Airdate: Monday, March 12, 2007
Sender: Bibendum
"Bibendum" asks "Screaming Yellow Strong Bad" what he imagines his funeral would be like.
Strong Bad's first issue is what to do with his "stinking, rotten remains", because lying in a coffin surrounded by "sweet-smelling flowers and sweat-smelling followers" isn't Strong Bad's style at all.
Strong Bad: (turns his head) Shut up, lady! Peaceful is not how I roll!
Strong Bad briefly considers being taxidermied, suplexing a cougar no less, but then realizes he'd probably be used as a coat hanger by Homestar. Instead, he opts to have his corpse preserved "fetal pig style" in a giant mason jar, filled with "all the salty tears of all the heartbroken private school girls that will pine-uh for me-uh", so he'll be around to be reanimated for the zombie uprising of 2046.
As for the funeral dirge, while being a fan of Chopin's "Funeral March", Strong Bad instead considers having Taranchula compose a death metal dirge in his honor, as we see with Strong Sad bearing his brother in a jar to the gravesite to the tune of Taranchula's "Brother in a Jar". Strong Bad will also record his own eulogy and have it played back over five boomboxes stacked on top of each other, even if Coach Z accidentally records his latest demo tape over it. Finally, Homestar reads from "the Book of Phone" and introduces Strong Sad performing "an interpretive dance based on his brother's life", which is apparently more than Strong Bad's corpse can take.
Strong Sad: But you never got to see my Chaup au Fan!
Undead Strong Bad: (distorted) You keep your chappy thong to yourself, mister!
Strong Bad concludes that he might be better off not dying, in order to spare the world the horrors of "Strong Sad dancing interpretively".
(The Paper comes down.)
Tropes:
- As Long as It Sounds Foreign: "Chaup au Fan" doesn't actually mean anything in French, or any other language for that matter.
- Continuity Nod:
- In the first Imagine Spot of Strong Bad's funeral, a fat guy is wearing Homestar's yellow duckie shirt from "flashback".
- The lady who was gushing about "chocolate desserts with dangerous names" in "bottom 10" makes another appearance.
- Death Glare: Bubs gives Coach Z one after the latter tapes over Strong Bad's eulogy.
- The "Fun" in "Funeral": Strong Bad imagines his funeral having a death metal dirge composed by Taranchula. He also imagines a number of hilarious things going wrong, like Coach Z accidentally taping over his eulogy, Homestar using a phone book as a Bible, and having to come back from the dead to interrupt Strong Sad's attempt at interpretive dancing.
- Future Badass: An Easter egg features grizzled versions of Strong Sad and Pom Pom fighting off the zombie apocalypse.
- Imagine Spot: The e-mail is a series of these as Strong Bad ponders what to do with his "stinking, rotten remains".
- Long List: Strong Bad boasting about his funeral:Strong Bad: My funeral's going to be off all of the following: the hook, the chain, the charts, the grid, and most importantly, the wagon.
- Noodle Implements: The "Doomsday Device" mentioned in the zombie uprising Easter egg requires Pom Pom to "Get the leotard!"
- People Jars: Strong Bad considers having his corpse preserved in a giant mason jar.
- Running Gag: There's yet another "DNA evidence" reference when Strong Bad imagines being taxidermied after he dies.
- Shout-Out: An Easter egg features a faux-French advertisement featuring Strong Sad as the Michelin Man (AKA Bibendum), which parodies this 1898 ad
◊ for Michelin tires. - Standard Snippet: Chopin's "Funeral March" gets a shoutout, rendered out as "dunh-dunh-da-dunh-Dunh-da-dunh-da-dunh-da-dunh."
- Taped-Over Turmoil: Strong Bad decides at his funeral he'd pre-record his own eulogy and play it on five boomboxes stacked on top of each other. Unfortunately, that plan is foiled by Coach Z taping over his eulogy.
- Voice of the Legion: Strong Bad speaks with a distorted, faintly-echoing voice after coming back from the dead to stop Strong Sad's dancing.
- Zombie Apocalypse: Strong Bad predicts a "zombie uprising" on March 31st, 2046 (At 2:03 pm). He also hopes that his corpse will be reanimated in time for the zombie uprising, since he plans to side with the zombies.
Future Strong Sad: (deep and gravelly voice) Fall back. The zombies have broken through our defenses!
(Cut to Strong Bad as a zombie, with brain matter stuck to his head and wearing ripped blue jeans)
Strong Bad: Blaugh... (purple jelly falls out of his mouth)
Future Strong Sad: We need to activate the doomsday device. Get the leotard!
Taranchula: Brother-in-a-jar!
