Airdate: Tuesday, January 28, 2003
Sender(s): Lasko, Milwaukee WI; Nobuyoshi Shigeta, New York; Mito; Haelee, Utah; Tyler, California; HOLMES, California; derek
Lasko from Milwaukee wants to know why The Cheat never gets to answer any e-mails. As far as Strong Bad's opinion is concerned, The Cheat isn't popular enough to get much fan mail. When he checks his next few e-mails, however, all of them are asking about The Cheat, with one or two fans even saying The Cheat is cute/hot and that they like him more than Strong Bad. The Cheat is watching the e-mail himself, and isn't too happy with how dismissive Strong Bad is with all these e-mails praising The Cheat.
The Cheat: (angry The Cheat noises)
Strong Bad: Uh... which are two of the finest things in life! A cheese... or an anvil.
Strong Bad rather badly tries to cover himself, saying that The Cheat's been getting a lot of negative e-mails as well.
Strong Bad tries to pass off two emails clearly mocking himself (complaining about his shirtlessness and gloves, and asking how he can type with boxing gloves on) as being about The Cheat. The Cheat drops the subject in frustration, leaving Strong Bad thinking he successfully dodged a bullet.
Tropes:
- Blatant Lies: Strong Bad claims "I don't think [The Cheat] even has a computer", when he previously used The Cheat's iMac to answer an email in "weird dream". Later, Strong Bad tells The Cheat, rather unconvincingly, that he hasn't been getting any e-mails, and that two insulting e-mails that are clearly for Strong Bad are for The Cheat.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: The Cheat is somehow watching the e-mail in progress on his own computer.
- Caps Lock: Holmes' email, with the exception of "California", is entirely capitalized.
- Funny Bruce Lee Noises: Strong Bad yells "Huttah!" while taping a piece of paper reading "the cheat" onto the Compy.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Strong Bad isn't pleased to get a string of e-mails from fans saying they like the Cheat better.
- Look Behind You: Strong Bad awkwardly tries to distract The Cheat by telling him "If you just turn around for a second, I could show you..." The Cheat doesn't fall for it, so Strong Bad goes ahead and slaps The Cheat's name on the Compy with a shout of "Huttah!"
- Malicious Misnaming: Strong Bad reads "Mito" as "Dumpo".
- Right Behind Me: The Cheat walks in on Strong Bad as he compares The Cheat to a wedge of cheese and an anvil.
- Shout-Out: Strong Bad's floppy disc container shows a disc reading "StarFlight".
- Surveillance as the Plot Demands: The Cheat is somehow watching Strong Bad answer his emails live, letting him know about Strong Bad's dismissal of all the emails related to The Cheat.
- Tempting Fate: Strong Bad claims that The Cheat never gets any fan mail. Cue a whole string of e-mails asking about The Cheat.
- Title Drop: This email's title has the barest of connections to the plot of the video: it's the noise Strong Bad makes as he quickly slaps on the "the cheat" label onto the Compy.
- Verbal Backspace: Strong Bad complains about all the emails praising The Cheat, saying "He's not even that cute. He looks like a... a cheese. Or an anvil." When he realizes The Cheat has walked into the room, he hastily adds "...Which are two of the finest things in life!"
