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*Also at the end, click "pizza parties" to see a logo for "Cheatsa Parties," featuring [[The Cheat]] taking a bite out of a large pizza. | *Also at the end, click "pizza parties" to see a logo for "Cheatsa Parties," featuring [[The Cheat]] taking a bite out of a large pizza. | ||
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== Fun Facts == | == Fun Facts == | ||
Revision as of 22:41, 18 November 2004
Strong Bad Email #87
Strong Bad decided not to do an email this week, so we get a lovely flash movie from The Cheat. The movie features Strong Bad answering an email from Seb in The Lodge, MN. Since The Cheat made the movie, you can bet he's going to make sure we all know how cool he is.
Seb asks if Strong Bad can run a mile. Strong Bad answers by doing cartwheels for a mile (encountering various obstacles along the way).
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat, Bubs, Homestar Runner, Marzipan, Coach Z, The Poopsmith
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Transcript
{The computer room is empty. After a second, we see Strong Bad walk on-screen}
STRONG BAD: {singing} And I pretend that it's made of money-
{stops singing, notices camera}
STRONG BAD: {addressing viewer} Er..Oh! Um... Look, uh, I'm not doin' one this week. Yeah... not doin' one. So... bye!
{Strong Bad walks out of the room}
STRONG BAD: {singing again} And I pretend that it's made of money...
{The Cheat enters and looks at the computer, then looks around for anyone. He then grins at the camera fiendishly. A new Flash cartoon begins. The cartoon is apparently made by The Cheat, as evidenced by the horrible graphic quality.}
STRONG BAD: {singing} Check your Eeeeeeeeeemail. Ooh, ah, email, ooh, ah --
{reading}
Dear Strong Bad, Can you run a mile. -Seb The Lodge, MN
STRONG BAD {typing}: You'd better believe it, Seb, I can ride I can do cartwheels for a mile. Ready and one and set and go!
{Strong Bad cartwheels away from his desk. Cut to a shot of him cartwheeling through the TV room from left to right.}
TV ANNOUNCER: TV show featuring The Cheat in a Trans Am.
STRONG BAD: Here I go.
{The scene cuts to a lot with a bunch of buses that say Sköl}
STRONG BAD: Here I go again on my own.
{Strong Bad uses a ramp to jump over the buses. Bubs appears from behind a fence. He appears to have no lower body}
BUBS: Hey Strong Bad, you jumped over some of my buses!
{"A new record!! 19 buses!!" appears in the air and we hear crowd noises. Cut to Marzipan standing in the field}
MARZIPAN: Keep it up, Strong Bad. Keep up the pace!
STRONG BAD: Thanks for cheering me on.
{Scene cuts to a brick wall, standing in the middle of a field}
STRONG BAD: Half way to go. I have to break through this brick wall.
{Strong Bad rolls foward and the wall doesn't give him any resistance. The bricks fall down and spell "HI". Cut to Homestar in the field holding a sign that says "I love cooties"}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Check it out, b-hand.
{Strong Bad streches out his leg and trips Homestar. Cut to Strong Bad finishing his mile on an athletic track, with flashbulbs everywhere. It then cuts to Homestar, Marzipan, and Homestar waiting for Strong Bad. Coach Z is pink}
COACH Z: Mr. Strong Bad, you won the mile, how did what's your secret?
STRONG BAD: The Cheat.
{The Cheat parachutes in from the top of the frame, wearing a light blue tuxedo and sunglasses and holding a glass of champagne. Money is stuffed into his tuxedo pocket. He lands on the ground and raises up his glass. A thought bubble appears above Marzipan's head reading "i (heart) that cheat."}
EVERYBODY: The Cheat is a millionaire! A parade for The Cheat!
{A parade goes by, featuring a The Cheat float that says "Dunkin' the Ch8t", a The Cheat hot air balloon, fireworks, and The Poopsmith pushing a broom at the end, then the scene cuts back to Strong Bad's computer.}
STRONG BAD {typing}: So yes, Jimmy-Jimmy, there have been parades honoring The Cheat, but don't let that from stopping you from organizing your own. He can be the Grand... Marshall. He's also available for proms and pizza parties. {Strong Bad actually types: So yes, Jimmy-Jimmy, there have been p's h-ing the C. B. d. l. t. f. s. y. f. o. y. o. He can be the Grand Marshall. He's a-so availabe for proms and pizza parties.}
STRONG BAD: So, okay folks, I gotta go to my next show. See you later night-time!
{At the end, a cheated-up version of The Paper comes down with a sound effect that just sounds like some guy going "Kerrrriorrrr..."}
Easter Eggs
- Before The Cheat shows up, the diskette says "One on One". Within The Cheat's cartoon but before Strong Bad starts cartwheeling, you can click on it to see that it says "Out of this world". After Strong Bad gets back, you can click on it again to show "NITEMARE 3D".
- At the end of the email, click "proms" to see a polaroid of The Cheat with a sillouhette labelled "Your bod here" and a note scrawled at the bottom: "A Knight to Remember, June 3rd 2004."
- It had been rumored that was "scheduled for further release", meaning they might have made a cartoon about it. Unfortunately, the day passed without any update on H*R.com. Nevertheless, two days following, the Strong Bad Email cheatday was released.
- Also at the end, click "pizza parties" to see a logo for "Cheatsa Parties," featuring The Cheat taking a bite out of a large pizza.
- Press 'O' on your keyboard at the end to see a silhouette of Strong Bad doing cartwheels over a bunch of hills with a song playing in the background. The Brothers Chaps are making fun of Old Intro 2 here.
Fun Facts
- When The Cheat shows up (after Strong Bad wins the mile) Marzipan has a thought bubble saying "I heart that Cheat." This is the only time, besides the original book, that The Cheat is not referred to with a "The" preceeding his name.
- When the parade happens and The Poopsmith shows up behind it, it might be a subtle reference to a segment of "Rocky and Bullwinkle" called "Peabody's Improbable History", where there were parades honoring Peabody with only one janitor cleaning up after it.
- Strong Bad says "Here I go Again on my Own" before going on the ramp over Bubs' 19 buses. "Here I Go Again" was an 80's rock song by Whitesnake.
- After the parade, there are six fireworks in the sky, similar in sound and appearance to the original Super Mario Bros. after getting the flag.
- "Seb" may be a reference to the British athlete, Sebastian "Seb" Coe, a mid-distance runner who once held the world record in the mile.
- The buses Strong Bad cartwheeled over each said the dictionary pronunciation of "School". ("skol" with a line over the "O")
- The line "A TV show featuring The Cheat in a Trans Am" almost certainly refers to the TV series "Knight Rider."
- Strong Bad cartwheeling the mile (as opposed to just running it) was probably done so that The Cheat wouldn't have to animate anything, instead just rotating Strong Bad's standing frame a few hundred times.
- Strong Bad cartwheels 65 times, 55 w/o the easter egg.
- According to the DVD commentary, this is the one e-mail that Matt and Mike completely made up - there is nobody named Seb that asked Strong Bad if he could run a mile.
DVD Version
- For whatever reason, there is not option to use the angle button, and therefore the Floppy Disk Easter Eggs have been disabled. This is one of the only emails on the set that does not have the angle option available when it should be.
- The hills Easter Egg is now accessable like a normal Easter Egg.
- The DVD version features hidden creator's commentary. To acccess it, switch your DVD player's audio language selection while watching.
