Pom Pom, Too

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A motley crew of Poms

A short Flash about the origins of Pom Pom, found in the Museum under old Flash. Based on a sketch from the Museum Sketchbook.

Cast (in order of appearance): The Poms, Pom Pom, Pom Pom's parents

Current page title: The Original Website!

Original Page title: The Isle of Pom

Transcript

{Sound of heartbeats. A red and white pill appears against the white background.}

CAPTION: this is the isle of Pom

{Alarm clock rings. An arrow points to the pill.}

CAPTION: on it, live the Poms

{Printing noise. Many colored Poms (who look like Pom Pom) appear from the white background. They fill the screen. The mass turns black, revealing Pom Pom}

CAPTION: Pom-Pom is the best Pom.

{Ding! Pom Pom receives a ribbon saying "First".}

CAPTION: he loves his mom & dad

{Picture on wall with Pom Pom and parents. The picture falls off.}

CAPTION: he is very patriotic

{Pom Pom is on a wooden stage. A red and white striped flag appears behind him. He turns into the Statue of Liberty. Trumpet fanfare.}

CAPTION: he feeds his dog

{A dog bowl falls from a white background. It reads "Trivia Time".}

CAPTION: everyday [sic]

{Ding! Dog bowl fills with food.}

CAPTION: he treats his neighbors

{Pom Pom stands on the right of the screen. Doorbell noise. Two Poms enter from left screen. An arrow points to them.}

CAPTION: with respect

{Pom Pom gives them a bottle with "Respect" written on it. They leave.}

CAPTION: he doesn't play with matches

{Pom Pom is at the bottom of the screen. A match burns the word "matches".}

POM POM: {bubbles, thinking "I sure do hate matches."}

{A silhouette of Pom Pom rises over an orange horizon like the sun. Wedding march music. He moves closer to us. A spotlight hits him.}

CAPTION: we all love Pom-Pom too

Fun Facts

Remarks

• Two of the Poms look like ordinary NBA basketballs, and one like an ABA Basketball.
• This is the only time that Pom Pom's bubbly speech is expressed in plain English to the viewers.

Goofs

• "Every day" is misspelled "everyday" on one of the slides. In that context, it should be the two-word adverb, not the one-word adjective.
• Originally, some of the text was obscured by the border when you watched it from the old version of the old flash menu. This was fixed when the museum was updated in 2006.
• This is the only reference to Pom Pom having a dog, though he is claimed to be Homestar's dog in the sbemail Myths and Legends

Fast Foward

• The Isle of Pom looks like Strong Bad's time capsule in the email time capsule.
  • It also looks like Jobar's Big Ol' Headache Medicine.
• The ribbon was used later in Pumpkin Carve-nival, although the first place was never awarded.
• The printing noise which accompanies the scene with the Poms will become the sound effect for The Paper in the Strong Bad Emails.
• The ABA basketball Pom was later used in the email different town.

External Links

• watch "Pom Pom, Too"
• view the Flash file for "Pom Pom, Too"