This article is about the email describing movie theater experiences. For the email describing movie genres, see rated. For the email about Strong Bad narrating movies, see narrator.
Airdate: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Sender: Cooper
Strong Bad: (singing) Coach Z is not that cool; here comes an email.
"A person called Cooper, from the city of Franklin, in the state of Tennessee" ("Told you I could do it," says Strong Bad to an unamused The Cheat) tells Strong Bad about how he was at the movies last night and had to put up with a little kid behind him that wouldn't shut up, asking if Strong Bad has ever had to deal with such irritating people at the movies.
Strong Bad: Oh, I feel ya, Coopreme. It's a good thing they make you turn off your bazookas before movies, man, or every one of my theater-going experiences would end in smoldering crater fashion.
While the movie-going experience starts promising enough (with Senor Cardgage taking people's tickets and telling them "forty-twone will be on your lest"), Strong Bad soon finds himself dealing with such annoyances as:
- "The genius who can't resist answering the oh-so-challenging film trivia slides they show before the movie", like Coach Z, who keeps getting the "Movie and Refreshment Trivia (Actually Just Refreshment Trivia)" questions wrong even after seeing the same slides over and over.
- "The guy who insists on rattling off the complete filmographies of each of the actors", like Strong Sad.
- "The guy sitting next to you munching popcorn", like the Cheat, who has nothing on the King of Town audaciously sneaking in an all-you-can-eat fajita bar.King of Town: What?! This was all in my box of Milk Duds!
- And of course, "The little girl behind me who won't shut up", in this case Homestar Runner. But instead of the usual talking-to-the-movie lines like "Don't go in there!" and "Oh no, he didn't!", Homestar goes so far as to make small talk with the movie, which is all Strong Bad can take.Homestar: I wonder how you spell "Tabasco". Tabascooo...
Strong Bad: What is wrong with you people?! Do you not notice the giant movie over here? Were all the local sit-around-and-suck-out-loud places closed?! (pulls out a bazooka) Oh, di-a-lo-do, da-a-lo-do, di-a-lo-do, die!! (fires the bazooka)
Having been banned from the movies, Strong Bad decides to bring his movie-watching into the digital age ("...and I dig-it-all!") by... watching ASCII-art action movies on the Lappy.
Strong Bad: (stage whispering) Oh, look out, Mister Slashy-Man! Ooh, something exciting! Aah, I guess I'm talking during the movie! Kind of a hypocrite! Gonna shut up now!
(The Paper comes down.)
(The Paper comes down.)
Tropes:
- ASCII Art: At the end, Strong Bad watches a crudely-animated ASCII art "movie" of a stick figure jumping over a car and doing some karate moves.
- Blatant Lies: The King of Town claims that the fajitas he's making (and the cooking supplies needed for them) were found in his Milk Duds box.
- Comically Missing the Point: After Strong Bad tries to threaten Strong Sad into silence, the latter just points out "He was in Dangeresque One and Two!"
- Defensive "What?": When Strong Bad calls him out on sneaking "all-you-can-eat fajitas" into the theater, The King of Town replies "What?!"
- Disproportionate Retribution: Strong Bad fires a bazooka at Homestar just because the latter wouldn't shut up.
- Epic Fail: Coach Z fails to correctly answer a pre-movie trivia slide question, despite the fact that he had seen that specific slide 10 times since entering the theater and it being a multiple choice question.
- Hypocritical Humor: Strong Bad complains about people talking at the movies, but he is guilty of doing the exact same thing. He does the same thing during the ASCII art movie and immediately lampshades it:Strong Bad: I guess I'm talking during the movie! Kind of a hypocrite! Gonna shut up now!
- Hypocrisy Nod: Strong Bad notes that he's being kind of a hypocrite for talking while watching the ASCII Art movie.
- Movie-Theater Episode: Strong Bad spends the sbemail recounting some of his experiences at the movies.
- Mundane Wish: Strong Bad expresses a desire to be a theater usher, mainly so he can be more like Senor Cardgage.Strong Bad: Some day I'm gonna be the one tearing tickets and telling folks that forty-twone will be on their lest.
- No-Sell: An Easter Egg shows that Homestar was completely unharmed and unfazed by being hit with Strong Bad's bazooka, though the blast sent him to an empty field.
- "No Talking or Phones" Warning: Parodied with a PSA warning viewers to turn off their bazookas before the movie, "Because no one wants to watch a smoldering crater."
- Orphaned Punchline: Homestar's attempts at making small talk with the movie are all presented with little or no context.Homestar: You know where the real money is? Phone books.
- Persona Non Grata: Strong Bad gets banned from the multiplex because he lost his temper and blew up the theater with a bazooka.
- Running Gag: Yet another "DNA evidence" reference pops up, during the movie Strong Bad and co. are watching.
- Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: Strong Sad mentions that one of movie actors has a Bacon Number of 4, but does not elaborate on the specifics of how he's connected to Kevin Bacon.
- Snacksploitation: An Easter egg reveals that the theater's smallest order of popcorn still costs $10, so it makes sense that people would sneak their own food in. Strong Bad is still annoyed by people who eat loudly during the movie—especially the King of Town, who sneaks in his own all-you-can-eat fajitas, with a mariachi band to play while he eats.
- Stuff Blowing Up: Strong Bad blows up the theater with a bazooka.
- Who Would Be Stupid Enough?: The PSA about turning off your bazookas says "Because no one wants to watch a smoldering crater." An Easter egg at the end shows Homestar sitting in the remains of his movie theater seat, praising the "movie" he's watching.
(Cut to Homestar in the Field, sitting in a movie theater seat in a smoldering crater)
Homestar: Oh man, this movie has it all! Cinema has never Luked so Wilson.
Homestar: Oh man, this movie has it all! Cinema has never Luked so Wilson.
MOVIE & REFRESHMENT TRIVIA*
What can you get at the concession stand for $10, $10 or $13?
A) Luke Wilson
B) 16:9 Anamorphic
C) Hot, Hot Buttery Popcorn
D) Battleship Potemkin
*ACTUALLY JUST REFRESHMENT TRIVIA
What can you get at the concession stand for $10, $10 or $13?
A) Luke Wilson
B) 16:9 Anamorphic
C) Hot, Hot Buttery Popcorn
D) Battleship Potemkin
*ACTUALLY JUST REFRESHMENT TRIVIA
