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[[Image:DVD_SBemails_3DiscBoxSet.jpg|thumb|Three-disc box set – $29.95]]
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{{about|DVD set}} {{for|actual emails|Strong Bad Emails}}
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The [[Strong Bad Email|Strong Bad email]] DVD.
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|align=center colspan=2 style="background:#B0C4DE;font-size:110%" | '''''strongbad_email.exe'''''
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!align=center bgcolor="#B0C4DE" colspan=2|DVD series collecting<br>Strong Bad Emails 1-200
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!width=40%|Released
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|[[strongbad_email.exe Disc One|Disc 1]], [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two|2]], & [[strongbad_email.exe Disc Three|3]] set: November 9, 2004<br>[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|Disc 4]]: July 25, 2005<br>[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five|Disc 5]]: June 5, 2007<br>[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Six|Disc 6]]: November 24, 2008<br>[[Strong Bad Emails 1-200 Six Disc Set|1-200 Six Disc Set]]: November 9, 2020
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!{{w|DVD region code#Region codes and countries|Region}}
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|0 - NTSC format
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! DVD authoring and encoding
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|[[Ryan Sterritt]]
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!Video footage and editing
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|Ryan Sterritt
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!Mixed by
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|[[Russ T.]] at Ruby Red Productions <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Discs 1-3)</span>
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!Cover design
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|[[Craig Zobel]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Discs 1-3)</span>
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!rowspan=4|3D animation
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|[[Ryan Bradley]]  <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Disc 1)
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|[[Jacob Slutsky]]  <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Discs 1-5)</span>
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|[[Ted Kotsaftis]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Discs 1-5)</span>
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|[[Telltale Games|Jake Rodkin and Nick Herman]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Disc 6)</span>
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|-valign="top"
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!rowspan=2|Music
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|[[Y-O-U]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">([[KaraokeFun|karaoke songs]])</span>
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|[[They Might Be Giants]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">([[different town]], Disc 3)</span>
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!rowspan=8|Thanks to
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|[[Willem Hartong]] and [[The Future Animators of the Future]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Discs 1-3)</span>
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|[[Randy Dudley]] at [https://planetstudio.com/ Planet Studio] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Discs 1-3)</span>
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|[[Lucky Yates]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Disc 4)</span>
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|[[Y-O-U|Nick Niespodziani]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Disc 4)</span>
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|[[Jonathan Howe]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Discs 4-5)</span>
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|[[Y-O-U|Peter Olson]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Discs 4-5)</span>
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|[[Karen Wagner]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Disc 5)</span>
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|-
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|[[Telltale Games]] <span style="font-size: smaller;">(Disc 6)</span>
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'''''strongbad_email.exe''''' is the first [[Homestar Runner (body of work)|Homestar Runner]] DVD series, primarily collecting [[Strong Bad Emails]].
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==Contents==
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The first three discs, comprising the first 100 emails, were sold as a 3-disc box set; Discs 4, 5, and 6 were released in later years and sold individually. The original box set was first sold on the [[Flash Store]], with the later discs releasing to the [[Yahoo Store]]. When the store [[Store|moved to Shopify]], only Disc 5 was available until its discontinuation in mid-2017; strongbad_email.exe DVDs were unavailable for purchase until 2020, when they were re-released in a 6-disc compilation.
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===Disc One===
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Disc One contains Strong Bad Emails #1-50
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Its bonus features include:
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== Disc Contents ==
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*The three new Strong Bad Emails: [[Greeting Cards]], [[E-mail Birds]], and [[Videro Games]]
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*A video featuring every sbemail intro for emails 1-100.
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*A video featuring every scroll button rap except the most recent one.
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! Disc !! Emails !! [[DVD Commentary Speakers|Commentaries]] !! Bonus Features !! Easter Eggs
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*A hidden (unfinished) cartoon entitled [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]
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|style="text-align:center; background-color:#F2F2F2"|'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc One|1]]'''*
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===Disc Two===
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|1-50<br/>[[some kinda robot]] {{--}} [[50 emails]]
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Disc Two contains Strong Bad Emails #51-80
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|20/50
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Its bonus features include:
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* DVD-exclusive emails [[Greeting Cards]], [[E-mail Birds]] and [[Videro Games]]
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*4 Karaoke videos
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* The first seventeen [[Scroll Button Songs (video)|Scroll Button Songs]]
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**Trogdor!
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* The first 100 [[Email Intros]]
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**Nite Mamas
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**Dangeresque
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* [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]]
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**Fhqwhgads
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*A live-action video for Taranchula's "Moving Very Slowly" (directed by "Teeg Dougland")
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|style="text-align:center; background-color:#F2F2F2"|'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Two|2]]'''*
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*A puppet-style video for Homestar's "Secret Song"
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|51-80<br/>[[website]] {{--}} [[stunt double]]
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*A hidden video of Gary from Limozeen playing the Cheatar.
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|15/30
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===Disc Three===
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* [[KaraokeFun|Karaoke]] songs [[Trogdor (karaoke)|Trogdor]], [[Nite Mamas (karaoke)|Nite Mamas]], [[Dangeresque (karaoke)|Dangeresque theme song]], and [[Fhqwhgads (karaoke)|Everybody to the Limit]]
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Disc Three contains Strong Bad Emails #81-100
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* Music videos for [[Secret Song (Video)|Secret Song]] and [[Moving Very Slowly (video)|Moving Very Slowly]]
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Its bonus features include:
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* A video of [[Gary Palaroncini|Gary]] playing [[The Cheatar]]
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* [[Some Puppet Stuff]], which features interaction between the Homestar Puppet and Mike Chapman
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* The Making of Strong Bad Email #100
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|style="text-align:center; background-color:#F2F2F2"|'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Three|3]]'''*
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* [[Sample of Style]], a goofy live-action mockumentary on how Matt Chapman does the character voices.
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|81-100<br/>[[date]] {{--}} [[flashback]]
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* The Cheatar, showing the making of The Cheatar
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|10/20
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* The Sketchbook, featuring tons of never-before-seen-sketches. (and, among other things, notes that the Cowcopter's name is actually Sherlock)
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* 3D Menu Screen Tests (with Strong Bad commentary
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* [[Some Puppet Stuff]]
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* A hidden video featuring CGI Homestar, Strong Bad, and The Cheat at the park.
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*Behind-the-scenes footage: [[Sample of Style]], [[Making of Email 100]], [[Sketchbook (video)|Sketchbook]], [[3D Menu Screen Tests]]
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* Another hidden video featuring a lot of puppet stuff outtakes and behind the scenes materials
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*[[Day at the Park]]
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*[[Some Extras]]
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As well, the DVDs contain 40+ hidden characters/creator commentaries, which can be found on certain e-mails by switching the language. Instead of a different language, it has the commentaries.
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|style="text-align:center; background-color:#F2F2F2"|'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Four|4]]'''
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|101-130<br/>[[car]] {{--}} [[do over]]
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The DVDs are also region-free, which means they can be played in any country without modifications to the DVD player.
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|All emails
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Alleged photos of some of the DVD content can be seen [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v73/dustinmyles/dvdpics/ here.]
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* DVD-exclusive email [[Family Resemble<!--sic; we know this is misspelled-->nce]]
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*Karaoke songs [[Because, It's Midnite (karaoke)|Because, It's Midnite]] and [[Rock Opera (karaoke)|Rock Opera]]
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See artwork at [[strongbad email.exe DVD Artwork]].
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*Puppet stuff [[It's Like It Was Meant to Be (video)|It's Like It Was Meant to Be]]
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* [[Sample of Style Too]]
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* [[Powered by The Cheat]] music video of [[Grumblecakes (video)|Grumblecakes]]
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* [[Real-Live E-Mails]]
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* [[Sample of Style Too: Some Outtakes]]
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* [[Puppets on the Road]]
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* [[Puppets & Little Girl Outtakes]]
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|style="text-align:center; background-color:#F2F2F2"|'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Five|5]]'''
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|131-160<br/>[[boring (really)]] {{--}} [[coloring]]
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|All emails
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* DVD-exclusive email [[Accent]]
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* 60 [[Email Intros, Part Two|Email Intros]] (post-100)
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* [[160 Seconds]], [[Sbemail 150?!?|Sbemail 149.5]], [[Lappynapped!]]
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* An [[Space Program Alternate Take|alternate version]] of a scene from [[Space Program]]
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* [[alternate universe song video|A video]] of [[Matt Chapman]] singing.
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|style="text-align:center; background-color:#F2F2F2"|'''[[strongbad_email.exe Disc Six|6]]'''
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|161-200<br/>[[4 branches]] {{--}} [[email thunder]]
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|All emails
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* DVD-exclusive email [[Comic Book Movie]]
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* [[Strong Bad Gameways]], [[SBCG4AP Advertisement]]
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*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]]
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*[[Place Ya Bets!]]
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*[[Sbemail 200 Fakeout]]
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> Discs 1-3 were sold bundled together in a box set.
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*'''[[Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD]]''' contains 50 fan-favorite Strong Bad Emails, plus five additional emails.
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*'''[[Strong Bad Emails 1-200 Six Disc Set]]''' is a box set containing the original six discs in one collection.
== Artwork ==
== Artwork ==
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== Easter Eggs ==
== Easter Eggs ==
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*To watch the long-lost toon [[Tis True, Pom Pom, Tis True]] on Disc One, highlight Bonus Email #1 and press right until Strong Bad's head appears. Then choose OK
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*Most of the emails have three kinds of secrets:
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*To watch Gary from Limozeen playing The Cheatar on Disc Two, highlight the Trogdor Karaoke track and press right until Strong Bad's head appears. Then choose OK
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**Audio commentary: Accessible by pressing the "Language" or "Audio" button. On the first three discs, many emails do not have commentary.
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*To watch some hidden making of puppet stuff on disc 3, go to the bonus menu and highlight Some Puppet Stuff. Press right on your DVD remote until Strong Bad's head appears. Then press OK on your remote.
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**Secret "angle": Accessible by pressing the "Angle" button. Usually used to display the short pop-ups that would appear when clicking on elements during the web version of emails.
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*To watch some extra 3-D scenes on disc 3, highlight 3D Menu Tests on the bonus menu and press right until Strong Bad's head appears. Then press OK.
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**Secret menu options: Hidden menu options {{--}} a little icon that looks like Strong Bad's head {{--}} can be found by navigating in directions other than the visible options (for instance, pressing "down" when menu options are listed left-to-right), often pressing more than once. All Easter eggs are listed in the "DVD Version" sections of the [[Strong Bad Email]] articles.
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*Each menu has a secret Easter egg that automatically plays after a short period of time.
==Fun Facts==
==Fun Facts==
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*The art for the three DVD covers ([[Strong Bad]], [[Stinkoman]], and [[Senor Cardgage]]) looks reminicent of the art on the ''Star Wars'' Trilogy on VHS. That set also featured a different half-face on each cover:  Darth Vader, Yoda, and a Storm Trooper. (It could just be a coincidence.  Strong Bad does have many faces.)
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[[File:Strong bad email.exe disc 1-3.png|thumb|Initial "first hundred emails" box set release]]
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*The "Oh... my mouth tastes like... DVD" is a reference to [[morning routine]], where Strong Bad says "my mouth tastes like... e-mail...".
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===Explanations===
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*Strong Sad's shouting of "Douglas!" is a reference to [[cheat talk]]
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*{{w|.exe}} is a file extension meaning "executable". An executable file contains code for a program and "executes" it in an operating system; .exe files are primarily used in {{w|Microsoft Windows}} or historically in {{w|DOS}} (e.g., "Peasants_Quest.exe" ran the [[Peasant's Quest]] program), but not on a Macintosh computer (which [[The Cheat]] uses). Specifically, "strongbad_email.exe" is what Strong Bad types on his computer to begin nearly every email, except for the following:
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*The lightswitch rave lightswitch is a reference to [[techno]]
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**All emails on the [[Tandy 400]], where Strong Bad types: run "strongbad's_email"
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*Strong Mad's "Did you just say bonus stuff?" is a reference to [[caffeine]]
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**[[the bird]], [[weird dream]], where Strong Bad does not type anything to open his email.
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*The Cheat laying in the crisper drawer is a reference to [[privileges]]
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**[[anything]], where Homestar types: run "sb_enail.com"<!--sic-->
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*The FBI warning for Disc One is a reference to the Legal Stuff page.
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**[[secret identity]], where Strong Bad types: strongbad_email[[Doom|.wad]]
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*The FBI warning for Disc Two contains a reference to [[couch patch]]
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*The intro for Disc Two is a reference to [[invisibility]]
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*The appearance of the Bad Graphics Ghost is a reference to [[ghosts]]
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*The intro for Disc Three is a gigantic reference to [[50 emails]]
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*The bottle of Mountain Dew is most likely a reference to [[anything]]
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*The intro for Disc One is a reference to [[date]]
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*The intro for Disc One is also a reference to [[the show]]
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== DVD Credits ==
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===Trivia===
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*All cartoons written and made by Mike and Matt Chapman
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*This is [[The Brothers Chaps]]' 3D [[wikipedia:Computer-generated_imagery|CGI]] debut.
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*Voices by Matt, Mike, and Missy Palmer
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*When the DVD set was first released, it was in such high demand that the online [[Flash Store|store]] quickly ran out.
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*DVD authoring and encoding by Ryan Sterritt
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*Video footage and editing by Ryan Sterritt
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*Mixed by Russ T. at Ruby Red Productions
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*DVD Cover Design by R. Craig Zobel
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*3-D animation by Ryan Bradley, Jacob Slutsky, and Ted Kotsaftis
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*Karaoke songs by Y-O-U ([http://www.pleaserock.com pleaserock.com])
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*'Different Town' song by They Might Be Giants
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*Thanks to William Hartong and The Future Animators of the Future
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==External Links==
==External Links==
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*[http://store.yahoo.com/homestarrunner/dvddvddvd.html Buy the DVD]
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*[[imdb:tt0453401|IMDB page for strongbad_email.exe Disc 1-3]]
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*[[imdb:tt0481029|IMDB page for strongbad_email.exe Disc 4]]
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*[[imdb:tt1072451|IMDB page for strongbad_email.exe Disc 5]]
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*[[imdb:tt1334064|IMDB page for strongbad_email.exe Disc 6]]
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==See Also==
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*[[Everything Else]]
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[[Category:Products]]
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[[Category:DVDs]]

Current revision as of 20:34, 25 August 2023

This article is about the DVD set. For the actual emails, see Strong Bad Emails.
strongbad_email.exe
run "dvd description"
DVD series collecting
Strong Bad Emails 1-200
Released Disc 1, 2, & 3 set: November 9, 2004
Disc 4: July 25, 2005
Disc 5: June 5, 2007
Disc 6: November 24, 2008
1-200 Six Disc Set: November 9, 2020
Region 0 - NTSC format
DVD authoring and encoding Ryan Sterritt
Video footage and editing Ryan Sterritt
Mixed by Russ T. at Ruby Red Productions (Discs 1-3)
Cover design Craig Zobel (Discs 1-3)
3D animation Ryan Bradley (Disc 1)
Jacob Slutsky (Discs 1-5)
Ted Kotsaftis (Discs 1-5)
Jake Rodkin and Nick Herman (Disc 6)
Music Y-O-U (karaoke songs)
They Might Be Giants (different town, Disc 3)
Thanks to Willem Hartong and The Future Animators of the Future (Discs 1-3)
Randy Dudley at Planet Studio (Discs 1-3)
Lucky Yates (Disc 4)
Nick Niespodziani (Disc 4)
Jonathan Howe (Discs 4-5)
Peter Olson (Discs 4-5)
Karen Wagner (Disc 5)
Telltale Games (Disc 6)

strongbad_email.exe is the first Homestar Runner DVD series, primarily collecting Strong Bad Emails.

The first three discs, comprising the first 100 emails, were sold as a 3-disc box set; Discs 4, 5, and 6 were released in later years and sold individually. The original box set was first sold on the Flash Store, with the later discs releasing to the Yahoo Store. When the store moved to Shopify, only Disc 5 was available until its discontinuation in mid-2017; strongbad_email.exe DVDs were unavailable for purchase until 2020, when they were re-released in a 6-disc compilation.

Contents

[edit] Disc Contents

Disc Emails Commentaries Bonus Features Easter Eggs
1* 1-50
some kinda robot — 50 emails 		20/50
2* 51-80
website — stunt double 		15/30
3* 81-100
date — flashback 		10/20
4 101-130
car — do over 		All emails
5 131-160
boring (really) — coloring 		All emails
6 161-200
4 branches — email thunder 		All emails

* Discs 1-3 were sold bundled together in a box set.

[edit] Artwork

See main article: strongbad_email.exe DVD Artwork

[edit] Easter Eggs

  • Most of the emails have three kinds of secrets:
    • Audio commentary: Accessible by pressing the "Language" or "Audio" button. On the first three discs, many emails do not have commentary.
    • Secret "angle": Accessible by pressing the "Angle" button. Usually used to display the short pop-ups that would appear when clicking on elements during the web version of emails.
    • Secret menu options: Hidden menu options — a little icon that looks like Strong Bad's head — can be found by navigating in directions other than the visible options (for instance, pressing "down" when menu options are listed left-to-right), often pressing more than once. All Easter eggs are listed in the "DVD Version" sections of the Strong Bad Email articles.
  • Each menu has a secret Easter egg that automatically plays after a short period of time.

[edit] Fun Facts

Initial "first hundred emails" box set release

[edit] Explanations

  • .exe is a file extension meaning "executable". An executable file contains code for a program and "executes" it in an operating system; .exe files are primarily used in Microsoft Windows or historically in DOS (e.g., "Peasants_Quest.exe" ran the Peasant's Quest program), but not on a Macintosh computer (which The Cheat uses). Specifically, "strongbad_email.exe" is what Strong Bad types on his computer to begin nearly every email, except for the following:

[edit] Trivia

  • This is The Brothers Chaps' 3D CGI debut.
  • When the DVD set was first released, it was in such high demand that the online store quickly ran out.

[edit] External Links

[edit] See Also

strongbad_email.exe
Disc One | Disc Two | Disc Three | Disc Four | Disc Five | Disc Six
Sbemails' 50 Greatest Hits DVD
Strong Bad Emails 1-200 Six Disc Set
DVD Artwork | DVD Promo | DVD Commentary Speakers
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