Airdate: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sender: "All the college dorm girls at MO
Hannah, Micah, Rachel, Sally, Peggy, Vicky, Amber, and all the rest of use"
Live from Strong Bad's computer room, it's time for Sbemail 200!
Two hundred SBEmails
Exhausting just to think about
How can we face two hundred SBEmails?
The thought of all those SBEmails makes me weak!
Exhausting just to think about
How can we face two hundred SBEmails?
The thought of all those SBEmails makes me weak!
With a triumphant song from the Poopsmith, of all people ("Breaking his vow of silence to perform my two hundredth sbemail intro song! I'm almost... sniff... not-totally-disgusted!"), Strong Bad gets ready to answer his big bicennten-email. But he's in for a shock when he reads who the email is addressed to.
Strong Bad: Duh-duh-duh-Dear Homestar?! W.T.C.? New Paper, print me out a hard copy! (New Paper prints out a copy of the email) I'll teach Homestar to steal my 200th email thunder! (thunder booms)
Strong Bad heads over to Homestar's place to find him answering an email from a fan on his own laptop computer, the Happy 8600.
Strong Bad: Hey, Homejob! Some stupid girls that are probably really guys accidentally emailed me—
Homestar: Ugh. Strong Bad, how do you keep gettin' in here?
Strong Bad: What? What are you talking about? I just—
Homestar: I'm in the middle of checking my email.
Strong Bad: Whaddaya mean, your email? I'm in the middle of checking my email.
Homestar: You're not the only one around here that answers emails from fans with humorous results!
Strong Bad: Since the crap when?
Homestar: I dunno, since forever. Don't you remember? You're in a bunch of 'em.
Homestar: Ugh. Strong Bad, how do you keep gettin' in here?
Strong Bad: What? What are you talking about? I just—
Homestar: I'm in the middle of checking my email.
Strong Bad: Whaddaya mean, your email? I'm in the middle of checking my email.
Homestar: You're not the only one around here that answers emails from fans with humorous results!
Strong Bad: Since the crap when?
Homestar: I dunno, since forever. Don't you remember? You're in a bunch of 'em.
As it turns out, the events of several SBEmails have overlapped with several episodes of Homestar Runner Emails (or "HREmails"), including "that old classic when they asked about burglars breaking into my house" ("caper"), "when I accidentally took some of Strong Sad's pills" ("long pants"), and "that one where I dressed up real good like Coach Z."
Strong Bad: Hang! On! Shut! Face! Those were my emails and you squeazeled your way into them.
Homestar: I'm glad you believe that, Strong Bad. Anyways, let me see that email. (takes Strong Bad's printed email and reads it) Oh, come on! Another pillow fight? Haven't they seen hremail #49?
Strong Bad: Hr-what mail?
Homestar: Hremail. You've got sbemails, I've got hremails.
Strong Bad: Do you even have an email address?
Homestar: Of course I do. Everybody knows it's (typing said address on the Happy) DJmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com.
Strong Bad: There's a good chance my brain is about to explode right now.
Homestar: Aw, come on, old timer. It's not so bad. You want to help me check this email?
Strong Bad: I'm not gonna help you check your email! I'm gonna help myself ruin your email! Whooya! (leaves, come back in with an armful of ice cream sandwiches) ...And help myself to your ice cream sammies. Booyaa.
Homestar: I'm glad you believe that, Strong Bad. Anyways, let me see that email. (takes Strong Bad's printed email and reads it) Oh, come on! Another pillow fight? Haven't they seen hremail #49?
Strong Bad: Hr-what mail?
Homestar: Hremail. You've got sbemails, I've got hremails.
Strong Bad: Do you even have an email address?
Homestar: Of course I do. Everybody knows it's (typing said address on the Happy) DJmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com.
Strong Bad: There's a good chance my brain is about to explode right now.
Homestar: Aw, come on, old timer. It's not so bad. You want to help me check this email?
Strong Bad: I'm not gonna help you check your email! I'm gonna help myself ruin your email! Whooya! (leaves, come back in with an armful of ice cream sandwiches) ...And help myself to your ice cream sammies. Booyaa.
Back at the Lappy, Strong Bad fakes an email to DJmankiewicz@homestarrunner.com from "Abdi". While Homestar is distracted showing off "Historic Not-in-Front-of-My-Computer" ("A protected landmark with surprisingly clean restrooms!"), Strong Bad takes the time to sabotage Homestar's computer, and get even for the events of "anything" in the process.
Strong Bad: (as rock music begins playing) Oh hello, idiot-proof computer! You look a little thirsty. Time for some long overdue allegedly citrus-flavored payback! (pulls out a giant bottle of Mountain Dew) How does that old adage go? Ah, yes. "Apply libewally!" (stars pouring soda on the Happy 8600, which starts smoking and shooting sparks) Woah, ha ha!
(New Paper comes down, reading "Click here to email Homestar Runner")
Strong Bad: Hey! Whose side are you on, anyway?
(New Paper is pulled offscreen and pummeled before The Paper comes down)
Strong Bad: The Paper! You came back! (a spark causes the Paper to burn up) Oops...
(Cut to a black screen, where a list of the titles of the first two hundred emails comes up)
(New Paper comes down, reading "Click here to email Homestar Runner")
Strong Bad: Hey! Whose side are you on, anyway?
(New Paper is pulled offscreen and pummeled before The Paper comes down)
Strong Bad: The Paper! You came back! (a spark causes the Paper to burn up) Oops...
(Cut to a black screen, where a list of the titles of the first two hundred emails comes up)
Tropes:
- Back for the Finale: The Paper comes back at the end only to get set on fire again.
- Back from the Dead: The Paper inexplicably returns in "email thunder", only to catch fire and burn up from Homestar's sparking computer.
- Bait-and-Switch: "Dear... HOMESTAR?!?! WTC??"
- Call-Back:
- According to Homestar, the SBEmails "caper" and "long pants" are actually the result of hremails.
- Homestar mentions that his freakout in "long pants" was caused by him taking some of Strong Sad's pills. Said pills inducing erratic behavior had previously been mentioned in "funny".
- Homestar's list of prior hremails includes two real cartoons, then one Noodle Incident—paralleling "personal favorites", where Strong Bad list's of his favorite sbemails included two real cartoons, then a whole bunch of Noodle Incidents.
- Strong Bad signs his email to Homestar as Abdi, the sender of the very first sbemail.
- To get even with Homestar, Strong Bad decides to pour a bottle of Mountain Dew on his computer, which Homestar did to Strong Bad's Compy in "anything". He even mimicks Homestar saying "Ah-ply lib-uh-wal-lee."
- There's an Easter Egg featuring Limozeen congratulating Strong Bad for answering 200 emails, just like in Flashback. In fact, it's the same one just sloppily updated.
- Continuity Nod: At the beginning of Homestar's flashback to "caper", he covers his face in cinnamon to make it look like he has a 5 o'clock shadow. He had previously mentioned doing this in an Easter Egg at the end of "caper".
- Fanservice Faux Fight: Homestar is invited to participate in a pillow fight with some college girls. And it's not the first time
that has happened. - Flashback with the Other Darrin: The flashbacks are done with Strong Bad's current model.
- Foreshadowing: At the opening song, almost all of the main cast are present for the 200th email. Homestar however is missing, hinting that he's answering his own email.
- Noodle Incident: Among the HREmails mentioned by Homestar are "That one where I dressed up real good like Coach Z."
- Retroactive Legacy: This is the first Strong Bad (and the audience) have heard of Homestar Runner Emails, but Homestar's apparently been doing them for a long time.
- Series Fauxnale: At one point, this was meant to be the end of Strong Bad Email.
- Special Guest: John Linnell of They Might Be Giants cameos as the Poopsmith's singing voice.
- Spill Stain Sabotage: Back in the email "anything", Homestar poured Mountain Dew on Strong Bad's computer to break it. Here, Strong Bad returns the favor by pouring an enormous bottle of Mountain Dew on Homestar's computer.
- Synchronous Episodes: Several Strong Bad Emails are retconned into being synchronous with episodes of Homestar's email show. In "caper" it turns out Homestar was on to Strong Bad and The Cheat and was acting half-asleep to throw them off, and in "long pants" Homestar's erratic behavior was caused by him taking Strong Sad's medication.
Narrator: Legend tells that every 200 sbemails The Poopsmith will break his vow of silence, and croon anew...
Limozeen: (in a prerecorded video message) CONGRATULATIONS, STRONG BAD, ON YOUR (Matt Chapman's voice) 200th (normal) EMAIL!
Larry: (after a beat) WE'RE FROM (Matt Chapman's voice) the year 2008.
Perry: Uh, I think it says that on the top of the screen, Larry. (the words "It is 2008" appear over the Limozeen logo)
Larry: WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT-UH! (the band members strike poses as the screen freezes. the outro from Brain Sister plays)
Larry: (after a beat) WE'RE FROM (Matt Chapman's voice) the year 2008.
Perry: Uh, I think it says that on the top of the screen, Larry. (the words "It is 2008" appear over the Limozeen logo)
Larry: WELL, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT-UH! (the band members strike poses as the screen freezes. the outro from Brain Sister plays)
(Cut to Strong Bad continuing to pour Mountain Dew on the Happy. Homestar comes back.)
Homestar: Ooh, cool. How did you get it to do that? USB? Four pin? Eight pin? FireWire? Was it FireWire? I bet it was FireWire. (Homestar leaves again.)
Homestar: Ooh, cool. How did you get it to do that? USB? Four pin? Eight pin? FireWire? Was it FireWire? I bet it was FireWire. (Homestar leaves again.)
(Cut to Strong Sad's Review Revue)
Strong Sad: In his shocking 200th episode, Strong Bad turns the entire series on its ear. Will we ever see a 201? Is the reign of HREmails at hand? For the answers to these questions, be sure and not check out my blog. I haven't updated that thing in years!
Strong Sad: In his shocking 200th episode, Strong Bad turns the entire series on its ear. Will we ever see a 201? Is the reign of HREmails at hand? For the answers to these questions, be sure and not check out my blog. I haven't updated that thing in years!
