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Strong Bad Email #22
watch cartoon little animal
Strong Bad offends the royals!

Strong Bad is asked by Mark from England what he thinks of the English. It's a disaster in the making.

Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat (Easter egg), The Announcer (Easter egg)

Places: Computer Room, Press Conference (Easter Egg)

Computer: Tandy 400

Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2002

Running Time: 0:34

Page Title: The Lost Email!

DVD: strongbad_email.exe Disc One

Contents

Transcript

STRONG BAD: {singing} Do, du, dadada do, du, dadada do... {stops singing}

STRONG BAD: Uh, gee, Mark, if you're really from England, shouldn't you have some kinda unnecessary vowel at the end of your name? {adds an "e" to the end of Mark's name} And what is this "Thank you"? Whatever happened to "Cheers" or "Cheerio" or "Nevermind the Bullocks"? {changes "Thank you" into these words as he says them} Call yourself "English". But, anyways, what do I think of the English, huh? Oh, I'll tell you what I think of the English!

{A big red sign with white letters appears across the screen saying "BANNED IN THE UK." Cut to an issue of The Guardian, which contains pictures of a cricketer, The King of Town and a policeman, and the following article about Strong Bad on the front page.}

Strong Bad Offends
The Royals!

In this Monday's edition of U.S. based "Strong Bad
Email," the title character, Strong Bad, an odd little
bloke with a Mexican wrestling mask for a head and
boxing gloves for hands made such comments that
warranted the Queen to ban the edition from UK
shores. Strong Bad has been charged with "verbal
crimes against the crown" and the Strong Bad Email,
now simply being called the infamous "sbemail22,"
has been removed from broadcast in both the UK and
the States. At a press conference held on Tuesday,

Easter Eggs

  • After the newspaper comes up, click the words "press conference" to see the press conference.
THE ANNOUNCER: Strong Bad, how do you respond to claims that your comment brought the entire royal family to tears?
{The Cheat whispers a response to Strong Bad. Strong Bad clears his throat and speaks into the microphone.}
STRONG BAD: Screw all y'all.
{Gasps are heard from the crowd.}
THE ANNOUNCER: Cor blimey!
{A black-and-white photograph snaps Strong Bad and The Cheat.}
MAN: {off screen, in a Scouse accent} I can't believe he said that.
{The Paper comes down.}
  • After the press conference, click on the stack of papers to see what The Cheat told Strong Bad. The paper reads, "Just say, 'Screw all ya'll'. Trust me. It'll work."

Fun Facts

Explanations

  • This is called "The Lost Email!" because after The Brothers Chaps made email 21, cartoon, they went ahead and made email 23, little animal, skipping over number 22. Between vacation (#40) and invisibility (#41), they made email 22.
    • The skip makes this email the last of the Tandy era.
    • The newspaper's date is 10 April, 2002. This date is between the release dates of cartoon and little animal.
  • "Bobby" is English slang for a policeman, hence the joke about a policeman actually named Bobby.
  • The article on cricket is a reference to America's stereotyped attitude to the sport of cricket which the English are renowned for embracing.
  • "Some kinda unnecessary vowel at the end" refers to differences between American English and British English (especially archaic British). Examples include words like annexe, programme, shoppe, olde, pointe, towne, and grille, and famous names such as Locke.
  • According to The Guardian: "The King Of Town Eats Treacle". Although the King of Town is known for his proclivity for strange food items, treacle is not all that strange. The word is odd-sounding to American ears, but it's really just molasses.
  • "Bollocks" is a British slang term that would be considered swearing in Britain. That said, Strong Bad misspells it as "bullocks", which refers to young bulls.
  • The section listed for info on cricket is listed as "sport". This is because "sport" is both singular and plural in British English.

Trivia

  • This is the shortest Strong Bad email, with a time of 34 seconds. Thus the email's Easter egg is the most significant proportion of any email to date.

Remarks

  • This is an email in which The Paper does not come down in the main toon; here it comes down only at the end of the Easter egg. Another example of this would be the end of the email part-time job.
  • The black and white picture used when the "BANNED IN THE UK" banner comes up is a raster image.
  • The Guardian uses American-style punctuation, as opposed to using the British style.
The see-through hand

Goofs

  • When Strong Bad covers the microphone with his hand, there is a gap between his hand and the edge of the mic. Strong Bad's hand also covers the pole that the mic is set on, even though his glove should be behind it.
  • After the "BANNED IN THE UK" sign and cut to the newspaper, a small blip of the press conference Easter egg can be heard.
  • If the contrast is changed all the way to green during the beginning, the "BANNED IN THE UK" banner changes it back to black just before the newspaper appears.
  • The words "press conference" in the newspaper are written smaller then the rest of the words on the page. This is probably because of the Easter Egg linked to these words.

Inside References

  • The Guardian describes itself as "Britain's Pranciest Newspaper".

Real-World References

  • The song Strong Bad sings in the beginning of the email is from original Donkey Kong game.
  • "Nevermind the Bullocks" refers to the Sex Pistols' controversial album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols, which was also banned in the UK.
  • The newspaper that appears is a very faithfully reproduced version of UK broadsheet The Guardian, including references to that paper's supplement, G2. Also referred to are B2, a class of bomber used by the USAF, and F7, a type of rail engine. The Guardian has since undergone a major design overhaul and no longer resembles the version depicted in the toon.
  • In the corner of the photo of Strong Bad, a classic London bus can be seen. There is also an advert on the side of it for easyJet, a British airline.
  • Somebody sounding suspiciously like Ringo Starr says "I can't believe he said that" at the end of the press conference. This could be in reference to the infamous John Lennon quote stating that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus" and the uproar that ensued.

Fast Forward

  • The Cheat's whispering to Strong Bad is one of the quotes on the "Learn to Speak The Cheat" record in cheat talk. It translates as "Check it out, this is going to be great! Just say, 'Screw all y'all!'"

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