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Strong Bad Email #114
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Computer: Compy 386

Date: Monday, September 20, 2004

Running Time: 2:53

Page Title: Compy 386!!

DVD: strongbad_email.exe Disc Four


[edit] Transcript

STRONG BAD: {singing} I'm checkin' email, I'm checkin' email. Hey, hey, I'm checkin' email, I'm checkin' email.









STRONG BAD: Hey, Strong Mad! What, uh... What's my favorite movie?

STRONG MAD: {from off-screen} GARBLEDINA!


STRONG BAD: Fact two: Garbledina.


STRONG BAD: Fact three: He's like a big square, this guy.



{"Just weird is all" appears on the screen}

STRONG BAD: Un... settling.

{"Unsettling" appears.}


STRONG BAD: I guess if he lived in Cubeland it might work, but... Cubeland—


STRONG BAD: —is a place I just made up, so... on to fact four.


STRONG BAD: Zero volume control.

{"No volume control" appears on the screen.}

STRONG BAD: Once again, obsoive.

{The Strong Mad image glances at the text.}








STRONG BAD: Fact five: Directorial inexperience.

{"Directorial inexperience" appears on the screen.}

{Pull out to Strong Bad typing the email.}





{Cut back to the Compy 386.}


{Cut to Strong Mad's room, where Strong Mad has decorated a paper bag to look like the Tandy 400 (with the word "DiSK" on the screen) and an up-turned cardboard box to look like Strong Bad's Floppy Disk Container (which says "disks").}


{Cut back to the Compy 386.}




STRONG BAD: What? I'm over here!





HOMESTAR RUNNER: You wanna hear it?



STRONG BAD: What are you whispering for?




{The Paper comes down.}


[edit] Easter Eggs

"We're coming right back after these messages!"
int: dinosaur - day
go dougie!!
toilet. (drawing of a toilet)
Homestar Runner will be right right back!
Homestar Runner will be right right back!
We're coming right back after these messages!
We're coming right back after these messageeeees...

[edit] Fun Facts

[edit] Explanations

  • "Bupkis" is a Yiddish word (meaning "beans") used in English to mean "nothing" or "something worthless". Sample usage: "I work here for him ten hours a day, all week, and what does he give me? Bupkis!"

[edit] Trivia

  • This is The Brothers Chaps' claymation debut on
  • The box on Strong Mad's desk that says 'disks' on it also reads 'NOT CAR PARTS' upside down.
  • The label on the disk in the floppy disk container reads "thexder".
  • The font in which Strong Bad types the facts is Westminster, the font used on the Tandy 400.
  • The YouTube description for this email is "Everyone wants to know why Strong Mad doesn't have a cartoon. Well, one person wants to know. Strong Bad gives a rock solid explanation."

[edit] Remarks

  • If Strong Bad's measurements are correct, Strong Mad is 88 inches, or 7'4" (2.2 m), tall and wide. However, The Cheat implied in i she be that Strong Mad is 6 feet (1.8 m) tall. Meanwhile, according to a page that is no longer linked from the main site, Strong Mad weighs 900 lbs (408 kg) and is 8'3" (2.5 m) tall. Of course, Strong Mad is not actually a square; in fact, he's about 7.25% taller than he is wide. (The measurement lines shown in this email aren't even the same size.) So, based on the dimensions given, if he were 7'4" (2.2 m) wide, he would be approximately 8 feet (2.4 m) tall. On the other hand, if he were 88 inches (2.2 m) tall, he would only be about 82 inches (2.1 m) wide. Finally, if he were 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, he would be a mere 5'7" (1.7 m) wide.
    • These measurements also do not correspond with the measurements of the other characters.
    • In Marshmallow's Last Stand, Strong Bad's and Strong Mad's weight combined is stated to be 1,000,000 pounds (453,592 kg). If Strong Bad weighs 150 pounds (68 kg), then Strong Mad supposedly weighs 999,850 pounds (453,532 kg). This contradicts Strong Bad's quote saying that he is 900 pounds.
  • There are no English words beginning with "Ehgh", what Strong Bad has started to type when Homestar interrupts him.

[edit] Fixed Glitches


[edit] Inside References

  • Strong Bad mentions his mom.

[edit] Real-World References

  • The tune Homestar sings to in the Easter egg is the same tune as the intermission theme from Namco's Pac-Man.
  • The "We'll Be Right Back!" song and screen are in the style of Saturday morning cartoon show bumpers of the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, which frequently included lead-outs and lead-ins with freeze-frames (or animations) of the characters along with quirky jingles about the show returning.

[edit] Fast Forward

[edit] DVD Version

  • The "Doug The Dino" script Easter egg has been disabled.

[edit] Commentary Transcript

(Commentary by: Matt Chapman, Mike Chapman, Marzipan)



MATT: Really? So you like him best?


MATT: Yeah, don't tell Strong Sad that.

MARZIPAN: Well Strong—

MATT: You're his only friend.



MIKE: It's like a space ship game?


MARZIPAN: Which brother is this?


MARZIPAN: Oh, I made a mistake.

MATT: Oh. That's not your favorite.

MIKE: Who's your favorite?


MARZIPAN: {gasps} It looks like my freezer.

MATT: Does it?!


MATT: Some iridescent cubes in there?


MIKE: Jello cubes?

MARZIPAN: Uh, no Jello cubes.



MIKE: Strong Mad's got some sweet wallpaper in his bedroom.

MATT: Yeah, I want that in my bedroom.

MIKE: Yeah—



MATT: Really?


MATT: It's much harder to put up, though.




MIKE: Yeah, Matt's a—

MATT: It usually involved a toilet. A dinosaur.

MARZIPAN: Who made this?


MATT: Nine.

MIKE: Eighty nine?

MARZIPAN: What award did he win?

MIKE: He won some international film—

MATT: Media Festival.

MIKE: International Media Festival—

MARZIPAN: I won an award once.

MIKE: What— What award?


MARZIPAN: The award—

MIKE: Wow!

MATT: We need to change that.

MARZIPAN: The award—

MIKE: You think that's on the website?

MIKE: Yeah.

MARZIPAN: It was the award for importance.

MIKE: {somewhat mockingly} The award for importance?

MARZIPAN: Yes! It was internationally recognized.

MATT: {holding back laughter} As being important?

MARZIPAN: Well, that and—


MARZIPAN: It was a virtual award.



MATT: He does look kinda cute like that.


{Mike starts to laugh}

MATT: What? {scolding} Marzipan!

MARZIPAN: Don't tell—

MATT: Keep that to yourself!

MARZIPAN: I'm sorry.

MATT: I don't wanna hear that crap!



[edit] Fun Facts

  • Robotech was a science fiction anime series released in the United States in 1985.

[edit] External Links

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