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Strong Bad gets a scam email trying to trick him into giving out his credit card information. So he edits it and forwards it to Homestar.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Homestar Runner (voice over)
Places: Computer Room
Computer: Tandy 400
Date: February 4, 2002
Running Time: 1:17
Page Title: Tandy 400!!!
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: Initiate email check in five, four, three, two, one.
Dear Mr. Bad
We regret to inform you that your credit card
has expired. To keep your account, we will need
you to send your old credit card number and
expiration date, as well as a new one so we can
make the change. We promise we are real and
not just trying to steal your money.
John, and some other people
who aren't scam artists
STRONG BAD: Whoa, this sounds pretty serious. I know just what to do. {brings the cursor up to the first line} Just a little of this...
{He deletes "Mr. Bad," and inserts "Homestar Runner," then brings the cursor down to the bottom row.}
STRONG BAD: Ooh, maybe a dash of that...
{He deletes the signature and inserts "Superfied Credit Union". He then types "forward message", which clears the screen. Fade to black. The text "5 minutes later" is typed in, then after a pause, backspaced out. Fade back in.}
STRONG BAD: Okay, let's see what we got here...
{Strong Bad begins reading, and almost immediately the audio fades from Strong Bad's voice into a voice-over by Homestar.}
Dear Superfied Credit Union,
You've got the same e-mail address as my
friend Strong Bad! Anyway, here's my
credit card information:
5675 116 116 1352
Exp. 13/02
{The number and date are not read aloud.}
STRONG BAD: {laughing} That was too easy, man. Well, it looks like Homestar is about to make a little contribution to the Lots of Awesome Stuff for Strong Bad Fund.
{He types in "run “internet”" and goes to "the_coolest_stuff_ever.com." He clicks on the "purchase" button for "spaceship".}
STRONG BAD: Gimme one of these... {clicks on "killer robot" twice} A couple of these... {clicks "rocket launcher"} Oh, everybody needs one of these... {clicks "robot dog/shark"} Oh, this thing, I gotta have that...
{The Paper comes down.}
Fun Facts
Remarks
- Homestar's credit card expired in the thirteenth month of 2002.
- Homestar's credit card number doesn't correspond to any major credit card prefix; nevertheless, it is at least possible for it to be a valid card number because it passes the Luhn algorithm.
- This email shows a mouse cursor on the Tandy 400, which clearly doesn't have a mouse.
- Strong Bad only needs to hit backspace on his keyboard a few times to delete two whole lines of text.
- Even though Strong Bad only typed "forward message," the email still made its way to Homestar's inbox.
- There is a website, www.the-coolest-stuff-ever.com, based on this email. (It was taken down for a while, but was put back up "under new management.")
- The page www.homestarrunner.com/coolest.html contains a graphic with a robot and the words "The Coolest Stuff Ever." The page title is "The_Coolest_Stuff_Ever.COM".
- The total cost, minus shipping and handling if any, of Strong Bad's on-screen purchases is $3,013,500,000 USD.
- If Bad really were Strong Bad's last name, then he couldn't be related to "Mr. Mad", or "Mr. Sad", therefore, calling him this is innacurate.
Inside References
- The first four numbers in Homestar's credit card number is also Lem Sportsinterviews' PIN, used to access the pack of Homsar quotes from "Downloads."
Cost of "Coolest Stuff Ever"
the_coolest_stuff_ever.comspaceship.....................$3,000,000,000 purchase
rocket launcher...................$1,000,000 purchase
killer robot......................$6,000,000 purchase
200 bean burritos.......................$300 purchase
robotic dog/shark...................$500,000 purchase
assorted awesome things..............$30,000 purchase
golden limousine....................$900,000 purchase
two-headed cobra.....(seasonal) market price purchase
bag of money................assorted amounts purchase
