Fish Eye Lens
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===Remarks=== | ===Remarks=== | ||
* This toon has no "back" button. | * This toon has no "back" button. | ||
| - | * This is the first non-holiday themed | + | * This is the first non-holiday themed toon released since [[videography]], released October 5, 2009—just two days shy of five years apart. |
===Goofs=== | ===Goofs=== | ||
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* This is an instance of [[Couch Mumbling]]. | * This is an instance of [[Couch Mumbling]]. | ||
* Coach Z sometimes pronounces "video" as "[[Videro Games|videro]]". | * Coach Z sometimes pronounces "video" as "[[Videro Games|videro]]". | ||
| - | * When the | + | * When the fish eye lens is pointed at the real fish eye and the twirl effect is applied, one of the items in the software menu is "[[Punkin Show|paint daubz]]". |
| - | * The Easter egg with Strong Bad and The Cheat at | + | * The Easter egg with Strong Bad and The Cheat at The Cheat's computer is a callback to the ending of [[Everybody to the Limit]]. |
=== Real-World References === | === Real-World References === | ||
* ''[[Wikipedia:Blackthorne|Blackthorne]]'' is a video game for the [[Wikipedia:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]], making its reference here an example of [[Couch Mumbling]]. | * ''[[Wikipedia:Blackthorne|Blackthorne]]'' is a video game for the [[Wikipedia:Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super Nintendo]], making its reference here an example of [[Couch Mumbling]]. | ||
| - | * This | + | * This toon is heavily influenced by the [[Wikipedia:Beastie Boys|Beastie Boys]]. Many of their music videos and publicity photos were shot using fish eye lenses. The music video for their song [[Wikipedia:Hold It Now, Hit It|Hold It Now, Hit It]] was the first to be shot entirely using a fish eye lens. |
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 16:22, 4 October 2014
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After nearly five years of doing nothing (unless if you count those two April Fools Days and that one Decemberween), Strong Bad and Coach Z give the pyorple what they want!
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Coach Z, Homestar Runner, The Barbershop Trio (Easter egg), Old-Timey Strong Bad (Easter egg), The Cheat (Easter egg)
Date: Friday, October 3, 2014
Running Time: 3:20
Page Title: Things are about to get...
Contents |
Transcript
{The basement is dark. Strong Bad is asleep, half on the couch. Coach Z pops up from behind the couch.}
COACH Z: {whispering loudly} Strong Bad! Strong Bad, wake up!
STRONG BAD: {mumbling} Blackthorne. {more mumbling}
COACH Z: The people need your help!
STRONG BAD: {suddenly awake and upright} Wait, the who?
COACH Z: I mean the pyorple!
STRONG BAD: There you go!
COACH Z: They need your help! It's been too long since they had a number one jam. They been scrapin' dope rhymes up off the kitchen floor, just to survive!
{Music starts playing.}
STRONG BAD: {increasingly complaining tone of voice} Another number one jam? All right, I'll do it. For the pyorple. {jumps off the couch onto the floor}
{transition into Powered by The Cheat}
STRONG BAD: Woke up this mornin' in a rap song video
COACH Z: Can ya help me with my hip hop ditty-o?
STRONG BAD: Well, Coach Z, that all depends
Can ya get ya green mittens on a fish eye lens?
COACH Z: I'm sorry, did you just say, "Waughmp waughmp"?
STRONG BAD: That right! And you know what that means
COACH Z: I don't!
STRONG BAD: Things are about to get bulbous
CHORUS:
TOGETHER: Waughmp waughmp!
I want a fish eye lens
And make a rap video
With a couple of friends
It goes, waughmp waughmp!
All the ladies and mens
They know everything is better
With a fish eye lens
COACH Z: Hey, that chorus wasn't kidding
Check out how cool my rap points look!
STRONG BAD: With a fish eye lens
You don't need to know how to rap or skateboard or do anything well
Just put the camera on the ground
And aim it up
COACH Z: My kicks look huge
And my crew looks tough
STRONG BAD: We got bulbous hands
COACH Z: And bulbous feet
STRONG BAD: Turn your back to the camera
TOGETHER: Shake those bulbous cheeks!
COACH Z: Aw, look at that!
I've got a considerable rear shelf!
STRONG BAD: That makes me uncomfortable!
REPEAT CHORUS
COACH Z: And once you use the fish eye
Well, you just can't stop
It used to be kind of expensive
But then the price draeerrrrrrped
STRONG BAD: I jumped in slow motion
Off the curb
Without a skateboard
That should look absurd
But with my fish eye lens
Hey, haven't ya heard?
I got the moves so smooth
Make ya mom say:
YOUR MOM: Those are some exceptionally smooth moves
STRONG BAD: Coach Z!
COACH Z: SB!
STRONG BAD: What's ya got for me?
COACH Z: I got the
STRONG BAD: F!
COACH Z: I!
STRONG BAD: S!
COACH Z: H!
STRONG BAD: E!
COACH Z: Y!
STRONG BAD: E! Lens!
COACH Z: Let's pretends I got ten girlfriends
And make amends in my Benz
With a fish eye lens
It goes—
REPEAT CHORUS
STRONG BAD: Man, fish eye lens
I bet you could make even lame stuff look cool
COACH Z: Yeah, yeah!
What about tax papers?
COACH Z: Oh, look at how cool those papes look!
How about a pair of tan pants!
STRONG BAD: Ooooh! Somebody say country dish towels
EVERYONE: Country dish towels!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Ahem! I have an idea
Of what we could try
What happens if you point it
At a real fish eye?
{Homestar points the lens at a real fish. Using software menus, the animator applies a twirl effect. The scene spins as if down the drain. Back in normal styles, Strong Bad, Coach Z, and Homestar appear in the basement dressed in old-timey Dixieland jazz band outfits. Strong Bad has a trumpet with plunger mute. Coach Z has a banjo. Homestar is holding a fishbowl with a dead fish floating in it. An SLR camera with a fish eye lens is submerged in the bowl. The music finishes in an old-timey flourish.}
STRONG BAD: Aw, man!
COACH Z: Aw, dag! What happened to the honeys?
STRONG BAD: Bring back the fish eye! Homestar, you broke our rap song video!
COACH Z: You turned us into a Dixieland jazz band!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Why y'all gotta be dissin' on Dixieland? I think it's great! It's got several syncopations. {singing, brandishing his hat, and kicking his legs} Several syncopations—
STRONG BAD: Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww! COACH Z: {simultaneously} Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeehhorrrrrp!
{Strong Bad and Coach Z throw their arms up and exit.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {continued} —Several syncopations! Several syncopations tonight!
{Closeup on the fish bowl with a "waughmp waughmp" sound effect. The word "eND" appears over the fish eye lens.}
Easter Eggs
- Click on the "D" in "eND":
ONE OF THE BARBERSHOP TRIO: Several syncopations tonight!
{The rest of the trio appears behind him.}
THE OTHER TWO IN THE TRIO: Several syncopations tonight!
{Whip-pan to Old-Timey Strong Bad. He has an old-timey movie camera with a fish roped to it.}
OLD-TIMEY STRONG BAD: Waughmp waughmp, I say! Waughmp waughmp! Everything is better with this pescatary occulation!
- Click on the dead fish:
{Strong Bad and The Cheat are sitting at Monosodium Dreams. The twirl effect is still visible on the screen.}
STRONG BAD: The Cheat! That was incredible!
{He begins babbling as if at a loss for words. He keeps babbling in rhythm. The Cheat pulls out his keyboard and drops a beat in time with the babbling. The rave lights come on.}
STRONG BAD: I'm buying you a pizzzzzza!
{A pizza falls from the ceiling and covers their heads. The Cheat makes a "da-ta-da!" noise.}
STRONG BAD: Whoa! Guess I can conjure ceiling pizzas now.
Fun Facts
Explanations
- A Benz is a Mercedes-Benz automobile.
- Syncopation is a musical term that means accenting beats which are normally not accented.
Remarks
- This toon has no "back" button.
- This is the first non-holiday themed toon released since videography, released October 5, 2009—just two days shy of five years apart.
Goofs
- The sound of record pops and hiss from the Old-Timey Easter egg can still be heard at the beginning of the Easter egg in front of Monosodium Dreams.
Inside References
- The profile picture of the @StrongBadActual Twitter account was taken with a fish eye lens.
- This is an instance of Couch Mumbling.
- Coach Z sometimes pronounces "video" as "videro".
- When the fish eye lens is pointed at the real fish eye and the twirl effect is applied, one of the items in the software menu is "paint daubz".
- The Easter egg with Strong Bad and The Cheat at The Cheat's computer is a callback to the ending of Everybody to the Limit.
Real-World References
- Blackthorne is a video game for the Super Nintendo, making its reference here an example of Couch Mumbling.
- This toon is heavily influenced by the Beastie Boys. Many of their music videos and publicity photos were shot using fish eye lenses. The music video for their song Hold It Now, Hit It was the first to be shot entirely using a fish eye lens.
See Also
- The visuals for this video
