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[[Image:DangeresquePuppets.PNG|thumb|The Curly-Fried Caper!]]
[[Image:DangeresquePuppets.PNG|thumb|The Curly-Fried Caper!]]
Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too track down the guy who stole his curly fries that one time.
Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too track down the guy who stole his curly fries that one time.
'''Cast (in order of appearance):'''
'''Cast (in order of appearance):'''
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*{{Film|Strong Bad}} as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]  
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*{{Film|Puppet Strong Bad}} as [[Dangeresque (character)|Dangeresque]]  
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*{{Film|Homestar Runner}} as [[Dangeresque Too]]  
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*{{Film|Puppet Homestar}} as [[Dangeresque Too]]  
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*{{Film|The Cheat}} as [[Szechuan Steve]]
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*{{Film|Puppet The Cheat}} as [[Szechuan Steve]]
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*[[Shark Tooth Bubs]] as an unnamed bad guy (possibly [[Baron Darin Diamonocle]])
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*{{Film|Shark-Tooth Bubs}} as an unnamed bad guy (possibly [[Baron Darin Diamonocle]])
'''Places:''' A dark office, outside of a warehouse
'''Places:''' A dark office, outside of a warehouse
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==Transcript==
==Transcript==
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''{Close-up of a mug reading "THE WORLD'S BEST CROOKED COP", written in marker pen on tape. Longer shot of Puppet Strong Bad (as Dangeresque) sitting in a darkened office, slurping noisily out of the mug while it's still sitting on the table. Strong Bad pushes the mug aside.}''
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''{Close-up of a mug reading "THE WORLD'S BEST CROOKED COP", written in marker pen on tape. Longer shot of Puppet Strong Bad (as Dangeresque) sitting in a darkened office, slurping noisily out of the mug while it's still sitting on the table. Dangeresque pushes the mug aside.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Ahh, I just drank that.
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' Ahh, I just drank that.
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''{Shot of Puppet Homestar Runner (as Dangeresque Too) carrying an envelope. The envelope reads "FOR YOUR COOL [[Cool Shades|COOL GLASSES]] ONLY Your pal, Dangeresque Too". The envelope is dropped on the table in front of Strong Bad.}''
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''{Shot of Puppet Homestar Runner (as Dangeresque Too) carrying an envelope. The envelope reads "FOR YOUR COOL [[Cool Shades|COOL GLASSES]] ONLY Your pal, Dangeresque Too". The envelope is dropped on the table in front of Dangeresque.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' What's this?
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' What's this?
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Guess who just busted out of jail.
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'''DANGERESQUE TOO:''' Guess who just busted out of jail.
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{pulls a sheet of paper out of the envelope with a WANTED poster showing The Cheat, with the name "Szechuan Steve" written underneath.}'' Szechuan Steve?! The criminal mastermind behind stealing my curly fries one time? Let's go!
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' ''{pulls a sheet of paper out of the envelope with a WANTED poster showing The Cheat, with the name "Szechuan Steve" written underneath.}'' Szechuan Steve?! The criminal mastermind behind stealing my curly fries one time? Let's go!
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''{Strong Bad grabs his nunchuk gun. Shot of the two running along the top of a building. As their figurine stunt doubles jump over the edge, the shot freezes, and the titles come up on the screen, with a voice-over reading them out.}''
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''{Dangeresque grabs his nunchuk gun. Cut to a shot of the two running along the top of a building. As their figurine stunt doubles jump over the edge, the shot freezes, and the titles come up on the screen, with a voice-over reading them out.}''
'''VOICE OVER:''' Dangeresque: Puppet Squad — The Curly Fried Caper!
'''VOICE OVER:''' Dangeresque: Puppet Squad — The Curly Fried Caper!
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''{Panning shot of an abandoned warehouse. Strong Bad and Homestar arrive.}''
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''{Panning shot of an abandoned warehouse. Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too arrive.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Broken windows! This ''must'' be the ''place''!
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' Broken windows! This ''must'' be the ''place''!
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' These mean streets are tough. I'll handle the dumpsters, YOU take the piles of cardboard boxes.
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'''DANGERESQUE TOO:''' These mean streets are tough. I'll handle the dumpsters. ''You'' take the piles of cardboard boxes.
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'''BOTH:''' Break!
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'''DANGERESQUE & DANGERESQUE TOO:''' Break!
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''{They run off in opposite directions. Alternate shots of Strong Bad savaging some cardboard boxes, and Homestar (and his stunt double) running and jumping over some dumpsters.}''
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''{They run off in opposite directions. Alternate shots of Dangeresque savaging some cardboard boxes, and Dangeresque Too, both as a puppet and figurine, running and jumping over some dumpsters.}''
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Ooh! Hut! Waaaa! Oof!
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'''DANGERESQUE TOO:''' Ooh! Hut! Waaaa! Oof!
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Blargh! Wroa! Yaaa!
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' Blargh! Wroa! Yaaa!
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hut! Whoa! Oof!
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'''DANGERESQUE TOO:''' Hut! Whoa! Oof!
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Hitting the boxes with his nunchuck gun}'' Stupid - cardboard - boxes! I hate you! Stupid - cardboard -boxes!
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' ''{Hitting the boxes with his nunchuck gun}'' Stupid - cardboard - boxes! I hate you! Stupid - cardboard -boxes!
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''{Strong Bad and Homestar come back together again}''
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''{Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too regroup.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' There he is!
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' There he is!
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Gasp!
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'''DANGERESQUE TOO:''' Gasp!
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''{Shot of Puppet The Cheat (as Szechuan Steve), apparently wearing a Chinese food box as a hat, standing on the roof holding a cardboard tray of curly fries.}''
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''{Cut to a shot of Puppet The Cheat (as Szechuan Steve), apparently wearing a Chinese food box as a hat, standing on the roof holding a cardboard tray of curly fries.}''
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{menacing The Cheat noises}''
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'''SZECHUAN STEVE:''' ''{menacing The Cheat noises}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Hand over the curly fries, Szechuan Steve!
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' Hand over the curly fries, Szechuan Steve!
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{More The Cheat noises. Drops the fries over the edge of the building.}''
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'''SZECHUAN STEVE:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''  
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{In low-pitched, pretend-slow-motion voice}'' Nooooooo!
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''{Szechuan Steve drops the fries over the edge of the building.}''
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''{Slow-motion shot of the curly fries and tray falling to the ground. Or rather, a shot of the curly fries being lowered slowly on strings. Strong Bad catches the tray, then catches all of the curly fries in the tray.}''
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' ''{In low-pitched, pretend-slow-motion voice}'' Nooooooo!
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh, I got you guys!
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''{Cut to the curly fries and tray falling to the ground in false slow motion, as they are lowered slowly on clearly visible strings. Dangeresque Bad catches the tray, then collects all of the curly fries in the tray.}''
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' Oh, I got you guys!
''{A vibraslap sound plays.}''
''{A vibraslap sound plays.}''
   
   
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Nice catch, D-man! I'll handle Szechuan Steeeeeeeve!
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'''DANGERESQUE TOO:''' Nice catch, D-man! I'll handle Szechuan Steeeeeeeve!
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''{Homestar jumps to the top of the building and kicks The Cheat to the ground.}''
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''{Dangeresque Too jumps to the top of the building and kicks Szechuan Steve to the ground.}''
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'''STRONG BAD:''' Well, Dangeresque Too, looks like we finally caught the guy responsible for one time stealing my curly fries!
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'''DANGERESQUE:''' Well, Dangeresque Too, looks like we finally caught the guy responsible for one time stealing my curly fries!
''{Long shot of Strong Bad, Homestar and The Cheat's action-figure stunt doubles. Pan right, to see Shark-Tooth Bubs with a mustache and wearing a white hat watching the scene.}''
''{Long shot of Strong Bad, Homestar and The Cheat's action-figure stunt doubles. Pan right, to see Shark-Tooth Bubs with a mustache and wearing a white hat watching the scene.}''
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==Fun Facts==
==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
===Explanations===
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*Character figures are used in stunts and long-range shots for both puppets, as otherwise the shots would reveal their human controllers. In particular, the Homestar puppet does not have any legs, thus requiring the use of a stand-in.
 
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**Strong Bad's stunt double, The Cheat in the final scene, and Homestar's standing-still stunt double are Set One [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|character figurines]], while Homestar's running stunt double is a Set Two character figurine. The figurines appear to been removed from the base to which they originally came attached.
 
*Szechuan Steve is named for [[wikipedia:Szechuan cuisine|Szechuan cuisine]], which may explain why he's wearing a Chinese take-out container on his head. Szechuan cuisine in turn takes its name from [[wikipedia:Sichuan|Sichuan]] (formerly romanized as "Szechuan"), a province in China.
*Szechuan Steve is named for [[wikipedia:Szechuan cuisine|Szechuan cuisine]], which may explain why he's wearing a Chinese take-out container on his head. Szechuan cuisine in turn takes its name from [[wikipedia:Sichuan|Sichuan]] (formerly romanized as "Szechuan"), a province in China.
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===Trivia===
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[[File:HR-DPS-Dumpster.png|thumb|Wastin' that management.]]
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*Character figures and plushies are used in stunts and long-range shots for both puppets, as otherwise the shots would reveal their human controllers. In particular, the Homestar puppet does not have any legs, thus requiring the use of a stand-in.
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**Strong Bad's stunt double and Homestar's standing-still stunt double are custom-made plushies, while The Cheat in the final scene and Homestar's running stunt double are [[Store Toys#Collectible Figurines|character figurines]]; The Cheat's double is from Set One, while Homestar's is from Set Two. The figurines appear to have been removed from the base to which they originally came attached.
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*The left-most dumpster is one from [[wikipedia:Waste Management, Inc|Waste Management, Inc.]]
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*This is the only standalone toon from the Puppet Stuff category to be on its own page instead of being in a bubble on the TV Time Toons menu.
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*This video is titled "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad - The Curly Fried Caper" on [[YouTube]].
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*The YouTube description for this video is "Never mess with another crooked cop's curly fries!"
=== Goofs ===
=== Goofs ===
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=== Fixed Goofs ===
=== Fixed Goofs ===
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*The pop-up used to make the [[Main Pages]] and the [[TV Time Toons Menu]] they were loaded on go at 24fps to match the Flash file used for this Puppet Stuff on the Main Pages. This especially would make audio out-of sync. This was fixed by placing a different background behind the toon while it was playing.
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*Originally, this puppet stuff was a pop-up (in this context, a Flash file displayed within another). Since the pop-up itself ran at [[Higher Frames Per Second|24fps]], it promoted the [[Main Pages]] and the [[TV Time Toons Menu]] to 24fps. Most<!--See comment below--> of the audio for said pages would be out-of-sync due to the promoted frame rate.<!--
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**Ironically, this made the [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]] go at its usual frame rate of 24fps, as the TV Time Toons Menu slows it down to 12fps.
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**Both of these were fixed by making the Flash its own page. However, this seems to be a hasty fix, as other Puppet Stuff that loads onto the Main Pages and the TV Time Toons Menu have never caused this. The previous Puppet Stuff, [[Marshie vs. Little Girl]], had and has no such problem.
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REMEMBER: With sound in Flash there is an Event, which in this case plays a sound when specified, and Stream, which plays a sound file for a certain range of frames. The audio played in a stream is not sped up and whatnot to compensate for anything, it plays at its native speed.
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**The initial "fix" was done by masking the rest of the content behind the pop-up with a background to conceal the visual effects of the goof (i.e., [[Main Page 14]]'s continual dripping sound would still be heard more frequently than usual).<!--Is that what really happened? Background mask before moving the puppet stuff to it's own page?-->
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**Ironically and inversely, this made [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]'s preview on the TV Time Toons Menu go at its native frame rate of 24fps, whereas it would normally be slowed down to 12fps.
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**The final fix was giving the puppet stuff its own page. However, this seems to be a hasty fix, as other Puppet Stuff, which are pop-ups, have never affected the frame rates of other pages as described. The previous Puppet Stuff, [[Marshie vs. Little Girl]], had and has no such problem.
*The Toons menu used to say this toon was made in 2007.
*The Toons menu used to say this toon was made in 2007.
===Inside References===
===Inside References===
*The theme music used for this toon was originally from the email [[rough copy]].
*The theme music used for this toon was originally from the email [[rough copy]].
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**Also, the music used for Strong Bad and Homestar's "fight" with the dumpsters and [[cardboard boxes]] was originally used in [[more armies]]
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**Also, the music used for Strong Bad and Homestar's "fight" with the dumpsters and [[cardboard boxes]] was originally used in [[more armies]].
*This is another instance of [[Kicking The Cheat]].
*This is another instance of [[Kicking The Cheat]].
*The parking lot where most of the action takes place appears to be the same one used in [[Baddest Of The Bands Promo Spot]].
*The parking lot where most of the action takes place appears to be the same one used in [[Baddest Of The Bands Promo Spot]].
*The drawing of Szechuan Steve's Chinese take-out container has [[Trogdor]] on it.
*The drawing of Szechuan Steve's Chinese take-out container has [[Trogdor]] on it.
*The noise of the traffic and honking right after the intro comes from [[Senorial Day]].
*The noise of the traffic and honking right after the intro comes from [[Senorial Day]].
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*The curly fries in this video are [[Real-Live Foods|live-action food]].
===Fast Forward===
===Fast Forward===
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* The remix of the Dangeresque theme played when Strong Bad and Homestar arrive at the warehouse is used as background music for [[Club Technochocolate|the Old Club]] in [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]].
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*The remix of the Dangeresque theme played when Strong Bad and Homestar arrive at the warehouse is used as background music for [[Club Technochocolate|the Old Club]] in [[Dangeresque 3: The Criminal Projective]].
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* The music at the beginning would later be used in [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]].
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*The music at the beginning would later be used in [[Dangeresque Roomisode 1: Behind the Dangerdesque]].
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* The traffic sounds would later be used again in [[hremail3184]] after [[Senor Cardgage]] rejects helping Strong Bad come out of e-tirement.
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*The traffic sounds would go on to be associated with [[Senor Cardgage]].
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*Another Dangeresque: Puppet Squad toon, [[Decemberween Dangeresque]], would be released over nine years later.
==External Links==
==External Links==
*[[HR:dangeresquePS1.html|watch "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad"]]
*[[HR:dangeresquePS1.html|watch "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad"]]
*[[HR:dangeresquePS1.swf|view the Flash file for "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad"]]
*[[HR:dangeresquePS1.swf|view the Flash file for "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad"]]
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*[[youtube:LPwVLK4IS98|watch "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad"]]
*[[Forum:14862|forum thread re: "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad"]]
*[[Forum:14862|forum thread re: "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad"]]

Revision as of 11:32, 9 April 2018

Toon Category: Puppet Stuff
watch Marshie vs. Little Girl Decemberween Dangeresque
The Curly-Fried Caper!

Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too track down the guy who stole his curly fries that one time.

Cast (in order of appearance):

Places: A dark office, outside of a warehouse

Date: Monday, November 10, 2008

Running Time: 2:12 official, 2:10 actual

Page Title: Puppets on Patrol!

DVD: SBCG4AP Collector's DVD

Contents

Transcript

{Close-up of a mug reading "THE WORLD'S BEST CROOKED COP", written in marker pen on tape. Longer shot of Puppet Strong Bad (as Dangeresque) sitting in a darkened office, slurping noisily out of the mug while it's still sitting on the table. Dangeresque pushes the mug aside.}

DANGERESQUE: Ahh, I just drank that.

{Shot of Puppet Homestar Runner (as Dangeresque Too) carrying an envelope. The envelope reads "FOR YOUR COOL COOL GLASSES ONLY Your pal, Dangeresque Too". The envelope is dropped on the table in front of Dangeresque.}

DANGERESQUE: What's this?

DANGERESQUE TOO: Guess who just busted out of jail.

DANGERESQUE: {pulls a sheet of paper out of the envelope with a WANTED poster showing The Cheat, with the name "Szechuan Steve" written underneath.} Szechuan Steve?! The criminal mastermind behind stealing my curly fries one time? Let's go!

{Dangeresque grabs his nunchuk gun. Cut to a shot of the two running along the top of a building. As their figurine stunt doubles jump over the edge, the shot freezes, and the titles come up on the screen, with a voice-over reading them out.}

VOICE OVER: Dangeresque: Puppet Squad — The Curly Fried Caper!

{Panning shot of an abandoned warehouse. Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too arrive.}

DANGERESQUE: Broken windows! This must be the place!

DANGERESQUE TOO: These mean streets are tough. I'll handle the dumpsters. You take the piles of cardboard boxes.

DANGERESQUE & DANGERESQUE TOO: Break!

{They run off in opposite directions. Alternate shots of Dangeresque savaging some cardboard boxes, and Dangeresque Too, both as a puppet and figurine, running and jumping over some dumpsters.}

DANGERESQUE TOO: Ooh! Hut! Waaaa! Oof!

DANGERESQUE: Blargh! Wroa! Yaaa!

DANGERESQUE TOO: Hut! Whoa! Oof!

DANGERESQUE: {Hitting the boxes with his nunchuck gun} Stupid - cardboard - boxes! I hate you! Stupid - cardboard -boxes!

{Dangeresque and Dangeresque Too regroup.}

DANGERESQUE: There he is!

DANGERESQUE TOO: Gasp!

{Cut to a shot of Puppet The Cheat (as Szechuan Steve), apparently wearing a Chinese food box as a hat, standing on the roof holding a cardboard tray of curly fries.}

SZECHUAN STEVE: {menacing The Cheat noises}

DANGERESQUE: Hand over the curly fries, Szechuan Steve!

SZECHUAN STEVE: {The Cheat noises}

{Szechuan Steve drops the fries over the edge of the building.}

DANGERESQUE: {In low-pitched, pretend-slow-motion voice} Nooooooo!

{Cut to the curly fries and tray falling to the ground in false slow motion, as they are lowered slowly on clearly visible strings. Dangeresque Bad catches the tray, then collects all of the curly fries in the tray.}

DANGERESQUE: Oh, I got you guys!

{A vibraslap sound plays.}

DANGERESQUE TOO: Nice catch, D-man! I'll handle Szechuan Steeeeeeeve!

{Dangeresque Too jumps to the top of the building and kicks Szechuan Steve to the ground.}

DANGERESQUE: Well, Dangeresque Too, looks like we finally caught the guy responsible for one time stealing my curly fries!

{Long shot of Strong Bad, Homestar and The Cheat's action-figure stunt doubles. Pan right, to see Shark-Tooth Bubs with a mustache and wearing a white hat watching the scene.}

SHARK-TOOTH BUBS: Or did you?

{A dramatic riff plays as the camera zooms in on Shark-Tooth Bubs, eventually fading into a higher-contrast shot. An "Again" link appears, along with "Dangeresque is coming soon to WiiWare and PC! click to find out more", which links to the Telltale Games website}

Fun Facts

Explanations

  • Szechuan Steve is named for Szechuan cuisine, which may explain why he's wearing a Chinese take-out container on his head. Szechuan cuisine in turn takes its name from Sichuan (formerly romanized as "Szechuan"), a province in China.

Trivia

Wastin' that management.
  • Character figures and plushies are used in stunts and long-range shots for both puppets, as otherwise the shots would reveal their human controllers. In particular, the Homestar puppet does not have any legs, thus requiring the use of a stand-in.
    • Strong Bad's stunt double and Homestar's standing-still stunt double are custom-made plushies, while The Cheat in the final scene and Homestar's running stunt double are character figurines; The Cheat's double is from Set One, while Homestar's is from Set Two. The figurines appear to have been removed from the base to which they originally came attached.
  • The left-most dumpster is one from Waste Management, Inc.
  • This is the only standalone toon from the Puppet Stuff category to be on its own page instead of being in a bubble on the TV Time Toons menu.
  • This video is titled "Dangeresque: Puppet Squad - The Curly Fried Caper" on YouTube.
  • The YouTube description for this video is "Never mess with another crooked cop's curly fries!"

Goofs

  • In the second jump Homestar starts out turning clockwise while airborne, but is turning counter-clockwise during the close-up.

Fixed Goofs

  • Originally, this puppet stuff was a pop-up (in this context, a Flash file displayed within another). Since the pop-up itself ran at 24fps, it promoted the Main Pages and the TV Time Toons Menu to 24fps. Most of the audio for said pages would be out-of-sync due to the promoted frame rate.
    • The initial "fix" was done by masking the rest of the content behind the pop-up with a background to conceal the visual effects of the goof (i.e., Main Page 14's continual dripping sound would still be heard more frequently than usual).
    • Ironically and inversely, this made SBCG4AP Advertisement's preview on the TV Time Toons Menu go at its native frame rate of 24fps, whereas it would normally be slowed down to 12fps.
    • The final fix was giving the puppet stuff its own page. However, this seems to be a hasty fix, as other Puppet Stuff, which are pop-ups, have never affected the frame rates of other pages as described. The previous Puppet Stuff, Marshie vs. Little Girl, had and has no such problem.
  • The Toons menu used to say this toon was made in 2007.

Inside References

Fast Forward

External Links

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