A Prickly Scary Short
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Rafferty is given an opportunity to join the Halloween party.
Cast (in order of appearance): Homestar Runner, Rafferty, Muommy, The Sad Kids, Preshy, Strong Bad
See A Prickly Scary Short Costumes for more information on what Homestar Runner was wearing.
Places: The Field
Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Running Time: 2:06
Page Title: Everybody get blecthed up!
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[edit] Transcript
{Opens on a yellow bush with "a prickly, scary short" written on it, as a beat plays and some wind rushes by. Cut to Homestar, talking to Rafferty.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: All right, Rafferty, my maybe-cousin, maybe-nephew, maybe-at-risk-youth-outreach-program-mentee!
RAFFERTY: {cheers indistinctly}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: If you wanna come to this year's Halloween party, you gotta have a good enough ghost story! Now take ya best shot!
RAFFERTY: Once upon a time, there was a head-a-less mommy.
{An image of a woman appears, and her head falls off with a pop.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Wait, a mummy {an image of a mummy appears} or mommy? {the mummy's wrappings fall off, leaving the same woman (with her head) as the previous image}
RAFFERTY: Muommy! {an image of the woman with a mummy head and left arm appears}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: {sardonic} Great, that really clears things up.
RAFFERTY: {with the original image of the woman next to him} And there was a prickly, {pointed blades spawn from the woman's body} scary, {the woman's face distorts} scary {it further distorts, becoming cycloptic and green} mommy!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Hold on. Are we talking about two different mommies? One head-a-less {the headless woman appears on the left side of the screen} and one prickly scary scary, {the "prickly scary scary" woman appears on the right; both slide upward} or just one mommy {the original woman appears} that is both headless and prickly scary scary? {The woman's head flies off, the blades reappear, and the cycloptic eye and mouth appear on the woman's torso}
RAFFERTY: And the other two persons...
{The Sad Kids walk up.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Wait, what other two persons?! Where did they come from?!
RAFFERTY: The other two persons getted gooey! {black goop falls on the Sad Kids}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: They getted gooey?!
{Rafferty is now lying on the ground, and points upward.}
RAFFERTY: And getted blechted up!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Blechted up, huh?
{Rafferty nods.}
RAFFERTY: The end.
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Of course it is. Sorry, kid, but you're not comin' to this year's party. Let's see if your sister can do any better. Preshy?
{Pan up to show Preshy standing on Homestar's head, holding a hammer.}
PRESHY: {hits Homestar at the beginning of each line} It is a computer? It is a computer? It is a computer?
{Rafferty leans in and both laugh. Preshy hits Homestar and the screen cuts to a screen reading "blechted." Fade to at night, where Homestar alone stands, costumed and in silhouette.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Psst! Hey, Strong Bad! Why am I the only one here?
STRONG BAD: {leaning in} 'Cuz your costume's too good! Nobody else wanted to dress up!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: But you guys told me to dress like this! I don't even get the reference!
STRONG BAD: That's perfect! Look, just get ready to say the line!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Why do I have to say that word?
STRONG BAD: Oh, you'll see! Everybody's gonna love it! Just trust me!
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Okay, here goes:
{Strong Bad ducks away and a drumroll plays as the camera zooms in on Homestar. As the drumroll finishes, Homestar comes fully into view. He looks around for a moment, and then raises the arms of his costume.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: Mawwiage!
{Applause. A text box reading "Homestar as The Impressive Clergyman" appears below him.}
HOMESTAR RUNNER: I still don't get the reference. Makin' me dress up like grody old Pope Santam'n.
{Fade out. The word "ended." appears from the top of the screen.}
[edit] Fun Facts
[edit] Trivia
- This is the annual Halloween toon with the fewest main-character appearances, the third overall to not feature all twelve, and the first to be officially described as a short.
- This is the first time since the earliest toons (like A Jumping Jack Contest) that the characters' shading has remained consistent with their movement, not flipping to the other side when they turn around (except when Homestar is in costume).
[edit] Remarks
- Rafferty's story resembles Homestar's ghost story from Homestarloween Party, as it begins with an odd creature standing around and ends with The Sad Kids getting squashed.
[edit] Inside References
- Preshy and Rafferty were originally rejected characters, debuting in the unfinished toon "Those Darn Cousins", the unfinished portion of which was shown in the DVD-exclusive toon Why Come Only One Girl?. While they were shown in silhouette in earlier toons such as A Decemberween Mackerel and The Show: Ween Edition, this is the first time they are seen on-site officially.
- The "Muommy" design is taken from a Sketchbook entry on August 12, 2004.
- The word "blechted up" was also used in Dangeresque Roomisode 3: Keep My Enemies, Loser to describe a cask blocked by a wax candle.
- Homestar mistakes his costume for a Pope Santaman.
[edit] Real-World References
- Homestar being told to say "Mawwiage" is a reference to the film The Princess Bride, where The Impressive Clergyman (who Homestar is dressed as) has a similar speech impediment to Homestar's and begins his speech with that word.
[edit] YouTube Version
The YouTube description for this toon is "Rafferty lays his best scary-scary story on Homestar, hoping to get into this year's Halloween party."
[edit] External Links
- watch "A Prickly Scary Short"
- watch "A Prickly Scary Short" on YouTube
- view the Flash file for "A Prickly Scary Short"
