your edge
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| Strong Bad Email #197 |
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Gee Tee is worried that Strong Bad might be losing his edge.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat, Strong Sad, Strong Mad (Easter egg)
Places: Computer Room, The Field, Strong Sad's Room, Basement of the Brothers Strong, Living Room of the Brothers Strong
Computer: Lappy 486
Date: Monday, July 21, 2008
Running Time: 4:00
Page Title: Lappy 486
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Transcript
STRONG BAD: {singing} Another freakin' email, another freakin' email song.
subject: a little concernedHey Strongbad-
I'm a little worried that you might be losing your edge. I
heven't seen any shennanigans from you or The Cheat in
a while.
Yours, etc
Gee Tee, Los Burbankos, CA
{Strong Bad pronounces the hyphen as "minus", "heven't" as spelled, and "shennanigans" [sic] as "she-ne-ne-nanigans" He expands "yours etc" as "yours, his, hers, mine, ours". He also pronounces the name and place of the sender in a very rushed voice.}
STRONG BAD: {typing} Losing our edge?! That's ridiculous. Our shenanigans make the cover of Have Edge Times Magazine like every month! Like the other day. Me and The Cheat—
{scene cuts to The Field. We see Strong Bad and The Cheat approaching a deflated basketball lying on the ground}
STRONG BAD: {as voiceover} —walked past this deflated basketball and consciously decided not to reinflate it!
STRONG BAD: So what do you think, man?
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises}
STRONG BAD: OK, now we're talkin'. Let's get out of here before the cops come! {Dances nervously}
{Strong Bad and The Cheat run off to the right. Scene cuts back to Strong Bad in front of computer.}
STRONG BAD: {typing} And then yesterday, we feathered—
{scene cuts to Strong Sad's bedroom, where Strong Bad and The Cheat are standing on the bed and throwing feathers from a torn pillow at Strong Sad, whose right side is only just visible at the right of the screen. The Cheat makes little excited noises, and Strong Sad produces quiet, bored-sounding "ow"s.}
STRONG BAD: {as voiceover} —the living crap out of Strong Sad!
STRONG BAD: You said it The Cheat! Tar is prohibitively expensive!
{Scene cuts back to Strong Bad in front of computer}
STRONG BAD: {typing} But edgiest of all, THIS MORNING, we spread mayonnaise—
{scene cuts to Strong Bad and The Cheat in the Basement, spreading Fluffy Puff Mayonnaise onto the tops of cardboard boxes}
STRONG BAD: {as voiceover} —on all these cardboard boxes, man. And then waited like, thirty minutes to clean it all up,—
{clockwise-wipe reveals basement with mayonaise gone, Strong Bad vacuuming, and The Cheat spraying air-freshener. Room twinkles occasionally.}
STRONG BAD: —vacuum, and use air-freshener to get rid of any undesirable odors left by the mayonaise!
{cut back to Strong Bad at computer}
STRONG BAD: Thirty whole minutes! Can you be— yeah, okay, we're losing our edge. The Cheat, get in here!
{The Cheat appears, wearing an apron}
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noises, with a melodic tone}
STRONG BAD: Take that thing off!
THE CHEAT: {disappointed The Cheat noise}
STRONG BAD: No, it is not "pretend-we're-Grandmas-baking" time! And it'll never be again! {sotto voce} See me after this email.
{The Cheat removes apron}
STRONG BAD: No, it's time to do some real damage, The Cheat! It's time to get our shenan on! Again!
THE CHEAT: {enthusiastic The Cheat noise}
{left wipe reveals Strong Bad and The Cheat in a room with stacks of eggs in cartons, several battle-axes, a stack of paper towel rolls, and two bottles of "Lite Em Up Dan"-brand lighter fluid near the wall, and a saw, a casserole, and gasoline can on the floor.}
STRONG BAD: Oh yeah, look at this arsenal of edge-haver-y right here, man. We can't go wrong!
THE CHEAT: {questioning The Cheat noise}
STRONG BAD: You know, shenanigans! Like, uh, you start sawin' a hole in the floor, and I'll stomp on this casserole.
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noise}
{Strong Bad stomps on casserole while The Cheat saws a hole in the floor around him}
STRONG BAD: Ah ha ha! Sorry, casserole, your crusty layer of fried onions is no match for my— {screams}
{Strong Bad, The Cheat, and the gasoline can fall through the hole in the floor}
{Scene change to a pitch-black room. Nothing can be seen besides Strong Bad's and The Cheat's eyes, which appear white with black pupils.}
STRONG BAD: {moan, followed by "yugga-da-yugga" noise of lips flapping while head is shaken vigorously} Whoa, where are we? I suddenly feel so ... easy to animate.
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noise}
STRONG BAD: I dunno man, but we gotta stay edgy. We can't let this deep, dark hole get us down in a deep, dark hole. Here, lemme kick you. That's a classic shenani-move. {grunts}
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noise}
{Strong Bad's eyes move in a way consistent with him winding up to kick The Cheat. The Cheat's eyes move in a way consistent with him backing up slightly. Strong Bad's eyes then flip around and lower in a way consistent with him flipping over and then falling to the floor.}
STRONG BAD: {yells, and then a different grunt} Geez, Lucy, hold still!
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noise}
{Strong Bad's left eye disappears; in its place a round white ball appears of roughly the same size. It falls from Strong Bad's face level and rolls away on the floor.}
STRONG BAD: Ow, my eye!
THE CHEAT: {scream-like The Cheat noise}
{Strong Bad's left eye reappears, opening}
STRONG BAD: Naw, just kiddin'. It's a ping-pong ball.
{Another white ball appears from the level of Strong Bad's pants}
STRONG BAD: I always keep a spare pack {a cluster of similar balls appears from Strong Bad's hip-level} in my pants. {White balls disperse and roll away on the floor.} Some would say "pocket"; I say: "in my pants".
{Faint light appears from above}
STRONG SAD: Hello? Is somebody down there?
{cut to Strong Sad looking at the hole from above}
STRONG BAD: Go away, Strong Sad! The Cheat and I are down here shenanigan-ing each other in the dark alone by ourselves.
STRONG SAD: Uh, are you sure you wanna go on record with that explanation?
{cut back to dark hole}
STRONG BAD: Of course! I don't see how that could possibly be taken out of context! Now either violently throw yourself in here, or scram-oose!
{cut back to Strong Sad}
STRONG SAD: Fine! But I wasn't the one who—
STRONG BAD: Hey wait! Could you get on the internet and look up if cutting a hole in your own floor is edgy?
STRONG SAD: Ah, sure. {mimes typing} Tappity-tappity-tap. Yeah, I just checked. It is.
STRONG BAD: Awesome, I thought so!
{cut back to dark hole}
STRONG BAD: Where'd you check, like "Have Most Edge Guy" or edgetangle.com, one o' those?
{cut back to Strong Sad}
STRONG SAD: Yup, all the most popular sites. Uh, they recommend staying in the hole for a few days too. So I can finish my novelle-ique.
{cut back to dark hole}
STRONG BAD: Oh, cool! I mean, we've got foot-stomp casserole down here, so we should be good! Could you toss down something to drink though?
{cut back to Strong Sad, who walks away to the left}
STRONG BAD:: Strong Sad? Ah, never mind, we'll just drink that gasoline. Doesn't get edgier than that, right?
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noise}
STRONG BAD: High-five, The Cheat!
{The Cheat's eyes move in a manner consistent with him jumping up to slap Strong Bad's raised hand}
THE CHEAT: {The Cheat noise}
STRONG BAD: {grumbles} Thinks we're losing our edge. Pfft!
{New Paper comes down, but it is too dark to see it.}
Easter Eggs
- Clicking "Have Edge Times Magazine" at the beginning shows Strong Bad and The Cheat on the cover of Have Edge Times magazine.
- At the end, click Strong Bad's left eye to see what happens 3 hours later.
- THE CHEAT: {In an imitation of a grandmother}
- STRONG BAD: {Also in an imitation of a grandmother} Oh, Adelaide, you devil! Substituting bacon grease for butter? If my Wilbur only knew...
- {Lights turn on, revealing the basement of the Brothers Strong with the circle of floor sitting on Strong Mad's head.}
- STRONG MAD: WOULD YOU PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN?
- At the end, click The Cheat's eyes to see Strong Sad on the cover of Have Edge Times magazine.
Fun Facts
Explanations
- "scram-oose" is a portmanteau of "scram" and "vamoose", both slang terms meaning "go away".
Remarks
- The senders city of Los Burbankos, CA doesn't exist, but probably refers to Burbank.
- When Strong Bad and The Cheat are in the hole, they both seem to have Bubs' smaller eye as their pupils.
- The font on the invisible Paper seems to be that of the old Paper.
- If you click the Easter egg to show Strong Sad's Have Edge Times cover, the New Paper's mouseover will appear on top of it rather than under it.
Inside References
- Strong Bad's nervous dancing is the same as in retirement, and uses Homsar's walking sound effect.
- In the living room, eggs, Light 'em Up Dan lighter fluid from pizza joint, and axes from slumber party are seen.
- Strong Bad smiles while spreading mayonnaise, and also while vacuuming it up.
- This is another instance of Kicking The Cheat.
- Strong Sad gets his revenge on Strong Bad again.
- Strong Bad previously sported pupils in bike thief.
- Adalade was a name previously mentioned in dreamail
Real-world References
- Lucy, a character from the Peanuts comic strip, famously held a football to be kicked by Charlie Brown only to pull it away at the last second in many strips in the series.
External Links
- watch "your edge"
- watch "your edge" on the old Flash site
- view the Flash file for "your edge"
- forum thread re: "your edge"
