The Reddest Radish
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The Reddest Radish
The graphic style has been done to look like pictures torn from a coloring book and colored with crayons. This toon includes a laugh track.
Marzipan is certain to win the Reddest Radish contest. Strong Bad and company feign a note to Marzipan from Homestar Runner, saying he's sick, to lure her away from her house.
Cast (in order of appearance): Marzipan, The Cheat, Strong Bad, Strong Mad, Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, The Announcer
Places: The Radish Patch, Homestar's House, Contest Area
Date: 2000
Running Time: 2:23
Page Title: The Reddest Radish
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Transcript
{Opening Music and Title Screen}
CAPTION: On the day of the Reddest Radish contest, Marzipan was in her garden getting ready...
MARZIPAN: La la la la la la la... La la la la {Marzipan picks a radish}
{Canned laughter}
{The Cheat appears from behind a bush and drops a note that lands at Marzipan's feet. She picks it up.}
MARZIPAN: Oh! This note leads me to believe that Homestar Runner is sick.
{The note reads "i am sick. —homestar runner"}
{Canned laughter}
MARZIPAN: I'd better go check on him. {heads offscreen to Homestar's house}
{Enter Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad with a wagon}
STRONG BAD: Okay, get the vegetable!
{Canned booing}
STRONG BAD: Now let's cheat it!
{They throw the radish on the wagon and leave}
{Cuts to Marzipan at Homestar's house. She knocks on the door with her head.}
MARZIPAN: Ouch. Homestar Runner, are you OK? {knocks with head again} Homestar, are you in there? It's me, Marzipan!
{Canned laughter}
{Cuts to Strong Bad, The Cheat and Strong Mad, wagon and radish in tow.}
{Canned booing}
STRONG BAD: Oh man you guys, with Marzipan's radish, we're gonna win the competition, and then, maybe get uh, famous...a little...
{Canned laughter}
{Cuts to Homestar Runner and Pom Pom and a stage with a banner that says "Reddest Radish"}
ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, the competition will begin in 15 minutes. Please bring your radishes to the staging area.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Pom Pom, where's Marzipan? She's supposed to be here!
{Cuts to Marzipan, still at Homestar's house. She knocks with her head}
MARZIPAN: Ouch. Homestar, let me in.
{Knocks again}
MARZIPAN: Ouch. Homestar Runner, are you in there? {Pause} I'm leaving. {Leaves}
{Canned laughter}
{Cuts to Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad, pulling the wagon and radish}
STRONG BAD: {To the tune of "La Cucharacha"} We got the radish, we got the radish, and we're gonna win the contest!
{Canned booing}
{Cuts to Homestar Runner and Pom Pom by the stage, a can at their feet}
POM POM: {Bubbles}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: You know what, Pom Pom? You're right. Kicking this can would make me feel better. {He kicks it}
{Cuts to Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad}
{Canned booing}
{The can that Homestar Runner kicked lands in front of the wagon, and the wagon goes over it, causing the radish to fly out}
STRONG BAD: What the...? Holy crap!
{Strong Bad, The Cheat, and Strong Mad rush off, leaving afterimages}
STRONG BAD AFTERIMAGE: Holy crap!
{Canned laughter and the after images rush off. The radish is still flying through the air.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hey, that radish is Marzipan's!
STRONG BAD: Out of the way, Homestar!
{The radish lands and they all fight over it in a cloud of dust. The dust clears, the villains are on the ground, stood over by Pom Pom and Homestar is on the stage with the radish}
{Marzipan enters}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Look Marzipan, I got the Reddest Radish back from Strong Baaaaaaaaaaad!
MARZIPAN: What on earth are you talking about? That's not the Reddest Radish! This is!
{Marzipan pulls out a gargantuan red radish. Homestar falls off the stage, and Pom Pom falls to land sideways. Laughter. Marzipan stands on the stage with her radish and a first prize trophy}
MARZIPAN: I'm the winner!
{Canned laughter}
CAPTION: the end.
Fun Facts
Trivia
- This is the only cartoon in the experimental "paper doll cut-out" visual style.
- When Homestar Runner, Pom Pom, Strong Mad, and Strong Bad are in a fight for the raddish, their colors are: Strong Bad turns red, Pom Pom turns yellow, Strong Mad turns black, Homestar Runner turns red, and The Cheat turns to a darker yellow.
Remarks
- The usual "back" and "again" links at the end do not appear in this cartoon.
- Strong Mad's boots are colored black, instead of their usual red color.
Inside References
- Homestar Runner deciding to kick the can to feel better is a reference to Kick the Can.
Real-World References
- The way Marzipan pulls out the radish resembles a character pulling an item out of the ground in the video game Super Mario Bros. 2.
- The announcer pronounces "please" in the same way as the titular character of the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.