Meeple Grove

From Homestar Runner Wiki

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
(I know the former from the NLSS crew and the latter from the "a man in Brazil is coughing" thing, good to see these can be put to good use)
(Who's peekin'? I'm creepin'!)
(includes 33 intermediate revisions)
Line 1: Line 1:
-
{{watchtoon|https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game/posts/2247989|watch|fullurl}}
+
{{watchyoutube|C2FC13HzTf0}}
[[File:MeepleGroveMarket.png|thumb|"Where the meeples all speak in board-gamery terms while I over-explain everything."]]
[[File:MeepleGroveMarket.png|thumb|"Where the meeples all speak in board-gamery terms while I over-explain everything."]]
Line 47: Line 47:
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I lost a turn in the chocolate swamp! Chocolate?! What happened to molasses? Kids love molasses!
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' I lost a turn in the chocolate swamp! Chocolate?! What happened to molasses? Kids love molasses!
-
'''COACH Z:''' I'm creepin' and I'm creepin' down Baltic Ave!
+
'''COACH Z:''' I'm creepin' and I'm creepin' down Baltic Ave! ''(actually says "Ave", not "avenue")''
'''KING OF TOWN:''' I'm takin' back Irkutsk!
'''KING OF TOWN:''' I'm takin' back Irkutsk!
Line 73: Line 73:
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh no, it's our mortal enemy: someone going to get a drink during the game!
'''STRONG BAD:''' Oh no, it's our mortal enemy: someone going to get a drink during the game!
-
''{A silhouette of the Balding Man sighs his drawn-out sigh as he gets up from the table, jostling it and knocking over all the meeples. Everybody yells in alarm.}''
+
''{A silhouette of the Balding Man sighs his drawn-out sigh as he gets up from the table, making [[The Geddup Noise]] and jostling it, which knocks over all the meeples. Everybody yells in alarm.}''
''{Slow zoom out as music plays.}''
''{Slow zoom out as music plays.}''
Line 97: Line 97:
==Fun Facts==
==Fun Facts==
===Explanations===
===Explanations===
-
*This was a surprise video posted to Kickstarter to promote [[Trogdor Board Game|Trogdor!! The Board Game]]. It was linked to by the board game's Facebook and Twitter accounts, along with this message:
+
*This was a surprise video posted to Kickstarter to promote [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]]. It was linked to by the board game's Facebook and Twitter accounts, along with this message:
<blockquote>Everybody (Everybody) Check out our surprise meeple video we made! We're still working on the other stuff, but we figured this would be a good amuse bouche.</blockquote>
<blockquote>Everybody (Everybody) Check out our surprise meeple video we made! We're still working on the other stuff, but we figured this would be a good amuse bouche.</blockquote>
 +
===Trivia===
 +
*The [[YouTube]] description for this email is "An old stop-motion show featuring your favorite Homestar characters in meeple form. King of Town is in it, too!"
===Inside References===
===Inside References===
-
*Strong Bad's fake Italian accent (particularly his "as is the custom of-a my meeples") is a reference to one of his prank calls in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]].
+
*Homestar once again says "Everybody knows [...] Homestar Runner loves..." like he did in [[Doomy Tales of the Macabre]].
 +
*Strong Bad's fake Italian accent (particularly his "as is the custom of-a my meeples") is a reference to one of his prank calls in [[Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2#Message 34|Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 17.2]].
*Homsar's "Jengaship" was previously "shanked" in [[Where's The Cheat?]].
*Homsar's "Jengaship" was previously "shanked" in [[Where's The Cheat?]].
 +
*"Intendo" as a shortened version of "Nintendo" first appeared in [[Sbemail 136 Alternate Versions|the second draft of Sbemail 136]].
===Real-World References===
===Real-World References===
*A similar show with a pleasant British narrator was featured in the "Trauncles" segment of [[Two More Eggs]], also produced by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
*A similar show with a pleasant British narrator was featured in the "Trauncles" segment of [[Two More Eggs]], also produced by [[The Brothers Chaps]].
-
*The meeples reference the board games ''[[Wikipedia:Catan|Catan]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Pandemic (board game)|Pandemic]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Candy Land|Candy Land]]'', ''[[wikipedia:Monopoly|Monopoly]]'', and ''[[wikipedia:Risk (game)|Risk]]'', and the non-board game ''[[Jenga]]''.
+
*"What's a meeple? Sounds like Intendo." might be a reference to [[Wikipedia:Amiibo|amiibo]], [[Nintendo]]'s line of plastic figures that interact with their games.
-
*Strong Sad's line, "Pretty sneaky, sis", comes from [[Youtube:KN3nohBw_CE|an old commercial]] for ''[[Wikipedia:Connect Four|Connect Four]]''.
+
*The "board-gamery terms" used by the characters refer to various tabletop games:
 +
**Strong Mad's "grain" is a tradeable resource in the popular game ''[[Wikipedia:Catan|Settlers of Catan]]''.
 +
**Bubs eradicates disease in Jakarta, one of the cities players must save in ''[[Wikipedia:Pandemic (board game)|Pandemic]]''.
 +
**Homestar loses a turn in the Chocolate Swamp from the children's board game ''[[Wikipedia:Candy Land|Candy Land]]''. He also refers to the earlier versions of the game that had Molasses Swamp instead.
 +
**Coach Z creeps down Baltic Ave, one of the properties in the classic board game ''[[Wikipedia:Monopoly (game)|Monopoly]]''.
 +
**The King of Town takes Irkutsk, a conquerable territory in the strategy game ''[[Wikipedia:Risk (game)|Risk]]''.
 +
**Strong Sad's "Pretty sneaky, sis" comes from [[Youtube:KN3nohBw_CE|an old commercial]] for ''[[Wikipedia:Connect Four|Connect Four]]''.
 +
**Homsar's self-quote references ''[[Wikipedia:Battleship (game)|Battleship]]'' and the non-board game ''[[Jenga]]''.
 +
* Coach Z's "I'm creepin' and I'm creepin'" is once again a quote from [[Wikipedia:Dr. Dre|Dr. Dre]] and [[Wikipedia:Snoop Dogg|Snoop Dogg's]] "[[Wikipedia:Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang|Nuthin' But a "G" Thang]]"{{inlinecontentwarning|mild language|This Wikipedia article contains mild language}}, previously referenced in [[Strong Sad's Lament]].
-
==See Also==
+
===Fast-Forward===
-
*[[Trogdor Board Game Kickstarter Video]]
+
*The [[YouTube Related Video Thumbnails|fake autoplay image]] for the YouTube release of the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game (video)|Trogdor!! The Board Game]] video shows "Meeple Grove Market: Annihilation".
-
*[[Six-Sadded, Die]]
+
==External Links==
==External Links==
-
*[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game View campaign]
+
*[https://ksr-video.imgix.net/assets/022/036/350/caa5bdeea725463a874f936f910e9ad9_h264_base.mp4 View video file]
 +
*[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game/posts/2247989 Watch video in update]
 +
{{extlinks|youtube=C2FC13HzTf0}}
 +
 
 +
{{KickstarterVideos}}
[[Category:Kickstarter Videos]]
[[Category:Kickstarter Videos]]

Revision as of 06:23, 22 June 2020

watch
"Where the meeples all speak in board-gamery terms while I over-explain everything."

Twelve Homestar Runner meeples stand around on a board game and chat. Homsar's Jengaship gets shanked again.

Cast (in order of appearance): The Poopsmith, Strong Mad, Bubs, Marzipan, Pom Pom, The King of Town, Homsar, The Cheat, Strong Bad, Homestar Runner, Coach Z, Strong Sad, Pleasant Narrator, Balding Man

Places: Basement of the Brothers Strong

Date: Thursday, July 26, 2018

Running Time: 1:55

Contents

Transcript

{Open on a game board sitting on a table in the basement of the Brothers Strong, with meeples of the twelve main characters standing on it. Soft music plays. Whenever a meeple speaks, he rattles back and forth.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Uh, you guys? How come we look like this? {close up} And how come I can only kinda... shimmy in place? Not that I'm complaining. Everybody knows Homestar Runner loves a good stand-in-place shimmy!

{Pan to the Strong Sad meeple in the bottom-right corner}

STRONG SAD: We're meeples! I've had so many dreams like this!

{Wide shot. The Cheat meeple turns to face Strong Bad as he speaks.}

STRONG BAD: {rhythmically} Gross. I hate you. Gross, gross, I hate you.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: What's a meeple? Sounds like Intendo.

{Close up on Strong Sad meeple}

STRONG SAD: A meeple is a wooden approximation of a human character in a tabletop game!

STRONG BAD: We look like we belong in one of those old British stop-motion shows. You know, where we all speak in board-gamery terms while a pleasant narrator over-explains everything?

{Pan over the board while music plays and the title "Meeple Grove Market" appears over top. During the narration, panning shots are shown of various meeples toddling around the board.}

PLEASANT NARRATOR: {voiceover} Welcome to Meeple Grove Market. Where the meeples all speak in board-gamery terms while I over-explain everything.

{Close up of Strong Bad meeple}

STRONG BAD: {fake Italian accent} Okay, as is the custom of-a my meeples, everybody sound off!

STRONG MAD: I TRADE FOR GRAIN!

BUBS: I just eradicated all disease in Jakarta!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: I lost a turn in the chocolate swamp! Chocolate?! What happened to molasses? Kids love molasses!

COACH Z: I'm creepin' and I'm creepin' down Baltic Ave! (actually says "Ave", not "avenue")

KING OF TOWN: I'm takin' back Irkutsk!

STRONG SAD: Pret-ty sneaky, sis!

{Wide shot, drum roll plays}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Do it Homsar, do it, do it, do it!

STRONG BAD: Do it Homsar, do it!

BUBS: Yeah, yeah! Do it!

COACH Z: Dort!

KING OF TOWN: Yeah, do it! Do it, do it!

COACH Z: DORT!

HOMSAR: Oh, no! {close up} You just shanked my Jengaship!

{Triumphant tune plays. Wide shot.}

STRONG BAD: Oh no, it's our mortal enemy: someone going to get a drink during the game!

{A silhouette of the Balding Man sighs his drawn-out sigh as he gets up from the table, making The Geddup Noise and jostling it, which knocks over all the meeples. Everybody yells in alarm.}

{Slow zoom out as music plays.}

PLEASANT NARRATOR: And so, all the meeples fell down, because you see, when you're playing a tabletop game and you get up to go to the loo—

STRONG BAD: {still lying on his back} Yeah, we get it.

PLEASANT NARRATOR: —sometimes your knee strikes—

STRONG BAD: We get it!

PLEASANT NARRATOR: —the corner of the table—

STRONG BAD: WE GET IT!

PLEASANT NARRATOR: —upsetting everything on the—

STRONG BAD: WE GET IT, OLD MAN!

{"End" screen}

Fun Facts

Explanations

  • This was a surprise video posted to Kickstarter to promote Trogdor!! The Board Game. It was linked to by the board game's Facebook and Twitter accounts, along with this message:
Everybody (Everybody) Check out our surprise meeple video we made! We're still working on the other stuff, but we figured this would be a good amuse bouche.

Trivia

  • The YouTube description for this email is "An old stop-motion show featuring your favorite Homestar characters in meeple form. King of Town is in it, too!"

Inside References

Real-World References

  • A similar show with a pleasant British narrator was featured in the "Trauncles" segment of Two More Eggs, also produced by The Brothers Chaps.
  • "What's a meeple? Sounds like Intendo." might be a reference to amiibo, Nintendo's line of plastic figures that interact with their games.
  • The "board-gamery terms" used by the characters refer to various tabletop games:
    • Strong Mad's "grain" is a tradeable resource in the popular game Settlers of Catan.
    • Bubs eradicates disease in Jakarta, one of the cities players must save in Pandemic.
    • Homestar loses a turn in the Chocolate Swamp from the children's board game Candy Land. He also refers to the earlier versions of the game that had Molasses Swamp instead.
    • Coach Z creeps down Baltic Ave, one of the properties in the classic board game Monopoly.
    • The King of Town takes Irkutsk, a conquerable territory in the strategy game Risk.
    • Strong Sad's "Pretty sneaky, sis" comes from an old commercial for Connect Four.
    • Homsar's self-quote references Battleship and the non-board game Jenga.
  • Coach Z's "I'm creepin' and I'm creepin'" is once again a quote from Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's "Nuthin' But a "G" Thang"This Wikipedia article contains mild language mild language, previously referenced in Strong Sad's Lament.

Fast-Forward

External Links

Personal tools