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rampage
 Going OOORRRFFF a lyrical rampage!
Strong Bad Email #128
Strong Bad reveals to Pete Comma the rampages he has been going on.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Strong Mad, The King of Town, Homestar Runner, Coach Z, The Cheat, Strong Sad, Marzipan, Homsar
Places: Computer Room, Strong Bad's Basement, King of Town's Castle, Homestar's House, The Stage, Bubs' Concession Stand/Bubs' Ha-Ha-Halloween Comedy Club
Length: 3:41
Date: April 11, 2005
Easter Eggs
- At the end of the e-mail, click on "rampages" for a parody of the classic video game, Rampage.
- Also at the end, click on "chambers" to see the poster for Litigation Jackson 2: Legal Rampage.
- Again at the end, click on "different" to see a Strong Sad CD.
- Unlike other CD-related easter eggs, this one does not let you hear a song when clicked.
Fun Facts
Explanations
- When Peter says "Ong-stray Ad-bay" and Strong Bad says "eppressing-day erd-nay," this is a fake language called Pig Latin. Translated, Peter said "Strong Bad," and Strong Bad said "depressing nerd."
- Shortly after referring to the M.L.A. Handbook, Strong Bad
writes, "I've just grown more selective of the types of rampages on
which I go." The slightly odd phrasing at the end of the sentence ("on
which I go" rather than the more natural "which I go on") pokes fun at
a rule of formal writing (as the M.L.A. explains) that no sentence
should end with a preposition.
- Definitions of Strong Bad's "regal" language:
- bequeath: To leave or give (personal property) by will. To pass (something) on to another; hand down
- quiver(ed): To shake with a slight, rapid, tremulous movement
- A quiver is also a case for carrying arrows or the arrows in a quiver. All this is just a Regal way of saying ARROWED!
- tuppence: British variant of twopence, or two pennies.
Trivia
- The books with titles on the bind are:
- Sweatshirtguy
- The R in Routine
- Soup, Right?
- Brown Story
- Biscuit
- Smart Investing for Jerks
Remarks
- After Homsar says "Caramel corn for president, please", his
hat performs a loop, but does not come to rest on his head, but a few
inches above it. This could be a goof, or it could just be the
unpredictable nature of Homsar's hat.
- This is the first time we've ever heard Coach Z actually laugh.
Inside References
- One of the books in Strong Bad and Strong Mad's Reading
Rampage is titled "The R in Routine", a reference to one of Strong
Bad's lines in morning routine.
- The Poetry Club is really Bubs' Ha-Ha-Halloween Comedy Club, with the banner draping over it.
- The scene in the Rampage video game easter egg of Strong Mad chasing the Cheat is also from morning routine.
- "Poetry Slam" is the title of Strong Sad's character page.
Real-World References
- On Strong Sad's CD (when "different" is clicked), there is a
"Parental Advisory" warning for "Very Boring". This advisory is a
parody of the advisories found on music albums containing explicit
lyrics or otherwise offensive content.
- Parental Advisory labels became required by most record
companies in America following the 1985 "Porn Rock" congressional
hearings spearheaded by the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), led by Tipper Gore.
- The Cheat uses an old '80's Fisher-Price record player to "drop some beats."
- The "rampages" Easter egg is, of course, a reference to the arcade game Rampage, published by Bally Midway in 1986.
- Strong Sad mentions iambic pentameter,
which is a syllable pattern used in poetry. An iamb is a pair of
syllables, the first unstressed and the second stressed. Iambic
pentameter is five iambs per line. Strong Sad says 'The quill! The
page! Lyric, rampage! Word up?' in exaggerated iambic pentameter.
- The M.L.A. Handbook for Writers of Research Papers is a guide
for punctuation, quotation, and documentation of sources published by
the Modern Language Association (http://www.mla.org/). It is the most popular standard for academic writing.
- Strong Bad calling Strong Sad "DJ Dumpy Dump" could be a
reference to the rapper Humpty Hump (who Coach Z once dressed up as for
Halloween).
- Strong Bad's insult of "round mound of gray fatness" towards
Strong Sad could be derived in part from the nickname of former NBA
player Charles Barkley, the "Round Mound of Rebound." Also, Ruben Studdard, who won American Idol in 2003 and bears more than a slight resemblance to Strong Sad in shape, is sometimes known as the "Round Mound of Sound."
- "Smart Investing for Jerks" is a reference to the numerous ...For Dummies books, which insult the reader in their title.
- One of the books seen during Strong Bad's "reading rampage" is titled Soup, Right? which could be a reference to the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series.
- "Witness the whiteness" could be a reference to the racial
stereotype that white people can't rap, dance, fight, or anything
street.
External Links
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long pants
Strong Bad Email #127
The answer to why Homestar doesn't wear pants is finally answered...almost.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Homestar Runner, The Cheat, Marzipan (Easter Egg)
Places: Computer Room, Homestar's House (Easter Egg)
Date: March 28, 2005
Running Time: 3:04
Easter Eggs
- Selecting "Why wear pants" will bring up some fortune cookies, similar to those in the old Fortune Cookies game. As you hover the cursor over each one, it brings up a sentence of Strong Bad's "improved" email.
- Clicking on the socket under the table after Strong Bad says "Clown Care" brings up a business card for the service, Kertified Klown Kare. It reads:
Kertified
Klown Kare
-Pie Injuries
-Giant Foot Problems
-Wacky Malaria
-Grease Paint Poisoning
"Rodeo and Tragic Clown Hot Dogs NOT ACCEPTED"
- Selecting "creeped" at the end of the email reveals a touching moment between Homestar and Marzipan.
- HOMESTAR RUNNER: {Lying in bed, crying} Lonnnng paaaannnts!
- MARZIPAN: Awww, there there, Homestar. It's not so bad. Everybody thinks I'm a broom.
- HOMESTAR RUNNER: {Sits up suddenly, surprised} You're not a broom?
Fun Facts
Explanations
Trivia
- This is the first time Strong Bad has lowered his upper eyelids.
Remarks
- Homestar has been known to wear pants for certain Holiday Toons.
- This is also the first time that Homestar wears pants outside of a Holiday Toon.
- Perhaps Strong Bad doesn't answer the original question
because we already found out why Homestar doesn't wear pants in an
Easter Egg to monument. Homestar was distracted by the Thnikkaman and never wound up putting pants on.
- They might not be blue soles glued to the bottom of his feet but actual shoes, according to New Boots anyway.
- Or, also he refers to them as shoes in Everybody Knows It, where he says, "So, I guess it's back to putting dog food in my shoes, huh?"
- This email is much shorter than most recent emails, being at least half a minute shy of its predecessor.
Goofs
- Although Strong Bad puts pressure onto the Lappy's screen when
trying to rub off the marker and when applying the white out, no
ripples pop up on the screen.
- Strong Bad opens up Edga Jr. and when it goes away, all the text written before it is gone.
- After he clears the screen and starts writing about the age old
question, Homestar comes in. you can clearly see the text the whole
time Homestar is there, but when Homestar leaves and Strong Bad turns
back to the Lappy, it's gone.
- The Klown Kare easter egg (by clicking on the socket) can still
be clicked in the same location on the screen when the scene moves
around.
- When Homestar appears on the Lappy's screen, He isn't covered by the correction fluid, but rather, he shows up on top of it.
- When Homestar appears close-up to the camera, if you zoom in,
you can see that the disk label is garbled, like it would be in a .jpeg
file. Also, the table outline is a little bigger. But you cannot see it
very well, because Homestar moves too fast, and the picture is gone
before you have a chance to realize it, normally.
Inside References
- Edga Jr. is a reference to the e-mail virus, where his ambiguous relation, Edgar, created Strong Bad's virus protection program.
- The "light pen" is based on the one from haircut - there, it was a black marker.
- Homestar's pixellated form is from Main Page 13 and In Search of the Yello Dello.
- The business card easter egg makes reference to the Tragic Clown Dog from part-time job.
- Homestar says "Everybody everybody" in his tirade, a reference to the Intro.
- Marzipan's line about people thinking she's a broom (Along with Homestar's response) is a reference to Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 11.2 where Homestar leaves a message calling Marzipan an "old broomstick".
- Homestar saying "I'm a long-pants man, long pants long pants"
is a reference to Bubs' Character page where he says "I'm a self-made
man, I am I am".
Real-World References
- Adam West is an actor best known for his role as Batman on the campy '60s TV show.
- Strong Bad's holding cue cards at the beginning of the email
could be a reference to the video for Bob Dylan's "Subterranean
Homesick Blues".
External Links
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Before things break out between the Homestar Wiki people and me, I'd
like to say that ALL of the content from the weekly SBE updates I do
are taken from HRWiki.org . If their information was taken out of the posts ever, I appoligize.
I want it to be clear that I only offer the content as a mirror to the informaiton avaliable at that time on their site.
I like to offer something they don't, which is the ability to view the
SBE inside of my page without having to go to a seperate link. If you
click on the little film strip next to any SBE on my site it will play
right there. A nifty feature using ActiveRendering.
So, I noticed a bunch of traffic from their site about a post that is
now only in the MOD area. I have emailed all the mods explaining what I
do. I do not even know what the post was about or why it is now in Mod
only status. I signed up for an account to try to see the post, but now
it is unavailable.
Let's see how this plays out. Once again...ALL CREDIT FOR INFORMAITON POSTED ON THE SBE UPDATES COMES FROM HRWIKI.ORG.
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rock opera
From Homestar Runner Wiki
Strong Bad Email #125
Strong Bad sings his rock opera 'sbemail'.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Little Strong Bad, Anonymous, Tompkins, Strong Sad, The Cheat, Coach Z, Homestar Runner, Marzipan, Grape Nuts Robot, The Poopsmith, Bubs, Strong Mad, Homsar, King of Town, Pom Pom, Dangeresque (easter egg)
Date: February 22, 2005
Strong Bad Email #125 - Rock Opera
Easter Eggs
- Click rave reviews to see some reviews of Sbemail:
- "SBEMAIL! Is a Triumph of Some Sort!!!"
"It will leave you you wanting MORE, MORE, MORE!"
-(Perhaps)The Deke
- "A million stars!!!"
-Age 7
- "SBEMAIL! is better than a goat!!"
- The biscuitdoughhandsman Review
- Click Pouring in to see a poster for SBEMAIL!
- "an off13 broadway rock opera from the man who brought you 'dangeresque: put em on ice!'"
- While on the poster, click 'Dangereresque: put em on ice' to see a clip of Dangeresque: Put 'Em On Ice!
- {Cut to somewhere in The Field in winter, with a
small ice pond in the foreground. Strong Bad (as Dangeresque) skates in
from the right}
- DANGERESQUE: So I'm gonna have to jum-
- {Dangeresque falls through the ice.}
- THE CHEAT: {offscreen} Meh! {throws a rose onto the ice}
- Click the invisible Encore on the bottom-right of the Lappy screen to see the rock opera again.
Fun Facts
Trivia
- This is the first time where we see Strong Bad's whole body walking towards the viewer.
- This is the first email where all twelve main characters
appear in person. (The Poopsmith and Pom-Pom were only on playing cards
in your friends and different town, respectively.)
Goofs
- You can still click the contrast buttons on the Tandy while the opera is playing.
- When roses are being thrown with the Lappy in the background, you can't see the reflection of the roses on the Lappy screen.
- The Poopsmith, Bubs and Pom Pom all remain motionless when the cast yells "SBEMAIL!".
- When the cast yells "SBEMAIL!" Strong Mad's mouth appears on Homsar's torso for a few seconds.
Inside References
- The shoes that walk across the screen are the back button of the old main page.
- On the second making-fun-of-Anonymous piece-of-paper,
Anonymous has his hands glued to his butt, which also happened to
Strong Sad in the e-mail 1 step ahead.
- The Teen Girl Squad character Tompkins can be found on the second making-fun-of-Anonymous piece-of-paper, in his miniaturized form from Teen Girl Squad Issue 7.
- When Strong Bad's typing starts going awry as The Cheat is
throwing roses at him, he types "the chicks" as "teh chekts", a
reference to the immediately preceding Strong Bad E-mail secret recipes.
- When Strong Bad appears to have two electric guitars sticking out of his head, it's a reference to the cover art for the CD Strong Bad Sings and Other Type Hits.
- Strong Bad sitting in the chair swirling the wine in the cup
is modeled after a similar scene from the Powered-by-the-Cheat music
video Everybody to the Limit.
- Strong Bad also swirls his wine in montage.
- The action figures of Strong Sad and Strong Bad are from the Strong Bad Email action figure.
- The pants Coach Z temporarily dons seem to be modeled after Rather Dashing's short pants.
- The background of the area with the pyramid of gold bars (pre-explosion) is taken directly from RhinoFeeder.
- The "Goodtime Palace" is modeled after similar scenes from animal and even features Baby Styles.
- The picture of the "Hardest Guitar Chord Ever" comes from privileges.
- The jogging pixellated Strong Bad is originally from montage.
- Club Technochocolate is originally from extra plug.
- The rock music which starts at Club Technochocolate is based on The Cheat Is Not Dead from caper.
- The stage the entire cast is grouped on at the end is the same stage from A Decemberween Pageant, among other holiday toons.
- The "biscuitdoughhandsman review" in the Easter Egg is yet another reference to everyone's favorite unapprehended villain, Biscuit Dough Hands Man.
- "The Deke" is originally from autobiography.
- Strong Bad's dance move with Baby Styles is a reference to virus when he compliments Bubs for being a computer genius man.
- Vector Strong Bad makes an appearance, this time with rock and roll hair and a headband.
- "Sbemail" is a reference to the filename of every Strong Bad e-mail. Strong Bad also refers to this in unused emails
Real-World References
- Strong Bad's "Ándale! Ándale! Arriba! Arriba!" at the end is
quoting the famous Warner Bros. cartoon mouse Speedy Gonzales, except
backwards as Speedy usually says Arriba! Arriba! Ándale! Ándale!
- The electric guitars in the opera are (or are modeled after) Gibson Flying Vs.
- The amps are modeled after Marshall stacks, but instead of "Marshall," the logo reads "An Amp". These were also used in different town, but labelled "Marzipan".
- Sbemail, in containing multiple sections of different styles,
is remiscent of such songs as the Who's "A Quick One, While He's Away"
and (more famously) Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."
See Also
- The context for all of the words from rock opera
External Links
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secret recipes
From Homestar Runner Wiki
 The Cheat flips some discs.
Strong Bad Email #124
Strong Bad reveals some secret family recipes.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, The Cheat, Coach Z, The King of Town, Marzipan, Homestar Runner
Date: February 14, 2005
Strong Bad Email #124 - Secret Recipes
Easter Eggs
- At the end, click on "grow up" to hear a few seconds of the television program the King of Town was watching.
- {cut back to the King of Town's castle. The TV is still on}
- TV ACTOR: Caleb, that hamburger was mine!
- CALEB: It's mine now!
- At the end, click on "C H E _ T" to see the Cheat reading a
book entitled "So You Want to Cook a Wrestleman?", with a picture of
The Cheat putting a lid on a pot with Strong Bad in it.
- At the end, click on "poopaw" to hear what the announcer has to say about a poopaw.
- NARRATOR: I, uh, I don't even know what a poopaw is.
- At the end, click on "the Chekt" to see another recipe.
From the Kitchen of Poopaw
Chicken-fried the CHEKT
Ingredients:
3 or 7 medium sized the Chekts
2 salt
40 pancakes
Instructions:
Get down off smokestack. Then cook that
ugly thing.
''{"Bumdumbourge '96" appears as a watermark on the recipe card.}''
Fun Facts
Trivia
- This is the first reference to any of Strong Bad's (potential) family besides Strong Sad, Strong Mad, and his parents.
- A "poopaw" may be a reference to Strong Bad's father (or
grandfather). A few similar sayings are "meemaw" (or "mamaw") for a
grandmother, and a "papaw" for a grandfather.
- When Homestar walks in on Strong Bad and The Cheat, he mixes
up their names and greets them as "Cheat and The Strong Bad",
transposing the "The". This is a new variation on Homestar's tendency
to screw up other peoples' names.
Remarks
- Strong Bad remarks about the possibility of something being
just plain 'couth'. Couth means "possessing a high degree of
sophistication" or "refined". Someone as literate as Strong Bad should
know that.
Goofs
- When Strong Bad reads the "pimecone" card, the computer screen
is almost blank... but still has "and well-wishers." written on it in
the same area where Strong Bad typed it before.
- When Coach Z bounces the basketball, it sounds like a dodgeball instead of a basketball.
- When Strong Bad is talking to The Cheat flinging the discs, if
you manage to zoom in on the Lappy's screen, you'll find out that some
different stuff are typed in (not all are shown, due to Strong Bad's
head blocking the screen while talking to The Cheat):
so our recipes may seem a bit uncouth
just plain couth? I bet freakin' Strong
I wouldn't put that past him. Not that
anything past that guy. Y'know on ac
And maybe standing in a really narr
around the grossing out
and well-wishers.
Inside References
- The newspaper Marzipan is reading is the exact same one (down to the repeating text) she was reading in Strong Bad Is In Jail Cartoon.
- The effect used before Strong Bad and Homestar Runner show off their recipes was previously used in radio.
- The book titled "So You Want to Cook a Wrestleman" is a nod to
the sketch of Strong Bad labeled "Wrestleman" that appeared in the Sketchbook.
- In the homestarmy email, SB was also referred to as a "two-bit
wrestleman". In the online auction easter egg in the english paper
email, Homestar refers to strong bad as "some type of wrestle man."
- Homestar's use of the word "pimecone" instead of "pinecone" is
reminiscent of his usage of the word "pamcakes" instead of "pancakes"
in montage.
- This is also the second time that Strong Bad's cooking has made Coach Z puke, the first time was in couch patch
Real-World References
- The King of Town's quip about the deodorants being "strong enough for a man" is a reference to "Secret" brand deodorant ads.
- Bumdumbourge and Totalslava could be loose references to the
country of Luxembourg (and possibly many European cities whose names
end in -burg or -bourg) and the city of Bratislava (the capital of
Slovakia).
- "Old King Droll" is a reference to the nursery rhyme "Old King Cole."
- The floppy disk reads "Battle Chess",
an early-90s-era chess game for the PC that featured animated chess
pieces that fought with each other when trying to occupy the same
square.
External Links
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origins
From Homestar Runner Wiki
Strong Bad Email #123
Strong Bad discusses the hangingoutitude of The Stick.
Cast (in order of appearance): Strong Bad, Little Strong Bad, Señor, Mr. Bland, Bubs, The Stick, Homestar Runner, The Cheat, Strong Mad, Marzipan, Homsar, Strong Sad, The King of Town
Date: January 31, 2005
Strong Bad Email 123 - Origins
Easter Eggs
- Click on "Eau Claire WI" to view Beverly Sportsinterview's book "Ewww..Claire!! Why???"
- Click on "dunce" at the end to see and hear an album of Homestar's Bread Sing-alongs.
- Keep clicking the CD cover to hear different songs. There are three in all.
Fun Facts
- We last saw the smashed muffler in no loafing.
- Beverly Sportsinterviews, likely related to Lem Sportsinterviews, is a reference to Beverly Cleary, an author for children and young adults.
- The drill noise was first heard in privileges.
- The tag on Lil Strong Bad's gift was labeled, "To: Strong Bad. From: Mom or Dad".
- Moleskine
is a brand of pocket notebooks and sketch pads popular among
trend-following artists and writers. Strong Sad mistakenly pronounces
it "mole skin", whereas the correct pronunciation is "mol-a-skeen'-a".
- "Hairy Elephante" is either a reference to Strong Bad's desired name Monsieur Elegante from dreamail, or a play on words of singer Harry Belafonte's name.
- The appearance of Homestar's Bread Singalongs CD is similar to Strong Bad's Rhythm 'N' Grammar as seen at the end of local news. Odly enough, Homestar's eyes still blink on the CD cover.
- Strong Bad misspells "curiosity", which is ironic for someone who is such a stickler for spelling.
- The "On Point Kings" may be a reference to email number 81, "date", where Marzipan says "Strong Bad is On Point" in Strong Bad's "H*R and Marzipan Dating Simulation XR"
External Links
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