The Li'l Brudder Show
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The opening to "The Li'l Brudder and Maybe Tendafoot Too Show," featuring everyone's favorite one legged pup.
Cast (in order of appearance): Li'l Brudder, Tendafoot, Strong Bad, The Cheat, Homestar Runner
Places: Strong Bad's Basement
Date: April 18, 2005
Running Time: 2:00
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Transcript
{A notebook page with Li'l Brudder drawn on it is laying on a table with a pencil. The screen pans out, and then Li'l Brudder suddenly glows rainbow colors. He jumps out of the page and lands on a sidewalk and drools.}
SINGERS: Here comes Li'l Brudder!
{Cut to a front of the Family Italian Food Place. Li'l Brudder is scraping towards to open door. When he gets close, the door closes with a sign reading "CLOSED" on it. Then the sign spins around to reveal the words, "4 LEGS ONLY."}
SINGERS: He can make it on his own!
{Cut to a kitchen with a bowl of dog food labeled "li'l brudder" and Li'l Brudder nearby. Li'l Brudder scapes up to the dog food bowl and pushes it with his face.}
SINGERS: He'll scrape right along, while I'm singing this song.
{Cut to Li'l Brudder falling through the sky while wearing a parachute bag and goggles.}
SINGERS: You know he was born to ramble and roam!
{Cut to two oval-shaped pictures hanging on a wall. The one on the left is a picture of a dog and reads, "MAW," while the one of the right is a picture of a unicycle and reads, "PAW." The screen slowly pans out to reveal Li'l Brudder looking at the pictures sadly.}
SINGERS: He comes Li'l Brudder.
{Cut to a white silhouette of Li'L Brudder scraping along in front of the words, "One Leg!!" The sun behind them is casting moving shadows.}
SINGERS: He's got one leg up on life!
{Cut to a trophy with the words "Just One" inscribed. Li'l Brudder pops out.}
SINGERS: (Just one!) (That's right!)
{Cut to Li'l Brudder in a junkyard with Tendafoot, a mole with a giant nose and no other facial features, and a wobbling parrot whose legs are missing and has his bottom wrapped up.}
SINGERS: He's the king of the dregs, with minus...
{Cut to Li'l Brudder on a football field a football helmet and a shirt that reads, "-3." He is balancing a football under his chin. The football squeezes out and rolls away.}
SINGERS: ...three legs. And he'll probably...
{Cut to Li'l Brudder in a gray area with two pairs of girl legs behind him. Li'l Brudder is happy and winks. One of the girls moves her legs and trips Li'l Brudder, making him sad.}
SINGERS: ...never take in a wife!
{Cut to Li'l Brudder surfing a giant wave.}
SINGERS: He comes Li'l Brudder! He's gotta...
{Cut to Li'l Brudder on a pirate ship's plank. A sword pokes him from behind.}
SINGERS: ...pocket full of...
{Cut to a close up of Li'l Brudder's face next to his food bowl. He stretches out his tongue, but can't reach his food.}
SINGERS: Cah-ash! He can...
{Cut to Li'l Brudder scraping along on a tall, scrolling version of his name. Unable to move fast enough, he flies off the edge, flips around and lands on the ground.}
SINGERS: ...barely stand up, your favorite one-legged pup. He'll do a...
{Cut to Li'l Brudder scraping along on a running track, approaching the finish line.}
SINGERS: ...twenty minute hundred yard dash.
{Cut to Li'l Brudder scraping towards the logo of his show.}
SINGERS: Li'l Brudder! Li'l Brudder! And maybe Tendafoot, too!
{A circle with Tendafoot on it appears on screen. Li'l Brudder falls down.}
LI'L BRUDDER: I can make it on my own!
{Camera pans out to show the whole Telebision.}
NARRATOR: It's the "Li'l Brudder and Maybe Tendafoot, Too" show!
{Camera flips around to show Strong Bad and The Cheat sleeping on the couch in their basement.}
THE CHEAT: {snoring like Curly} Mmm-Memmmmm...
{Suddenly Homestar Runner jumps out from behind the couch and flies into the air, crying.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {crying} Oh-ho-ho-hooooooooo!
{Homestar falls back down. About a second later he flies back up.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {crying} Li'l Brudd-or-or-ooor!
{Homestar falls down and then jumps back up.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {crying} Blah-ah-ah! Blah! Blah! Blah! Blaaah!
{Homestar falls back down. Then he stands up behind the couch.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {crying} I couldn't be happier with your network debut!
{Homestar sinks behind the couch. Then he pops up again and moves across the couch.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {crying} Wah!
{Homestar sinks out of sight and then pops up again on the other side of the couch.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {crying} This is your most ambitious album to date!
{Homestar sinks below the couch again. Then he flies out from behind the couch on last time.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {crying} Blah! Blah! Blah! Brud-dor-or-or!
{Homestar crashes into the ground once more.}
STRONG BAD: {mumbling} Act Raiser. {wakes up} What?
THE CHEAT: {wakes up} Uuuuuuuhh...
STRONG BAD: Nnnnn... you guys hear something?
THE CHEAT: Meeenh.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {sticks leg up} Nope!
STRONG BAD: Cool.
{The Cheat and Strong Bad instantly fall back asleep and Strong Bad snores loudly. After a few seconds, a circle with Li'l Brudder appears on screen.}
LI'L BRUDDER: Things are looking up!
{Everything besides Li'L Brudder and his circle fades to black and the toon ends.}
Easter Eggs
- At the end of the cartoon, click on Li'l Brudder to view dialogue with Li'l Brudder and Tendafoot.
- {Cut to the junkyard with Li'l Brudder and his three friends.}
- LI'L BRUDDER: Well, we got 'em where we want 'em now! I can't tell you how happy I am for you to be with me! Let's... trace! Let's trace some drawings!
- TENDAFOOT: Okay, Piddles. Wait, is your name Piddles?
- {The legless parrot falls over.}
Fun Facts
Trivia
- This is the first time we see Strong Bad's eyes while he's sleeping.
Goofs
- The basement ceiling is much higher in this cartoon than in the past. The ceiling is considerably lower in the email preview on HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!.
Inside References
- Li'l Brudder and Tendafoot are characters in crying and were created by Strong Bad solely to make Homestar Runner cry.
- This is an instance of Strong Bad's couch mumbling.
