Halloween Hijinks

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This is the whole cartoon this year.

This Halloween, the gang decides to just hang out in the teaser while their teenage selves from the '70s have a run-in with Large Bean.

Cast (in order of appearance): The Poopsmith, Homsar, Strong Bad, The Cheat, Pom Pom, Strong Sad, Homestar Runner, Marzipan, Coach Z, Bubs, The King of Town, Strong Mad, The Sad Kids, Large Bean, Stave It Off Guy, Mr. Poofers (Easter egg), Jibblies Painting (Easter egg), Old Man Rootbeer (Easter egg)

Places:

See Halloween Hijinks Costumes for more information on what everyone was wearing.

Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Running Time: 6:30 (TV Time Toons Menu), 5:00 (Actual), 7:55 (YouTube)

Page Title: Silhoueen Toon

Transcript

(silhouette field)

STRONG SAD: So... do you guys think that's true? This is really it?

STRONG BAD: Yeah, probably. I feel like we've been steadily working towards this over the years.

HOMESTAR: You mean we're not going to get into any Halloween hijinks or nothing?

COACH Z: I'm getting too old for hijinks. And the last time I attempted even medium jinks, I threw out my torn rubdominal scrimmage.

(Coach Z's front steps)

COACH Z: Deviled eggs, three pieces of two-ply? Ya call those Halloween jinx? Why I could whistle so hard right now I--

(loud whistle sound)

COACH Z: whooogho!

(Lowjinxerol TV commercial)

COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCER: If you've suffered a torn rubdominal scrimmage, Halloween jinx don't need to be a thing of the past.

COACH Z: They don't?

COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCER: Lowjinxerol is specially formulated to treat creepy middle aged ailments. So you'll stop talking about them in public.

MARZIPAN: Hey, Coach Z? How's it going?

COACH Z: Well, this morning in the locker room, my rubdominous swell (poonf)--

COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCER: Reclaim your Halloween low jinx with Lowjinxerol, (speaks faster) a division of Fluffy Puff / Foamalate / Hot Pooey Smarty Juice / Videlectrix Subsidiaries.

(Channel 5 card)

CHANNEL 5 ANNOUNCER: We now return to Channel 5's Halloween programming.

(hallway)

NIGHT WATCHMAN COACH Z: Slow night at City Hall, eh fellow night watchman?

NIGHT WATCHMAN BUBS: That establishes our location and humdrum routine.

COUNCILMAN ZONEPERMIT (KING OF TOWN): And please, don't keep walking towards me. I beg of you! No, you're still walking towards me! Nooooooo....!

NIGHT WATCHMEN BUBS AND COACH Z: Raaaaaaahhhh...!

(the homestar runner Mysfit-steries card)

(Councilman Zonepermit's office)

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: Stand down, local law enforcement; a group of random teens is here.

NIGHT WATCHMAN COACH Z: Mysfit-steries, thank goodness it's you. I almost didn't recognize you in those absurd zigzagged pants.

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: Yeah, I--I know; I'm trying to branch out.

NIGHT WATCHMAN BUBS: When we rushed in here, the mysterious silhouette had vanished.

MYSFIT-STERIES STRONG BAD: Oh, great. Another fanatical, mysterious believer.

MYSFIT-STERIES MARZIPAN: Zigglies, why would anyone want to kill Councilman Zonepermit?

MYSFIT-STERIES STRONG MAD: Look out behind you!

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: Duh-duh-duh!

NIGHT WATCHMAN COACH Z: Woh-woh-woh!

NIGHT WATCHMAN BUBS: La-la-la!

INDISTINGUISHABLE VOICES: Large Bean!

MYSFIT-STERIES STRONG BAD: (in a Teen Girl Squad voice) SO UNSETTLING!

(Strong Bad freezes and falls to the floor)

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: Huh? Strong Bad stopped breathing! (beat) We have to play in a band!

(musical interlude 1)

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: ♪And in the moonlight, things get kind of kooky; girl, you know they do it; no ? respect me as a man.♪

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: ♪And in the moonlight, things get kind of crazy; they're trying to extricate me out of these absurd, zigzagged pants. Moonlight... kooky--♪

(wham)

(pant dismemberment is complete and Large Bean is tied up)

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: Well, Strong Bad, it looks like your never-ending attempts to unshackle me from my ridiculous-èd pants have finally paid off.

MYSFIT-STERIES STRONG MAD: Let's find out whose rich uncle he really is.

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: Sus-sus-sus.

MYSFIT-STERIES STRONG BAD: Su-su-su.

MYSFIT-STERIES MARZIPAN: Suh-suh-suh!

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR, MARZIPAN, AND STRONG BAD: Stave It Off Guy!

MYSFIT-STERIES MARZIPAN: I thought it was going to be that creepy night watchman.

NIGHT WATCHMAN COACH Z: So did I, honestly.

NIGHT WATCHMAN BUBS: Why would you want to kill Councilman Zonepermit?

STAVE IT OFF GUY: Ha, ha, ha; I don't know. I guess he wouldn't give me no permits.

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: There's only one place for a criminal like you. (beat) Playing in our band!

MYSFIT-STERIES STRONG BAD: Are we forgetting he totally just murdered somebody?

(musical interlude 2)

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: ♪Moonlight... kooky ... moonlight ... kooky kooky♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: (in harmony background with Homestar) ♪One ... two ... three ... ♪

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: ♪Moonlight, things get kind of kind of kooky yeah♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪One ... two ... three ... ♪

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: ♪Kooky, oh yeah.♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪One ... two ... three ... ♪

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: ♪Saying kooky oh yeah.♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪One ... two ... three ...♪

MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR: ♪Ha ha...♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: (now the lead) ♪One ... two ... three .... ♪

LITTLE BEAN: (in harmony response) ♪Stave it off ... ♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪One ... two ... three .... ♪

LITTLE BEAN: ♪Stave it off ... ♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪One ... two ... three .... ♪

LITTLE BEAN: ♪Stave it off ... ♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪Now you can count to three.♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪One ... two ... three .... ♪

LITTLE BEAN: ♪Stave it off ... ♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪One ... two ... three .... ♪

LITTLE BEAN: ♪Stave it off ... ♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪One ... two ... three .... ♪

LITTLE BEAN: ♪Stave it off ... ♪

STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪Now you can count to -- ♪

LITTLE BEAN, MYSFIT-STERIES HOMESTAR, STAVE IT OFF GUY: ♪Three.... ♪

(silhouette field)

HOMESTAR: So... that whole deal we just watched. Was that like the list of side effects for Coach Z's Jinxy-rolls medicine?

STRONG SAD: Oh, what do you mean?

HOMESTAR: You know like, (in a prescription drug commercial tone) "side effects may include: zig-zaggèd pants, large bean, clichèd parodies, and playing in a band."

COACH Z: No way. The only side effects of lowjinx are all on...

EVERYONE: Happy Halloween!

(Strong Bad gets coughed out of his costume)

STRONG BAD: Bla...blah...blaaaaah

STRONG BAD: Here I come....

STRONG BAD: (falling) Bloooo....

(The costumes are now displayed)

Easter Eggs

It gets less secret every year.

• The hidden message "secret reading", identical to the one from the 2018 teaser, can be found in the Flash file.
• At the end, click on Coach Z.
• At the end, click on Homestar.
• At the end, click on Strong Bad.
• At the end, click on Bubs.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {singing to the tune of the theme of The Legend of Zelda} Say, Bubs, I really like your costume. It's '70s Bubs! Giving a piggyback ride! To Totoro! Eating a purple burrito! It's such a great costume, you know (ba-da-dum, da-da-dum, da-da-dum.)

BUBS: {imitating Beedle} Thank you!

• At the end, click on Strong Mad.
• At the end, click on the King of Town.

STRONG BAD: Hey, King! Why didn't you dress up as King Ding Dong? That's a no-brain-o!

THE KING OF TOWN: Those devil's food hockey pucks? Never!

STRONG BAD: I'm pretty sure it's all the same ingredients. Just extruded out of a different machine in the Double Dare guy's basement, which is where I assume all snacks come from.

THE KING OF TOWN: Don't get me started on Marc Summers!

• At the end, click on The Cheat.
• At the end, click on Marzipan.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: That's a real swell zombie Ziggy Stardust costume, Marzipan. Real swell!

STRONG BAD: How come you got one o' them drive-thru speakers stuck in your chest?

MARZIPAN'S CHEST INSIGNIA: {in a distorted speaker voice} The powder is yours! Sprinkle it on your fries.

• At the end, click on Homsar.

STRONG BAD: {imitating Homestar} Hey, Homsaw! I weally like youw BB-8 got wun ovew by a sand cwawlew costume!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Eh, I dunno. Personally, I woulda gone with Oscar the Grouch 2000.

STRONG SAD: Henson! Henson!

• At the end, click on the stars between Bubs and Pom Pom; a silhouette of Mr. Poofers will appear when the cursor is over the correct area.

{The "Halloween Hijinx" cut-in reappears.}

ANNOUNCER: Up next, it's thrills and chills with Jibblies vs. Poofers.

{The scene shifts to a Mr. Poofers story. Mr. Poofers is jumping down a road.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {voiceover} Mr. Poofers careens to life like a Wichita bandsaw, and that's no lie.

{He walks up to a caricature of the Jibblies Panting.}

JIBBLIES PAINTING: Come! On! Iiiiiiiiiii— {His eyes take on a more cartoony appearance. Singing:} —iif you really loved me you would say so!

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {voiceover} ...said a delightful oil-on-canvas by acclaimed folk artist Rothschild Rootbeer.

{The camera pans over to show a content-looking Old Man Rootbeer.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: {voiceover, as Rootbeer:} Sure beats paintin' pimecones!

Fun Facts

Trivia

• This is the first time teenage Strong Mad has spoken.

Inside References

• The secret message this year is a reference to Meet Marshie.
• The "pants extricating machine" resembles the Roomy-Vac.

Real-World References

• The night watchmen are animated in a similar way to The Amazing World of Gumball.
• Ziggy Stardust is a character created by rock musician David Bowie.
• Marc Summers is a former Nickelodeon game show host best known for hosting Double Dare and What Would You Do?
• Oscar the Grouch is a character on Sesame Street

External Links

• watch "Halloween Hijinks" on the old Flash site
• view the Flash file for "Halloween Hijinks"
• watch "Halloween Hijinks" on YouTube