History Recap / StrongBadEmailE135Ladying

* SelfDeprecation: The flashback portion of the episode is a parody of older Homestar cartoons such as [[Recap/HomestarRunnerMarshmallowsLastStand Marshmallow's Last Stand]], complete with crude character designs, jerky animation, Homestar having his [[VocalEvolution old whinier voice]], Strong Bad having his [[GutturalGrowler old gruff voice]] with a quasi-Hispanic accent (and using "Holy crap!" every other sentence), and Marzipan having an extremely flat personality. The old email is bad enough to make Strong Bad fall asleep from sheer boredom.

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: Nearly the whole e-mail is a throwback/deconstruction/parody of the very first ''Homestar Runner'' cartoons.

Back at the desk, Strong Bad [[BlatantLies has clearly enjoyed this "blast from the past" of an e-mail]].\\

->'''Strong Bad''': (''head down on desk; loudly snoring'')

[[FalseReassurance Don't worry,]] [[BlatantLies he totally remembered what he was doing.]]\\

->'''Strong Bad''': (''snaps awake'') Aught? What? Ooot? Oh, yeah. Boy, those old cartoons still pack a whallop. Uh, so yeah, Danny. Now's a great time to plant cucumbers. Stocks are up, stipes are down. And old Strong Bad's got a date with a bowl of crème brulee ice creme. Cream.\\

->'''Strong Bad''': (head down on desk; loudly snoring)

->'''Strong Bad''': (snaps awake) Aught? What? Ooot? Oh, yeah. Boy, those old cartoons still pack a whallop. Uh, so yeah, Danny. Now's a great time to plant cucumbers. Stocks are up, stipes are down. And old Strong Bad's got a date with a bowl of crème brulee ice creme. Cream.\\

->'''Strong Bad:''' Ooh, a Laserdisc. (''a beat starts playing as The Cheat twirls the Laserdisc'') ''The Cheat's playin' something on a Laserdisc. Everything is better on Laserdisc. Whatever happened to the Laserdisc? Laserdisc!'' (''the song ends as he and The Cheat touch hands'')

We then cut to a flashback done entirely in the style of "Marshmallow's Last Stand", where the self-proclaimed "Ramblin' Wreck of E-mail Check" Strong Bad pops up in the wrestling ring to check an e-mail from "one of you ''stupid'' idiots!" Strong Bad gets an e-mail from his "first best friend ever" Fabrosi asking for advice on "lady...ing".\\

->'''Strong Bad''': (snaps awake) Aught? What? Ooot? Oh, yeah. Boy, those old cartoons still pack a whallop. Uh, so yeah, Danny. Now's a great time to plant cucumbers. Stocks are up, stipes are down. And old Strong Bad's got a date with a bowl of crème brulee ice creme. Cream.\\

Strong Bad claims to have already answered that question in "the first email I ever checked", and has the Cheat come in with a Laserdisc to show off "that beautiful e-mail footage".

In a flashback done entirely in the style of "Marshmallow's Last Stand", the self-proclaimed "Ramblin' Wreck of E-mail Check" Strong Bad pops up in the wrestling ring to check an e-mail from "one of you ''stupid'' idiots!" Strong Bad gets an e-mail from his "first best friend ever" Fabrosi asking for advice on "lady...ing".\\

->'''Strong Bad''': (snaps awake) Aught? What? Ooot? Oh, yeah. Boy, those old cartoons still pack a whallop. Uh, so yeah, Danny. Now's a great time to plant cucumbers. Stocks are up, stipes are down. And old Strong Bad's got a date with a bowl of creme brulee ice creme. Cream.\\
(''Strong Bad gets up and leaves. After a beat, pan right to see [[HereWeGoAgain Strong Bad having fallen asleep again]], his head resting on the desk next to the Lappy. The Paper comes down.'')

->(''Cut to Homestar in the Field with Marzipan. Homestar is wearing a false mustache.'')\\

[[FalseReassurance Don't worry,]] [[FromBadToWorse he clearly forgot what he was doing.]]\\

(''Strong Bad gets up and leaves. After a beat, pan right to see [[HereWeGoAgain Strong Bad having fallen asleep again]], his head resting on the desk next to the Lappy.'')

* {{Malaproper}}: An Easter egg shows Homestar trying to put Strong Bad's ladying advice into practice, bragging to Marzipan "I'm wearing tight pants that accentuate all of my bubble-teas."

* YourHeadASplode: Strong Bad learns the hard way that "Finest Mongolian aftershave" (read: gasoline) and cigars don't mix when his head bursts into flame and falls apart.

(''Strong Bad gets up and leaves. After a beat, pan right to see Strong Bad having fallen asleep again, his head resting on the desk next to the Lappy.'')

* BehindTheBlack: Strong Bad passed out again mere seconds after walking away from the Lappy.

Strong Bad gets a request for advice on "lady...ing" from "two desperate losers who could never get any ladies" ("Oooh, something I would not openly admit.") claiming to be his second and third best friends ever.

In a flashback done entirely in the style of "Marshmallow's Last Stand", the self-proclaimed "Ramblin' Wreck of E-mail Check" Strong Bad pops up in the wrestling ring to check an e-mail from "one of you ''stupid'' idiots!" Strong Bad gets an e-mail from his "first best friend ever" Fabrosi asking for advice on "lady...ing".

Strong Bad's first step is to look as much like him as possible: "Take off your shirt, sand off your nipples, and wear tight pants that accentuate all your suppleties." He also advises splashing on some "finest Mongolian aftershave lotion" (actually gasoline) just to be sure, as he attempts to demonstrate with Marzipan.

Finally, Strong Bad brings out the big guns in the form of "a candlelit dinner with caviar burritos and finest cigars." Unfortunately, the combination of a lit cigar and "finest Mongolian aftershave lotion" just results in Strong Bad's head exploding.

Back at the desk, Strong Bad [[BlatantLies has clearly enjoyed this "blast from the past" of an e-mail]].

[[FalseReassurance Don't worry,]] [[FromBadToWorse he clearly forgot what he was doing.]]

Back at the desk, Strong Bad has nodded off watching this alleged "blast from the past" of an e-mail, and forgotten what he was talking about as he wakes up.

->'''Strong Bad''': Aught? What? Ooot? Oh, yeah. Boy, those old cartoons still pack a whallop. Uh, so yeah, Danny. Now's a great time to plant cucumbers. Stocks are up, stipes are down. And old Strong Bad's got a date with a bowl of creme brulee ice creme. Cream.\\

* SpoofAesop: "You see, Strong Bad? What the luscious ladies really want is a guy that still has a face and head."

* BeamMeUpScotty: Despite Strong Bad's overuse of "Holy crap!" in the flashback, he never said it in "Marshmallow's Last Stand".

->'''Homestar:''' ou see, Strong Bad? What the luscious ladies really want is a guy that still has a face and head.\\

* BuffySpeak: "Could you give us any advice on lady...ing?"

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Second and third best friends? What about Fabrosi? What'd you two do to Fabrosi?! Eh, whatever. That guy's probably out lady-ing with that fake mustache he always wears. It's only gonna attract gold-diggers...

-->'''Strong Bad:''' But of course. When it comes to the ladies, I've got no... competition! (''sotto voce'') Holy-crap.

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Oh, Marzipan... Do you want a-my bod?!\\

-->'''Homestar:''' ou see, Strong Bad? What the luscious ladies really want is a guy that still has a face and head.\\

-->'''Strong Bad''': Aught? What? Ooot? Oh, yeah. Boy, those old cartoons still pack a whallop. Uh, so yeah, Danny. Now's a great time to plant cucumbers. Stocks are up, stipes are down. And old Strong Bad's got a date with a bowl of creme brulee ice creme. Cream.\\

* ArtShift: The "old" e-mail is done in the style of the older Homestar Runner Flash cartoons.

Strong Bad goes back five or six years to the first email he ever answered to show how he gave advice on lady...ing.

* ArtShift: The "old" e-mail is done in the style of the older flash cartoons.

Everything is better on Laserdisc\\

* ManOnFire: Strong Bad learns the hard way that "Finest Mongolian aftershave" (read: gasoline) and cigars don't mix when his head catches fire.
* SelfDeprecation: The flashback portion of the episode is a parody of older Homestar cartoons such as [[Recap/HomestarRunnerMarshmallowsLastStand Marshmallow's Last Stand]], complete with jerky animation, Homestar having his [[VocalEvolution old whinier voice]], Strong Bad having his [[GutturalGrowler old gruff voice]] with a quasi-Hispanic accent, and Marzipan having an extremely flat personality. The old email is bad enough to make Strong Bad fall asleep from sheer boredom.
* ShoutOut: After the email is finished playing, we cut to Strong Bad [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E10TheSimpsons138thEpisodeSpectacular having fell asleep]].

-->'''Strong Bad''': Uh, so yeah, Danny. Now's a great time to plant cucumbers. Stocks are up, stipes are down. And old Strong Bad's got a date with a bowl of creme brulee ice creme. Cream.

* SelfDeprecation: The flashback portion of the episode is a parody of older Homestar cartoons such as [[Recap/HomestarRunnerMarshmallowsLastStand Marshmallow's Last Stand]], complete with jerky animation, Homestar having his [[VocalEvolution old whinier voice]], Strong Bad having his [[GutturalGrowler old gruff voice]] with a quasi-Hispanic accent, and Marzipan having an extremely flat personality.

* BehindTheBlack: After Strong Bad leaves the computer for "[his] date with a bowl of creme brulee ice creme", the camera pans to the right... where we see he barely made it a foot before passing out again.

* RevealingCoverup: Strong Bad tries to pretend that he didn't pass out during the email. "Tries" being the operative word.
-->'''Strong Bad''': Boy, those old cartoons still pack a whallop. Uh, so yeah, Danny. Now's a great time to plant cucumbers. Stocks are up, stipes are down. And old Strong Bad's got a date with a bowl of creme brulee ice creme. Cream. (leaves the frame; [[BehindTheBlack camera pans to show he passed out again]])

* StylisticSuck: The animation in the flashback is fairly crude, in emulation of the early cartoons on the Homestar Runner website.

* DiscoDan: "Everything's better on a Laserdisc! / Whatever happened to the Laserdisc?"
* ManOnFire[=/=]YourHeadASplode: Strong Bad learns the hard way that "Finest Mongolian aftershave" (read: gasoline) and cigars don't mix.

* SelfDeprecation[=/=]StylisticSuck: The flashback portion of the episode is a parody of older Homestar cartoons such as [[Recap/HomestarRunnerMarshmallowsLastStand Marshmallow's Last Stand]], complete with jerky animation, Homestar's [[VocalEvolution old whinier voice]], Strong Bad's [[GutturalGrowler old gruff voice]] with a quasi-Hispanic accent, and Marzipan's lack of personality.

* SpoofAesop: "You see, Strong Bad? What the luscious ladies really want is a guy that still has a face and head."

* ManOnFire: Strong Bad learns the hard way that "Finest Mongolian aftershave" (read: gasoline) and cigars don't mix.

* SelfDeprecation[=\=]StylisticSuck: The flashback portion of the episode is a parody of older Homestar cartoons such as [[Recap/HomestarRunnerMarshmallowsLastStand Marshmallow's Last Stand]], complete with jerky animation, Homestar's [[VocalEvolution old whinier voice]], Strong Bad's [[GutturalGrowler old gruff voice]], and Marzipan's lack of personality.

* SelfDeprecation[=\=]StylisticSuck: The flashback portion of the episode is a parody of older Homestar cartoons, such as [[Recap/HomestarRunnerMarshmallowsLastStand Marshmallow's Last Stand]], complete with jerky animation, Strong Bad's [[GutturalGrowler old gruff voice]], and Marzipan's lack of personality.