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[[Image:Original.png|thumb|200px|"I can see you from here!"]] | [[Image:Original.png|thumb|200px|"I can see you from here!"]] | ||
- | Strong Bad discusses Original Bubs, and how he came to be | + | Strong Bad discusses Original Bubs, and how he came to be the one we know and love. |
- | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Original Bubs]], {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Senor Cardgage | + | '''Cast (in order of appearance):''' {{film|Strong Bad}}, {{film|Homestar Runner}}, [[Original Bubs]], {{film|The King of Town}}, {{film|The Cheat}}, {{film|Senor Cardgage}}, [[Crack Stuntman]], {{film|Bubs}}, {{film|Marzipan}} (Easter egg) |
'''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]] | '''Places:''' [[Computer Room]], [[Bubs' Concession Stand]], [[The Field]] | ||
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'''Page Title:''' Lappy 486 | '''Page Title:''' Lappy 486 | ||
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== Transcript == | == Transcript == | ||
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'''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's some great eyesight, Original Bubs! | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' That's some great eyesight, Original Bubs! | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' But it wasn't all good eyesight and cheap prices | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' But it wasn't all good eyesight and cheap prices! |
''{The screen becomes inverted grayscale and spooky music starts. The camera zooms in on Original Bubs.}'' | ''{The screen becomes inverted grayscale and spooky music starts. The camera zooms in on Original Bubs.}'' | ||
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'''ORIGINAL BUBS:''' Who ate all the mayo off of my egg salad?! ''{looks to the camera, surprised}'' And how?! | '''ORIGINAL BUBS:''' Who ate all the mayo off of my egg salad?! ''{looks to the camera, surprised}'' And how?! | ||
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'''THE KING OF TOWN:''' It's a proprietary technique I can't reveal! | '''THE KING OF TOWN:''' It's a proprietary technique I can't reveal! | ||
- | '''ORIGINAL BUBS:' | + | '''ORIGINAL BUBS:''' This is the first and last straw! I'm outta here, you amateurs! |
- | ''{Original Bubs | + | ''{Original Bubs walks away to music. For the first time, his bottom half is revealed. It is gray and similarly-shaped to Bubs's legs, but with tiny legs and pointed in the wrong direction from his upper body. There is no green stripe. He walks offscreen. Cut to the Lappy.}'' |
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' With Original Bubs' ''{pronounced "Bubs's"}'' future uncertain, we had to come up with some pretty creative ways to write him into stories, so that viewers didn't know he was gone. | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' With Original Bubs' ''{pronounced "Bubs's"}'' future uncertain, we had to come up with some pretty creative ways to write him into stories, so that viewers didn't know he was gone. | ||
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''{Cut to the inside of Bubs' Concession Stand. Homestar walks up. The person behind the counter is Senor Cardgage wearing an orange shirt with a green stripe across it.}'' | ''{Cut to the inside of Bubs' Concession Stand. Homestar walks up. The person behind the counter is Senor Cardgage wearing an orange shirt with a green stripe across it.}'' | ||
- | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey there, Senator<!-- sic, don't change it --> Cardgage Bubs, lemme get a | + | '''HOMESTAR RUNNER:''' Hey there, Senator<!-- sic, don't change it --> Cardgage Bubs, lemme get a manilla cheese Coke! |
'''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Oh... | '''SENOR CARDGAGE:''' Oh... | ||
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''{Homestar flinches with surprise. Static cuts to Strong Bad and The Cheat at the stand, with Crack Stuntman playing Bubs. The sign has "CRACK STUNT" posted over the word "ORIGINAL".}'' | ''{Homestar flinches with surprise. Static cuts to Strong Bad and The Cheat at the stand, with Crack Stuntman playing Bubs. The sign has "CRACK STUNT" posted over the word "ORIGINAL".}'' | ||
- | '''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' ''{pops up from behind the counter | + | '''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' ''{pops up from behind the counter}'' BLAAAAAAAAAAH!! What can I get? For you fine gentlemen? |
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{annoyed}'' Never mind, Crack Stunt-Bubs. | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{annoyed}'' Never mind, Crack Stunt-Bubs. | ||
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'''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' Oh... I should eat a pony. | '''CRACK STUNTMAN:''' Oh... I should eat a pony. | ||
- | ''{Strong Bad flinches with surprise | + | ''{Strong Bad flinches with surprise.}'' |
'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And don't forget fan favorite, | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{voiceover}'' And don't forget fan favorite, | ||
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''{Bubs punches Strong Bad in the face four times and puts his hands on his hips.}'' | ''{Bubs punches Strong Bad in the face four times and puts his hands on his hips.}'' | ||
- | '''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, Original Bubs used to pummel me senseless like that. It just doesn't sound | + | '''STRONG BAD:''' Yeah, Original Bubs used to pummel me senseless like that. It just doesn't sound— |
''{Bubs holds up his right "fist" menacingly.}'' | ''{Bubs holds up his right "fist" menacingly.}'' | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' All right! You're the original Bubs! | '''STRONG BAD:''' All right! You're the original Bubs! | ||
- | ''{Cut to a closeup of Bubs, no longer angry and looking at the camera.}'' | + | ''{Cut to a closeup of Bubs, no longer angry and looking at the camera. The background turns orange.}'' |
- | '''BUBS:''' That's right! ''{The | + | '''BUBS:''' That's right! ''{The following words appear above him:}'' 100% All Original Bubs! ''{And the following words appear below him:}'' If I had thumbs, I'd be sticking 'em up my armpits right now! |
''{He puts the ends of his arms into his armpits as a demonstration. The camera closes out to encircle Bubs's face with a blue background.}'' | ''{He puts the ends of his arms into his armpits as a demonstration. The camera closes out to encircle Bubs's face with a blue background.}'' | ||
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'''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' But we really do replace people. Take the New Paper, for instance. Come on, New Paper, disappoint me! | '''STRONG BAD:''' ''{typing}'' But we really do replace people. Take the New Paper, for instance. Come on, New Paper, disappoint me! | ||
- | ''{[[New Paper]] comes down | + | ''{[[New Paper]] comes down and the entire page falls off the top of the screen.}'' |
'''STRONG BAD:''' Whoop! Ahh, when it comes to disappointin', you never disappoint. | '''STRONG BAD:''' Whoop! Ahh, when it comes to disappointin', you never disappoint. | ||
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==Fun Facts == | ==Fun Facts == | ||
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- | *The ,\m/ emoticon is intended to represent the " | + | *The ,\m/ emoticon is intended to represent the "[[Wikipedia:Corna|rock horns]]". |
- | + | *Bubs' line, "If I had thumbs, I'd be sticking 'em up my armpits right now!" is in jest of a gesture sometimes referred to as the "[[Wikipedia:Type of gesture#The "peacock"|peacock]]", in which a person, in smugness or self-pride, hooks his or her thumbs behind his or her [[Wikipedia:Suspenders|suspenders]], regardless of whether they are being worn or not. | |
- | *Bubs' line, "If I had thumbs, I'd be sticking 'em up my armpits right now!" is in jest of a gesture sometimes referred to as the "peacock", in which a person, in smugness or self-pride, hooks | + | |
=== Trivia === | === Trivia === | ||
*The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#SWOTL|SWOTL]]". | *The [[Floppy Disk Container]] reads "[[Floppy Disk Container#SWOTL|SWOTL]]". | ||
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===Remarks=== | ===Remarks=== | ||
- | + | *Onion Bubs has differently-shaped eyes, like the real Bubs, instead of two identical eyes like Original Bubs, on which it was supposed to be based. | |
- | *Onion Bubs has differently-shaped eyes, like the real Bubs, instead of two identical eyes like Original Bubs, on | + | |
**In a similar vein, Senor Cardgage is wearing a green belt, and Crack Stuntman is wearing a green undershirt; Bubs's green belt is a feature not present on Original Bubs. | **In a similar vein, Senor Cardgage is wearing a green belt, and Crack Stuntman is wearing a green undershirt; Bubs's green belt is a feature not present on Original Bubs. | ||
*[[New Paper]]'s "Click here to email Strong Bad" link is fully functional until it falls off the screen. | *[[New Paper]]'s "Click here to email Strong Bad" link is fully functional until it falls off the screen. | ||
- | *In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s [[HR:menuswfs/ | + | * In the [[TV Time Toons Menu]]'s [[HR:menuswfs/menu_sbemail177.swf|preview of the e-mail]], The Lappy's screen has nothing on it, and is missing its usual reflection. |
===Goofs=== | ===Goofs=== | ||
[[Image:neck disconnected - original.png|thumb|[[Disconnected]] again?]] | [[Image:neck disconnected - original.png|thumb|[[Disconnected]] again?]] | ||
- | * | + | *On the second punch (when Strong Bad's head pops up) his head is for a very brief moment disconnected, mainly around at the right side of the neck. |
+ | *At the line "And are you telling me you've already forgotten about the original Bubs?", if you listen closely, you can hear a short "skip" in the sound between the end of the previous sentence, and the beginning of this one. This may be due to [[Matt Chapman]] recording the sentences separately. | ||
**This also happens when Strong Bad says "pretty creative ways to write him into stories", between the words "to" and "write". | **This also happens when Strong Bad says "pretty creative ways to write him into stories", between the words "to" and "write". | ||
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===Inside References=== | ===Inside References=== | ||
- | [[ | + | *Homestar's lederhosen are from [[Main Page 2]]. |
*Original Bubs resembles a preliminary sketch of Bubs as seen in the [[Sketchbook (museum)|Sketchbook in the Museum]]. | *Original Bubs resembles a preliminary sketch of Bubs as seen in the [[Sketchbook (museum)|Sketchbook in the Museum]]. | ||
+ | *The "original" Bubs' Concession Stand sign is similar to the design used in [[A Jumping Jack Contest]], [[The Best Decemberween Ever]] and [[Where's The Cheat?]]. | ||
+ | *Bubs saying that he has no thumbs is a reference to his [[Lack of Visible Arms#Other|lack of visible fingers]]. | ||
*The premise of this email, that Bubs is a character in what equates to a TV show, is a [[fourth wall break]]. | *The premise of this email, that Bubs is a character in what equates to a TV show, is a [[fourth wall break]]. | ||
- | + | *The items at the back of [[Bubs' Concession Stand]] on this toon is the same one from [[A Jumping Jack Contest]]. Crack Stuntman's line "What can I get for you fine gentlemen?" echoes Bubs' similar line from the same toon. | |
- | + | *Homestar kicking a can in the easter egg is a reference to "[[Kick the Can]]". | |
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===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
- | *This email spoofs [[ | + | *This email spoofs the [[Wikipedia:List of television show casting changes#Named forms of casting change|Darrin syndrome]], when an actor in a series is replaced without explanation, a prominent example being the replacement of [[Wikipedia:Dick York|Dick York]] with [[Wikipedia:Dick Sargent|Dick Sargent]] in the role of Darrin Stevens on ''[[Wikipedia:Bewitched|Bewitched]]''. Similarly to in the email, shortly after York left the show but before Sargent took his place, Darrin's character was frequently referred to but was never present on screen. |
- | *Homestar asking Senor Cardgage for | + | *Homestar asking Senor Cardgage for manilla cheese Coke is a play on the various flavored colas, especially [[Wikipedia:Coca-Cola Vanilla|Vanilla Coke]]. |
- | + | *The first scene involving Original Bubs having its colors inverted while zooming in on Original Bubs is a reference to documentary series such as [[Wikipedia:Behind the Music|Behind the Music]]. | |
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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{{Strong Bad Email}} | {{Strong Bad Email}} | ||
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