History according to Strong Bad
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History according to Strong Bad is a tricky thing. A lot of the time, Strong Bad presents as historical fact elements that are either clearly false or that can't be verified. When relating legends, he often parodies actual historical storytelling techniques or attempts to revise history to make himself look better. Since it is usually related in emails, history according to Strong Bad often centers around the history of Strong Badia, with other characters occasionally involved in the stories or storytelling.
Examples of history according to Strong Bad
- Email personal favorites — Strong Bad recounts several emails which have never been seen elsewhere. These emails include Bubs building a Strong Bad Robot, Strong Bad "flying" Bubs' Concession Stand while drunk on soy sauce, and Pom Pom and Coach Z knife-fighting on the stone bridge. (So many viewers have tried to find the nonexistent emails that an answer was added to the site's FAQ on the matter.)
- Email couch patch — Strong Bad offers up an explanation of how the patch of tape appeared on the couch in the basement, as do Strong Sad, Homestar and Coach Z.
- Email colonization — Strong Bad explains Strong Badia's supposed origins.
- Email flashback — Strong Bad tells the story of how he and Homestar Runner first met in a children's book, as well as how he came to discover The Cheat, and the origin of The King of Town's eating problem.
- Email old comics — In response to the question of why the King of Town has a poopsmith, Strong Bad shows comic strips that are supposesdly over 60 years old featuring the King of Town and The Poopsmith (then named "Mushy Chamberpot"), where Strong Bad and Homestar make cameo appearances so that The Castlefunnies can mooch off of their popularity. Strong Bad also claims the comma was first discovered by explorer and namesake Sir Loodabert Comma and his sherpa.
- Email flashback — When asked whether The Stick had always been a good place for hanging out, Strong Bad elaborate on The Stick's "hanging-out-itude" over time. In the same email, he claims he drilled the belly button into Strong Sad when he was younger and that Bubs' Concession Stand was founded after it fell on Mr. Bland and Señor.
- Email highschool — Strong Bad explains the characters' younger days, though he disclaims that his memory is extremely "unphotographic."
- Email myths & legends — The stellar origins of the Bear holding a Shark are revealed.
- Email myths & legends — Strong Bad reveals that the King of Town has been played by twelve different people, and that Bubs was initially played by Original Bubs.
- Email yes, wrestling — Strong Bad describes his heretofore-unknown wrestling career.
