Talk:Drive-Thru

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Contents 1 Pretend Reference?? 2 Name that Tune 3 Distorted speaker 4 Jeeves 5 Whale speaker 6 That was...odd. 7 Echo

Pretend Reference??

Strong Bad ordering a "Chateau Pretend" may be a reference to François-René de Chateaubriand, a French author/political figure from the 18-19th century. Strong bad uses the name in relation to food, and Chateaubriand was known for involvement in culinary arts.

I think you're making the reference unnecessarily complicated. The way I see it, Chateau Pretend is a pretend wine. ^Kah_teh 11:06, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Lies. All lies. Clearly I'm the only one who knows how it all went down. Cast your mind back to car, when Homestar gave a shout-out to Lemon Pretend. Whilst we can safely assume that within the fictional universe of Free Country, USA, Lemon Pretend is a type of pie, a search on Google turns back no recipies or even references to the existence of a Lemon Pretend pie (outside of the Homestar Runner reference, of course). It is through this method that I have come to the conclusion that the reference here is not a Real-World one, but one of the Inside demographic, and, as such, refers to the Strong Bad Email that usually goes by the name of "car". Thank you for your time. --Ppk01 12:27, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Um... I'm not all that convinced that having the word 'Pretend' in a foodstuff's name really qualifies it as an inside reference. Unless you can find a way of working Great Uncle Pawdabber's Pre-Tend Ice Cream Showdown into the reference somehow. ^Kah_teh 16:28, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Name that Tune

Gah... The tune the whale plays is extraordinarily familiar. I just can't place it, for the life of me. It's very frustrating. --DorianGray 10:14, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

It sounds really familar to me to. It's really annoying. —Shwoo 10:19, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

It reminds me a LOT of the music from one of the towns in Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door. --TotalSpaceshipGirl3 10:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I think I've got it! It's the first few notes of the music that plays in Koopa Village in the original Paper Mario! Nailed it! Compare the two. --TotalSpaceshipGirl3 10:50, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Those two don't sound that similar to me... --phlip ^T_C 11:04, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The key may be a bit off. The tune seems similar to me, though. I very may well be tone-deaf. --TotalSpaceshipGirl3 11:05, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Here's another idea that was proposed. Trey56 13:14, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The tune that the drive-thru whale plays appears to be the first few notes from the theme song for the television show Night Court.

After listening to the theme from Night Court, I think they're similar, but different. Trey56 13:23, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it's from a game, possibly one on this site? (doubt it) - Quolnok 13:26, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Call me weird, but to me it sounds somewhat similar to the title screen themes in the Pokemon games. -Sumgirl

Distorted speaker

The lines Strong Bad hears as "Sever your leg", I hear that the speaker is saying "Serve to your right", or something similar... and, like Shwoo, I hear "seventh window". The others I hear the same as SB, but I wouldn't be surprised if I'm mishearing any or all of these... what do you think? --phlip ^T_C 10:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I distinctly heard "seventh window" too, even before there was a transcript. I stand with "sever your leg", though. --DorianGray 10:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I can't really hear "serve to your right". There's no t sound. —Shwoo 10:25, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

It's confirmed in the New Stuff section. The description is "Sever your leg, please, sir." --TotalSpaceshipGirl3 11:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Not really, the toon description there could be quoting SB, it was one of the funny lines in the toon after all... Oh well, {waits patiently for QotW}. --phlip ^T_C 11:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

I heard "serve to your right" the first time I watched it, but after listening it to a few more times, I hear "sever your leg". "Seventh window" is definetely correct. - Super Sam 13:35, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

In terms of the window, I almost hear "south window". Retromaniac 15:55, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Jeeves

Reginald Jeeves is a character created by P.G. Wodehouse who appears in a number of short stories and novels. In the literature, Jeeves works as the valet of Bertie Wooster. Due to the popularity of the series, the name Jeeves is frequently used in popular culture to refer to chauffeurs, butlers, and waiters. Spiderbaby 14:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Whale speaker

What fast food place has a whale for its speaker? Retromaniac 15:48, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

That was...odd.

I don't really see what this short was about... --Das654 16:11, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

That was my initial reaction too. You can talk more about it at the forum instead of here, please. There's a nice link to the thread at the bottom of Drive-Thru. -Brightstar Shiner 16:13, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Echo

• Is the echo becoming a running gag? That is, an echo where there wouldn't normally be one? Retromaniac 16:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC)