Airdate: Monday, October 7, 2002
Sender: Silent J
Strong Bad: (rapping) It's the email, the email, what what, the email.
Silent J wants to know if Strong Bad likes any sort of techno music. Strong Bad admits "I heard a techno song one time", and mimics the various beats, including the "high pitched noise, y'know? Or like a siren" and "the obligatory old movie quote from some sci-fi movie" ("The system... is down!") As all the parts of the song come together, The Cheat shows up to add some strobe effects, much to the annoyance of Strong Bad.
Strong Bad: The Cheat... is grounded! We had that switch installed for you so you could turn the lights on and off. Not so you could throw light-switch raves! Now let's go break open that glowstick and pour it into Homestar Runner's Mountain Dew.
Tropes:
- Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: "The System Is Down" is composed entirely of sound effects provided by Strong Bad.
- Shout-Out: The ad for The Cheat's Lightswitch Rave features "DJ The Stick and DJ from Full House".
- Tampering with Food and Drink: Strong Bad discusses the possibility of emptying the contents of The Cheat's glowstick into Homestar's Mountain Dew.
- Voice Clip Song: Strong Bad's attempts at mimicking techno music come together into an actual techno song.
Strong Bad: (walking off with The Cheat) I heard they have to pump your stomach if you drink that stuff.
(The Paper comes down)
