hygiene
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Strong Bad helps John with his hygiene video problem with some help from Embarrassing Educational Films
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Homestar Runner, Strong Mad, Coach Z, Bubs, Pom Pom, The Sad Kids
Places: Computer Room, The Classroom (Easter egg)
Computer: Lappy 486
Date: Monday, August 27, 2007
Running Time: 4:06
Page Title: Lappy 486
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Transcript
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STRONG BAD: {singing} Step 1! You check an email down, Step 2! Tell some kid he's a dork!
subject: hygiene movieDear Strongbad,
In 5th grade I have to watch a lame hygiene movie. I was thinking you could make a better movie about hygiene than the crudy school version.
Your friend,
John Katulla
{Strong Bad pronounces "Katulla" as "Katulalalalala"}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Fifth Grade Boys?!?!!
{Saving in case of a crash}
Easter Eggs
- At the end, click on "whatever" to see what Coach Z thinks of Strong Bad's video.
- {Coach Z and Strong Bad are in the classroom. Strong Bad stands beside a TV stand. The television reads "Embarrasing Educational Films". Coach Z is sitting on a chair in front of the TV.}
- COACH Z: I love it! Where can I get me some of this hygiene?
- STRONG BAD: You know, for a guy that lives ten feet from a bunch of showers, you think you'd be a little more familiar.
- COACH Z: What showers?
- STRONG BAD: Uh, that big tiled room with all the shower heads coming out of the wall?
- COACH Z: I thought thems were my dripping broken speakers! I got mad four-inch tweeters, B!
- At the end, click on "ancient" to see a tribute to Matt and Jackie's deceased cat, Mabel.
- At the end, click on "Mothmouth" to see a Strong Badman comic cover about Moth Mouth.
Fun Facts
Explainations
- A calibration test is a test performed on many color printers to help the user adjust the colors it produces, and aid alignment of the heads of ink or toner cartridges.
- tweeters are speakers designed to produced high-pitched frequencies.
Remarks
- At the end, the paper prints out a Calibration Test. You can still click on the lines to e-mail Strong Bad, however.
- We have seen Coach Z take a shower before in the second deleted scene of In Search of the Yello Dello.
Inside References
- The way Strong Bad pronounces John Katulla's name is a reference to retirement.
- The cat seen in the Easter egg is Mabel, Matt and Jackie's pet, who was previously seen in website.
- Homestar/John's room is littered with bowls of crispy puffed-rice cereal, last seen in candy product.
- Also in Homestar/John's room, there are baskets of fries
- Strong Bad's shopping bags are marked Styles Upon Styles.
- Another mention of pants.
- Coach Z uses Homestar's TeeBee to watch the film.
- The bug flying out of Homestar Runner's mouth refers to Bug In Mouth Disease.
- Gene's name, the acronym "TGIG" (Thank God I'm Gene), and Gene's grade of G- are all references to the letter G.
- "Stonk" was a word originally heard in the Quote of the Week of December 7, 2006.
- This is another reference to showering
Real-World References
- THX is a hi-fidelity sound reproduction system used in movies. It was founded by George Lucas, a filmmaker known for extensive use of special effects.
- The video parodies a style of educational film known as Goofus & Gallant, where two characters are used to contrast good and bad social behavior, accompanied by heavy handed narration. This style of film was most commonly used in the 1950s and 1960s.
External Links
- watch "hygiene"
- watch "hygiene" on the old Flash site
- view the Flash file for "hygiene"
- forum thread re: "hygiene"
