Strong Badia the Free
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Strong Badia The Free is the second episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People. It has been rated E10+ for Crude Humor, Mild Cartoon Violence, and Use of Alcohol by the ESRB and was released on September 15, 2008 on both PC and WiiWare. Written by Chuck Jordan and The Brothers Chaps.
The King of Town becomes tyranical and institutes an email tax, but Strong Bad is unable to pay so he is placed under house arrest with an exploding collar strapped around his neck. After Strong Bad escapes, he recruits more armies. The citizens of Free Country, USA, along with Strong Badia, band together to stop The King of Town.
A brief trailer for the game is included in Homestar Ruiner.
Cast: Strong Bad, The King of Town, Homestar Runner, Strong Mad, Homsar, Coach Z, The Poopsmith, Pom Pom, Marzipan, Strong Sad, The Cheat, Bubs
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Preview Transcript
{The screen shows "In the next episode of Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People" and fades to Strong Bad walking in from the right. The backdrop is the Strong Badian Flag.}
STRONG BAD: Friends and losers, my long incarceration has taught me that we can never be truly free until we reject the fat-thority of the King of Town. Hence to forthwith, I shall only refer to him as the of Town. As of today, Strong Badia is its own, independent nation. Onward to Strong Badia, Strong Badia the Free!
{Record scratch is heard and Homestar comes into view}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, that's the name of this-
STRONG BAD: {quickly} Shut up. {Homestar becomes sad}
{The screen shows "STRONG BADIA the FREE" and a no sign is covering the Municipality logo. The screen then changes to "Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: New episode every month!}
{Strong Mad is seen behind a cutout of a Tarantula holding a guitar with the Taranchula logo underneath, and a red spider cutout in one hand and blue spider cutout in another}
STRONG MAD: {waves blue cutout} ICE BREATH! {waves red cutout} FIRE BREATH!
{On the Wii version, cuts to "Play it on Wiiware". On the PC version, cuts to "www.telltalegames.com"}
Inventory
- 3-ring Binder
- Paper Crown
- Glow Stick
- Katana
- BMW Lighter
- Pillow
- Power Bar
- Pretendex
- Red Towel
- Clockwork Strong Bad Doll
- Stuffing
- Tony Stoney
- Tuning Fork
- Taranchula Black Metal Detector (now with shovel attachment)
- Fake Sword
Ranks
- Hall Monitor
- Junior High Class Treasurer
- Deputy Mayor
- House Minority Whip
- President Elect
- El Jefe Mas Grande
- Chancellor of the 7 Realms
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Fun Facts
Trivia
- The costume items from Homestar Ruiner carry over to Strong Badia the Free.
- When visiting the King of Town at his castle in the extended play mode of Homestar Ruiner, he threatens to tax Strong Bad. Strong Bad responds with, "That sounds...ominous."
Inside References
- Strong Bad calls himself "Strong Bad of the mighty tighty-whities".
- The song that plays in "Pompomerania" is from geddup noise.
- When doing the draft, Homestar uses his microphone from the show.
- The first sighting of Pom Pom in "Pompomerania" mimics his pose from the Theme Song.
- Bubs was established as a black marketeer in licensed.
- The brochure for the On Point Kings is from more armies.
- It is unclear whether The Cheat has his own lighter or Telltale Games removed the BMW Logo from Strong Bad's lighter for copyright purposes.
- The Teen Girl Squad was previously spun off in Teeny Tiny Girl Squad.
- Strong Bad notes (and tries to explain) the delay of Dangeresque 3.
- Coach Z's land cannot be conquered, as he is busy with Fhqwhgadi rebels.
- Homestar takes offense when Strong Bad asks people to take up arms against the King of Town, in part because he doesn't appear to have any.
- In addition, during a letter from the front, Homestar says he can't wait "to be in [Marzipan's], ahem, arms again."
- "Fat-thority" is a portmanteau of "fat" and "authority".
- One of Homsar's responses, "I'm a song from the '60s!", is lifted from interview.
- The flag of the Homsar Reservation features Homsar's hat as well as his parents: a cup of coffee and a chipwich.
Real-World References
- Strong Bad addressing people in front of a giant flag is a reference to the opening scene in Patton.
- Strong Bad's exploding collar is most likely inspired by Battle Royale.
- When Strong Bad responds to the email from Paul in French he calls him Les Paul.
- Strong Bad refers to the King of Town's rule as "lazy fair".
- Coach Z's territory is named "Coachnya", which echoes the Russian province of Chechnya. Chechnya also tried to secede and failed.
- Despite what Marzipan may think, "Model UN" is a school-based activity in which students roleplay as ambassadors to the United Nations from various countries.
- The nation of "Front-au-Fence" takes its name from Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
- Bubs's nation of Concession Stan-tinople is a reference to Constantinople, the former name of Istanbul.
- The bonus costume that Strong Bad unlocks is the Max skull-and-crossbones T-shirt, which can actually be bought on Telltale Games' online store.
- Strong Sad mentions Fark.
External Links
- Official episode webpage
- IGN.com's sneak peek at "Strong Badia the Free"
Spoilers
- Telltale Games forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"
- IGN.com's hands on with "Strong Badia the Free"
- forum thread re: "Strong Badia the Free"
