Recap / Strong Bad Email E 131 Boring Really

As you can plainly see, things move a mile a minute 'round her'...

Airdate: Monday, June 6, 2005

Sender: Callie, Lake Jackson, TX

Strong Bad: (rapping) Email theme song! 1-2-3! A da-da-checka email wit' me, SB, y'all!

Callie from Lake Jackson is bored out of her mind, and asks Strong Bad if he ever gets bored living in Free Country, USA

Strong Bad: So, you're bored out of your mind, eh? Well, you've come to the right place. Let's see what I... can do... about... thaaaaaat.

As Strong Bad gets up from the computer table, the screen slowly zooms out, then cuts to a close-up of Bubs' face. It's revealed he's staring at the side of the concession stand when Strong Bad comes in.

Strong Bad: Bubs! What craziness... is going on... over here?
(beat)
Bubs: Oh, Strong Bad! You startled me! I was just counting the bricks on this side of the building. I'm up to two-hundred and forty-eight.
Strong Bad: Two hundred and forty-eight... That's just a little less... than two fifty!
Bubs: Yep! I remember learning that in school.

Strong Bad leaves, taking "real, real tiny steps" on his way to The Stick, where Homestar is standing, unblinking.

Strong Bad: What are you... um... doing?
Homestar: I'm practicing... closing... my eyes. I'm not very... good... at it... though.
Strong Bad: I see.
Homestar: More like, I see.

As Homestar briefly closes his eyes ("Now I see what all the fuss is about!"), Bubs comes in and announces he's up to two-hundred and ninety six bricks.

Homestar: Wow. That's just a little less... than three hundred!
Bubs, Homestar, and Strong Bad: I remember learning that in schoo—
(Strong Sad, on a caffeine buzz, suddenly jumps into the frame, accompanied by pyrotechnics and rock music)
Strong Sad: Wah-wah-wah-wait! You guys! You guys! I struck gold on the alien spaceship— I think it gave me super powers! There were wood-davers everywhere!

Back at the Lappy, Strong Bad hopes that he's demonstrated how "Things move a mile a minute 'round her'. Except for that Strong Sad. That guy's a real bore. And quite a fan of Danish physicist Niels Bohr," and that Callie has been successfully bored back into her mind.

Strong Bad: And I don't mean 'bored into your mind' like— REEER! Pssh psssshh! Blorgorg! Pfff! (types "(awesome drilling some brains sound)" as he makes noises and thrashes his head about) That's gross. But if you're still bored, sit back, relax, and prepare to experience the fury of... me naming all the three letter words I can think of. Cat. The. Lob. Irk. Try. Wet. Cod. For. Her. Ebb. Egg. Goo. Elk. Ilk. (The Paper comes down) Dog. Fat. Pat. Spy. Get. Sat. Sit. Wow. Man. (screen fades out, then fades back in to later) Huh. Not. Sty. Eye. Pie. Tug. Gut. Gun. Sap. Asp. Pus. Job...
(record needle scratch)
Coach Z: (offscreen) I gotta stop you there, Strong Bad. I'm pretty sure "jorb" is a four letters word.

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Tropes:

• Blatant Lies: Strong Bad calls Strong Sad a bore after he was the only exciting part of the email.
• Continuity Nod:
  • Hyped-up Strong Sad is a nod to "caffeine", as well as his claim that the alien spaceship had "woodavers everywhere!"
  • The music that plays during the scene with caffeinated Strong Sad is from the "Deathly Pallor" segments in "radio".
  • Strong Bad tells Callie to "experience the fury of me naming all the three-letter words I can think of" in the same tone as "Don't forget to experience the fury of... our gift shop."
  • One of the aforementioned three-letter words is "sbu."
  • Coach Z insists that "'jorb' is a four-letters word".
  • An Easter egg features a cameo of Pom Pom's girls from "Homestarloween Party" and the "It's the Weekend" song from the "end credits photo montage" in "montage".
• Dynamic Entry: Strong Sad's surprise entrance involves a backflip through the air and pyrotechnics.
• Long List: Strong Bad knows quite a few three-letter words. Thankfully, a fade-out spares us having to see him type every one out.
• Mood Whiplash: While everyone else is speaking and acting slowly, Strong Sad suddenly jumps onscreen on a caffeine buzz, going a mile a minute.
• "Not Making This Up" Disclaimer: The email is entitled "boring (really)" for a reason; it's that boring.
• Overly Long Gag: The entire freaking email consists of nothing in particular happening, as slowly as possible. There's also the ending, with Strong Bad slowly typing as many three-letter words as he can think of.
• Overused Running Gag: Strong Bad reads "with lots of crap" as "with lots of groan..."
• Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: Strong Bad makes "awesome drilling some brains sounds" while describing Callie being "bored" into her mind.
• Shout-Out: An Easter Egg from clicking on the word "err" features Strong Bad as Groo the Wanderer and The Cheat as Rufferto.
• Small Town Boredom: The basis of the email, with Bubs counting the bricks in his wall, and Homestar practicing closing his eyes. Verrrry slowly.

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(Cut to the King of Town's castle, where the King, Pom Pom, and Homsar are partying with two of Pom Pom's girls. "It's the Weekend" is playing in the background.)
Pom Pom: (bubbles)
Homsar: AaAaAaAaAaAaA!
King of Town: Hey, woo, exciting party!