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[[Image:email processing room.png|thumb|right|220px|Print. Chew. Crumple. Repeat!]]
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The '''Email Processing Room''' is the nexus of all [[Strong Bad]]'s email processing. It used to be linked from an auto-reply sent up to the [[Compy 386]] era, but now it can only be accessed from the official site through the animated GIF of a mouse on [[Strong Bad's Website]].  
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}
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This place exists in one Easter Egg, and nowhere else.  It is definitely not a part of the normal Homestar Runner world, but it is clever enough and amusing enough to be listed here.
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'''Running Time:''' 0:14
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It is the nexus of all e-mail processing.  It is linked to through [http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/ Strong Bad's website] (from Email 51). Just look for an animated GIF of a mouse.  The Cheat types on an old computer.  Strong Mad receives email printouts, puts on his reading glasses, reads them carefully, chews them up, spits them into a cylinder, and sends them via pneumatic tube to Strong Bad. Strong Bad laughs at them and rips them into tiny pieces. This cycle repeats
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'''Page Title:''' MEN AT WORK
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Behind Strong Mad can be seen a poster reading "GET BACK TO WORK!" On the wall hang three signs that say, "PRIDE, DETAIL," and "ETHICS."  They originally linked to 'The Rumor.' If you try the links, you will be referred to 'The Rumor's' new address at http://www.dumpyusa.com/rumorintro.htm.  This is of particular interest, because The Brothers Chaps refer to linking in the FAQ section of their contact information:
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==Processing Details==
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  Q:  Will you put up a banner or link to my site?
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[[The Cheat]] types on an old computer (likely an [[Apple IIe|Apple II]]) and prints out a potential email candidate. [[Strong Mad]] grabs the printout, puts on reading glasses, and reads the email briefly. He then chews up the paper, spits it into a cylinder, and sends it via {{w|pneumatic tube}} to Strong Bad. Strong Bad takes the paper from the tube and reads it. He then laughs at the paper and rips it into tiny pieces, and the cycle repeats.
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  A:  Our policy  has always been absolutley no advertising.
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      That includes banners, pop-ups, and even links to other sites.
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==Easter Eggs==
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This is, therefore, an interesting and inexplicable exception to that rule. Perhaps TBC forgot about this page when they wrote the FAQ. Since a about a year has elapsed between SB email 51 and the FAQ, this is a reasonable explanation
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*Clicking on the three signs behind Strong Mad linked to [https://web.archive.org/web/20020522024622/http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~abs8286/ The Rumor]. The Rumor was a fan site for {{w|The Band}} run by Brent McNeal and Adam Sterritt (brother of [[Ryan Sterritt]]), friends of [[Matt Chapman]] and [[Craig Zobel]]; the site similarly used the motto "Pride, Detail, and Ethics" with corresponding signs posted in Sterritt's room. As this page was on the {{w|Florida State University}} student webspace, it was no longer hosted by May 2009.
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**In 2003, The Rumor moved to [https://web.archive.org/web/20031004180627/http://www.dumpyusa.com/rumorintro.htm DumpyUSA]; this site went offline by fall 2004. One page on DumpyUSA included [http://web.archive.org/web/20030212025222/http://www.dumpyusa.com/matt.htm several photos of Matt].
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**Notably, an [[Email FAQ|early FAQ]] stated that [[The Brothers Chaps]] had a policy of "absolutely no links to other sites". This was corrected in the later [[FAQ]] to state that they "link to a couple sites here and there but only when it's appropriate."
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==Fun Facts==
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===Trivia===
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*Back in the [[Tandy 400|Tandy]] era, sending Strong Bad an email would get an [[Strong Bad Email#Trivia|automated response]] that linked to the Email Processing Room page.
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**The response explains the order of events in an acronym. The email gets "R.E.D. The Cheat '''R'''eads it, Strong Mad '''E'''ats it, and I [[DELETED|'''D'''eletes]] it."
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*The printer shown here is one of the printers Strong Bad has used at the end of his emails (see [[The Paper]]).
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*The Flash file for the Email Processing Room can be found by exploring [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two]] in a computer's DVD-ROM drive.
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*A Flash decompiler reveals [[Strong Bad Evolution|Strong Bad's fourth design]] (seen in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]) is being used.
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*The Cheat typing, Strong Bad typing, Strong Mad chewing and Strong Bad reading the email are all movie clips, as they still do these actions when the toon is paused.
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===Goofs===
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*Strong Mad appears to "grow" another arm out of his right arm the second and third time he lifts it.
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*There is also a layering problem the second time he lowers his arm. He places the cylinder into the tube, then his fist moves in front of the table and disappears.
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*When Strong Bad takes the chewed-up email out of the cylinder, he doesn't unscrew the lid, but he takes the note out through the tube.
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*Just before Strong Mad sends the cylinder down the tube, the lid closes itself.
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*There is a little gray line that goes through The Cheat's computer.
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*The printer is missing a manual feed roller on the side facing the audience (usually a small wheel jutting out from the printer, used to feed the paper into the printer manually).
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===Inside References===
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*The "PRiDE," "DETAiL," and "ETHiCS" signs include [[lowercase i's]].
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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{{extlinks|processing|title=the Processing Room|noquotes=true}}
 
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[[Category:Rooms in the House of the Brothers Strong]]
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[http://www.homestarrunner.com/processing.html Visit the Processing Room]
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[[Category:Strong Bad Email]]
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