Airdate: Monday, July 13, 2009
Sender: Henry Wisner, WI
With the Lappy out of commission, Strong Bad checks an e-mail on his "borrowed from work" Corpy NT6.
Henry Wisner of Wisconsin wants advice on dealing with his brother's annoying friend. After poking fun at Henry for using "crudfully" instead of "crapfully" ("What, was your mom sitting over your shoulder when you typed this email? And is your mom the kind of lady that won't let you type the word 'crap'?"), Strong Bad recalls being annoyed as a kid by Strong Sad's imaginary friend, Scotty Titi. The two met one day after Strong Bad taped Strong Sad to the ceiling, and started goofing around and annoying Strong Bad.
Li'l Strong Bad: Hey! Shut it up! What are you guys doing over there?
Li'l Strong Sad: Oh. Scotty Titi and I were just attaching indefinite articles, and he jokingly used "a" before a vowel sound! Ohoho!
Li'l Strong Bad: I'll attach this definite brick to Scotty Titi's face! Eh! (tosses a brick at Strong Sad, where it harmlessly falls to the ground)
Li'l Strong Sad: Nice reflexes, Scotty!
With Strong Mad distracted by puberty ("GIRLS ARE CONFUSING!"), it was up to Strong Bad to get rid of Scotty Titi. After several failed attempts, including throwing flour on Scotty ("I used to get 'imaginary' and 'invisible' mixed up a lot as a kid.") and peeing on him, Strong Bad finally decides to "fight imaginary fire with imaginary fire". After drinking three gallons of "Blue Drink" in one sitting, he cooks up his own imaginary friend, Frishy-Freshy Dragonman, and has him and Scotty Titi fight to the "imaginary death". Given that Scotty just turns out to be "a pile" in a tricorne hat, the ensuing battle is rather one-sided, with Scotty Titi getting anticlimactically burninated.
(Envelope Paper, a manilla envelope with "Click Here to Email Strong Bad" written on it in red ink, comes down.)
Tropes:
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: Strong Bad's list of vaguely-creepy Unfortunate Names for imaginary friends include Rubby Plop-Plop, Sir Zabblepants, Dingy Donger, and Real Live Actual Mr. Blangcaster Next Door.
- Call-Forward: Frishy-Freshy Dragonman is based on the "dragon-man" version of Trogdor the Burninator.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: When the two imaginary friends face off, Frishy-Freshy Dragonman simply burninates Scotty Titi to imaginary ashes.
- Do Wrong, Right: Strong Bad gets annoyed at Henry for using "Crudfully" as an attempt at censoring Crapfully. It's likely he'd get annoyed either way, but he specifically makes fun of the fact that he felt the need to censor it.
- Dumbass Has a Point: Strong Bad claims that having imaginary friends is "illegal" nowadays thanks to the efforts of "insane parents", but then points out that half the reason for that was the sort of names kids always gave them, which he finds genuinely creepy.
- Excrement Statement: One of Strong Bad's attempts at getting rid of Strong Sad's imaginary friends was to "...titi on Scotty Titi." He gets it all over his new boots instead.
- Fight Fire with Fire: After several attempts to get rid of Scotty Titi, Little Strong Bad decides to "fight imaginary fire with imaginary fire" by creating his own imaginary friend to fight Scotty to the death.
- Friendless Background: Strong Sad and Strong Mad were, as Strong Bad puts it, "galactically incapable of friend-have" as kids.
- Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Strong Bad once bubble-taped Strong Sad to the ceiling just for standing there and blinking.
- I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin!: L'il Strong Bad imagines up Frishy-Freshy Dragonman after drinking "three gallons of blue drink".
- Imaginary Friend: Strong Sad had one as a kid named Scotty Titi, whose appearance was just a lump wearing a hat. Strong Bad also discusses the trope, specifically about parents making imaginary friends "illegal" (referencing how in later decades, parents began to view their children creating imaginary friends as a sign of mental illness), and how kids tend to give them creepy-sounding names.
- Incredibly Lame Fun: Strong Sad and Scotty Titi apparently attach indefinite articles for fun. Strong Sad seems to find it hilarious that Scotty "jokingly used 'a' before a vowel sound!"
- Perfectly Cromulent Word: Strong Bad coins the term "realginary" as a counterpart to "imaginary".
- Shout-Out: The rabbit-shaped imaginary friend standing next to Bubs is a reference to Harvey, which is about a man who insists that he's friends with the titular Harvey, a six-foot-tall rabbit that only he can see and hear.
- Takes One to Kill One: To get rid of Strong Sad's imaginary friend, Strong Bad comes up with his own so the two can duke it out.
- Verbal Backspace: Strong Bad starts out by claiming Strong Sad made Scott Titi up after he got locked in the attic. Strong Sad points out they don't have an attic, and Strong Bad claims they shoved him in the air vents. When Strong Sad points out their house doesn't have air vents either, Strong Bad admits he just taped his brother to the living room ceiling.
Li'l Strong Sad: Spiro Agnew's favorite slacks! That's right! You're so good at Time Magazine: The Game, Scotty!
