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"And I really don't like him at all."

This article is about the Strong Bad Email. For the character of the same name, see Marzipan.

Strong Bad Email #59

Strong Bad tries to prove that Marzipan loves him.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Marzipan

Transcript

STRONG BAD: There once was a man named email, and he did his best for a while.

{Reading email}

Strong Bad,
So, if you're so good with the ladies,
how come I never see you with any? The
only female I've seen even near you is
Marzipan, and she doesn't seem to
like you very much.

Ok, bye.
Emily C., Ohio

{Strong Bad reads the email as "The only female I've eev see sageento--" before correcting himself. Also, he pronounces "Ohio" as "O-wah-ho"}

STRONG BAD: {typing} What are you talkin about, Emily? Marzipan can't keep her hands offa me! In fact, I had to change my screen name cause she was buggin me so much. {clears screen} I'd be like, tryin' to write an email like... {typing} "Dear The Cheat" {stops typing} And then {message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: 'sup strong bad? i heart you so much."} it'd come up, and I'd be like close the window. {closes message, continues typing} "Anyways, The Cheat, I was going" {message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: i like all your muscles," Strong Bad closes it} "to ask you" {message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: do you go hooray 4 dolphins? i do," Strong Bad closes it} "if I could borrow" {message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: (typed in Webdings font) i seriously hope you didn't somehow decode this. it would make me real sad," Strong Bad closes it} "that big knife" {message comes up: "hooray4dolphins: are you trying to fade me?," Strong bad closes it, clears the screen, and continues typing} And if that's not en�ff pr�f, just watch this...

{Scene cuts to Marzipan out in the field next to a sign laying against a cinder block saying Free Concert For Birds}

MARZIPAN: {singing} Oh yeah, oh yeah, and I really don't like him at all.

STRONG BAD: So, uh... {Combs back "hair" and puts his comb into the back of his pants} Is that another song about Homestar?

MARZIPAN: No, it's about you.

STRONG BAD: About being in love with me?

MARZIPAN: That's disgusting. And I don't like your outfit.

STRONG BAD: Well, I'm not telling you my new screen name.

MARZIPAN: Well... I don't even know what a screen name is, so there you go. And if you'd please leave now, because I'm tinkering with my guitar.

STRONG BAD: Oh yeah, well? Say you like me.

MARZIPAN: No, leave me alone.

STRONG BAD: Say you like me?

MARZIPAN: No.

STRONG BAD: Then do you like {quickly and quietly} Strong Bad?

MARZIPAN: No! You're just saying your name fast. Go away.

STRONG BAD: What about that guy who's brothers with Strong Mad and {quickly and quietly} Strong Sad?

MARZIPAN: That's still you! No!

STRONG BAD: Then how about this one? Do you don't not dislike not Strong Bad?

MARZIPAN: Uh... I guess...

STRONG BAD: See! I told you you loved me! Ooh! I knew it all along! Wait until my friend Emily from Ohio {pronounces it "O-hee-oh"} hears this!!! Oooh! She loves me!

MARZIPAN: Whatever... Come on Carol, let's rock.

{Scene cuts back to Strong Bad's computer room. Three messages pop up from The Cheat:}

cheatachu72: yo SB! you there? you still want that knife?
cheatachu72: ello?
cheatachu72: i gots to jet. makin' a video for a client
cheatachu72 has signed off {sign off is punctuated by a vocalized imitation of AOL Instant Messenger's sign off sound}

{The Paper comes down. About 15 seconds later, a message from Strong Sad pops up:}

depressio111117: vinegar toast? did you really think i'd fall for that?

Easter Eggs

• Click on "video for a client" in The Cheat's last message to see a Powered by The Cheat music video for Marzipan's song.

Easter Egg Transcript

MARZIPAN: Come on, Carol, let's rock. {Marzipan sings this song:}

Yeah yeah
Yeah yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
Oh yeah yeah
And I really don't like him at all.

MARZIPAN: Thank you! {Birds chirp} Those are the birds.

During the video, the following images flash by:

• Marzipan in a field,
• A road,
• Cup of coffee,
• Beefy arm,
• "Hello My Name Is" Tag,
• Teeth,
• Florida,
• A Shirt with a gold necklace,
• Alarm Clock.

Fun Facts

Explanations

• "don't not dislike not" would mean Marzipan does like Strong Bad, by two instances of double negation.

Trivia

• Strong Sad's message is a reference to how Mike Chapman once tried to feed his brother Matt brownies with toothpaste in them, only to have the younger brother retaliate with vinegar toast. (From ajc.com interview. Free login required.)
• When this email first came out, The Brothers Chaps registered the AIM screenname hooray4dolphins. It was always online with an away message, saying that Marzipan wasn't really using that screenname, since she doesn't use computers.
• This email marks the first time Marzipan's guitar has been referred to as Carol. Previously, the guitar had been nameless, and had an M on it instead.

Remarks

• Strong Bad says that "Marzipan can't keep her hands offa" him, which is ironic since Marzipan doesn't have any hands.

Goofs

• If you wait for Strong Sad's message about vinegar toast and then watch the Marzipan video, when you go back to the last screen Strong Sad's message will have disappeared (but comes back in another 15 seconds).

Glitches

• If you up the contrast at the very end of the email when the IMs are on the screen, the IM boxes don't change with the rest of the screen. They just stay black.

Inside References

• When Marzipan IMs Strong Bad, she says "Are you trying to fade me?" which is a reference to the name of Coach Z's new hit single, These Peoples Try to Fade Me.
• Marzipan's "Free Concert for Birds" sign leans up against a cinder block, just like the stop sign in Strongbadia.
• The big knife is a reference to i love you.
• The Cheat's screenname, cheatachu72, was originally seen in the email i she be.
• Strong Sad's Screen Name is the same as his email address, as shown in depressio.

Real-World References

• Marzipan throwing a free concert for birds may be a reference to the comic strip "Peanuts," where in one strip, Linus has a sign which reads "Free Pats" for birds.

Fast Forward

• Marzipan's song would later be on the Strongbad Sings CD.

DVD Version

• The DVD version contains a hidden commentary by Mike, Matt and Missy (as Marzipan). To access it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
  • This commentary continues into the "Yeah Yeah" music video Easter egg.

Commentary Transcript

MIKE: Marzipan.

MATT: Speaking of Marzipan, look who's here.

MARZIPAN: Hi guys.

MIKE: {simultanously} Hi
MATT: Hi, Marzipan

MIKE: How does it feel to be featured in your very own Strong Bad email?

MARZIPAN: It feels about normal.

MATT AND MIKE: {simultaneously} Yeah.

MARZIPAN: Yeah.

MATT: It's got your name. It's got your name all over it.

MARZIPAN: Yeah.

MIKE: There it is, I'm pointing to it right now.

MARZIPAN: I see. I, uh- I thought this was a particularly thoughtful email.

MIKE: Yeah?

MARZIPAN: And, um, I thought the costume design was very good.

MIKE: There's... yeah?

MARZIPAN: My- my outfit.

MIKE: It's the same one you're always wearing.

MATT: Well... it's a good outfit, right?

MARZIPAN: Well... sometimes I change.

MIKE: Oh, OK

MATT: Oh, an interesting note about that last one that popped up was, uh, it spelled out something, and, what was it-

MIKE: It was in, like

MATT: -it spelled out "I really hope you didn't translate this. That would make me sad." And of course-

MIKE: And it was in, like, Webdings-

MATT: Yeah

MIKE: Or some Dingbats or something and people translated it.

MATT: It made me really sad.

MIKE: Yeah

MARZIPAN: Did you notice you reversed my eyes on this one?

MATT: I- look, I-

MIKE: I think they are

MATT: I don't know...

MIKE: I think we did something wrong.

MATT: But they'd be- make sense in perspective, right? The smaller eyes...

MIKE: But that wasn't why- that's not why...

MATT: She just has one- one eye smaller than the other?

MIKE: Yeah, just like Strong... just like Strong Ma- er, uh...

MARZIPAN: That's why I get confused later, because I can barely see Strong Bad while I'm talking to him.

MATT: Oh-ho, see Mike, it's YOUR fault. You put her eyes on backwards.

MIKE: Wellll, uh, we'll look into that.

MARZIPAN: Plus everyone forgot to bring the birds in that day, so no one showed up. There were no extras.

MIKE: Uh, I don't think anyone wanted to hear your song, maybe.

MATT: Mmm, it was a pretty good song.

MIKE: How was the, uh, did you market it very much? That concert? What promoter did you use?

MATT: Pass out flyers?

MARZIPAN: Well...

MATT: Go down to the whole foods.

MARZIPAN: You've got to realize this is all acting. You know, this is just not what I usually do.

MATT: What do you usually do?

MARZIPAN: Well I'm usually gardening.

MATT: So is- is the playing a guitar all just part of your character?

MARZIPAN: Yeah. I mean, I play it sometimes, but... for this, you know. I'm- I have a much better guitar than that, usually.

{someone laughs in the background}

MATT: What's its name?

MIKE: Carol... is that just a prop?

MARZIPAN: It IS a prop.

MATT: What's your guitar's name?

MARZIPAN: Uh, Joan.

MIKE: Carol and Joan, huh?

Easter Egg Commentary

MIKE: So here's your video... Marzipan.

MATT: The Cheat misspelled the name of your- your prop guitar there.

MIKE: Yeah, he calls it Carl.

MARZIPAN: I know, I know. That's OK.

MATT: Did you help, like, do the art direction on this one?

MIKE: {almost simultaneously} Have you ever been before?

MARZIPAN: Uh, uh, I did actually. I- I like The Cheat a lot. {slight pause} See? There was only one bird there.

External Links

• watch "marzipan"
• view the flash file for "marzipan"