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[[Image:Trogdor was dragon man.png|thumb|"Trogdor was a dragon-man"]]
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[[Image:Trogdor was dragon man.png|thumb|"It was a terrible song of Trogdor."]]
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A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a '70s commercial for a board game.
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A [[Powered by The Cheat]] video for a song from a '70s commercial for a [[Trogdor!! The Board Game|board game]].
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Trogdor}}, [[Peasants]], [[The Red and Blue Knights]], {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, {{Film|The Dancing Brothers}}
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'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Trogdor}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}}, {{Film|The Cheat}}, [[The Dancing Brothers]],
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'''Places:''' [[The Cheat's Computer Room]], [[Peasantry]]
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'''Places:''' [[The Cheat's Computer Room]]
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'''Date:''' Thursday, September 13, 2018
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'''Date:''' Thursday, September 13th 2018
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'''Running Time:''' 2:17
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'''Running Time:''' 2.17
'''Page Title:''' Trogdor Musk - For Dragon Men
'''Page Title:''' Trogdor Musk - For Dragon Men
== Transcript ==
== Transcript ==
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''{Open to a close-up of a person's red shirt, against a background fading from red to yellow. The shirt reads "WHEN THE Seventies", with "Seventies" written in a Coca-Cola-resembling font.}''
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{{transcriptinprogress}}
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' When the seventies there was a commercial for board game.
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it was a terrible song of trogdor they made seven inches but even Strong Sad thought it was not-
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So The Cheat made a video. Does this sound like Strong Bad at all?
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' When the seventies, there was{{--}}
 
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''{The shirt morphs into a Trogdor!! The Board Game box against a black background. It reads "TRAGDAR". Trogdor is smiling and making the "OK" sign with his hand, with armpit hair and a wristband. The side of the box reads "CONTAINS: CONTENTS".}''
 
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' {{--}}a commercial for a board game.
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'''SINGERS''': Trogdor was a man.<br />
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Trogdor was a DRAGON Man.
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''{The board game box shakes and bursts open, with Trogdor, the Red and Blue Knights, two peasants, five tiles, a cottage base, and a burninated cottage roof flying out. The cottage roof stays in place for a moment, then moves with the rest a few seconds later.}''
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' It was a terrible song{{--}}
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''{A vinyl record rotates as it comes into view. The top has a logo for "Terrible SONGS RECORDS". At the bottom, it reads "-TROGDOR WAS A MAN-", and below it, "THE POW-UH SURGE". The side reads "SIDE A".}''
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' {{--}}of Trogdor. They made seven inches{{--}}
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''{Zoom out into Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad holding the record, against a blurry photographic house background. He closes his eyes and shakes his head, throwing the record over his shoulder.}''
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' {{--}}but even Strong Sad thought it was not ver{{--}}
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''{Cut to Strong Bad's head bouncing exaggeratedly on The Cheat's computer against a rainbow background. The Cheat is silhouetted in front of the computer, and the desk is brown instead of blue. The record flies into a CD slot on the side of the computer.}''
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG BAD:''' So The Cheat made a video. ''{turns toward the camera and stops bouncing}'' Does this ''{snickering}'' sound like Strong Bad at all?
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''{Cut to a silhouetted plug that reads "The Pow-uh Surge" against an electric green background. White text appears at the bottom:}''
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<blockquote>
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The Pow-uh Surge<br>
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"Trogdor was a man"<br>
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Terrible Songs Records<br>
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Dir:The Cheat
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</blockquote>
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''{Cut to a zooming shot of Peasantry}''
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'''SINGERS:''' Trogdor was a man.<br />
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Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man.
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Trogdor was a man.<br />
Trogdor was a man.<br />
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Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man.
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Trogdor was a DRAGON Man.
And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!
And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!
Trogdor was a man. (S, more different S) <br />
Trogdor was a man. (S, more different S) <br />
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Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man. (S, more different S)
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Trogdor was a DRAGON Man. (S, more different S)
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(S, more different S)<br />
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(S, more differant S)
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(Whispering things in the '70s)
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(Whispering into the '70s)
And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!
And he was burninating, burninating, burninating the countryside!
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Trogdor was a man. (Get consummate, get consummate)<br />
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Trogdor was a man. (Consemate, Consemate) <br />
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Trogdor was a ''dragon'' man. (Get consummate, get consummate)
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Trogdor was a DRAGON Man. (Consemate, Consemate)
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Get consummate, get consummate<br />
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Consemate, Consemate <br />
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Consummate V's
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Consemate V's
Maybe he was just a dragon.<br />
Maybe he was just a dragon.<br />
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Maybe he was just a dragon.<br />
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Maybe he was just a dragon.
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Maybe he was just a dragon.<br />
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Maybe he was just a dragon.
Well, he was still Trogdor.<br />
Well, he was still Trogdor.<br />
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And the Trogdor comes in the NIGHT!
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And the Trogdor comes in THE NIGHT!
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''{Cut to The Cheat and Strong Bad at The Cheat's computer desk}''
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(Cuts to Strong Sad and The Cheat at The Cheat's computer desk)
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'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{turns toward The Cheat}'' I don't know, The Cheat. There are a lot of inaccuracies present.
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'''STRONG SAD:''' I don't know The Cheat there are a lot
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of inaccuracies present.
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{turns toward Strong Sad; The Cheat noises}''
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'''THE CHEAT''': (The Cheat noises)
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Well, for starters, Trogdor wasn't even around when the '70s. Strong Bad made him in the early 2000s. ''{emphasizes the "a" in "thousand"}''
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Well for starters, Trogdor wasn't even around in the 70s.
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Strong Bad made him in the early 2000s.
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{lowers his eyebrows and turns back to his computer; The Cheat noises}''
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'''THE CHEAT''': (The Cheat noises)
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'''STRONG SAD:''' And what was going on with your depiction of me?
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'''STRONG SAD:''' And what was going on with depiction of me? and have creepy bony spine.
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''{The Cheat clicks and brings up the picture of Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad}''
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'''STRONG SAD:''' I have that creepy bony spine...
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''{The Cheat clicks every time before Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad speaks}''
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' The Lusitania is my favorite boat.
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' The Lusitania is my favorite boat.
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'''STRONG SAD:''' No way! Everybody knows I'm a Mauretania man.
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'''STRONG SAD:''' No way everybody knows I'm a Mauritania man.
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'''THE CHEAT:''' ''{The Cheat noises}''
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat is not your boat!
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''{Zoom in to the screen}''
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Woah, stop that!
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat is not your boat!
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' This is all gonna be about boats now.
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Ugh, stop that!
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh it's a terrible idea!
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' This is gonna all be about boats now. ''{smiles with his tongue sticking out}''
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat take-
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''{Cut back to The Cheat and Strong Sad}''
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'''STRONG SAD:'''(interrupts) That's it! I'm going to the chiropractor!
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, that's a terrible idea!
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(Strong Sad Walks away)
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' My boat take{{--}}
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Got me all self-conscious!
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'''STRONG SAD:''' ''{interrupts}'' That's it! I'm going to the chiropractor! ''{walks away}'' Got me all self-conscious!
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'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' Don't you like boats?
'''POWERED BY THE CHEAT STRONG SAD:''' Don't you like boats?
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''{Zoom in to Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad's back. Three of the bone bumps wiggle and morph into the letters "end".}''
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==Fun Facts==
==Fun Facts==
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===Trivia===
===Trivia===
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[[Image:The Cheat's New Mac.png|thumb|250px|"Well, this is a new computer."]]
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*[[Monosodium Dreams]] has been replaced by a newer computer parodying the newer Intel based [[Wikipedia:iMac|iMacs]].
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*The [[Monosodium Dreams]] has been replaced by a [[The Cheat's iMac (2018)|newer computer]] parodying the newer Intel-based {{wp|iMac}}s.
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*This is the first Powered by The Cheat toon since [[Fish Eye Lens]] in October 2014, an almost-four-year gap.
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*There is a photograph of a record store hidden in the Flash file. It was the first Google image result for "record store" as of the release of the short.
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*This is the first time that Trogdor has been seen [[flying]].
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*"When the Seventies" is an example of [[deliberately poor English]].
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===Remarks===
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*Prior to the retirement of [[Flash]], this toon was not shown on the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]. The Flash version was only linked to from the [[Main Page messages]] at the time of its release, and later became a [[secret page]].
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*Strong Sad does not have a mouth in The Cheat's video, but he does in the animations at the end.
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*"Dragon man" Trogdor lacks his usual wings.
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===Inside References===
===Inside References===
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*This song is meant to be a '70s disco version of the [[TROGDOR (song)|Trogdor]] song, which originated in the [[Strong Bad Email]] [[dragon]].
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*This song is meant to be a '70s Disco version of the [[TROGDOR_(song)|Trogdor]] song, which also means it's a reference to email [[dragon]].
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**"S, more different S" and "[[consummate V's]]" are referenced, both of which are drawing techniques used by Strong Bad in [[dragon]].
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*Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad says "boat take", a term previously seen in [[environment]].
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**"Get consummate" is part of a line from Strong Bad's [[rock opera]].
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*This toon prominently features [[Sports#Basketball|basketball]] and [[Buttdance|butt-dancing]].
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*The [[board game]] mentioned is [[Trogdor!! The Board Game]].
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**The "Tragdar" on the box is a reference to [[Videlectrix One]]'s pronunciation in the [[Trogdor!! The Board Game (video)|Trogdor!! The Board Game promotional video]].
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**The song's background rhythm was heard in the promotional video, and later in a [[@StrongBadActual]] Tweet.
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*The game box has the [[Nondescript Nouns|nondescript label]] "Contains: Contents".
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*"[[The Pow-uh Surge]]" was previously discussed in the DVD commentary for [[road trip]] as being the musicians behind the Dancing Brothers' song, as well as "Jammin' Tunes".
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*The Dancing Brothers previously appeared in [[A Folky Tale]].
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*Powered by The Cheat Strong Sad says "My [[boat]] take" and is subsequently interrupted. The same occurs twice with Strong Bad in [[environment]].
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*Strong Sad says "2000" the [[-ant pronounced with a hard A#Variations|same way]] he said it in [[suntan]].
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===Real-World References===
===Real-World References===
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*In the background of the Strong Sad scene at the beginning, there is a {{wp|Lego}} set of ''[[The Beatles|Yellow Submarine]]'' on the top of a shelf. This is most visible when viewing with an older form of Ruffle that doesn't support the blur function used to blur out the background.
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*The Lusitania was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 mi off the southern coast of Ireland
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*The scenes featuring two silhouetted Trogdor heads is a reference to a recurring segment of ''{{wp|The Electric Company}}'', a children's show that aired on [[PBS]] in the 1970s, in which two people would say part of a word to each other, with the letters coming out of their mouth in a similar fashion.
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*The Mauretania was an ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Wigham Richardson & Swan Hunter for the British Cunard Line, and launched on the afternoon of 20 September 1906.
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*The ''{{w|RMS Lusitania|Lusitania}}'' was a British ocean liner and briefly the world's largest passenger ship. The ship, first launched in 1906, was famously {{w|Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|sunk on May 7, 1915 by a German U-boat}} which was a major factor in the US joining World War I.
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**The ''{{w|RMS Mauretania (1906)|Mauretania}}'' was the running mate of the ''Lusitania'', also launched in 1906.
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*The disco rendition of the song seems to be inspired by the 1970s trend of novelty disco singles based on well-known songs and properties, such as {{w|Meco}}'s {{w|Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band|rendition}} of the ''[[Star Wars]]'' title theme.
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==YouTube Version==
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*The toon is titled "Trogdor Was Dragon Man".
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**This toon was unnamed on [[homestarrunner.com]] prior to the [[Post-Flash Site Update]].
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*The description for this video is "A Powered by The Cheat video for a song from a 70's commercial for a board game."
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==See Also==
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*The [[Trogdor Was A Man Visuals|visuals]] that occur during the music video.
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== External Links ==
== External Links ==
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[[Category: Homestar Runner Original Soundtrack Volume 3]]
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