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| Strong Bad Email #172 |
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Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat, [[Strong Mad|]], Strong Sad, Coach Z, The King of Town, The Poopsmith, Homestar Runner
Places: Computer Room, Strong Bad's Basement, Gymnasium
Computer: Lappy 486
Date: Monday, May 21, 2007
Running Time: 3:40
Page Title: Lappy 486
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Transcript
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STRONG BAD: Bring to me a suitable email, that I may check it down.
Mr Strong Bad
I have 3 sons that wish to join the Strongbadia army. Do you have any pamphlets, brochures, video information on that I could assist.
Yours,
Paul Perth, Western Australia
{Pronounces "Mr" as "Mere" and says "Hey, I'm no mere Strong Bad okay?!"}
STRONG BAD: Look Perthy Paul, I've been over this already: Strong Badia doesn't have/need an army. When we need muscle, we farm it out to our favorite band of missionaries, er I mean mercenaries, MERCENARIES! In fact, if your sons are so bonzer to enlist, they can {doesn't type} just {typing} swing by their booth at our Vaguely Military Career Fair, which just happens to be starting right now!
{Cuts to The Cheat standing next to Strong Bad}
THE CHEAT: {Makes Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: Oh, it's not for another 3 weeks. Okay.
{Cuts to a screen that says "2 weeks later..." and then shows Strong Bad}
STRONG BAD: Intoducing Tito the top Haticen and his beautiful assistant, Strong Mad with 2 basketballs shoved down his singlet!
STRONG SAD: Yaaaay!! {Claps}
{Cuts to a screen that says "1 week later..." and shows Strong Bad with an eyepatch and a mustache taped on}
{Transcript still in progress}
Easter Eggs
- Click on "Shady Missionaries" to see a Taranchula album of the same name.
- When Homestar says "The last time I fired up one of my old Sega tapes it made me a waffle", click anywhere on the screen to bring up a picture of a waffle iron with a Genesis-like controller and cartridge attached to it.
- At the end, click on "Tito the Tophatician's" to see a video clip:
- {The Cheat is standing in front of a sign that bears the Cheat Commandos logo and reads "Meet TV's Firebert!" After a long pause with cricket sounds, he takes out a fine tip permanent marker and replaces "Firebert" with "Trogdor." A large crowd of people gathers around.}
Fun Facts
Inside References
- Strong Bad's claim he already said Strong Badia needs no army references army.
- The memorial to Frank Bennedetto is also a reference to army.
- Frank Bennedetto was the only casualty of The Battle of Strongbadia.
- The Cheat changing "Firebert" to "Trogdor" is another reference to army, when Strong Bad told him that Firebert wasn't a good commando name.
- The Cheat's Tito costume is from part-time job.
- The music during the Tito scene is from Strongest Man in the World.
- The Municipality was previously used in disconnected.
- The Paper's poor condition is a reference to montage, where it's stated that "the paper stuck around until email 173, at which time Strong Bad upgraded to an inkjet printer". Being that this is email #172, this could very well be foreshadowing for the next one.
- The sound it makes is similar to the one from Sick Day.
- The On Point Kings were first referenced in origins.
- The smashed muffler and a pipe are sitting on Strong Bad's recruiting stand.
- In his "Homestarmy" monologue, Homestar mentions Sega tapes.
- The time displayed on the scoreboard is 3:14.
Real-World References
- The Municipality video closely resembles a commercial for the US Marines.
- The Poopsmith's shield has "Pooper Fi" written on it, a parody of "Semper Fi" a motto of the US Marines.
- Joe Piscopo is an American comedian known for his work in Saturday Night Live.
- QuarkXPress is a page layout application for Mac and Windows.
- The brochure for the On Point Kings states that the version of QuarkXPress is registered to "B4KDØR H4XXØR" on the third inside page. This is a reference to computer hackers who use "backdoors" to crack software copy-protection.
- The pamphlet for the Homestarmy features the cover art for the Atari 2600 version of Space Invaders.
- Strong Bad uses stereotypical examples of Australian English in his reply, "bonzer" (meaning excellent) and "fair dinkum" (meaning true or genuine).
External Links
- watch "more armies"
- watch "more armies" on the old Flash site
- view the Flash file for "more armies"
- forum thread re: "more armies"
