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*Viewing the Flash file of this email on a web browser does now allow you to see outside of the frame by stretching the window.
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Revision as of 20:05, 14 March 2006

Strong Bad Email #148
watch lady fan some kinda robot
Twice the ruckus-raising productivity

Strong Bad's head disconnects from his body.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad (Head Bad and Strong Body), Homestar Runner, The King of Town, The Poopsmith, Bubs, Coach Z, The Cheat

Places: Computer Room, The Field, King of Town's Castle, The Island, Club Technochocolate, Race Track

Computer: Lappy 486

Date: March 13, 2006

Running time: 3:09

Page title: Lappy 486

Contents

Transcript

STRONG BAD: {singing} This week, I'm feeling my style! I've got confidence in my email! {loads the email}

{Strong Bad struggles to read everything between "were" and the final "head". He also sings Jenny's name, as follows:}

STRONG BAD: {singing} Jennyyy... {high-pitched} Jenny! {speaking normally, typing} Um, was your head connected to your body when you wrote this email? I think I get the gist of it. {clears the screen} While my head and body are normally the bosomest of buddies, I suppose I could double my productivity if they were separated. Like, I could raise that ruckus I've been planning in two days instead of four! The plausibilities are endless!

{Cut to The Field, where Strong Bad's disembodied head is speaking to Homestar Runner. A sign reads "THE CAREER ADVISOR IS REAL IN" with "REAL" being a separate removable word.}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} My head could be off giving folks career advice...

{The scene pans over and darkens, while an image of Strong Bad's headless body is throwing rocks from a box of "riot rocks" at The King of Town and The Poopsmith near the King's castle appears on the left. The Poopsmith is wearing whatsit-covered armor and holding a giant shield with the King's face on it, which is blocking the rocks. A bar separates the two different scenes.}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} ...whilest my body is rioting against the municipality!

{The body's scene darkens while the head's scene brightens.}

STRONG BAD'S HEAD: Maybe this running business just isn't for you. Have you ever considered the making and selling of tiny breads?

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Homestar Bunmaker, eh? Me likey, me likey! Thanks, Eggman! {turns away, but then turns back} Oh, and... {throws coins} why don't you get yourself something to eat? Put some meat on them bones, girl!

{Homestar walks off. The body's screen vanishes while the head's pans over a ways to reveal that the ruckus the body is making is actually right next to his head. Strong Bad's head turns toward his body.}

STRONG BAD'S HEAD: That's some nice revolutin', there, body, but, uh, maybe we should spread out. Like, more.

{The body gives the head a thumbs-up. Cut to a closeup of Strong Bad's head wearing his Dangeresque sunglasses, on what appears to be a beach. The head is sitting on a picnic blanket and resting against a tree trunk, and a drink with three umbrellas is in front of him. A seagull can be heard in the background. The camera zooms out slowly.}

STRONG BAD'S HEAD: Ah, livin' the sleazy life!

{The camera cuts back to show that Strong Bad's head is actually alone on a small island.}

STRONG BAD'S HEAD: {turning back} Hey, cabana boy! My drink needs more umbrellas! What kind of deserted island is this, anyway?

{Cut to Club Technochocolate, where Strong Bad's body is dancing with Bubs.}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Meanwhile, my body could be off putting its considerably reduced weight on it down at the cloob!

BUBS: Dang, Strong Body! Without all that extra head ballast, your moves are twicely fresh! Twicely fresh!

{Cut to an image of Strong Bad's head rolling across The Field.}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} My head would probably get pretty dizzy just rollin' around all the time. I might have to rig up some kind of repulsor lift!

{The camera cuts back, and the head begins to hover through some disc on the bottom of it.}

STRONG BAD: Naw, scratch that. I'm gonna need something with a little more... muscle.

{The disc disappears and is replaced by flaming jets on the top of its head.}

STRONG BAD'S HEAD: Oh, yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about! {leans back, as though revving up} Reer! Reeeeer! {starts zipping all over the place quickly} Rooow! Rooow! Rooo! Reer! {imitating brakes as it stops} Reeeeee! Whoa! This mess rules! I can finally win the million-yard dash! {zips forward again} Roooo...

{Cut to a finish line, which the head zips through quickly. Then cut to the other side, where Coach Z is holding a stopwatch.}

STRONG BAD'S HEAD: {imitating brakes} Reeeee! Oh, yes! I beat Homestar!

COACH Z: Sorry, Head Bad, but you was the only one competin' this year! Old 'Strammy's gone and quit the runnin' business!

{Homestar, wearing a new hat that reads "BUNMAKER" and holding a box of "TINY BREADS" jumps up right behind Strong Bad's head.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Cooornbreeeeead! I got cornbread here! Dinner rolls! Cornbread! Everybody wants a bun! Lemme hear that dinner roll!

{Cut to a blank white screen. Strong Bad's body walks on from stage right, while the unaltered head rolls on from stage left.}

STRONG BAD: {voiceover} Maybe one day, we'd both learn to regenerate...

{The head gains an arm, a green leg, an spirally arm, and an extremely thin robotic-looking leg. The body gains an odd growth colored to look like Strong Bad's head in its chest.}

STRONG BAD: ...creating two perfectly-formed Strong Bad specimens!

STRONG BAD'S BODY: {in a really whiny voice that sounds nothing like Strong Bad} I would like to go to the store.

STRONG BAD'S HEAD: {in a scratchy voice that also sounds nothing like Strong Bad} I hate your {chuckles} shoes! [1]

{Cut back to the Lappy.}

STRONG BAD: {typing} Eeeugh! Go away, head-nub and nub-head. Those things look straight out of the creature shop from some low-to-no budget horror film. Maybe chopping my head off isn't such a good idea.

{Cut back to show The Cheat standing near the computer, with a guillotine nearby.}

THE CHEAT: {dejected The Cheat noises, walks off}

{Cut back to the Lappy's screen.}

STRONG BAD: {typing} Well, time to go satisfy my sudden craving for tiny breads. {gets up} Hope I can find my local bunman...

{The Paper comes down.}

Footnote

  1. This line could also be "I like your shoes." or "I think you're cute."

Easter Eggs

  • At the very beginning, click "strongbad_email.exe" to see Sbemail Deodorant.
Sbemail
Deodorant
Soccer Scent
"I'm feeling my style...
I've got confidence in my email!"
We're onto you.
  • At the end, click on "horror film" to see a movie poster for "Regenerator 4".
A Low-To-No Budget Horror Film

REGENERATOR 4
OR: FOUR MORE REGENERATORS

With Special Make-up Effects by
TOLD SALLIAVERi
  • Click on "good idea" to see a propaganda poster of The Poopsmith Stormtroopers.
SUPPORT THE MUNICIPALITY!

WE'RE ONTO YOU.

Fun Facts

Explanations

  • A ballast is a compartment, usually filled water and is associated with an object containing extra mass.

Trivia

Remarks

  • Viewing the Flash file of this email on a web browser does now allow you to see outside of the frame by stretching the window.
  • The Regenerator 4 Easter egg has an unexpected lowercase i in the same word as a capital I.
  • In the DVD commentary for island, Matt Chapman said that he and Mike planned to revisit the island scene in a later toon.
  • When Head Bad was revving after he received the exhaust pipes, smoke came out of the bottom of the head, indicating that he was performing a burnout. However, this is not possible because he had no tires and was floating in mid-air.
  • "The Municipality" is simply a fancy way of saying "Town", as in the one over which the King rules.

Goofs

  • When Strong Bad gets the 'muscle' engine growing out of his head, his shadow on the ground never changes to match the engine.
  • When Head Bad finishes the 1 million yard dash, the finish line tape is connected to a pole. In another shot there, the pole is gone, and the tape just sits on the ground.

Inside References

Real-World References

  • The Poopsmith's shield, bat, and mask may be a reference to the Combine in Half Life 2.
  • Strong Bad's "career advisor" sign is similar to the "Psychiatric help" sign used by Lucy van Pelt from the Peanuts comics. More specifically, it reads "The doctor is real in", with "real in" being the moveable part of the sign in A Charlie Brown Christmas.
  • Repulsorlift is the technology used to create lift for air- and spacecraft in the Star Wars universe, most notably in the case of the various speeders, but also for craft such as the X-wing to make up for their lack of airfoils (despite having wings). It is supposedly based upon the artificial creation of "pockets" of gravity, which push against the gravity of bodies such as planets and moons or against solid objects such as walls or buildings.
  • Told Salliaveri may be a reference to Tom Savini, the special-effects wizard most noted for his work on George A. Romero's Living Dead series.
  • The use of "put your weight on it" in reference to dancing comes from the Rudy Ray Moore movie The Disco Godfather, and is often regarded as the best thing about the movie. This phrase was used earlier in the email flashback.
  • "Lemme hear that dinner roll" is a reference to the lyrics of the 1994 song "Tootsie Roll" by the band 69 Boyz.
  • The exhaust pipes coming out of Head Bad could be referred to as a "header" in automotive engineering parlance.

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