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April 16th, 2008

strongbad_email.exe

TimAs a longtime fan of Homestar Runner, I was really excited to see how Ray’s version of the characters would turn out, but somewhere along the line I realized we had eliminated all Homestar characters from the script! I still love the comic as it’s much better than the original idea I had (more about that in our next podcast). It’s probably my favorite since at least Patapon and the Professor back to back. For those not in the know, Telltale Games, creators of the acclaimed Sam & Max episodic games, is now working on a Homestar Runner title for WiiWare called Strong Bad’s Cool Game For Attractive People. Weren’t you wondered how that made Sam & Max feel?

RayI don’t consider myself a huge fan of Homestar Runner, but I consider myself at least a fan since I’m still subscribed to its podcast feed. I was trying so hard to fit “where my lazers at?” somewhere in this comic, but it never quite worked out. It’s one of my favorite Homestar Runner cartoons, probably because it parodies everything that’s wrong with amateur flash animations.


47 Responses to “strongbad_email.exe”

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    dj75728

    I….Don’t get it. Sorry guys ^_^; …….But I really like playing Trogdor on Guitar Hero II, does that count for anything?

    *Edit*: After looking up Burninate and realizing it’s related to Trogdor, the comic is pretty funny. Guess it would be funnier if I was a fan of Homestar Runner/Strong Bad.

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    Andrew

    Well, whatever dj says, I still give it five stars and a NCG.

    WiiWare for the Win!

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    hyper

    i Must be the only one that get this joke then?

    sry to the both of you

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    Andrew

    I got the joke. I meant to say:

    “Well, over and against what dj says, I understand and enjoy this comic so I will give it five stars and a NCG.”

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    Josh of Pixelton

    THIS. IS. AWESOME. XD

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    Andi

    This is amazing
    it made my day
    HAHA

    ♥ Andi

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    Psyco

    I think a better strongbad reference would have been to have Sam be “the cheat” and maybe even draw him. But either way this comic rocks!

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    Baka

    Having knowledge of both is required for the humour to appear. Fortunately, I fit that category and loved it. Comics like these won’t appeal to everyone, but its great for the ones that get it.

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    tustin

    I have watched several strong bad emails and vaguely know what the bunny and dog thing is. I got the comic though – it was really funny! (love the Lappy 486 that he’s using).

    NCG!!

    (This is my favorite Strong Bad Email: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html)
    (PS. I used target=”_blank” in the <a> tag, so it won’t use this window :) )

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    J man

    Man telltale is going to make this the awesomer
    ruining franchise crossover game FTW

    i think the pom pom sbemail is my fav

    and can someone please tell me they have played S&M hit the road so i dont feel out of touch for loving old school point and clickies

    ‘read my lips i can not pick that up’

    pick up person
    ‘nah she/he’s not my type”

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    Jordi

    strongbad_email.exe:

    In a word: Brilliant

    In a colour: mauve.

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    Tristan

    btw awful news! everyone follow this link and comment.

    i also know the author in real life. me and my freinds are now not acknowlaging his existance.

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    dj75728

    @Tristan: Commenting has been closed on it sadly. That’s a really stupid thing of him to say “The Wii isn’t a “pure” gaming console because of lack of a “real” controller.” Yeah, I guess that’s what everyone was saying when Nintendo brought out that one control a long time ago with the….you know….D-pad!!! And when Nintendo brought out the joystick with the N64.

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    Lilguitarist

    I don’t get this one either guys.

    God, you guys used to be good! *jks*

    I should really get back into the whole gaming scene before I read anymore of your comics. The comics are obviously funny it’s just my ignorance ruining ur topical humour.

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    lwelyk

    Weren’t you wondered how that made Sam & Max feel?

    Yes I was wondered that. : P

    I don’t know much about Homestarrunner, but I am obsessed with
    Sam and Max. And I think you did it this way so you wouldn’t have to actually draw Sam. : P

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    Jon M.

    Dude, I totally loved Sam & Max back in the day! I’d play it again if I could find it. I could never get past that freaking giant ball of twine where you swing Max off that balcony with all the fish heads flying past him, though. Did not know what to do…

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    dj75728

    I don’t get this one either guys.
    God, you guys used to be good! *jks*
    I should really get back into the whole gaming scene before I read anymore of your comics. The comics are obviously funny it’s just my ignorance ruining ur topical humour.

    Dont’ worry, I don’t really get it either. I don’t think Homestar Runner really has much to do with games though, and Sam & Max is a PC game that I also now nothing about(aside from the two characters). So yeah……..this ones kind of obscure. Maybe Tim & Ray are going through a “let’s use stuff from obscure games(Ikaruga)/stuff(Homestar Runner) so that everybody doesn’t get it” phase.

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    Andrew

    Telltale is releasing both sam and Max for Wii and “Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People” for WiiWare. Two episodic games for wii.

    Of course, you kinda had to have read that news for this to be funny.

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    Tristan

    ok update the whole delemma i mentioned above has now been resolved.

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    dr. game

    that last panel wold look great on a T-shirt or a walpaper and the wii wear game is going to be THE wii wear game to get trust me

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    Baka

    Maybe Tim & Ray are going through a “let’s use stuff from obscure games(Ikaruga)/stuff(Homestar Runner) so that everybody doesn’t get it” phase.

    And I love them for it. While its true that it alienates some readers, being able to get away with more obscure jokes like this is part of the beauty of the internet. Since its online it is able to reach the crowd that will be able to appreciate it. Besides, both Sam & Max and Homestar runner aren’t really all that obscure (especially HR), and with both of them having episodic games coming out from the same company, it made sense to include the two in a joke.

    Besides, 2P Start’s comics always have this feeling of that its more about what Tim + Ray thought would be funny, and less about appealing to any particular people. In the end, they have achieved a fanbase that appreciates this.

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    Andrew

    yeah, all the mid-core 2pStart fans like dj123 just don’t get it.

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    VFDroid

    NCG! While I didn’t get the joke until later, it got me to look up this “Homestar Runner” thing on YouTube, and I think I may have gotten an addiction or something. ;-) So thanks, guys!

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    black n white

    Genius. Thanks for the weekly laugh.

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    dj75728

    @Andrew: Don’t hate cause I’m having a good time playing online. :mrgreen:

    @Baka: Yeah, I guess you’re right. But still, being one of the people who doesn’t get the comic isn’t a good situation to be in. It’s one thing if I don’t find the comic funny, but for the comic to be so obscure that not many people will have the prior knowledge to understand where the joke comes from is a different thing entirely. Especially considering that the majority of the rest of the comics haven’t been geared towards a specific group of people or as obscure, so to start doing it now(not that I’m suggesting that that’s Tim and/or Ray’s plan for the comic) would only alienate the fans that have already become loyal readers.

    And what the heck is Black n White’s avatar? It looks like a horse’s nostrils. Or some kind of Lamb/Sheep creature. Sorry, but I’ve been staring at it while I was writing this comment.

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    Brian

    Luckily, I am one of the ones who knows both references quite well ;)
    I loved Sam and Max as a kid, but never played any of the TellTale Games (never got into it unfortunatly…)
    As for Strongbad, I occasionly watch the e-mails, and know what they’re all about. So yeah… hilarious.

    PS: Third Panel = Wallpaper of Awesome.

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    Andrew

    And what the heck is Black n White’s avatar? It looks like a horse’s nostrils. Or some kind of Lamb/Sheep creature. Sorry, but I’ve been staring at it while I was writing this comment.

    Yeah, it is a horse’s nostril/face, with bridle and all.
    See?

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    Tim

    Author Comment

    It’s one thing if I don’t find the comic funny, but for the comic to be so obscure that not many people will have the prior knowledge to understand where the joke comes from is a different thing entirely.

    Sorry DJ, but you’ve got to jump on the Homestar Runner bandwagon, because it’s NOT obscure in the least. Coupled with the news of a WiiWare game and the very popular Sam & Max games, I can’t call this an obscure comic. From Wikipedia (regarding Homestar Runner): “The site is one of the most popular Flash cartoons on the Internet…The site receives several million hits a month, and almost a thousand emails a day.”

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    Andrew

    Don’t blame him, the internet happened when DJ wasn’t looking.

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    Rioluke

    It’s one thing if I don’t find the comic funny, but for the comic to be so obscure that not many people will have the prior knowledge to understand where the joke comes from is a different thing entirely.

    Sorry DJ, but you’ve got to jump on the Homestar Runner bandwagon, because it’s NOT obscure in the least. Coupled with the news of a WiiWare game and the very popular Sam & Max games, I can’t call this an obscure comic. From Wikipedia (regarding Homestar Runner): “The site is one of the most popular Flash cartoons on the Internet…The site receives several million hits a month, and almost a thousand emails a day.”

    Hes right its serious business

    EDIT: Sweet an editing option good job guys!

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    Fierce Deity

    wow we get profiles now yay!

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    dj75728

    @Everybodies: I guess it’s my bad then ^_^; , but I had never even heard of Homestar Runner until I looked up Trogdor. I guess I’ve been playing online too much. You know what that’s like, right Andrew :mrgreen: ?

    And I refuse wagons!! Especially those of the musical variety.

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    Patrick

    Would have been better without the third panel.

    Or the Sam+Max dialoag at all. Just “Deleted”

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    Andrew

    I guess I’ve been playing online too much. You know what that’s like, right Andrew ?

    Oh, how you mock me.

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    dj75728

    I guess I’ve been playing online too much. You know what that’s like, right Andrew ?

    Oh, how you mock me.

    :mrgreen: !!!

    And no one I’ve asked knows what Homestar Runner, or Strong Bad is. I’ve asked computer/WoW gamers, game store employees, and my friends. Nobody. So it might be obscure like I thought, but still, maybe it’s not quite as prevalent as you all think. Just saying. I’m done now. Now. Wait, now! No now. Yeah….>_>

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    Geekicus

    Just FYI, I believe the the DELETED! screen is the wrong one. The lappy DELETED screen is blue.

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    lwelyk

    Just FYI, I believe the the DELETED! screen is the wrong one. The lappy DELETED screen is blue.

    This my friends, is called being a loser. : P

    Although I’ve been much, much worse. XD

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    Tim

    Author Comment

    Geekicus,
    You are correct. I knew this, but the screen we went with is more commonly known and was used more often than the current one. Besides, this is Max’s computer, maybe he’s got a different setup!

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    Tristan

    WHEN ARE YOU POSTING THE NEXT COMIC

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    Tim

    Author Comment

    VERY SOON

    BE PATIENT

    NO ONE BOTHERED MICHELANGELO WHEN HE WAS PAINTING THE SISTINE CHAPEL

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    Andrew

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    Ragna-Rok

    DJ75728 Was raised by a cup of coffee!

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    mich mash

    TROGDOR!
    TROGDOR!

    Trogdor was a man
    I mean, he was a dragon man
    Or maybe he was just a dragon

    But he was still TROGDOR!

    TROGDOR!

    Burninating the countryside,
    Burninating the peasants
    Burninating all the peoples
    And their thatched-roof COTTAGES!

    THATCHED-ROOF COTTAGES!

    When all the land is in ruin,
    And burnination has forsaken the countryside,
    Only one guy will remain.

    My money’s on TROGDOR!

    TROGDOR!

    And theTrogdor comes in the NIIIGHT…

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    chriskatching

    hahahah Trogdor

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    duduman56

    Dear Tim and Ray,

    Loved this comic, can you make more like this?

    Crapfully crap,
    duduman56

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    duduman56's alter ego, ANNOYING INCONSISTENCY POLICE!

    WEEE-OOO I AM DUDUMAN56′S ALTER EGO THE INCONSISTENCY POLICE!

    THE HOMESTAR RUNNER UNIVERSE TAKES PLACE IN FREE COUNTRY USA! STRONG BADIA IS JUST AN EMPTY LOT WITH A TIRE, FENCE, STOP SIGN, AND CINDERBLOCK IN IT!

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    duduman56

    What? How did that happen??? Who did that? Oh well, sorry about whoever did that. but I did notice something… the Lappy’s DELETED! screen is actually red with an explosion and has a devil version of the Female Lappy on it. Oh, and it says deleted.

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