Strong Bad Email
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Strong Bad Email, frequently shortened to sbemail, is the most frequently updated feature of homestarrunner.com. It was originally a small feature introduced in 2001, in which Strong Bad would answer a fan-sent email and commonly mock the spelling and grammar of those who wrote to him. Although the animations were initially brief, the responses gradually grew to establish numerous inside jokes, and running gags and catchphrases, as well as spin-offs, like 20X6, Teen Girl Squad, Trogdor, and even the main character Homsar. A typical Strong Bad Email will include numerous Easter eggs and other hidden material, often found at the ending screen. Many Strong Bad Emails, such as action figure, japanese cartoon, and isp, are satires of particular aspects of popular culture.
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Strong Bad Emails
Lappy 486 Era
(November 2004 — present)
subject: sb_email menu
177. original new!
176. hygiene
175. concert
174. mini-golf
173. tv shows that are bad
172. more armies
171. underlings
170. rough copy
169. from work
168. your funeral
167. the movies
166. unnatural
165. strong badathlon
164. looking old
163. what I want
162. the chair
161. 4 branches
160. coloring
159. retirement
158. cliffhangers
157. trading cards
156. road trip
155. theme song
154. keep cool
153. redesign
152. isp
151. senior prom
150. alternate universe
149. candy product
148. disconnected
147. lady fan
146. pop-up
145. myths & legends
144. narrator
143. technology
142. secret identity
141. death metal
140. highschool
139. portrait
138. space program
137. bedtime story
136. geddup noise
135. lady...ing
134. record book
133. bottom 10
132. modeling
131. boring (really)
130. do over
129. garage sale
128. rampage
127. long pants
126. best thing
125. rock opera
124. secret recipes
123. origins
122. dreamail
121. part-time job
120. radio
119. animal
Compy 386 Era
(September 2002 — November 2004)
Volume in drive C: has no label
Directory of C:\sbemail\updated somedays
Tandy 400 Era
(August 2001 — September 2002)
FILENAME - updated mondays
40. vacation
39. property of ones
38. helium
37. dullard
36. guitar
35. sisters
34. weird dream
33. gimmicks
32. flag day
31. sugarbob
30. 12:00
29. superhero name
28. 1 step ahead
27. 3 Wishes
26. CGNU
25. super powers
24. the bird
23. little animal
22. sb_email 22
21. cartoon
20. spring cleaning
19. tape-leg
18. stand-up
17. studying
16. band names
15. the basics
14. duck pond
13. i she be
12. credit card
11. i rule
10. trevor the vampire
9. i love you
8. brianrietta
7. halloweener
6. depressio
5. making out
4. homestar hair
3. butt IQ
2. homsar
1. some kinda robot
DVD Releases
- Emails 1-160 have been released on the strongbad_email.exe 5-disc DVD series.
DVD Emails
The following emails only appear on the DVD set:
- Greeting Cards (Bonus Email #1)
- E-mail Birds (Bonus Email #2)
- Videro Games (Bonus Email #3)
- Family Resemblence (Bonus Email #4)
- Real-Live E-Mails (Bonus Puppet Stuff Email)
- Accent (Bonus Email #5)
Podstar Runner Releases
Since January 30, 2006, Strong Bad emails have been released sometimes under a feature called Podstar Runner. It features popular Toons, Teen Girl Squads, and Strong Bad Emails in .m4v format. They are designed to be viewed on a Fifth Generation Apple iPod, but workable on a variety of other portable media players. Currently, it features these emails (in order of release, top being the earliest, bottom being the latest):
Not Quite Strong Bad Emails
The following shorts were originally associated in one way or another with the Strong Bad Emails. They are numbered by halves to show where they appeared chronologically in the list above. Numbers 99½B, 118½, and 158½ are not linked to from anywhere on the site.
- 170½. Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene (A deleted scene from sbemail 169)
- 158½. Lappynapped! (Messages on Strong Bad's answering machine, as the Lappy is missing.)
- 152½. Weclome Back (Strong Bad tries to show an email he checked over summer vacation (in midair, no less), but hits "stop" instead of "record" on the video camera.)
- 149½. Sbemail 150?!? (Strong Sad tries to get Strong Bad to do his 150th email.)
- 136½. Sick Day (A failed attempt at an email due to sickness striking the entire cast.)
- 127½. HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS! ("The Email Show" is one of the pay-per-view features.)
- 118½. Strong Bad Email? (Broken Compy Menu.)
- 99½B. Not the 100th Email!!! (Secret URL address for anyone who wanted a peek at Email 100 before it was released.)
- 99½A. Puppet Time (A message was taped onto Puppet Compy's screen that read "Probably at a barbecue, from SB")
- 68½. Lookin at a Thing in a Bag (A message was taped onto the Compy in the email menu that read "Looking at a thing in a bag" when the cartoon was released.)
- 66½. Arcade Game (Homestar Runner reads Strong Bad's note he left on the Compy 386.)
- 59½. Superbowl Dealie (The Paper reads "Due to the big game, the Strong Bad Email will be late this week.")
- 55½. Too Busy to Check E-mails (Typed on the Compy is "No emails on the holidays.")
- 41½. King of Town Email (The King of Town tries to answer an email on his recently bought (but broken) Tandy 400.)
- 36½. TV Time Toons Menu (Placing the mouse over Strong Bad Email will bring up a short, soundless email from Stu. See Wireless Bizness.)
Strong Bad Email Menus
- 1–32 Tandy 400 menu
- 33–34 Broken Tandy Menu
- 35–40 Slightly damaged Tandy menu
- 41 Vacation menu
- 42–118 Compy 386 menu
- Between 55 and 56 Decemberween Email Menu
- Between 118 and 119 Broken Compy Menu
- 119–Current Lappy 486 menu
Fun Facts
Trivia
- Some time during mid-2003, "updated mondays" on the main Strong Bad Email Menu changed to "updated somedays." Nothing like this is even noted in Lappy-era emails.
- On the Compy 386 menus, Strong Bad types "dir /p", a DOS command used to list all the files in a directory, and to pause between each screen's worth of files.
- Not including Not Quite Strong Bad Emails, Strong Bad has checked 206 emails as of original.
- It would take 8 hours, 18 minutes, and 17 seconds to watch every Strong Bad email, including the DVD exclusives but excluding clickable Easter eggs. Including clickable Easter eggs, it would take 9 hours, 3 minutes and 50 seconds.
- Email #22, "sb_email 22" was actually made between emails 40 and 41. It was originally skipped and later made and released under the title 'the lost email' right before Strong Bad replaced his computer with the Compy 386.
- Strong Bad Emails make up nearly 60% of the toons on the site.
- Back in the Tandy 400 era (at least until July, 2002), emailing Strong Bad would result in this automated response:
Thanks for your freakin email. I hope it's not stupid.
Once I finish these swiss cake rolls I'll read it and if it's awesome enough,
I'll answer it on the site.
But if your email is terrible, then it gets R.E.D. alright.
The Cheat Reads it, Strong Mad Eats it, and I Deletes it.
Click Here to see us in action!
Check back every Monday to see if your email has what it takes.
Watch me while I'm awesome,
Strong Bad
The link in the automated response leads to the Email Processing Room.
- After random.bat was implemented, the email list comes from the rando.xml file. Before this, it was included in the Flash file.
- Occasionally, there is a lengthy gap between email updates. This is sometimes recognized at the start of the next email, as in army, geddup noise, and redesign.
Remarks
- At Flashforward 2006, The Brothers Chaps gave a list of five things not to email Strong Bad about.
- During most emails, you see the back of Strong Bad's head when he sits in front of the computer, which is why he often starts a new line before the text reaches the right side of the computer's screen. However, on the Strong Bad Email menu, you don't see his head at all. This is probably so the viewers can use the bottom scroll button without anything in the way.
- During Lappynapped!, retirement A, and retirement B, when the Lappy was kidnapped, it was still used for the Strong Bad Email menu.
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