History Recap / StrongBadEmailE181WebComics

** In the "[=Gamerj0x=]" web comic, Strong Sad lists out the technical specs of the UsefulNotes/Playstation3 as part of a joke about TechnoBabble.

* TechnoBabble: The spoof of TwoGamersOnACouch style web comics devolves into Strong Bad and Strong Sad randomly spouting tech specifications for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3.

* A sprite comic, with a demonstration starring Stinkoman, and the last-ditch advice "when your pixel comic's not funny, MS Paint your way to a non-punchline!"

* GeniusBonus: The punchline for the third panel in the first webcomic are actually the technical specificstions for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation3

* AntiHumor: Discussed and parodied with the webcomics Strong Bad shows up. "[=Gamerj0x=]" has the punchline followed by the two gamers rattling off technical specs instead of an ending, while the sprite comic explicitly has Strong Bad suggest that you can "MS Paint your way to a non-punchline".

* ViewersAreGeniuses: In-universe. The "[=Gamerj0x=]" comic assumes that the reader is intimately familiar with gaming terminology, with the joke being a pun on [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brick_(electronics) bricking]] a console, followed by a non-punchline of TechnoBabble. Strong Bad's only comment is "Ah, I wish I knew what that meant!"

* TheProblemWithPenIsland: This week's email comes from Gunkiller, whose name is almost certainly supposed to be read as Gun Killer. Strong Bad instead calls him "Gunk Iller" (and then "Gunky" for short).

-->'''Strong Bad:''' (''to The Cheat'') That stuff is totally messed up, The Cheat. That gunk is ill.

* HypocriticalHumor: Strong Bad calls web comics that "ask for input from your viewers and rip that off for content" (which is pretty much what Strong Bad Email ''is'') a "cop-out". This remark is even punctuated by New Paper coming down.

* YouMakeMeSic: Strong Bad draws attention to a missing period after the sentence "Thanks a lot" by following it up with a snarky "...for not using punctuation."

->(''Cut back to Borgorroth and his enemy. They continue to name Photoshop effects, which causes the screen to become more and more illegible.'')\\

"Gunk-iller" ("Who are you? Gunhaver's evil twin brother? Well I won't be needing your services today; all my gunk is plenty ill already.") and his friends are planning on making a web comic, and ask Strong Bad for suggestions on what it should be about. According to Strong Bad, coming up with a web comic is easy.

* A comic based on input from readers ([[HypocriticalHumor "What a cop-out!"]]), such as The Cheat's comics based on weird senders' names from spam e-mails, like "Knowingest J. Drawbridges".
* An overly-photoshopped fantasy comic, with an example featuring the adventures of "Borgorroth of Coolswordoroth".

Strong Bad goes on a brief tangent about how " web comics are a better fate for video games than Saturday morning cartoons were." We see some clips from animated adaptations of ''Secret Collect'', which pairs its cubical main character with a surfer dude teen and his talking dog, and ''Thy Dungeonman'', where all the characters are anthropomorphic strings of text such as "Go North", "Get Dagger", his cousin "Take Dagger", and "Dennis", who is always trying to get "Ye Flask". Strong Bad eventually concludes that Gunkiller and his friends should ''not'' make a web comic.

->'''Wizard:''' OCEAN RIPPLE!\\

'''BorgorrotH:''' Er... NUDGE!

"Gunk-iller" and his friends ask Strong Bad for suggestions on making a web comic, which according to Strong Bad is easy.

After a brief tangent on crummy animated adaptations of video games, Strong Bad concludes that Gunkiller and his friends should ''not'' make a web comic.

->'''Strong Bad:''' Why can't you just make a... comic? Everyone knows that putting 'web' in front of words automatically makes them crappier. Just look what happened to 'pages,' and 'cams,' and 'logs.' And who could forget the fall of the mighty 'isode.' Ohh, so tragic.

* HypocriticalHumor: Strong Bad calls web comics that "ask for input from your viewers and rip that off for content" (which is pretty much what Strong Bad Email ''is'') a "cop-out". This remark is even punctuated by the New Paper coming down.

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* TakeThat: Strong Bad spoofs the ever-loving hell out of popular web comics (and [[FollowTheLeader their many imitators]]).

* CallingYourAttacks: During the "Photoshopped fantasy comic" segment:

** Strong Sad lists out the technical specs of the UsefulNotes/Playstation3 in the first spoof web comic.

* TechnoBabble: The spoof of TwoGamersOnACouch style web comics devolves into Strong Bad and Strong Sad randomly spouting tech specifications for the Playstation 3.

* A comic about "[[TwoGamersOnACouch slickly drawn college roommates [who] make nothing but video game inside jokes]]", with a sample strip of "[=Gamerj0x=]" that eventually degenerates into random tech specifications.

** An easter egg references the indie band Archers of Loaf and their song "Web in Front".
** Strong Sad lists out the technical specs of the UsefulNotes/Playstation3 in the first spoof web comic.

* TakeThat: Strong Bad spoofs the everloving hell out of popular web comics (and [[FollowTheLeader their many imitators]]).

-->'''Strong Bad:''' They're all about video games, gamernerds, webgeeks, dorknerds, gamewads, nerdgames, webwebs, and elves. So just pick one of those and start tableting!

* A comic based on input from readers ([[HypocriticalHumor "What a cop-out!"]]), such as the Cheat's comics based on weird senders' names from spam e-mails, like "Knowingest J. Drawbridges".

-->'''Strong Bad:''' Why can' t you just make a... comic? Everyone knows that putting 'web' in front of words automatically makes them crappier. Just look what happened to 'pages,' and 'cams,' and 'logs.' And who could forget the fall of the mighty 'isode.' Ohh, so tragic.

* A comic about "[[TwoGamersOnACouch slickly drawn college roommates [who] make nothing but video game inside jokes]]", with a sample strip of "Gamerj0x" that eventually degenerates into random tech specifications.

** "Gamerj0x" is an obvious parody of TwoGamersOnACouch comics such as ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' and ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel''.

%%* SpriteComic: The Stinkoman comic segment.

* TechnoBabble: The spoof of TwoGamersOnACouch style web comics devolves into Strong Bad and Strong Sad randomly spouting technical jargon.

* TechnoBabble: The spoof of the TwoGamersOnACouch style web comics devolves into Strong Bad and Strong Sad randomly spouting technical jargon by the end of thebsample strip.

* SpriteComic: The Stinkoman comic segment.

* TechnoBabble: The spoof of ''PennyArcade'' (see above) devolves into this at the very end of the sample strip.

* YouMakeMeSic: Strong Bad draws attention to a missing period after the sentence "Thanks a lot" by following it up with a snarky "...for not using punctuation."

* A sprite comic, with a demonstration staring Stinkoman, and the last-ditch advice "when your pixel comic's not funny, MS Paint your way to a non-punchline!"

Gunkiller and his friends ask Strong Bad for suggestions on making a web comic.

** The "Saturday Mornideo Games" sequence is a parody of various Saturday morning cartoons based on video games, such as ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade'' and ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster''.

* TechnoBabble: The spoof of ''PennyArcade'' (see above) devolves into this at the very end of the sample strip.

* HilariousInHindsight: The first strip that Strong Bad parodies is ''PennyArcade''; three years later, Tycho and Strong Bad would square off in ''PokerNightAtTheInventory''.

* TakeThat: Strong Bad spoofs the everloving hell out of popular web comics (and [[FollowTheLeader their many imitators]]).

** "Gamerj0x" is an obvious parody of TwoGamersOnACouch comics such as ''Webcomic/PennyArcade'' and ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDelete''.