helium

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One ugly bird

Strong Bad Email #38

Shack wants to know what Strong Bad sounds like under the influence of helium.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The Cheat, Homestar Runner, Marzipan, Strong Sad (Easter egg)

Places: Computer Room, Brothers' Strong Living Room, The Field

Computer: Tandy 400

Date: July 29, 2002

Running Time: 1:29

Transcript

{Strong Bad bounces his head slowly up and down, right and then left while he sings "Emaillll eeeemailll eeemmailll...", sounding like either a car going through its gear shifts or maybe an opera singer}

Dear Strong Bad,
What do you sound like when you breathe helium?

Shack
Whittier

STRONG BAD: {typing} Oh I dunno, Shaq. {Quickly replacing "q" with "ck".} I haven't done that in a while. Though I think we have some leftover balloons from a party we threw last night. Lemme see.

{Strong Bad leaves his seat and goes to a room where Strong Mad and The Cheat are standing. Strong Bad takes a yellow helium balloon and breathes it in.}

STRONG BAD: {in a high-pitched voice} Hey, guys! How do you like my sounds? {Strong Mad chuckles.} Pretty great, huh? I sound like...one of the Golden Girls. Or, like, some type a guy who might...sing a song. You know like {singing} "Welcome to the High Voice Crew! I hope you have a high voice, too! When you've got a high voice, you don't have a choice, {His voice gradually tones down to his ordinary tone.} your voice is high all the time. Welcome to the High Vo..." {stops singing} Oh, I guess...I got kicked out of the High Voice Crew.

STRONG MAD: MEEE. {Strong Mad takes a blue helium balloon angrily} MEEEEEEEE! {He breathes it in but his voice doesn't change.} THIS IS MY FUNNY VOICE. THIS IS MY FUNNY VOICE!

STRONG BAD: Yeah, that's a pretty funny one, big guy. {He rubs his head and The Cheat inhales nearly all of the helium from a blue balloon. The balloon suddenly turns inside-out and gets stuck inside The Cheat, who is now a large, round, floating The Cheat. He flies smoothly across the room.} Aagghh! I've got a wicked head rush...

{Homestar Runner and Marzipan are talking to each other in The Field.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: So from then on, it was pork and beans.

MARZIPAN: I don't know if that's entirely healthy.

{Homestar Runner looks above behind him and sees The Cheat floating.}

HOMESTAR RUNNER: Whoa, Marzipan. Check out that ugly bird.

MARZIPAN: Homestar, I think that bird is The Cheat.

HOMESTAR RUNNER: No way! The Cheat is one fine-looking young man. That is an ugly bird.

{The Cheat continues to float in the sky as The Paper comes down}

Easter Eggs

• Click on The Cheat as he floats by the second time to hear Strong Sad say, "I'm sad that he's flying."

Fun Facts

Trivia

• This email marks the first appearance of Marzipan's new mouth movement style. (Look closely at how her mouth moved in cartoons like Where's The Cheat? and you will see the change.)
• This is also Marzipan's first appearance in a Strong Bad Email.
• Strong Bad's voice while he breathed helium was only his regular voice sped up. You can tell this when Strong Bad's voice is returning to normal - his song gradually slows down.

Inside References

• During the helium scene, a keg that reads "melonade" sits off to the side, which is the same keg from the old A Jumping Jack Contest cartoon.
• The Strong Sad easter egg is a reference to Main Page 15 ("I'm sad that I'm flying.")

Real-World References

• Shaq refers to NBA player Shaquille O'Neal.
• The Golden Girls was a popular sitcom about four elderly women that ran from 1985 to 1992.

DVD Version

• Strong Sad automatically says, "I'm sad that he's flying."

External Links

• watch "helium"
• view the Flash file for "helium"