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- | {{ | + | {{toonnav|Shorts|sickday|Commandos in the Classroom|Strong Bad is a Bad Guy}} |
- | [[Image:sickday.PNG|200px|thumb|"Strong Bad, my burps smell | + | [[Image:sickday.PNG|200px|thumb|"Strong Bad, my burps smell bad."]] |
Strong Bad is too sick to answer an [[Strong Bad Email|email]], and everyone else seems to be ill as well. | Strong Bad is too sick to answer an [[Strong Bad Email|email]], and everyone else seems to be ill as well. | ||
- | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}} | + | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Homestar Runner}}, {{Film|Strong Mad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} (Easter egg) |
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Mad's Room]] (entrance only), [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg) | '''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Strong Mad's Room]] (entrance only), [[Strong Sad's Room]] (Easter egg) | ||
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''{Homestar walks in from the right of the screen with a thermometer in his mouth, obviously sick.}'' | ''{Homestar walks in from the right of the screen with a thermometer in his mouth, obviously sick.}'' | ||
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, my burps smell | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, my burps smell bad. Check this out. ''{breathes feebly, green puffs of the air come from his mouth}'' Hang on. |
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh. Go away. I can't smell anything | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' Ugh. Go away. I can't smell anything anyway. |
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, I'm betting you can smell these! | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Oh, I'm betting you can smell these! | ||
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''{Cut back to Strong Bad.}'' | ''{Cut back to Strong Bad.}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{coughing}'' Oh well. I guess I'll just reuse some of these already re-reused ones. ''{He grabs a tissue, pulls it to his face and winces, dropping the tissue. The bags under his eyes are visible again.}'' Ow! They're pointy now! | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{coughing}'' Oh well. I guess I'll just reuse some of these already re-reused ones. ''{He grabs a tissue, pulls it to his face, and winces, dropping the tissue. The bags under his eyes are visible again.}'' Ow! They're pointy now! |
'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, I don't think you're going to be able to answer your word problem this week. So I'll take one for the team. ''{the camera zooms in on Homestar}'' Two trains enter a tunnel going four miles per hour. ''{As he talks, pictures of two trains, a tunnel, and the number 4 appear on the left of the screen.}'' At what time do they reach Poughkeepsie? | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Strong Bad, I don't think you're going to be able to answer your word problem this week. So I'll take one for the team. ''{the camera zooms in on Homestar}'' Two trains enter a tunnel going four miles per hour. ''{As he talks, pictures of two trains, a tunnel, and the number 4 appear on the left of the screen.}'' At what time do they reach Poughkeepsie? | ||
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==Fun Facts== | ==Fun Facts== | ||
===Explanations=== | ===Explanations=== | ||
- | *A [[Wikipedia:Shire|shire]], | + | *A [[Wikipedia:Shire|shire]], about the place named "Whatsitshire" on the map of Rotten Egglünd, is an administrative area of [[Wikipedia:Great Britain|Great Britain]] and [[Wikipedia:Australia|Australia]]. Examples of shires are [[Wikipedia:Nottinghamshire|Nottinghamshire]] and [[Wikipedia:Hertfordshire|Hertfordshire]]. |
*[[Wikipedia:Quarantine|Quarantine]] is voluntary or compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease. | *[[Wikipedia:Quarantine|Quarantine]] is voluntary or compulsory isolation, typically to contain the spread of something considered dangerous, often but not always disease. | ||
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===Goofs=== | ===Goofs=== | ||
- | *Initially, clicking on the Lappy's screen did not cause the screen to ripple. This was changed within ten hours of the toon's release | + | *Initially, clicking on the Lappy's screen did not cause the screen to ripple. This was changed within ten hours of the toon's release but was still only a very faint effect. During the scenes focusing on the Lappy, clicking anywhere on the toon causes a ripple, as opposed to just on the Lappy's monitor. |
*When the bags under Strong Bad's eyes disappear, the tint of his face changes. | *When the bags under Strong Bad's eyes disappear, the tint of his face changes. | ||
[[Image:ArmlessSB.PNG|thumb|Ow! I'm armless now!]] | [[Image:ArmlessSB.PNG|thumb|Ow! I'm armless now!]] | ||
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===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
* "Here Comes Sickness" is a song by [[Wikipedia:Mudhoney|Mudhoney]]. | * "Here Comes Sickness" is a song by [[Wikipedia:Mudhoney|Mudhoney]]. | ||
- | * [[Wikipedia:Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie]] is a city in [[Wikipedia:New York | + | * [[Wikipedia:Poughkeepsie (city), New York|Poughkeepsie]] is a city in [[Wikipedia:New York|New York]] located in the [[Wikipedia:Hudson River|Hudson River]] Valley between [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City]] and [[Wikipedia:Albany, New York|Albany]]. |
===Fast Forward=== | ===Fast Forward=== | ||
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== DVD Version == | == DVD Version == | ||
- | *The | + | *The sound quality is inexplicably the same as on the website in this cartoon, instead of enhanced as with all other cartoons. |
- | + | *The DVD version features hidden creators' commentary. To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching. | |
===Commentary Transcript=== | ===Commentary Transcript=== | ||
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'''MATT:''' ''{sounding sick}'' My tomatch hurks! | '''MATT:''' ''{sounding sick}'' My tomatch hurks! | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' So, we had to do this because last | + | '''MIKE:''' So, we had to do this because last— this was just last week, Matt was pretty sick and couldn't do the voices. |
'''MATT:''' No, they sounded like they all had colds! | '''MATT:''' No, they sounded like they all had colds! | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' We were gonna do Teen Girl Squad number ten last week, but, uh, he wasn't gonna be able to | + | '''MIKE:''' We were gonna do Teen Girl Squad number ten last week, but, uh, he wasn't gonna be able to do the voices. So we, uh, did this. |
'''MATT:''' Yeah. | '''MATT:''' Yeah. | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' We'd thought about doing this before. We'd almost had to resort to it 'cause whenever Matt gets sick | + | '''MIKE:''' We'd thought about doing this before. We'd almost had to resort to it 'cause whenever Matt gets sick or goes out to a show or a smoky bar and his voice isn't quite up to it the task. |
'''MATT:''' Yeah. | '''MATT:''' Yeah. | ||
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'''MIKE:''' Or in a compromising position. | '''MIKE:''' Or in a compromising position. | ||
- | '''MATT:''' There | + | '''MATT:''' There have been times where Strong Sad has been written ''out of'' cartoons because— |
'''MIKE:''' Yeah, 'cause he's the first voice to go, usually, for you. | '''MIKE:''' Yeah, 'cause he's the first voice to go, usually, for you. | ||
- | '''MATT:''' Yeah. Umm | + | '''MATT:''' Yeah. Umm— |
- | '''MIKE:''' Strong Bad's kind of gruff, so you can usually get away with that, if you | + | '''MIKE:''' Strong Bad's kind of gruff, so you can usually get away with that, if you— |
- | '''MATT:''' Strong Bad and Bubs. Strong Mad | + | '''MATT:''' Strong Bad and Bubs. Strong Mad. He's sounding pretty normal. ''{pause}'' Aww. Strong Sad's got— Strong Bad's got the shivers, Mike. |
'''MIKE:''' And The Cheat is in a pail of puke. | '''MIKE:''' And The Cheat is in a pail of puke. | ||
- | '''MATT:''' That's | + | '''MATT:''' That's— ''{laughs}'' that's rough. That's the way I always end up when I've got a fever and I get the chills: I just curl up on— I want to find a nice shag carpet. |
'''MIKE:''' I want to find a nice puke pail. | '''MIKE:''' I want to find a nice puke pail. | ||
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'''MIKE:''' Yeah. | '''MIKE:''' Yeah. | ||
- | '''MATT:''' We have this great, like | + | '''MATT:''' We have this great, like— what color would you call it? |
- | '''MIKE:''' It was kind of a | + | '''MIKE:''' It was kind of a— |
'''MATT:''' Disgusting green... | '''MATT:''' Disgusting green... | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' | + | '''MIKE:''' ''{simultaneously}'' —celadon color. |
'''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Is that a color? | '''MATT:''' ''{laughs}'' Is that a color? | ||
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'''MATT:''' There was this big, wide puke pail that Mom would have us use. | '''MATT:''' There was this big, wide puke pail that Mom would have us use. | ||
- | '''MIKE:''' | + | '''MIKE:''' Right now, because both— I was a little sick last week too, and I'm drinking... ''{trails off, cartoon starts wrapping up}'' |
'''MATT:''' Hurry, hurry! | '''MATT:''' Hurry, hurry! | ||
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===Fun Facts=== | ===Fun Facts=== | ||
*The commentary states that the incident behind the toon happened "just last week". Therefore, the commentary was recorded around the week of October 10, 2005 (about a month before the DVD's release). | *The commentary states that the incident behind the toon happened "just last week". Therefore, the commentary was recorded around the week of October 10, 2005 (about a month before the DVD's release). | ||
- | * | + | *[[Wikipedia:Martha Stewart|Martha Stewart]] is a famous home decorator. |
*As stated, [[Wikipedia:Variations of green#Celadon|Celadon]] is a real color. | *As stated, [[Wikipedia:Variations of green#Celadon|Celadon]] is a real color. | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Airborne (dietary supplement)|Airborne]] is a brand of medicine designed for treating airborne viruses, such as colds or the flu. | *[[Wikipedia:Airborne (dietary supplement)|Airborne]] is a brand of medicine designed for treating airborne viruses, such as colds or the flu. | ||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
- | + | *[[HR:sickday.html|watch "Sick Day"]] | |
+ | *[[HR:sickday.swf|view the Flash file for "Sick Day"]] | ||
+ | *[[Forum:5181|forum thread re: Sick Day]] | ||
[[Category:Shorts]] | [[Category:Shorts]] | ||
[[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]] | [[Category:Not Quite Strong Bad Emails]] | ||
[[Category:DVD Commentary]] | [[Category:DVD Commentary]] |