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- | + | [[Image:sbemail33.PNG|thumb| I'm fine! Nothing happened; I'm fine! ]] | |
- | + | '''Strong Bad Email #33''' | |
- | + | Mike W. misses the days that Strong Bad would answer emails without some sort of gimmick. Then Strong Bad's computer explodes. | |
'''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{Film|Strong Bad}}, {{Film|Strong Sad}} | ||
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'''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]] | '''Computer:''' [[Tandy 400]] | ||
- | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' June 24, 2002 |
- | '''Running Time:''' 1: | + | '''Running Time:''' 1:15 |
'''Page Title:''' TANDY 400!! | '''Page Title:''' TANDY 400!! | ||
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- | ==Transcript== | + | == Transcript == |
'''STRONG BAD:''' Super great, super great... Check your email! Diggity... | '''STRONG BAD:''' Super great, super great... Check your email! Diggity... | ||
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Everett, MA</blockquote> | Everett, MA</blockquote> | ||
- | ''{Strong Bad | + | ''{Strong Bad prounounces MA as "ma."}'' |
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yep. I remember those days, Mike. Those were good days... ''{sniffs}'' good days. ''{The email shrinks to the center of the screen with a powering-down noise.}'' | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' Yep. I remember those days, Mike. Those were good days... ''{sniffs}'' good days. ''{The email shrinks to the center of the screen with a powering-down noise.}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{ | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{Mutters}'' What the...crap? ''{The monitor sparks sharply}'' Whoa! Whgjht? |
''{silence}'' | ''{silence}'' | ||
- | ''{The | + | ''{The computer spontaneously explodes in Strong Bad's face covering his head in soot and ash. He flies across the room screaming, and breaks through the wall into Strong Sad's room. He groans and opens his eyes and sees Strong Sad standing above him upside down.}'' |
- | '''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, | + | '''STRONG SAD:''' Oh, jeez! Are you okay? |
''{Strong Bad stands up.}'' | ''{Strong Bad stands up.}'' | ||
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'''STRONG SAD:''' Did your terrible computer explode? | '''STRONG SAD:''' Did your terrible computer explode? | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' No, shut up! Look, I'm gonna need to borrow | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' No, shut up! Look, I'm gonna need to borrow like nine hundred dollars. |
- | '''STRONG SAD:''' Well | + | '''STRONG SAD:''' Well I hope that's for a new computer. You could get one like yours at a garage sale for like... ''{chuckling}'' fifteen dollars. |
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' I | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' I SAID SHUT UP!!! ''{sulkily}'' I ''liked'' that computer. |
- | ''{Strong Bad | + | ''{Strong Bad walks through the wall back to his room.}'' |
- | '''STRONG SAD:''' I hope some of that money's for buying me a new poster. You don't seem too broken up about that. | + | '''STRONG SAD:''' ...I hope some of that money's for buying me a new poster. You don't seem too broken up about that. |
- | ''{Cut to what's left of the Tandy 400 | + | ''{Cut to what's left of the Tandy 400. [[The Paper]] comes down.}'' |
- | ==Easter Eggs== | + | == Easter Eggs == |
+ | *At the end of the email, you can click on the contrast buttons to make the broken monitor spark and flash. Pressing the left contrast button causes the broken bulb-like component in the center to flash bright white. Pressing the right contrast button causes the green wire to jump and spark. | ||
- | + | == Fun Facts == | |
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===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
- | *This is the first instance of [[Strong Bad's | + | *This is the first instance of [[Strong Bad's Computer Malfunctioning]]. |
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===Remarks=== | ===Remarks=== | ||
- | * | + | *This, obviously, is the beginning of the end of the Tandy 400. |
- | + | *When you pause during the explosion, you can see that the "explosion" is just glass shards overlapped on the screen. | |
- | *When Strong Bad is talking to Strong Sad, | + | *When Strong Bad is talking to Strong Sad, his mouth seems unusually small. |
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*The spinning fan inside the exploded Tandy at the end doesn't seem to be attached to anything else, and is just floating in midair. | *The spinning fan inside the exploded Tandy at the end doesn't seem to be attached to anything else, and is just floating in midair. | ||
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===Goofs=== | ===Goofs=== | ||
[[Image:Tandy 400 Exploding.png|thumb| Misplaced head and glass shards.]] | [[Image:Tandy 400 Exploding.png|thumb| Misplaced head and glass shards.]] | ||
- | * | + | *When you click the left contrast button at the end of the email, the rainbow star logo disappears until the animation is done, along with the word "Contrast." |
- | + | *When the Tandy explodes, Strong Bad's reflection is incorrect. It is located at the top of the computer screen, at the same angle the computer is. | |
- | + | *When Strong Bad is flying through the air and crashes into the wall, where Strong Sad's room's wall meets the floor, the bottom-left corner of it protrudes more than it should. | |
- | *When the Tandy explodes, Strong Bad's reflection is incorrect. It is located at the top of the computer screen, at the same angle | + | *As Strong Bad is flying, the last thing you see in the background is a door. When he is in Strong Sad's room, the last thing before the wall is now a window. |
- | *When Strong Bad is flying through the air and crashes into the wall, | + | *If you click the left contrast button at the end of the email, the rainbow star and the words "contrast" briefly disappears. |
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===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
- | *The | + | *The opening song is based on the song [[Wikipedia:Super Freak|"Super Freak"]] by [[Wikipedia:Rick James|Rick James]]. |
+ | *As Strong Bad flies across the room, he passes the same door and window several times. Repeating backgrounds are common in low-budget animation. | ||
===Fast Forward=== | ===Fast Forward=== | ||
- | * | + | *This email would later appear in [[personal favorites]]. |
- | + | *The gear and fan would appear inside the shotgunned [[Compy 386]] in [[virus]]. | |
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- | * | + | == DVD Version == |
+ | *Instead of clicking on the contrast buttons to make pieces of the computer short-circuit/explode, the malfunctions happen without user interaction. | ||
- | ==External Links== | + | == External Links == |
- | + | *[[HR:sbemail33.html|watch "gimmicks"]] | |
+ | *[[HR:sbemail33.swf|view the Flash file for "gimmicks"]] | ||
{{Strong Bad Email}} | {{Strong Bad Email}} | ||
[[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]] | [[Category:Tandy 400 Emails]] |