Debt Evasion== | ||
- | *Email [[lackey]] | + | *Email [[lackey]] — Bubs slams the shutters when Strong Bad with [[Doreauxgard]] pretends to be from the collection agency. |
==Defective and Substandard Goods== | ==Defective and Substandard Goods== | ||
- | *Email [[12:00]] | + | *Email [[12:00]] — Bubs, hired to make the clock on Strong Bad's VCR work, instead [[duct tape]]s an alarm clock to the top (after first attempting to duct tape The Cheat to it). |
- | *[[King of | + | *[[King of Town Email]] — According to the page title Bubs sold the broken Tandy 400 to The King of Town for $900. |
- | * | + | *[[Homestar Presents: Presents]] — Bubs has a rusty steak knife in his box of 'aught four [[crap]]. |
- | *Email [[virus]] | + | *Email [[virus]] — Bubs puts the "slightly shotgunned" and "like used" [[Compy 386]] up for sale. |
- | + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Bubs sells Strong Bad a defective Strong Bad miniature. | |
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==Embezzlement== | ==Embezzlement== | ||
- | *[[Strong Sad's Lament]] | + | *[[Strong Sad's Lament]] — Bubs's new year resolution is to stop embezzling money from himself. |
- | *[[Ever and More]] | + | *[[Ever and More!]] — [[Homestar]] asks Bubs to talk about "shiny new ways to misappropriate funds". Bubs then proceeds to describe buying a [[WetSki|Jet Ski]] with the [[Broternal Order of Different Helmets]]'s money, crashed and broke his shin, and began spending $50 a tube on [[BUBRUB!|rubbing ointment]]. |
- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] | + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Bubs says that [[Blatant lies|he is definitely not embezzling thousands of dollars]] from [[Club Technochocolate]]. |
- | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] | + | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] — Bubs casually mutters that he's skimming 10% of the profits of the battle of the bands behind Strong Bad's back. |
==Evidence Tampering== | ==Evidence Tampering== | ||
- | *[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] | + | *[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — When Homestar approaches, Bubs is burning an envelope labeled "Exhibit A" and later tries to sell him a pancreas contained in a box labeled "Exhibit B". |
- | *[[ | + | *Email [[buried]] — Bubs buries "in'''toxic'''atingly good" waste in [[Strong Badia]] and has apparently buried "a fella named Rich" in the past. |
- | + | *[[DNA Evidence]] — Bubs sells Marzipan's DNA evidence to Strong Bad in a snow cone, and returns to her a test tube labeled "tampered with". | |
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==False Advertising== | ==False Advertising== | ||
- | + | *[[Broken Compy menu]] — Bubs sells the shotgunned [[Compy 386]] to Homestar saying it's a low-priced automobile. | |
- | *[[Broken Compy | + | *Email [[technology]] — Bubs sells "wireless extension cords" and stresses that they're "[[Allegedly Real Things|existent]]". |
- | *Email [[technology]] | + | *[[Happy Hallow-day]] — Bubs advertises black spray-paint as spray-on Halloween night, sunglasses as Halloween night-vision goggles and "Hollerin' Jimmy's Hovercraft Kit" as a "Halloween Night hovercraft kit". |
- | *[[Happy Hallow-day]] | + | *Email [[the chair]] — Bubs tries to sell a box of chicken beaks and a Winger album as chairs. |
- | *Email [[the chair]] | + | *[[Quality time]] — Bubs sell Marzipan [[eggs]] as "organic batteries". |
- | + | *[[Donut Unto Others]] — Bubs lies about the teeth-cleaning and cavity-fighting abilities of his donuts. He also says that he has them made in a third world country named "Homemáde" so he can legally print "from homemade" on the package. | |
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==Fraud== | ==Fraud== | ||
- | *[[Donut Unto Others]] | + | *[[Donut Unto Others]] — Bubs has apparently sold Homestar "[[Questionable Services|questionable medical coverage]]". |
==Hacking== | ==Hacking== | ||
- | *[[8-Bit is Enough]] | + | *[[8-Bit is Enough]] — Bubs bypasses the region locking on Strong Bad's [[TROGDOR!]] arcade machine. |
==Harmful Goods== | ==Harmful Goods== | ||
- | *[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] | + | *[[The Best Decemberween Ever]] — Bubs has a Strong Sad voodoo doll on sale, which even Homestar questions. |
- | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]] | + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 7.0]] — Bubs has a tainted candy sellback day on Friday. |
- | + | *Email [[the chair]] — The chairs that he sells Strong Bad and Strong Sad end up leaving them unable to "feel [their] parts". | |
- | *Email [[the chair]] | + | *Email [[licensed]] — Homestar discovers that the piñatas that Bubs sells are full of broken glass after getting a face-full of it, and the Strong Bad ferret [[ointment]] causes [[The Cheat]] to inflate like a balloon. |
- | + | *[[DNA Evidence]] — Bubs sells the [[DNA Evidence (running gag)|DNA evidence]] to Strong Bad in a snow cone. | |
- | *Email [[licensed]] | + | *[[The Baloneyman]] — Bubs implies that the baloney sandwiches that he has been selling had expired mayonnaise. |
- | *[[The Baloneyman]] | + | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Bubs gives chocolate covered packing peanuts in exchange for coupons. |
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==Health Code Violations== | ==Health Code Violations== | ||
- | *Email [[no loafing]] | + | *Email [[no loafing]] — The lunch specials that Bubs sells are already eaten. |
- | + | *[[One Two, One Two]] — Bubs makes sausages with a tennis ball and a box of [[General Tso's Chicken]] (including the box). | |
- | *[[One Two, One Two]] | + | *[[The Baloneyman]] — Bubs sells a sandwich with a bite taken out of it to an oblivious Homestar. |
- | *[[The Baloneyman]] | + | *[[Donut Unto Others]] — Bubs hides and pretends to be closed when the health inspector arrives. |
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==Human Trafficking== | ==Human Trafficking== | ||
- | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] | + | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] — Bubs says that he accepts first-born children as payment. |
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==Information Mining and Spamming== | ==Information Mining and Spamming== | ||
- | *Email [[unused emails]] | + | *Email [[unused emails]] — Bubs buys 5000 email addresses at $0.25 apiece from Strong Bad ($1250 total) to use in his weekly spamvertisments. |
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==Invasion of Privacy== | ==Invasion of Privacy== | ||
- | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] | + | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Bubs casually tells Strong Bad that he reads all his emails. |
- | == | + | ==Ivory Trade== |
- | *[[ | + | *[[Homestar Ruiner]] — Strong Bad says the last time he tried to navigate Bubs' Tele-stand he ended up with a crate of rhino horns. |
- | ==Loan | + | ==Loan sharking== |
- | *Email [[other days]] | + | *Email [[other days]] — Bubs threatens to turn Strong Bad over to a "cut off your toes"-style collections agency if he doesn't pay up. |
==Mistreatment of Employees== | ==Mistreatment of Employees== | ||
- | *Email [[part-time job]] | + | *Email [[part-time job]] — Strong Bad mentions that Bubs made him pay for his mascot costume. |
- | *[[On Break]] | + | *[[On Break]] — Bubs only gives one smoking, pee, coffee, and maternity leave break each per day. He also doesn't allow Pom Pom to take breaks as he is not in the union. |
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==Operating Without a Valid License== | ==Operating Without a Valid License== | ||
- | *[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] | + | *[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — Bubs claims to be a doctor despite his "doctor" card clearly being only for VCR repairs and fashion consultation. |
- | *[[Senorial Day]] | + | *[[Senorial Day]] — Bubs's entrepreneur license has SUSPENDED stamped across it. |
- | *Email [[licensed]] | + | *Email [[licensed]] — Bubs sells ''unlicensed'' unlicensed Strong Bad merchandise. |
- | *[[The Baloneyman]] | + | *[[The Baloneyman]] — Bubs mentions that he has an expired tag and expired license. |
- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] | + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Bubs hints that his black market sells unlicensed merchandise. |
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==Organ Trafficking== | ==Organ Trafficking== | ||
- | *[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] | + | *[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — Bubs offers to sell [[Homestar]] a spare pancreas. |
- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] | + | *[[DNA evidence]] — Bubs tells Marzipan that analyzing the DNA evidence will cost her an arm and a leg. |
- | + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Bubs operates a black market out behind [[Concessionstantinople]] dealing in organs along with other illegal items. | |
==Overpricing== | ==Overpricing== | ||
- | *[[King of | + | *[[King of Town Email]] — According to the page title Bubs sold the broken [[Tandy 400]] to [[The King of Town]] for $900. |
- | *Email [[local news]] | + | *Email [[local news]] — A sign at the stand says "Wait in Line: $5". |
- | *Email [[pom pom]] | + | *Email [[pom pom]] — Bubs charges Strong Bad $5 for a "face mashing" and $10 for a "severe pummeling" from Pom Pom. |
- | *Email [[part-time job]] | + | *Email [[part-time job]] — Bubs attempts to charge Coach Z and Pom Pom $50 then $60 for a picture with the Tragic clown dog. |
- | + | *Email [[secret identity]] — Bubs charges Strong Bad (as Mr. Tip Tappers) $900 for a room. Also Bubs's guestbook notes that he accepted double payment from [[Secret identities#other characters|Mr. Dee Williams]] (Homestar). | |
- | *Email [[secret identity]] | + | *Email [[myths & legends]] — Bubs demands an extra $20 from [[Strong Bad]] after he comments that the [[Bear Holding a Shark]] ice cream he bought looks more like Morgan Freeman. |
- | *Email [[myths & legends]] | + | *Email [[nightlife]] — Bubs sells Strong Bad a eyedropper-full amount of "Pink Elephant Pants" for $17.50, which is apparently less than he usually charges. |
- | *Email [[nightlife]] | + | *[[The Baloneyman]] — Bubs attempt to sell [[Coach Z]] a napkin for $32. |
- | *[[The Baloneyman]] | + | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] — Bubs charges Strong Bad "one big sack of cash" for repairs to the Fun-machine and after the repair job, Strong Bad complains that "Bubs totally ripped (him) off, man! Like, more than usual." |
- | *[[Baddest of the Bands]] | + | *[[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 16.2]] — Bubs claims that the late fee for a [[IMDb:tt0103184|V.I. Warshawski]] DVD is $3 because it still counts as a new release. |
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==Smuggling== | ==Smuggling== | ||
- | *[[SBCG4AP Tutorial]] | + | *[[SBCG4AP Tutorial]] — When Strong Bad comments that Bubs has gotten fat, he replies that he hasn't and is in fact just smuggling cantaloupes past the border under his shirt. |
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==Stolen Goods== | ==Stolen Goods== | ||
- | *[[Cool Things]] | + | *[[Cool Things]] — Bubs claims that he's closed and only gives Homestar the paint and shades when he asks Bubs to steal them for him, asserting that he never passes up a chance to stick it to the man. |
- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] | + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Bubs's black market trades in organs of questionable origin and illegally obtained cultural artifacts. He trades Strong Sad's stolen Pretendix for an illegally excavated piece of pottery to Strong Bad. |
- | *[[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)|Where My Hat Is At?]] | + | *[[Where My Hat Is At? (toon)|Where My Hat Is At?]] — Bubs has Marzipan's hair on sale as a "wig" which he unabashedly says is stolen. |
==Weapons Dealing== | ==Weapons Dealing== | ||
- | *Email [[different town]] | + | *Email [[different town]] — Strong Bad imagines that Bubs would give away [[Bubs's Flamethrowers|flamethrowers]] that shoot (imitation) chocolate hundred-dollar bills. |
- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] | + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Bubs operates a black market out behind [[Concessionstantinople]] dealing in weapons, like bazooka flamethrowers that throw throwing stars, along with other illegal items. |
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==Generic Mentions of Shadiness== | ==Generic Mentions of Shadiness== | ||
- | + | *[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] — Homestar asks if Bubs is an unethical quack, to which he responds "the most quackinest." | |
- | *[[Bug In Mouth Disease]] | + | *[[Broken Compy Menu]] — Homestar asks, "What kinda shady Bubs business you running here anyways?" |
- | *[[Happy Fireworks]] | + | *[[Happy Fireworks]] — Bubs complains about how long the setup for the fireworks is taking, saying "I got peoples to rip off!" |
- | *Email [[isp]] | + | *Email [[isp]] — When Strong Bad confronts him with "throttling [Strong Bad] down", Bubs responds that throttling down is not one of the 99 ways he rips Strong Bad off. |
- | *Email [[licensed]] | + | *Email [[licensed]] — Bubs says that the stuff that he sells in the Concession Stand is of worse quality than his shady bootleg operation. |
- | + | *[[Play Date]] — Bubs briefly spends time in federal prison for unexplained reasons. | |
- | *[[Play Date]] | + | *[[The Baloneyman]] — At the end, Homestar says farewell to the "[["Man" Pronounced as "M'n"|baloneym'n]]", adding "may your warbly theme song serve as a reminder that you probably have a really sketchy past." |
- | *[[The Baloneyman]] | + | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] — Strong Bad says that Bubs is a "shady, shady character", to which Bubs responds that it's cool in the shade. |
- | + | *[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] — Bubs describes his wallet as the one that says "bad business practices". | |
- | *[[Strong Badia the Free]] | + | |
- | *[[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]] | + | |
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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*[[Crimes Committed by Strong Bad]] | *[[Crimes Committed by Strong Bad]] | ||
*[[Crime and Punishment]] | *[[Crime and Punishment]] | ||
+ | *[[Coach Z's Problems]] | ||
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[[Category:Lists]] | [[Category:Lists]] | ||
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